Finishing a sketchbook in 10 days

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  • Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
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  • @limo_was_here
    @limo_was_here Год назад +582

    having a holiday should also be fun/relaxing, forcing yourself to fill a travel sketchbook if it's gonna make yourself stressed and feel anxious isn't really what i'd call a good time :P if i draw on holidays it's because i actively want to, and it's always nice to look back on those drawings

    • @ChromaMoma
      @ChromaMoma  Год назад +59

      So true!

    • @trevorminton6084
      @trevorminton6084 Год назад +34

      A good tip I learned from another art RUclipsr is to take a picture of your subject before you start drawing it. That way you can leave if you want and enjoy your travels in the moment, then you can sit down later at the end of the day and draw some of the stuff you saw. Hope this helps!

    • @so-tz8lp
      @so-tz8lp Год назад +5

      there is no "should". some people take their holidays to go study another language

  • @xenogaming5997
    @xenogaming5997 Год назад +315

    Your editing skills are getting way better, you have put in the work clearly

  • @CJShopland_Art
    @CJShopland_Art Год назад +140

    I approach travel sketchbooks very differently. I use it as downtime as things catch my eye rather than actively seeking to record. While it’s nice to have a sketchbook per trip, I’ll often fill it with other holidays too 😊

    • @CJShopland_Art
      @CJShopland_Art Год назад +13

      Didn’t mean this negatively; just that it seemed a lot of pressure putting on self than just enjoying some down time. However you do now have a beautiful sketchbook of memories out of it 😀

  • @jackson615
    @jackson615 Год назад +39

    Hands down one of my favorite art focused channels! The analogy between a camera and a sketchbook also resonates heavily and is so valid.

  • @wyan2222
    @wyan2222 Год назад +68

    wow even the trailer is beautifully edited

  • @abetterjulie
    @abetterjulie Год назад +20

    the insight of not taking pictures just to fill up the memory card is brilliant.

  • @justlimonika
    @justlimonika Год назад +89

    You are so insanely good at art and this video looks amazing

  • @amoyu
    @amoyu Год назад +8

    love the tip for bring washi tape if your planning to make a travel sketchbook, but LOL cutting out the blank pages of the sketchbook, amazing love that

  • @thedomeguy
    @thedomeguy Год назад +54

    Chroma Moma video editing skills are getting super good!

  • @arioctober
    @arioctober Год назад +6

    This makes me so sad, I have such a different perspective on travel sketchbooks... I look FORWARD to drawing when I travel!! But also I ALWAYS keep one, even when I haven't left my home city in 2 years. I would bring whatever travel sketchbook I was already working on before I left for my vacation. I do also prioritize enjoying myself over drawing, and I take TONS of photographs I can draw from when I get back.
    I actually tried doing Inktober while visiting my sick mother-in-law in Oct 2020 (yep pandemic travel... Crazy times) but promptly gave up so I could enjoy being elsewhere and spend time with my MIL. (She's feeling much better now for the record! It's a miracle cause we thought she was gonna die, thus the traveling in the middle of a pandemic.)
    This is one of the reasons I don't let art become more than a hobby. If I started doing it for a living I'd start "grinding" and then I'd hate it. I'm sorry grind culture left such a deep impact on your ability to slow down and enjoy things! I struggle with that a bit too, and I have to remind myself of the wisdom that rest is equally important to work and actually makes you more productive.

  • @HumdrumCurio
    @HumdrumCurio Год назад +3

    When I sketch while traveling it is usually to slow down and really take in the moment. I also enjoy collaging stuff in my sketchbook in the evening or sketching from a reference photo if there isn’t time in the moment. I don’t worry about the blank space at the back because I know I can always glue in other receipts, printed photos, or brochures that I find when unpacking 😊

  • @matiasmuller9801
    @matiasmuller9801 4 месяца назад +1

    I love the ending. I was like "I couldn't leave the pages empty but I know it would be really hard for me to come back to it" And then you solved it so easily, I love it

  • @izzzicm
    @izzzicm Год назад +14

    A while back I bought a regular sketchbook to use for a “travel sketchbook” and figured I’d fill it in the three weeks I was away. I think I filled about 7 pages 😅 but now it’s for whenever I travel anywhere and I just make a new location page to indicate where the drawings following it where made.
    Definitely going to need to try the smaller sketchbook method- once I finish this first one…

  • @kihei1
    @kihei1 Год назад +20

    i don't usually comment on videos but honestly i'm so glad to have discovered your channel, truly a big inspiration!

  • @Lobstrique
    @Lobstrique Год назад +10

    so much to think about, as always. appreciate your honesty and the fun bits 😄 I've wanted to fill a similar small sketchbook with memories from a trip but never got to it. and I was pretty devastated about it, too. but usually I travel with people who don't draw and it I don't feel the need to draw when I'm with them. maybe someday I'll go on a sketch tour with someone :) maybe by myself even!

  • @blu40
    @blu40 Год назад +2

    just wanted to say that this is probably my favorite art channel, i just love his art style and the way he approaches things. it always makes me want to go do art myself. thanks for the amazing videos!

  • @thanksforcoming.3402
    @thanksforcoming.3402 Год назад +9

    i liked the last part when he cut out those blank pages

  • @DrTomoe-em7rs
    @DrTomoe-em7rs Год назад +8

    this video was so fun. i love that analogy at the end. thank you for sharing your process & life with us! 🙂

  • @Royl65
    @Royl65 11 месяцев назад

    Beyond being a fantastic artist you also seem super cool and humble. This content is a joy to watch!

  • @kaislakuurama
    @kaislakuurama Год назад +2

    Really wonderful thougts and points. Superb!

  • @zkinguk
    @zkinguk Год назад +1

    Fun video man - drinking my first coffee this morning and watching, I enjoyed the vibe.

  • @c-3676
    @c-3676 Год назад

    your theology and outlook are insanely inspiring made me really happy to see you cut out those pages.

  • @orangejuice8221
    @orangejuice8221 Год назад

    Bro the transition of you talking about the grind to you taking shots with your friend was SO CLEAN

  • @nowtacoma
    @nowtacoma Год назад +3

    Dare I say, your best? Awesome, story-line in there, recognizable. Whenever I am on a trip, I sanctimoniously want to see as much as possible and sit down and take it in. Sketching is the borderland, because it takes time away from running around and yet it gives you the best way to capture your subject in your brain forever.
    ps. I hunger for being in Asia again. Indonesia especially.

    • @Wndrlnd9
      @Wndrlnd9 Год назад +1

      Well said.
      I miss visiting Indonesia as well! Beautiful country. Nice to see snippets of it here ❤

  • @Ramingor
    @Ramingor Год назад +4

    Incredible...was just lingering around and wondering about your next visit. See you tomorrow, amigo

  • @joshrobinson8474
    @joshrobinson8474 Год назад

    Man I’m just re watching this video and your channel really just resonates with me for reasons I cannot explain, keep up the amazing work !

  • @sketchbookscheming
    @sketchbookscheming Год назад +2

    Cool to see this mix of travel video and art! I sketched a little on my recent trips, but I took a lot of reference photos and finished the illustrations inspired by the trip at home.

  • @sammymy
    @sammymy Год назад +4

    You're definitely one of my biggest inspirations as an artist and content creator, I want to visit Singapore now lol, great video!

  • @cactusjidi2578
    @cactusjidi2578 Год назад +3

    I definitely want to do this the next time I went to a trip

  • @JessMakingArt
    @JessMakingArt Год назад +5

    I love to bring a sketchbook traveling. But I don’t try to fill it. Usually I only have a few pages by the time the trip is over.
    It’s important to rest and have fun on vacation.

  • @mossnodachi350
    @mossnodachi350 Год назад +13

    Hoo boy, that bit in the middle about not losing your love for art and creating solely as a freelancer who NEEDS to in order to take money hit XD I've been afraid of that ever since I saw it happen while I was in art school.
    I do like the notes on hoarding mode, I think everyone forgets a sketchbook doesn't need to just be drawing after drawing. If youve got ticket stubs, tape, funny stickers, printed photos, they're great to help record your travel while not putting so much pressure on yourself to fill EVERY page chock full of drawings.
    Banger of a video, seems like it was a fun trip!

  • @aog1747
    @aog1747 Год назад

    I have a travel sketchbook i bring everywhere i want to paint and i do gouache paintings in it and sometimes i dont get to paint on location so i take a picture and paint it later and for me its dope because its like a memory photo book and i get to remember all the places i went

  • @raohammad6290
    @raohammad6290 Год назад +2

    I now have something new on my "try once" list...Thank you

  • @uncletea5632
    @uncletea5632 Год назад +1

    Enjoyed the video! That Singapore airport is just immaculate !!!

  • @DesignDrawDo
    @DesignDrawDo Год назад +1

    I'm glad I watched this video - I have an upcoming trip where I was planning to also draw and vlog my travels and this gave me a good insight of 'to dos' and 'not to dos'. Also LOVE THE ENDING I am definitely doing that if I don't finish it hahaha (it definitely takes off the pressure of 'having' to finish it for sure!!)

  • @janehorner2
    @janehorner2 Год назад +1

    gorgeous video, hope you had a nice time on your vacation!

  • @toton1728
    @toton1728 Год назад +1

    I literally just came home a few hours ago from a 4 day trip. Brought a sketch book with me for the first time and was able to roughly draw only 4 sceneries of the place. Wanted it to be a scenery oriented book. And can't agree more with you on having less time to go brain dead and chill out instead there was I alone doing a sketch while everyone else I was with was roaming around. But all I can say is those sketches were very fun to do. Will try the sticking stuff idea next time.

  • @angelagrimes8237
    @angelagrimes8237 Год назад

    I use to take all these supplies on my trips and ended up doing nothing with them. Except pen and paper so I have learned next trip, a journal and a few ink pens like micron and a couple of pencils. That’s it! Last year my first trip in 3 years I actually used a small 3 x 5 moleskine. I whipped it out when I had a down moment in the touristing we did or anytime! And yes! Journaling with emphemera, too! Thank you for your ideas! I have another trip coming up in May and September so I am learning from you! Thank you!

  • @FixFaxx
    @FixFaxx Год назад +1

    you are my favourite art youtuber, and it is very interesting to see you travel and do art. I love your art style!

  • @joshuaforeshew7272
    @joshuaforeshew7272 Год назад

    Can you make a video on how you store your art supplies, and/or what type of cases/bags you use for your supplies when traveling?

  • @josiah-q5c
    @josiah-q5c Год назад +5

    I can't wait

  • @WolfMoonWings
    @WolfMoonWings Год назад +1

    I did something similar on my study abroad to Japan, well, it was required for the class but I had fun making it.

  • @emporertorvus4475
    @emporertorvus4475 Год назад +1

    Thank you Chroma

  • @yuko13371
    @yuko13371 Год назад +2

    Will watch later ! My day is a better one today chroma uploaded lol :)

  • @lavuntecolquitt
    @lavuntecolquitt 11 месяцев назад

    The ending... SUPERB! Imma do that IMMEDIATELY with ALL of mine. Lol but DEAD serious

  • @PaganTaylor
    @PaganTaylor Год назад +2

    The pressure to finish a travel sketchbook tends to mean I never start it. This was rather helpful in taking away some of that pressure. So thank you.
    Also - Patlabor

  • @rogerheller6838
    @rogerheller6838 Год назад +2

    YO !!!!!!!!!!!!!CHROMA , I've been looking at some of your videos my friend, you got some good talent and some good ideas glad to see that your safe and doing fantastic keep it up , and when you coming back to RUclips bro hopefully soon stay blessed and stay safe ANANDA

  • @clarittyclar
    @clarittyclar Год назад

    As a Singaporean, watching someone get so excited about our airport is really funny but also makes me very proud 😊

  • @Anddras
    @Anddras Год назад

    Wow I was thinking of starting a travel sketchbook but with the intention of journaling and draw some memories and ideas that usually cme to my mind when I travel, since traveling always brings me new ideas and my brain is saturated haha. I just discovered your channel with a video that helped me a lot. Thank you! ❤

  • @tgfwehjk
    @tgfwehjk Год назад +2

    your videos get bettere each one

  • @doc_sav
    @doc_sav Год назад +3

    Did you get comply foam tips for your WMF-1000MX3s? They literally saved the headphones for me. Anyway, there are few things I am fonder of than being the first one up on a lazy vacation morning, enjoying some kind of idealistic breakfast and an energy drink, then drawing as I overlook the ocean, as the bit of nighttime fog dissipates in the morning sun.

    • @ChromaMoma
      @ChromaMoma  Год назад +2

      memory foam on all my IEMs cause I'm gangsta like that

    • @doc_sav
      @doc_sav Год назад +1

      @@ChromaMoma Heck yeah G

  • @DrTomoe-em7rs
    @DrTomoe-em7rs Год назад +2

    omg ive never seen an airport that nice 🥹

  • @skiesquiggles7319
    @skiesquiggles7319 Год назад +11

    Commenting mostly for the algorithm because I don't have anything particularly novel to say, but your skills as a video producer have steadily improved the whole time I've been subscribed and I think that's really cool! It's something to be proud of.

  • @alexp.1646
    @alexp.1646 Год назад

    I really dig these videos dude. Makes me want to actually try and make my own videos too

  • @kiokik7457
    @kiokik7457 Год назад

    Great video! I’m inspired to carry around a sketch book like that one to fill down time. Hopefully some day I’ll be able to afford a vacation and do the same.

  • @willtn
    @willtn Год назад

    it's obvious you put a ton of effort in to these videos, keep up the quality man :)

  • @kidatsfresh
    @kidatsfresh Год назад

    this video was super well made!

  • @user-ew1vf4ep3x
    @user-ew1vf4ep3x Год назад

    I’m from sg and it’s sooo nice tosee artists that are also from Asia

  • @lauraostler4540
    @lauraostler4540 Год назад

    I love the ending its hilarious.

  • @tangerinejukebox
    @tangerinejukebox Год назад

    Talking about goblin-hoarding mode, I have a whole folder of receipts and cool bits from Japan in 2018, but the travel journal is full. I can’t let go of the rest til we can go again, and I can draw some more! 😅

  • @dineshdas8392
    @dineshdas8392 Год назад +1

    Your videos are improving day by day.

  • @SaltySoggy
    @SaltySoggy Год назад

    love the style & editing of the video, defiantly subscribing :)

  • @nathanyein
    @nathanyein Год назад +3

    your human drawings are looking so much better.

  • @reneklassen
    @reneklassen Год назад

    Drawing for the sake of beeing profuctiv feels very relatable.

  • @stephanie.kilgast
    @stephanie.kilgast Год назад

    I laughed out loud when you cut out the pages at the end.
    I went to Australia recently and also did not finish my small sketchbook and they are pages left at the end. Seems pointless to fill it in now, might just cut them out XD
    On a side note, don't be so harsh on yourself, I learned that the hard way (and still am tbh) but resting is ok and important.
    If you can afford to chill and do nothing, enjoy the days where you just are.

  • @pendantblade6361
    @pendantblade6361 Год назад +2

    I see you have Patlabor in the background, truly you are a man of fine taste.

  • @officialloner88
    @officialloner88 Год назад +1

    Awesome vid! Also, Patlabor is one of my favorite movies of all time! 🦾

  • @Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook
    @Manifesting_Secret_Sketchbook Год назад

    Wow YOU young man are SO COOL. I love drawing Watching from England UK .

  • @jessicawynnco
    @jessicawynnco Год назад

    Super interesting to see your process!!

  • @moma-b
    @moma-b Год назад

    Seeing you cutting out the empty pages at the end made me laugh so hard.
    I usually like writing a short diary entry about the daily activities on a travel trip, so I can better recall them years later. Next time maybe you can use the back of your sketchbook to do the same. :)

  • @mountain_33
    @mountain_33 Год назад

    Wow. I never gone to Singapore before, but it just look like HK!

  • @blooperdouper
    @blooperdouper Год назад +2

    Amazing video 📹 👏 love it ❤️

  • @kratibenara7900
    @kratibenara7900 Год назад

    I loved the part where you just removed the remaining blank pages. That was funny and brilliant at the same time.

  • @leticiaquinellato2303
    @leticiaquinellato2303 Год назад

    Oi, conhecei o canal a pouco tempo e estou amando os conteúdos principalmente os sobre sketchbooks, esta realmente me inspirando bastante espero que continue :)

  • @trashmasta438
    @trashmasta438 Год назад

    patlabor the movie in the background? nice!

  • @XxGreatestyouknoWxX
    @XxGreatestyouknoWxX 4 месяца назад

    What a fun video

  • @multitoolss636
    @multitoolss636 Год назад

    All the ladies when you just slipped that sketchbook in you pocket be baffeled..

  • @myfavouritecolouris
    @myfavouritecolouris 10 месяцев назад

    that safe password caught me off guard lmao

  • @joshmcwalters
    @joshmcwalters 2 месяца назад

    If I tried to fill a travel sketchbook my only memories of the trip would be of drawing.

  • @implozia1360
    @implozia1360 Год назад

    I am too distracted by literally everything that exists around me that I have no real want to sketch it about 90% of the time. I would rather stare at each blade of grass that I technically saw hundreds of times before but not at that location than sit down for 15 - 30 mins, make people I travel with wait for me (as I haven't traveled alone for a holiday/leisure), and I make a mediocre study, and even better, utterly forget about it. I sometimes go through my drawings I do spot said studies and only the near finished ones immediately remind me my point of reference, day, context, weather and memories.
    Instead, I use my small pads to get creative ideas that flash in my mind down as quickly as possible for possible projects and THOSE actually manage to help me remember the context in which was made! I just have a small EDC (Every Day Carry) I take anywhere and that has been amazing! Good luck to anyone wanting to find what best works for them!

  • @laowaistudieschina7470
    @laowaistudieschina7470 Год назад

    To me there is no "have to" or "must" about any sketchbook. My goal with sketching in general and while traveling is to relax and enjoy the moment, capturing the scene that catches my eye. I take along a 6x9 inch manila envelope to keep ephemera until I have time/materials to put it in the book.

  • @Pika6ana
    @Pika6ana Год назад

    Loved it 😂❤️

  • @Liliahna
    @Liliahna Год назад

    Amazing video!

  • @Indiana-Jonas
    @Indiana-Jonas Год назад

    lol I was so sure you would fill in the rest of the pages afterwards

  • @savana8668
    @savana8668 Год назад

    Greeting from medan, north Sumatera. I’m your big fan ✌️😄

  • @josiah-q5c
    @josiah-q5c Год назад +2

    Awesome video your drawings still seem amazing to be honest

  • @Nashi_4
    @Nashi_4 Год назад

    Is there any chance that you could ever tell me where you found the stickers , and stamps, and tape, on 4:15 and 4:24. They were so beautiful and cute and I wanted to know if I could find them. If not that is okay but they were gorgeous

  • @downsideupgoesgroar
    @downsideupgoesgroar Год назад

    I thought I was the only one who just rips the last few pages. I can't live knowing that there are a few unfilled pages in a sketchbook xD

  • @katsmith8263
    @katsmith8263 Год назад

    Very entertaining

  • @geroni211
    @geroni211 Год назад +1

    What was the outro song? loved the video, I do appreciate how you tend to give an honest, not so romaticized opinion on stuff

    • @TheProfessorRewind
      @TheProfessorRewind Год назад

      The song is " I'll see you again " by League of Legends and Suteki. I dont know if you need it anymore but here you go.

    • @geroni211
      @geroni211 Год назад

      @@TheProfessorRewind Thanks!

    • @paranoidcomet
      @paranoidcomet Год назад

      @@TheProfessorRewind second person here who needs it, thanks!

  • @elodieba5450
    @elodieba5450 Год назад

    Love your obsessive naive crazy vibes when it comes to your art 😂

  • @jackwilliams1468
    @jackwilliams1468 Год назад +4

    Do you find that after climbing your arms are so sore drawing gets harder? When I go climbing my forearms feel so sore after that my drawing feels shaky 😅

  • @eioclementi1355
    @eioclementi1355 Год назад

    Muji sells some cool art supplies quite good quality for the money.

  • @cat7193
    @cat7193 Год назад

    You just gave me mark lee nct vibe

  • @rephaelreyes8552
    @rephaelreyes8552 Год назад

    Can you make your aspect ratio 4:3 next time? Currently it's a bit ultrawide and 4:3 is a throwback to old days of RUclips.

  • @unhappypositron2418
    @unhappypositron2418 Год назад

    hey i really like the watch you're wearing! what's the name?

  • @McManOnTheMenu
    @McManOnTheMenu Год назад +1

    Hey chroma, i got a serius question.
    I really need a sketchbook, because mine is almost finished, and the only sketchbook at my local store is a tiny papyrus (the brand's name i think) sketchbook and i already finished one sketchbook of this kind, and im about to finish the other one as i said before, and this sketchbook is tiny and dont have a hard texture, like i love, i mean, it got some textures, its not like a regular office a4 paper sheet but the texture still isnt that hard. So i wanted to order a sketchbook from the internet, but all the sketchbooks i see reviews on are very expensive and i could'nt find any other sketchbooks, so i would like to know what sketch you use. Btw love your content! :D

    • @ChromaMoma
      @ChromaMoma  Год назад +1

      Everything you need to know is in here my friend :) ruclips.net/video/gkFuWIEaRCQ/видео.html

    • @McManOnTheMenu
      @McManOnTheMenu Год назад

      @@ChromaMoma Thx! That video was wonderful!, but, thats not the sketchbook i was looking for, i meant the one you said was flexible and can easily fit into your pocket, the 40 pages one. Can you please tell me the name and if its cold press or hot press?

    • @anmilaan2188
      @anmilaan2188 Год назад +1

      @@McManOnTheMenu the one he used a video? Check out Muji, they have their own webstore

    • @McManOnTheMenu
      @McManOnTheMenu Год назад

      @@anmilaan2188 ok, thanks! :D

  • @rylanmascarenhas4824
    @rylanmascarenhas4824 Год назад +3

    Felt pain when he cut the pages

  • @jacobjansta1890
    @jacobjansta1890 Год назад

    I was thinking about buying a fountain pen and I was wondering what pen do you reccomend?

  • @NightPhoenixPress
    @NightPhoenixPress Год назад

    That's one way to do it. 😂😂😂😂😂