Pixel Art Maker (PAM) is designed for beginners, and pros who just want to whip something up and share it with friends. I’m planning to share another post when we’ve completed the sketchbooks, hopefully involving a video of each.This is a simple online pixel art editor to help you make pixel art easily. This includes Shilpa‘s photos and videos, as well as me talking about the process and working on the beach.Īnd Shilpa wrote a beautiful post about it here. I’ve shared most of my posts in stories, which I saved to a highlight here. If you’d like to see Shilpa’s and my collaborative sketchbook project over on Instagram, these are the hashtags we use: I have been trying out making my own inks and pigments, and used some red cabbage ink I’d made in ours. You might have some things you want to try that don’t fit into your regular art practice a sketchbook is always a great place for this, and working with someone else can expand the ideas even further. You might want to put a time limit on that, or keep it open ended like we have. Shilpa and I didn’t discuss it initially, but I think the assumption was we’d continue till both sketchbooks were full. It’s a commitmentīut it doesn’t have to take a ton of time, so it’s also a lovely way to ‘keep your eye in’ with your art, while connecting and sharing too. Remember you’re working ‘together’, and the conversation can expand beyond the pages of the sketchbook. Does one of you need a bit more time before the next swap?.Are you working at roughly the same pace?.Are you in agreement about when you’ll swap the sketchbooks?.Are you both fine with working over each other’s art?.Check in now and then to make sure you’re both ‘on the same page’ Not a requirement of course, but can be helpful to create a container within which to work so you’re not always wondering what to do! I just take mine down to the beach with some supplies and go from there. Our guidelines were essentially, do what you like! It’s helpful to have a bit of a shape to it – ours being the theme of ‘land, sea and sky’ – but putting too much pressure on having it turn out a certain way can be inhibiting. Check that the one you choose isn’t already in use! Keep ‘rules’ to a minimum. Shilpa and I ended up choosing two one specific to our combined landscapes theme, and one more general, in case we wanted to do more in future. Not a requirement obviously, but if you’re sharing your progress on Instagram you might like to consider choosing one that you can both use. Work out beforehand how it’ll workĭo you want more than one sketchbook? What kind would you both enjoy using? Would you like to collaborate with more than one friend? What will the theme be, if any? Will you use a hashtag if you’re sharing on Instagram? Hashtags Shilpa and I had been slowly building a friendship on Instagram and had the good vibes about each other, even though we’ve never met in person. Tips for creating your own collaborative sketchbook A good rapport with your sketchbook buddy really helps with keeping things smooth, easy and fun We live in very different landscapes, but both feel drawn, and a challenge to see how they might be blended to flow from page to page. She lives up in North London, while I’m 300 miles away on the coast of Cornwall. Earlier this year, my friend Shilpa approached me with an idea to create a collaborative sketchbook together.
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