the best part about seeing her complete the 300 pages within 12 days is her smiles and laughter at the end of it. man that must've felt nice. you could see how proud she is of herself and that everything she did within those days were worth it.

It must be so satisfying to be able to make art from any medium.

Your paintings look like they should be in some wonderful, magical fairytale storybook... absolutely beautiful

Proof that it shouldn’t take me an entire year to fill 200 pages

I can't believe you filled 300 pages in 12 days and your paintings and drawings are so incredible! HOW???

Martina: I never draw animals
Martina: rips out half a dozen of the most beautiful paintings of animals you’ve ever seen in your life in ONE DAY

I like how productive this channel is but I have exams and it is totally easy to choose because how unique the content here is

THAT PRINCESS MONONOKE DRAWING YOU JUST CASUALLY FLIPPED PAST WAS SO GOOD THO????

Here’s how I fill up sketch books:

1. Never rip out pages! it’s tempting but don’t do it! It’s bad for the book but also it’s just not good for your creative process either. If you really hate something u drew, put sticky notes or stickers on top of it, or use a marker to draw over, but please for the love of god don’t rip the page
2. Don’t show anyone your sketch book. Draw personal self indulgent drawing that you would never post online, draw things for yourself without the expectation of showing others.
3. Don’t put too much pressure on it. Make sure to draw something ugly earlier on, you don’t have to go out of your way to make it ugly, but just try something new and if it turns out ugly that’s ok. Keep it there, and now in the sketch book from now on this will be your standards. Like if you draw something later and think it’s bad you can just refer back to the first bad drawing and realize “this isn’t that bad”
4. Draw the way you prefer sketching. I used to be awful at keeping up sketch books or finishing them. I always put too much emphasis on making every page look nice, and I never used all the space on a page. But when I would be in class I would doodle on the margins of my work sheets, then turn them in and never see those drawings again. So I got a little sketch book so anytime I would be in class and felt like doodling on my paper, I would instead take out my sketch book to draw my little doodles in there instead. And it was great, I ended up filling entire pages and not caring if they were masterpieces. So if your the type to grab a different paper to try a doodle or idea for a drawing, this time instead try gravitating to your sketch book first and draw it there. Treat your sketchbook like extra paper that’s laying around
5. Make sure you get a good sized book. Are you the type that always has too much space left on pages that you never fill? Try getting a smaller sketch book, so you can fill pages easier and see less unused negative space.
6. What’s the quality of your book? Is your sketch book really high quality and that intimidates you? Dose you’r sketch book have a really great design on the cover that you don’t want to ruin. Well try getting a cheaper book, get a book that has a blank cover. Quality is important sometimes though, sometimes you want paper that can withstand whatever medium you prefer, but don’t choose really cool looking books that look so beautiful to the point where you never want to draw in them because your scared it will ruin it. And when it comes to customization, I don’t decorate my sketch book cover with drawings and stickers until I’m 60% done with it. If you decorate the cover early on then you don’t want to “ruin” the book with bad drawings, so I wait later until I’m comfortable with it.
7. Finally, don’t compare your sketch book to others, especially the really pretty impressive ones online. I don’t care if your sketch book as a lot of amateur unfinished doodles while some kid on insta or YouTube has masterpieces on every page, at least you finished your sketch book, with every page drawn on, and a lot of your personality and thought process put into it.

She's done the impossible. best of all, every single page looks awsome, from the prompts to fanart, landscapes and especially that little bit dedicated to the witcher.

im sad how she made the flipthru a time lapse, because the paintings are so good it was like a sensation overload and i needed a longer moment to process the beauty of each one <3

martina : i can't draw animals

also martina : proceeds to draw amazing animal illustrations that most people wouldn't draw even in their wildest dreams

Me who can't even finish a 26 page sketchbook

It’s amazing how she gets so many ideas without experiencing art block or burnout like what a queen

When I started I was at a convention with my art. And the artist who was main artist at that convention was Larry Elmore. He came to my station and said that my art reminded him of his when he started. He told me that until he decided to dedicate 6 to 8 hours a day to art he was stagnant. but when he did that his skills went through the roof. Since I have decided to dedicate all my time to my art I see that he was so right. The more art I do the better I get and the more I want to do.

I can't even imagine how amazing it must be like to be able to draw almost anything. I want to become an animator in the future and this video inspired me so much. I still kinda suck at drawing and have a really hard time getting shit done so this video inspired me to actually try to improve my drawing skills instead of just sitting around, waiting to magically become better. Amazing video! :D

You just gave me the impulse I needed to fill a sketchbook entirely, so I've just pre-ordered your book and I promise to myself I will fill it to the end when I receive it!

I'm 39 and have also never finished a sketchbook. It may be time to crack down and really set time aside to draw.

Maybe I'll do it before I'm 40.

Congrats, Martina. This is truly incredible.

I caught myself saying things out loud while watching this. Along the lines of: "This girl is fucking insane", "What a madlad", "Goddamn she's monsterously good", "Fucking hell I'm jelous of her skills and mindset and dicipline". A few more things, but this was generally the emotions I felt during this. Martina, you are so bloody talented. Legit on top of your game because of how you always challenge yourself, and then proceed to exceed those expectations every damn time. Sick!

GIRL is there anything in this world which you CAN'T DO?!? you're so skilled!