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Chloe Gilbert@Chloeg@mastodon.art (2026-10-24 03:28:08)
Sketchbooks shouldn’t really be performative. Drawings or sketches don’t need to be complete or accurate or even of something. What you put in your sketchbook is completely up to you and nobody else.
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Ben Bittner@ben@mastodon.art (2026-10-24 04:09:28)
@Chloeg I agree to an extent. I've always got one sketchbook going that's just for me, has messy sketches, half-formed ideas, thumbnails, to do lists. However, I also have sketchbooks where the work is more finished, and they sort of occupy the space between. There, I can try out more polished work in a way that still allows failure. If someone wants to see a sketchbook, I can show them those, and it doesn't feel so personal.
Most of the stuff I post comes from the second kind of sketchbook.