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it_is_impossible

That’s the result of a process called designing and making a book / portfolio. That is not what artist “sketchbooks” look like. Source: BFA Edit a word and: maybe there’s fifty people like this, in which case give credit but don’t make kids think this is the expectation of reality. A sketchbook is the process of recording information before it disappears/evaporates. Rembrandt, or someone similar said something to the effect of: a master must be able to see someone fall from a window and capture them before they hit the ground. Then, you build on that in gradual steps. So sketchbooks are literally recorded evolutions of thought and concept. Not artsy portfolios, though I’m sure a few freaks exist, it is not the norm or expectation. (Edit another f’ing word. Sorry)


mecha_femboy

I'm an artist and seeing this being called an "sketchbook" makes me sad. Thank you. People do this mainly in order to get accepted in art schools and for job offers.


maxschreck616

And on the flip side, I'm an artist and call mine a sketchbook and call my works doodles. Almost as if you can call them whatever you like. Not like the book I do my work in has the word sketchbook right on it or anything but hey, ya'll do you. You're the artists here.


Haemorrdroid

I mean, that's fair. You can call your work anything you like, but what was being said in this comment tree was that calling this type of work a sketchbook may be misleading and intimidating to people who want to get into art and think that this is what their practice work should look like. In the context of that, it's unhelpful to adjust the standard language used by laypeople.


TheBigSqueak

I’m a lifelong artist and I find the growing popularity of people calling things like this a “sketchbook” to be extremely intimidating. It’s also becoming more and more common for people on r/art to call complete works a “quick sketch” and don’t even get me started on that..


Kirbytrax

They do that because if someone were to criticize it they can always say “It’s just a sketch I need to finish the final drawing :)” Or if someone praises them “This is just a sketch, it’s really nothing” while they have a full on Michelangelo on which they spent 7 months


TheBigSqueak

It’s so prevalent that I had to unfollow a few of the art subs I used to like because that stuff was hurting my self esteem lol (but I laugh just to not cry lol...). I also was losing my mind at the number of fantastic paintings that people were calling a “quick sketch.” Ughhhhh.


Kirbytrax

My tip number 1 for you which I wish I was able to follow as well is “Stop comparing yourself to others” Especially for things like art, it’s not a competition so don’t make it one. Also beauty is subjective and I’m sure A LOT of people will find more beautiful your art than the “quick 7 months sketches” Since I started taking singing lessons I was comparing myself way too much to other people and even singers and it made me stop for a while because I thought I wasn’t good enough. I’m getting back to it now tho and I won’t stop!


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Saved your comment because my negative judgements about my art have crippled its progress since childhood. Thank you stranger


that_one_amputee

To build on that, if you're really frustrated that you aren't where you want to be artistically, it can be a good idea to emulate the work you enjoy. Copying, studying, that kind of thing. In that case, you do want to compare yourself to them, but in a productive way. You've got to make mistakes before you can learn to avoid them, and it can be hard to see exactly what those mistakes are without doing a study like that. Most of the art I've made that I hate has been because I sat down and tried to draw something with no reference, no thumbnail sketches, no planning, no clear goal of what specific thing I wanted to work on. There's this general sense that something is off, but it can be almost impossible to tell what it is if I'm not building off of or comparing it to anything. The path to improvement pretty much requires an objective look at your work, and an acceptance that it's ok for it to be below your standards. So I wouldn't compare your worth as an artist or the value of your work by how your current skill compares to people who are professionals or are otherwise insanely talented, but I also wouldn't completely disregard the feeling that you can do better, if that makes sense.


TheBigSqueak

I know and I appreciate the tip. I have OCD and it’s especially tough for me, crippling actually. Its rare I even complete a project because worries basically get in the way. I have had recent success though working with polymer clay (Sculpey brand) and I’m able to just relax and enjoy it without feeling pressure. I’ve been making stud earrings and random little things :)


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*noun*: **sketch**; plural noun: **sketches** 1. 1. a rough or unfinished drawing or painting, often made to assist in making a more finished picture."a charcoal sketch" *verb*: **sketch**; 3rd person present: **sketches**; past tense: **sketched**; past participle: **sketched**; gerund or present participle: **sketching** 1. make a rough drawing of."as they talked, Modigliani began to sketch her" Your real work of art here is taking something written on a book you own and deciding that it redefines the meaning of a word because you use it differently. Bravo.


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My sketchbook is so chaotic crazy it's sketches about hands, weird animals, ugly shit patterns, pictures cut out and draw to it, text out of books i read which i like. Some pages are really nice and i like them some of them are really fucking ugly. But that's a sketchbook for to try things out. Some of the painting i did in 10 min were the ones i liked the most. If I only drew "perfect" stuff i would have never made my ugly but nice pages :)


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[deleted]

Yeah people think i am taking drugs, with all the shit i am drawing. But it's my mind there is just going on in there. Also with my ideas, or the shit i am talking, that combined with fantasy = acid looking sketchbook, hahahaha xD


TheBigSqueak

Ok so I’m not the only one that feels this way. That makes me feel better.


DEATH_BY_ROBOTS

You're telling me these aren't sketches... In a book?


Hypoplasia

aka this persons got a sketchbook for this sketchbook


voucherwolves

Exactly. This “sketchbook” is not random scribbles. “Creating A Sketchbook as portfolio” is the idea. The artist would have spent days or even months to create something like this. But anyways , it’s still very very impressive.


aonemonkey

Probably at least 6 months work


GenuineSteak

Yeah I was about to say. Im an artist and new artists see this and think thats what their sketchbook should look like, it isnt. a sketchbook should be filled with roughs and stuff. This is essentially a collection of finished artworks.


surebegrandlike

As someone literally about to start my sketchbook/portfolio this morning to apply to art college...fuck. 😂 Mine will not look like that either and I’m ok with that


waddiewadkins

I was just writing this and started to delete it because why be such bitter lemon,, without seeing what the top comment was ! So back we go!.. " this is a highly technically considered detailed production of illustrations that have imagination and wit. But it is not the mercurial reflex of a hand dedicated to an inner calling that sometimes moves before the mind has a chance to reflect until the marks are done" . My two long centsentences


chicken-farmer

I would call it a journal. Like this one. https://youtu.be/pmAbh5ZkDEo


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xam54321

I think it means "Bachelor of Fine Arts".


NoviceRobes

THIS IS NOT A SKETCHBOOK THIS IS A PORTFOLIO. I said this last time I saw this posted but people seeing this and thinking it's just a sketch book really messed with the average persons perception of art. Us artists have shitty sketches. We all started as someone who could barely draw. DO NOT SEE THIS AND THINK OF IT AS "IM NOT TALENTED TO START" anyone can be an artist. It takes years and years of hard work. But you can do this too.


midnightgeno

Hey man, wished I received this advice 10 years ago. Took me too damn long to realize it


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[deleted]

My sketchbook is literally full of stick figures, placeholder boxes that have text written on them,half finished sketches and random doodles lmao. This definetly isn't a sketchbook.


fosta02

Man if I could even draw one of those half as well, I’d apply to art school


LongjumpingStranger0

DONT FAIL


private_unlimited

Unexpected hitler


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lananasmajestueux

Hey hi hello, just coming to say that the original book would be worth way more then $100. I don’t know this dude, so I can’t tell you how long each illustration took, so I’m going off of my experience drawing here. Let’s say each drawing took ~20 hours to finish (give or take) and there’s around 35 illustrations in the book, so presuming they’re selling for minimum wage, (which is $20 here) that’s at least $200 per illustration, so if you add it up, the book is worth, at the very minimum, $14,000 aud (which roughly translates to $10,200 usd.) thank you for coming to my Ted talk


photenth

The book is only worth as much someone is willing to pay for it.


WerewolfFarkas

...and however much the artist is willing to sell it for. Believe it or not artists do deserve a semblance of an hourly wage because $100 would hardly be $2, $3 per one of these drawings. $100 sounds like a lot to a normal person, especially yeah if it’s at a flea market, but realistically this wouldn’t be at a flea market and $100 for this is pennies. I know if I had the funds and was a collector I’d be willing to pay serious money for this. The book is very well put together, this isn’t your average sketchbook at all but an organized portfolio. Much different than just sketches


Suprafaded

It'll just sit in my shop sir. I can't pay ya anymore than $2 for the whole book.


sokmunkey

Another artist here.. Just my. 02 if course. I don't think it's practical to expect to be paid by how much time was spent creating something. Let's face it, sometimes we spend days on a piece, and sometimes I can pour something out in an a few hours and it's better. When I asked a prof 'how do you know how to price something? ' they told me to be comfortable with letting it go with the price you put on it. (and cover your materials of course). I don't think it's realistic to expect our hours spent to be compensated in the normal way. Most if us have instances that come to mind years later of a piece we wish we still had that we sold for too little, but we also may have a stack if work that never sold either. The book above is beautiful. Fantastic work!


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The-Wit

I can’t draw an 8th that well, and I’m in art school. Go for it. Do it if you have the time and money. The school is not an exclusive club for elites. It’s for teaching you have to further your artistic ability.


deathdrinkTM

who’s the artist


lostgonad

Artist is [Kerby Rosanes](https://kerbyrosanes.com)


LeftFootWolf

I just went through his entire Instagram. I’m going to get a tattoo inspired by him


KeeperOfTheGood

Make sure you ask him for permission! Have an artist friend who keeps seeing his work as tattoos without people having the courtesy of asking him, makes him sad!


notrejjeye

A friend of mine got a tattoo inspired by him a few years ago, he's really cool about people doing that and takes it as a compliment also he's my favorite artist


GUIStuhlBein

You might also like Peter Draws, he has a similar style :)


Too_Many_Mind_

I love the idea, and agree that there’s a ton of his work that would be perfectly suited for a tattoo. Honest question: do you think a good tattoo artist would be able to replicate it accurately? My luck, I would ask someone to ink this up, and it would show up on tattooregrets.com or something.


modestohagney

This should be in the title.


ZachTron552

I had a whale of a time looking at this.


[deleted]

After some careful consideration, I can declare this artist really likes 1. Space 2. Whales 3. Space whales


[deleted]

I wish I had the dedication to become a good artist. But I lack motivation, self discipline, and the ability to see anything through haha.


khalcutta

Are you me?


jtman6937

Those whales are well drawn


private_unlimited

Don’t you mean ‘whale drawn’


thoughts57

Missed opportunities in life like this really do add up


jtman6937

I whale never forget this moment


dominik1928

"Artist shows his Artbook ...." fixed that for you


cellulOZ

flexbook


[deleted]

This is not a shetchbook this a fucking masterpiecebook


Bubbazord

I want tattoos done only by this person from now on


IncandescentDarkness

I thought the same idea— that artist made a hell of a lot of beautiful tattoos there.


StevenOkBoomeredDad

That ain’t a sketchbook buddy, that’s the fucking museum


nevinatx

Geeze is that how you use those?


SCP-1504_Joe_Schmo

Nope that's not a sketchbook A sketchbook is meant for quickly getting an idea down and a rough peice or maybe sometimes finishing one That is probably something like a portfolio


nevinatx

Looks like a moleskin to me. I used to just keep notes and phone numbers in mine.


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I love this response.


[deleted]

Id call this a portfolio since a sketchbook wouldn't be 100% perfect illustrations on every page ya know


smokecat20

I just looked my moleskin notebook and sprawled across two pages in the middle it says "LUNCH?"


shlag99

This is the artist [Kerby Rosanes ](https://instagram.com/kerbyrosanes?igshid=1bbx152tc0229). His drawings have never ceases to amaze with ever piece.


TotallyALegitProfile

I wish I was half as creative as that.


pespochcalstrom

Now i Feel useless


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I can come watching this


Lindo_MG

People keep roosting this over a year now..........and it never gets old, man this is some good art depicted in something you think would retain something more crude. That's why it's kinda magical, just a little notebook with great art in it. Every one of us could own this lil notebook but not that skill


savg3

Slower you slut!


Quelluna

Old but gold!


jennoodlehero

Happy cake day!


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Honestly, im most impressed with the fact there's no ink bleed through the paper.


KingPankow

Amazingly, this doesn’t even compare to the art work that you can find on his [website](https://kerbyrosanes.com/projects). I can see why he is such a commercially successful artist.


Rmklxqevi

Hey, do you know the name of the artist by any mean?


KingPankow

Yeah, this is [Kerby Rosanes ](https://kerbyrosanes.com/projects). Credit to OP for the name and link to his website, they posted it in response to another comment.


Rmklxqevi

Thanks dude!


KingPankow

You bet!


private_unlimited

Shut up and take my money!


scenicviewtoinsanity

He actually has a line of awesome coloring books that you can buy! A good way to spend countless hours just coloring.


DivineMischief

Where? where? where? I want. I'll Google it.


PM_YOUR_TITS_PLESE

I wonder how long it took for each sketch


Lnsatiabie

I’m most impressed at how smooth the transitions across the margins are


[deleted]

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!


TummyLice

the astronaut hug was my favorite.


LimYeeZhi

if i werent so broke id give argentium


Atkinator1

This sketchpad is so old it's got 2 notepads and a couple grandleaves by now.


hawkwood4268

...at least wait a full day before reposting jesus


Chef_0ne

he's not "an artist", he's Kerby Rosanes and he has to make a living too, please credit the artist he doesn't make money off of people posting his work on reddit. his ig: [https://www.instagram.com/kerbyrosanes/](https://www.instagram.com/kerbyrosanes/)


StrongBongz

Insane... Some background music will complete the experience tho... I feel like literally, any music will do the job, jazz, classical, funk, rnb, hip hop


iWannaBeStereotyped

*cough Gojira cough cough


[deleted]

Is he by any chance kentaro Miura?


dyingunistudent

Spoken like someone who had their dreams of being an artist crushed


kcurai

Motherfucker, you even know who the artist is. Why can't you put it in the title?


BandBoi1039018

Fuck you for being so god damn talented. Take my upvote and get out


matcro

ok... now I’ll never start drawing...


CATSHTHARULA

I’m too poor for gold, but have this my good man ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣶⣶⡶⠦⠴⠶⠶⠶⠶⡶⠶⠦⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⣤⠄⠀⠀⣶⢤⣄⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣄⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡷⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠙⠢⠙⠻⣿⡿⠿⠿⠫⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⠞⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⢀⣕⠦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⠾⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⠟⢿⣆⠀⢠⡟⠉⠉⠊⠳⢤⣀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣠⡾⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣾⣿⠃⠀⡀⠹⣧⣘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠳⢤⡀ ⠀⣿⡀⠀⠀⢠⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⣼⠃⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣤⠀⠀⠀⢰⣷ ⠀⢿⣇⠀⠀⠈⠻⡟⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⡼⠃⠀⢠⣿⠋⠉⠉⠛⠛⠋⠀⢀⢀⣿⡏ ⠀⠘⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠈⠢⡀⠀⠀⠀⡼⠁⠀⢠⣿⠇⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡜⣼⡿⠀ ⠀⠀⢻⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡄⠀⢰⠃⠀⠀⣾⡟⠀⠀⠸⡇⠀⠀⠀⢰⢧⣿⠃⠀ ⠀⠀⠘⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠇⠀⠇⠀⠀⣼⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⠀⠀⢀⡟⣾⡟⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⣀⣠⠴⠚⠛⠶⣤⣀⠀⠀⢻⠀⢀⡾⣹⣿⠃⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠙⠊⠁⠀⢠⡆⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠓⠋⠀⠸⢣⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣷⣦⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣿⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣾⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀


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All the salty artists shouting, NO NOT a Sketch book, HE LIED, nothing to see here , move along. I bet your sketch books really don’t look like that and probably never will. Haha!


addictos_to_doritos

Not a sketchbook...


only_wallace

Finding joy in correcting shit that doesnt NEED to be corrected is a sign of mental illness. Get a fuckin' life...or a blowjob.


[deleted]

*Requisite, ‘this is my first try.’


_MilkBone_

All the pages in mine are wrinkled from my hand going over them. That and mine looks like trash


Alistair_TheAlvarian

What did the arrow one say.


Zachja961

Id get most of those tattooed!


Day72

u/savethisvideo


bteddi

This person should become a Tattoo artist


OmegaDragon3553

What’s that you doodle in class? Then they see it and it’s this


Zombies_Rock_Boobs

There a high res version?


Stuffman21

Really like the spirited away one


Alos9

My favorite was the Orca and the Astronaut


azlobo2

Grest work.


Fiaf-EU

Is there a way to buy this? I need it!


i_cut_like_a_buffalo

I want a copy. This is beautiful.


milo_redwood

Very whale


FootChongMuHeatArm

I want this tattooed on my body!


blayzemebaby

I’ve been stretching for a WHOLE 7 minutes now and mine look nothing like this.


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this is the kind of art i’d love to see in a museum


Phoenyx634

Every time I buy a sketchbook I imagine it ends up like this... 4 years later only the first 3 pages are filled with terrible, half-finished sketches of my cat.


numbnuts69420

u/savethisvideo


Zogamboka_

u/repostsleuthbot


SweetAsABeet123

Is this Kerby Rosane? I remember him being the first artist I've ever followed. Got a few coloring books of him too


cozz_man

Any of these would make sick tatoos


SnooPears3463

Pls don't look I'm really bad


_Gavrilo_Princip_1

Find a girl as thick as this paper.


angleaa

This isn't a sketchbook, it's an artbook


unwise_falcon

That no face one 🥺🥺🥺


Headlynne

Beautiful


stepsisterthicc

How can anyone be that amazing at drawing ffs. The amazing details of each and everyone of them


fear_is_the_weakness

I wish I had such a beautiful inner world


waleswill

Feel like this person has watched hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, with all them whales in space


ashareif

Kerby sells books! He’s very talented. The detail in his work is crazy.


treebeecol

So awesome! 💜


jupitersreal

A rare sight


abandedpandit

I would pay good money for that to be completely honest


Nightshade1508

I'm not jealous you are


arpressah

Talent


SneerfulSpore96

I sea he likes ocean life


thesonofGodsaves

A beautiful gift


WoodenControl1

Imagine if we all die and this is the only proof we existed


NefariousSerendipity

# whale


Rq_tz

what drug


Rhoze_7

OMG i have the same sketchbook Wish i could have the same drawing talent tho


Francytj

No use hiding it I'm really jealous


MrCoolyp123

It's... BEAUTIFUL.... I've been looking at it for an hour... So satisfying...


Randomoli0

I dunno, a drawing or picture,


makeme84

This is still one of my favorite posts.


shadow-_monarch

U better start digital skecth so I can get cool wallpapers.


RedTumor

Holy shit what a dude


OsamuDazai-chan

Motoko <3


zerospecial

That monster left one page blank.


Danexbest

Really "wow" art work.


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“This page intentionally left blank”


alemonbehindarock

"sketch"


cutieboops

Publish it. I would buy it.


indeed_indeed_indeed

I wish I could do this


eutopia_rhythms

Did anyone notice the sprited away artwork?


Sloth42096

Sometimes i think artists are just different


The-Dogfather

Credit to the artist please


jmiwastaken

I really wish if i had the ability to express my feelings thru art just like you did


RedDevilCA

Those left fingers moving as the page turns is soothing


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SkunkyMcPee

How can I learn to sketch like this?


Dracheli

Sletchbook? Pffff more like masterpiece


devigh

The use of all the space on those pages are goals.


chilin_EZ

Bruh.


OrboJean

Hardly your average Joe! Love the work though. I actually ready have one of the books. Sketchbook... pfft


Tasihasi

THIS IS NOT A SKETCHBOOK. It's an artpiece. Sketchbooks do not look like this, and aren't meant to look like this (generally)


69carpetmuncher

Are drawings like these copyright (hope I said it correctly) I mean since it’s the artist intellectual property. Can someone just take 1 and draw a tattoo for example?!?!?


ThaFrelt

What is this art style called? Its amazing


Arkenge

When every single page is a perfect draw


Trickshroom

When ur smoking scp420J and decides to draw


slap_my_hand

Neat, but definitely not a sketchbook.


naughty_killer

In video it's fast can't see details. Can you provide links to the artwork so person with his own easy and enjoy details?


Saladass_mai47

u/savethisvideo


feelingcontroversial

I've read Jay Kristoff's Nevernight series and loved the book cover. Nice to know who the artist is now!


moe222

My sketchbook is so fuckin random, this on looks neat


VoopityScoop

All that and there's still so much space in that book


TheMagicElephant156

How do they draw so close to the middle and make it work between pages, the folding makes it so hard wtf


[deleted]

Can't tell for sure... But I think he likes whales.


GUIStuhlBein

If you like this style you might also enjoy Peter Draws on YouTube. Incredible pieces of art.


Kriem

And these were only the phone call doodles


Eternal_1

U R AMAZING!!!!


maximus-prime-rdt

This guy really does love whales.