Guided Course: Create a Balanced and Visually Appealing Sketchbook
Podcast: The Sketchbook as a Diary: Life in Miniature
A guided course by Mattias Adolfsson , Illustrator
About the video: Podcast: The Sketchbook as a Diary: Life in Miniature
Overview
“What if sketching became your way of remembering? This reflection explores the sketchbook as a space of presence, not perfection—a visual diary of fleeting moments, daily scenes, and inner impressions. Discover how each line becomes a trace of attention, a gesture of feeling, and a quiet way of saying: I was here.”
In this video lesson Mattias Adolfsson addresses the topic: Podcast: The Sketchbook as a Diary: Life in Miniature, which is part of the Domestika online course: Guided Course: Create a Balanced and Visually Appealing Sketchbook. Create expressive characters from objects, master perspective techniques, and add vibrant color to your sketchbook illustrations.
Partial transcription of the video
“What if every corner every coffee break. Every fleeting face could be captured in lines. not as a photo. But as a gesture. a stroke that says, I was here. I saw this. I felt it this way. Welcome to this Domestika podcast. where we explore art as a way of seeing. Today we look at the sketchbook not as a technical tool. but as a visual diary. as a way of living through drawing, and drawing through life. Throughout history, artists have used sketchbooks as deeply personal spaces, Leonardo da Vinci filled his with observations inventions. and impossible creatures. Frida Kahlo recorded thoughts....”
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Course summary for: Guided Course: Create a Balanced and Visually Appealing Sketchbook
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Drawing, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration
Mattias Adolfsson
A guided course by Mattias Adolfsson
Mattias Adolfsson has been working as a freelance illustrator for over eleven years. While working as a graphic designer in the computer games industry, he started sharing his work on social media, where he began his successful career in illustration.
His long list of clients includes Nickelodeon, Disney, Dreamworks, Cartoon Network, Warner Brothers, and other important animation studios. He has also illustrated for magazines including The New Yorker, The Hollywood Reporter, and The New York Times.
Mattias has created a variety of illustration work in areas like product design, for baby clothes brand Atelier Choux Paris, record sleeves, as well as an art commission for the largest hospital in Sweden.
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