Sketchbook Tour 2 ✿ plus Spooky Zines and Folktale Week

Join me for my “spooky” second sketchbook tour as I share my journey of finding my illustration style through drawing from imagination, observation and references in my scruffy sketchbook, have a chat about drawing challenges like Folktale Week, Peachtober, Inktober and the Imaginary Book Cover and have a couple of spooky zine side quests! I am a graphic designer based in Hastings, and for a long time, I struggled to establish a consistent illustration style or voice. This video documents my progress over the last year, moving from barely drawing at all to building a regular practice. I will show you page-by-page peeks of my second sketchbook. Whether you are looking for inspiration to start your own sketchbook tour or simply interested in how an artist develops their creative habits, this video offers an honest look at my process. You will see how I balance drawing from observation with my own imagination to create a body of work that feels authentic to me. I hope this look at my personal illustration projects encourages you to pick up your pencil and start creating today. Subscribe for more updates on my creative journey and how to find your illustration style, and let me know in the comments: ✿ Have social media drawing challenges helped you develop your illustration style & voice? ✿ How do you keep up a daily drawing practice? People & things mentioned: ✿ Sarah Dyer’s Patreon:   / sarahdyer   ✿ Google images from the 1983 costume making book ‘Jane Asher’s Fancy Dress: https://tinyurl.com/3v5tdvd5 ✿ The World of Interiors article Window Dressing: https://www.worldofinteriors.com/stor... Key chapters: 0:00 Finding My Artistic Voice 0:49 My Daily Drawing Habit 4:07 The Evolution of My Artistic Identity 6:17 Spooky Characters and Sketching Sessions 9:28 Beyond Drawing Challenges Social media: ✿ Substack profile: https://substack.com/@elizmudlark ✿ Substack publication: https://ticklingmyfancy.substack.com/ ✿ Website: https://www.elizmudlark.com ✿ Instagram:   / elizmudlark   Support: ✿ My channel isn’t monetised, so if you’d like to support me, my work and help keep my channel up and running you can always buy me a coffee or Derwent loganberry pencil via ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/elizmudlark or purchase items via my Amazon affiliate links below.THANK YOU! My fave art materials & equipment: ✿ Koh-i-noor Aristochrom Magic - 12 Pencils with Special Multicoloured Lead 3400 Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4imYdE4 ✿ Talens Art Creation Sketchbook - 13x21 cm - 80 Sheets - 140 g/m² - Acid-Free Drawing Journal Amazon UK:https://amzn.to/4A8C7LQ Amazon US:https://amzn.to/4dg2aa8 ✿ FIFINE AmpliGame A6V RGB USB Gaming Microphone Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/4hobpaO Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3VwxyuX Music: ✿ ‘Cyanotype’by Kylie Dailey from Epidemic Sound (instrumental version)