SKETCHBOOK TOUR // 2005-2007 sketchbook
Added 2020-05-27 13:11:38 +0000 UTCWow, I can’t believe I already completed the very last sketchbook tour!! Here’s the tour of my oldest sketchbook, from 2005-2007. It’s really different from my other sketchbooks and I feel like it shows a very different side of who I am as a person and as an artist. I hope it’ll give a new perspective on my artistic growth!
Some of the stuff referenced in the video:
• I talk about an animation that I made for the dutch television show 2 voor 12. You can find the final animation here: https://vimeo.com/3748115
• I mention Sylvain Chomet and Triplettes de Belleville as one of my big inspirations during this time. You can find an overview of his art and more info about his movies in this blog post: https://www.gregorlouden.com/blog/artist-profile-sylvain-chomet/
• I mention that I created a coloring book with 3Dtotal and that it’s available as a free download now. You can find it here: https://shop.3dtotal.com/loish-coloring-book
• I talk about an animation that I made for the Paperbag Parachute Studio project. You can find it here: https://vimeo.com/3744681
And just to get a general sense of the kind of work I was doing at that time, here’s two of my animation showreels that I made during my school years:
• https://vimeo.com/3747872 - this one is from 2007 and has some shots from that failed train animation in it.
• https://vimeo.com/7143945 - this one is from 2009 and has some shots from the fish in a bubble animation in it.
Hope you guys enjoy! Let me know what you think! You guys voted for some mini-tutorial content next month, so I’ll be putting up a poll about what topic to cover in the tutorial soon. Please vote once it’s up and let me know what you’d like to see! And as always, thanks so much for your support!! ❤
Comments
hey hovnis! i do think that an artists' likeness plays a role in their art, whether directly or indirectly. for me, having a sense of familiarity and relatability is important in my work and i guess my own face gives me that feeling. i also learned how to draw from referencing my own face, back when I was 12 or so! i guess my own appearance kind of defines what i view as 'normal' or 'familiar.' i hope that answers your question :) I'm glad you enjoyed this sketchbook tour!
Loish
2025-05-06 15:14:53 +0000 UTCI don’t quite know how to say this, but the first time I saw your face after discovering your art, I thought to myself, “Your drawings really look like you.” It was as if your style echoed your face. I’ve also noticed, with certain artists who have reached a level of maturity, that there’s often a resemblance between their drawings and their face or personality. And when I looked through your sketchbook, I saw that you’ve done a lot of self-portraits. Do you think there’s a cause-and-effect relationship between the two—between the fact that your drawings resemble you and the fact that you’ve drawn yourself so many times?
Drhov
2025-05-06 14:17:44 +0000 UTC😹I don’t know why but how you Said Ouagadougou make me laugh . This sketbook tour was very interesting. The story behind , your struggles and growth . Thanks for that
Drhov
2025-05-06 14:10:10 +0000 UTCThe story behind the art for that Rock a Ouaga poster was really cool and interesting to learn about!
Mason Field
2025-02-28 05:14:50 +0000 UTCthank you so much for your support! I'm glad you're enjoying the content. It's so important to allow ourselves to play and explore, and even though that's harder to learn as a adult, I believe it's still possible.
Loish
2023-11-22 16:24:57 +0000 UTCI have loved your art for a long time, but had no idea you had a patreon channel, which really bums me out, because I actually love the way you teach and convey concepts! Thank you so much for sharing this! It’s funny; people’s perceptions, of others art,because as a beginner artist, who is technically, too old to start, people don’t understand that whether you were encouraged or even allowed to pursue art when you are young, which I wasn’t, the drive to “be an artist”, to want to “replicate” the world around you and express what you love, never goes away! But it becomes so clouded, when you starts as an adult, because you never got to play and explore, as a child amd not give a care, whether you make a mistake, or whether your proportions are off, or whether your piece looks like shit and this is so intimidating! To me, your drawings are amazing and it’s partly because you understand what it’s like to be intimidated by the pursuit of perfection and somehow you learned to “self talk” your way through it! Thank you for sharing your journey! It’s very inspiring for me!
Hollie Hitchcock
2023-11-21 13:14:23 +0000 UTCSooo cool 😍
NastiaNastia
2022-09-18 15:48:39 +0000 UTChey sarah! thanks so much for joining my patreon! as for your question, I think I wasn't consistent with a sketchbook at all between 2007-2012. I would sometimes sketch a little but it wasn't enough to fill up a book, or it was on loose sheets. I was doing mostly digital art at that time. in general I am super intermittent with my sketching phases! sometimes I sketch a lot and sometimes I don't sketch for years, or I focus more on making rough work in a different medium that doesn't fit in a sketchbook. thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed this tour :)
Loish
2022-01-17 09:48:30 +0000 UTCHey Lois! Question from a new patron - I noticed your next sketchbook after this one in the tour was from 2012. Did you not keep a sketchbook for the 5 years following this one and then started up again? I've always had a complicated relationship with sketchbook consistency and I'm fascinated by how others interact with theirs through the years. By the way, I was totally in awe at the story-telling, characters, and interesting perspectives you used here and how strong your drawing was so early on, even if you don't relate to them now!
Sarah Berman
2022-01-14 19:50:13 +0000 UTCVery relatable! I think every artist will go through this and continues to go through this at different points throughout their artistic growth. It's just part of the process, finding out what is "you" and what is the influence of others. goodl luck on your creative journey!
Loish
2020-11-02 08:41:33 +0000 UTCReally enjoyed this very personal sketchbook tour, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! It‘s so interesting to hear about the struggles with finding your own voice. I used to think, having started with art much later in life, that this sort of confusion wouldn‘t affect me as much, because, well, life experience! But it turns out, artistically, I sort of have to live through all of the disorientation in timelapse, because this part of myself hasn‘t really developed along with the rest. Like handwriting with your non-dominant hand.. So, very informative and helpful video!
Kolja Kähler
2020-11-01 15:24:02 +0000 UTCSo cool animation stuffs! Thanks for your sketchbook tour and the voice description!
Diana
2020-05-30 18:40:07 +0000 UTCI deeply relate to the sketches being more vivid memories than photographs.
Taylor
2020-05-30 15:59:34 +0000 UTCthank you for watching and sharing your thoughts on it!
Loish
2020-05-28 10:24:33 +0000 UTCthank you! maybe i should try to bring some more of that exaggeration and edge to my current work.
Loish
2020-05-28 10:23:25 +0000 UTCthank you so much for your kind words! i'm happy to hear that you find it interesting. i think that many artists go through this, especially when they transition from drawing 'for fun' to trying to elevate it to a professional level. it's hard to adapt to the mindset that the way you drew before isn't enough somehow. looking back on this sketchbook, i think those challenges really enriched me as an artist and person in the end so i am grateful for those experiences, difficult as they were!
Loish
2020-05-28 10:22:58 +0000 UTCthanks for your kind words!
Loish
2020-05-28 10:20:47 +0000 UTCThank you Loish for sharing your vulnerable moment with us. It's so inspiring to hear your stories of being criticized back in school and now coming out of that.
Shanfan Huang
2020-05-28 05:19:19 +0000 UTCThank you SO much for sharing this with us, even though the memories are rough and it was an emotional time for you. I really feel for what you described about struggling between styles and what direction you want to take your art. I went through the same struggle through art college and still do to this day so it resonates strongly with me, and it's so encouraging to see how you worked through it. It's so interesting to hear your perspective on this time of your life after you've been able to think back on it for awhile. I remember at the time, seeing your heavily stylized animation work and feeling alienated by how different it was from your normal artwork. I was worried that you would never go back to drawing your wonderful illustrations. But after all that struggle, it really blended beautifully into how you draw now with so much life, expression, and fluidity that you learned through practicing animation. Even though it was tough, I hope you feel like it helped push you to where you are now, and made it worthwhile in the end 😄
Mollsie
2020-05-28 04:12:40 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this Lois! I definitely think the more caricaturized style in this sketchbook helped you create this unique look to your art!
SK
2020-05-28 00:05:22 +0000 UTCgreat sketchbook ...I really enjoy it. Thank you :)
Monika Kucharska
2020-05-27 20:09:38 +0000 UTCThank you for sharing this sketchbook and letting us get to know you from back then ❤️
ninnawi
2020-05-27 14:20:27 +0000 UTC
