TikTok’s WhiskeyRabbit had a video a while ago about “creating consistency in your art, the advice being to grab a small pocket sized sketchbook, and 2 or 3 max drawing instruments, a list of prompts - and then work on them only when you feel like it. The prompts don’t have to be in order. There’s no deadline. It’s small enough to fit in your pocket or purse, with enough range to do something with it. I had a RazzleDazzle UglyBook lying around, grabbed some microns, markers and white GellyRolls, made a prompt list:
| square | twisted | thorny* | |
| boundary | pitted | moose | |
| coffee | encrusted | dripping | |
| knife | wormy | self portrait | |
| narwhale god | cracked | ||
| fruit | teacup samurai | fat birb | |
| clouds | plague queen | rooted | |
| sandwich | modern siren | crickets | |
| chain | sea shamen | shade eater | |
| webbed | *bolded prompts have been completed |
Highly recommend. I love working on toned paper - much for the same reason I used to love scratchboard. It’s so easy to overwork something and make it too dark - with scratchboard overworking will only blow it out, and there’s always the option to go back in with darks afterwards. With a toned paper you get to work out from the middle, add dark, bring it highlights - it’s all more balanced and forgiving. The prompt list without the schedule or order is also great. Don’t know what to draw, pick whatever you’re vibing with today.
I have a thought towards turning these into a series of mini prints, if I were ever to step foot into the vending game. And I have two other UglyBooks with green and yellow interiors when this one is filled waiting in a pile of blank books and paper.
