SketchbookHeroes

2022 has been a hell of a year and has brought some crazy insights and major life changes. Hopefully the show has given you as much back as it has given us through the years.  A heartfelt thank you and good buy friends

Xmas is in less than a week and we have some gift ideas for you to buy or make that you probably don't have time to get or make!

Less drunk but equally stupid! Your favorite hosts are back to talk about impostor syndrome and how it never really goes away ;D 00:12:22 - Intro + topic 01:05:18 - Tools Ilias shares some quick tutorials for learning photoshop https://www.instagram.com/photoshop_blog/   01:07:20 - Retro Time This week we talk Crampus on Netflix Bad Santa Daddy´s Home 2 Top Secret Naked Gun and a lot more!      

3 Friends embark on an adventure to watch the cult classic movie Willow and talk about storytelling as they get drunker and drunkerer!

  Feeling stuck on your artistic journey? Then maybe its time to make a change! If you want something you never had before you need to do something you've never done! 00:22:07 Intro + Main Topic   Also support the show by voting in this Swedish Podcast award thingie if you love us ;D The categories are: Årets kulturpodd Årets hobby/fritidspodd Årets poddklippare /Robert Ekblom Vote Here     01:45:59 - Tools Big fat nothing!   01:46:06 - Retro time    Seraph of the end Shaman King (Netflix remake). Brooklyn Nine Nine The peripheral on Prime Big Disney rant, AGAIN! Please skip haha…   Keep sharing the show with fellow artists and thanks again for tuning in! Love /Your favorite idiots

Talk, sing, dance and be a moron on your way to becoming a successful artist at Comic Con :D Send out some good vibes and see what the universe throws your way! 00:05:54 - Intro + Main Topic 01:04:00 - Tools Ilias uses the printer to print several prints for Comic Con and they look amazing! With that said though he only manages to sell ink originals ;D 01:17:33 - Retro Times Ilias watched Seraph of the end recommended by his daughter. While Robert watched Tales of the Jedi and then we just derail away ;D Thanks for listening

On this episode we talk about living up to peoples expectation of you and what you do. Do you cater to those expectations because it gives you likes and and compliments? Tune in to hear our rant. 00:05:29- intro + main topic 01:00:43 - Toolies  Ilias talks about his printer and Rob started writing a new book! 01:18:12 - Retro Time  Ilias has seen a solid nothing while Rob watched the following Battle of the super sons, The watcher Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities The midnight club   Share with a friend & Thanks for listening ♥️

The boys get together with long time friend and nerd Mattias Andersson and talk prep and expectiatios for upcoming Comic Con stockholm. A little Inktober talk and a little social media rant ;D 00:05:30 Intro + Main Topic 01:26:10 - Toolies Clip Studio Controversy + discussing subscription.   01:49:15 - Retro Ilias has seen nothing but listened to the song Hollywoods Bleeding for 4 days straight, probably more since this episode was recorded. Mattias talks Andor and Rob talks Clerks 3.  So spread the podcast with your friends and join the fun together!   

aaand we´re back folks! A lot of things have happened in the past few weeks and we are here to talk about all of it and also how to not get in your own way, or maybe we just derail the conversation? Tune in to find out! 00:17:23 - Main Topic 00:47:06 - Tools We bro out but also somehow talk Inktober 00:53:56 - Retro Spider-Man the animated series Gargoyles Batman animated series The old man with Jeff Bridges Cyberpunk on Netflix Entergalact. Werewolf by night If you enjoy the show please share it on social media with your artist friends! Love ya´ll bastards!

Atey Ghailan an amazing concept artist and the creator of the Swedish design studio ENVAR. So join us as Atey shares his story. Atey https://www.artstation.com/snatti  IG https://www.instagram.com/snatti89/ ENVAR https://www.envarstudio.com      00:07:00 - Intro + topic   01:06:15 - Tools Atey talks Miro for collaborating on creative projects + the pocket brush! +  about drawing everyday for a year, even on his wedding day!   01:20:45 - Retro Tune in to find out what inspired Atey to do what he does ;D Enjoy friends!

Episode   Welcome back as we discuss your failures as artists ;D   00:12:47 - Intro + topic   01:11:53 - Tools   Robert does NoTober Ilias has drawn one Inktober.   01:24:59 - Retro Time Ilias has watched exactly nothing.   You are a storyteller Podcast The Bonfire Podcast with Big Jay and Dan Soder   Cyberpunk Netflix Anime Jefferey Dahmer thingie on Netflix + some cooking show!   Share the show and enjoy friends!

  Effort Vs Outcome! You poor your soul into your work and then you put it out to the world and that effort is not reflected at all. People barely notice it. 00:11:55 - Intro + topic 01:06:18 - Tools Robert talks about his latest portrait + follow up on writing. Ilias wraps up his Inktober thumbnails.     01:23:32 - Retro Time  A rewatching of Guardians of the Galaxy. Cobra Kai season 5 Elvis Ilias cries floods to Captain Fantastic, highly recommended movie! Cyberpunk series Hunter X Hunter + Netflix hack!   Share and enjoy friends!

This week we talk about quitting to soon. Before you get to experience the fruits of your labour.  00:08:03 - Intro + Topic 01:16:33 - Tools Robert talks a bit more on his writing methods and Ilias talks how fun  it can be editing and manipulating photos.   01:35:53- Retro Time We quit She-Hulk. Lord of the rings gets butchered. Its ugly kids..

Inktober is coming! On this episode we share our learnings from last year and what our strategies for this year is. 00:09:09 - Intro and topic   00:52:15 - Tools Our inktober tools of choice + Roberts tips on writing a story.   01:07:05 - Retro Time Robert watched the Northman The Samaritan  She-Hulk Sandman bonus episode    

00:05:00 - main topic  We watch the Foo Fighters movie Studio 666 and also discuss around celebrities who enter the art scene and making it solely on their fame. 00:45:52 - Toolies Robert rediscovers his copic mojo and Ilias tries to introduce AstroPad into his workflow.   00:58:39 - Retro Time Day Shift The Sandman Rise of the ninja turtles    Thank you so much for tuning in friends! Support us by sharing the show with your friends and followers

Welcome back friends! This week we talk about knowing your own crazy and what drives you as an artist or person ;D 00:09:00 - Topic 01:07:33 - Tools  Ilias used a pencil and Robert found his gouache!  01:12:08 - Retro Time! We talk Bullet Train Squid Game PREY Alive Final Destination Sweetheart   Thanks for tuning in! If you enjoy the show feel free to share it with your friends

Sorry for the weird sound friends! On this weeks episode we talk about working for friends, for free and for exposure. 00:04:34 - Main Topic 01:01:48 - RETRO TIME! The Grey Man on Netflix The man from Toronto Train to Busan  Underwater  + Ilias watches a bunch of Van Damme Movies! The Terminal list and a lot more ;D   Share and Enjoy!

The last summer special! This week we watch the classic movie Double Impact with Jean Claude(not clock) Van Damme. We saw this at a very impressionable age and we´re taking the time machine back to 1991 to see if this classic still holds up and what old memories it brings up. Share the show with a friend and join the chaos that is the summes specials!

Join as we rant about the Marvel Movie universe in this unlistenable summer epic

A summer special talking about the movie Everything Everywhere All At Once. Starring the ever awesome Michelle Yeoh and derailing the show from there ;D Love /Two nerds

This week Mattias joins us to talk about the new Thor: Love and Thunder movie we saw together on the Premiere. Some people love and and some people truly hate it

Two aging artist now closing in on their 40s talking about what's its like to get older and their view on art and life :)    00:09:18 - Topic 01:21:43 - Retro Time Robert still trying to get through Twin Peaks S02 Spree The Terminal List Ilias watches Happy Stranger Things   If you enjoy it share it with a friend :)  

Cant believe you´ve put up with our antics for 200 episodes. We´ve built a beautiful community together and we hope we can keep giving you that creative kick in the ass.    

Is wokeness ruining art? Representation matters and its great to see minorities getting the same opportunities in art and entertainment. But how do we tell inclusive stories without making it become the story? 00:05:37 - Topic 01:26:00 Retro time Robert introduces Into the Spider-verse and Thor Ragnarok to Sanna!  ilias Rewatches Avengers: Civil War Pig with Nicolas Cage! Stranger Things season finale Obiwan! Woop! Thanks for tuning in friends!          

A lot of us say we want to get better at art, but no one wants to do the work to actually get better. Also if you're serious about learning we do have a challenge for you! 00:05:20 - Main Topic 00:47:30 - Retro Time Ilias has seen World of Warcraft about 6 years to late and it sucks! Robert watched Twin Peaks 35 years to late :D Also the weekly Obijuan dissection! Also if your in Stockholm don't forget to sign up to the Sketchbook Heroes Meet up! https://forms.gle/WFTjRJJnxSNukopi6

Robert gets judged on his appearance at a tattoo convention for wearing a shirt and tie. So naturally we talk about people judging your appearance and the expectations people put  on specific occassions or professions. But summer brain syndrome helps us  lose track of the point we are trying to make haha.. enjoy! 00:11:55 - Main Topic 00:57:17 - Retro Time Ilias has seen both TOP GUN 1 and 2! Beverly Hills Ninja  Palm Springs Pick of destiny Obiwan episode 3 Stranger Things Enjoy the epsiode and sign up to the  Sketchbook Heroes Artist Meet Up! Event Link

We are using Love Death and Robots as a spring board to discuss what is ok in art in todays woke society. If you find a show offensive, or seeing something that doesnt jive with your moral compass, is it then not allowed to exist? 00:08:05 - Main Topic 01:04:40 - Retro Time Last night in Soho by Edgar Wright Barry again! Also sign up for our event here https://forms.gle/WFTjRJJnxSNukopi6

Two tired anti heroes talk about feedback and why you should ignore it! 00:03.15 - Main Topic 00:43:00 - Retro Time! Love Death Robots  season 3 Kingpin (not the bad guy). Superstore   Tell everyone yall!  

Summer vacay is closing in and with that all the need to, have to and want to-dos! So using our experience from previous years we have come up with the bullet proof way of getting both rest and fueling up creatively! 00:12.08 - Main Topic 00:56:57 - Retro Time! Barry Season 3 is out! Swedish show Clart! + Ilias finally watched Drew Struzan The man behind the poster documentary and as per usual they just keep talking! share it and enjoy friends!

If it makes you haaaaappy!! It cant be that baaaaaaaaaaaaad! Also the next SBH 200 Meet Up announced!    00:15.56 - Main Topic 01:01:23 Toolies Ilias is learning 3D in Blender :D 01:48:05 - Retro Time! Robert talks DOOM Eternal! Moon Knight finale Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness! and then we just keep talking! Spread and enjoy!  

Buying new art supplies is cool, but only if you actually use them.  Ilias buys a really expensive DSLR camera, but adds a rule along with this purchase to help him to become the ultimate awesomest artists. So tune in to find out how you can steal the idea and apply it to your own art.  We also talk about not obsessing about expensive art supplies you cant afford and letting that limit    00:05.30 - Main Topic 01:01:23 Toolies Ilias talks about his new FujiFilm X-T4 mirrorless camera with the fujinon lens 23mm, 1,4F R LM WR, A Godox Magic Arm to film his art process + Peak Design wrist strap and shoulder strap. 01:24:45 - Retro Time! No Moon Knight this week because Ilias fucked up! But thankfully Robert has seen some shieeet. We talk Samurai Rabbit on Netflix. Movies with Mikey - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVZGUV77aRg Robert talks easter eggs in Hush and Midnight Mass. + more! So tune in friends, rate and share the podcast to send some extra love our way! peace out!            

Many of us spend a huge amount of our time working. But the older we get the more we realise how important work life balance is. To spend time with the people we love and do things that truly makes us happy. This episode is more of a therapy session for us but maybe something we say resonates with you too. 00:05:50 - Main Topic 01:08:50 -Toolies True colors!   01:09:37 - Retro Time Last Action Hero Animted Night of the living Dead HBO Attack the block + the Weekly Moon Knight summary! Tell everyone!!

Join us as we talk to friend,  Illustrator and all round awesome person Karin "Bahkadisch" Big D Ohlsson about life as an artist, woop! Support and follow Karin IG https://www.instagram.com/bahkadisch/ website  https://bahkadisch.se 00:13:50 - Topic   01:27:30 - Toolies  Big D tells us about her favorite tools. Ilias is buying a camera and Rob discovers a passion for baking!   01:45:40 - Retro time! Karins hates cartoons, who even invited her to the show?! Two heartbroken heroes sit in silence, crying and questioning their existense.   Thanks for listening friends and do share the episode and help support our guest Karin!! Until next time!  

So we´ve nagged you all about creating community on social media. But this time around we want to talk about creating community in real life.  Due to budget cuts Robert has sadly been replaced. 00:04:55 - Topic 00:56:20 - Toolies Ilias talks about his Samsung Dog gig + finally uses his damned printer.  New Rob talks about Poster colors he hasnt yet used and about his Wacom Intuos. 01:29:30 Our flag means death, Vikings Valhalla Attack on Titan FINAL FINAL2! Kung fu Hunger Games At Deaths door!   Much enjoy friends!  

Accountability time friends! What do you want to do, learn, achieve in life? Big or small, the time to act is today.  So listen to this episode then tag us on social media with what you want to do and how your going to achieve it! 00:09:51 - topic  00:55:27 - Toolies Diddly squat! 00:55:40 - Retro Robert takes us down memory lane with Super Mario Bros 1993 Psycho 1960 Raging Bull 1980 Primeval 1997 Disneys Moon Knight and a lot more! Enjoy!

This week we share our thoughts on productivty and how it applies to us in our artistic lives. What qualifies as being productive, should you feel bad when you´re not being productive? Tune in to find out more! 00:06:33 - topic 01:09:00 - Toolies Robert talks about the Scrivner App he´s using while writing. https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview Ilias finds the joy of working with vectors and talks about Adobe Illustrator + example tutorials Ilias used to learn new skills in the adobe suite. Illustrator Tutorial: https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-set-of-flat-animal-icons-in-adobe-illustrator--cms-24710 Photoshop Tutorial https://design.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-clean-glossy-plastic-text-effect-in-adobe-photoshop--cms-22962 01:20:30 - Retro Time Ilias had seen a big fat greek nothing and Robert has watched Man on Fire! Also that 3D Ninja turtles movies from 2007 and not so much more, but somehow they manage to keep talking! Tell everyone!

Is inspiration to accessible? Is all this inspiration helping us become better artist or is it distracting us? Lets talk about it! 00:08:05 - Topic 01:14:30 - Toolies! Ilias explains Photoshop Layer styles really poorly. Robert talks a little about his new super fancy iPad keyboard case thingie and you won't believe what happened next! 01:29:00 - Retro Time  We talk Pixars Turning RED Is it cake on Netflix Our Flag means death Parasite and more!   For all things Sketchbook Heroes visit https://www.sketchbookheroes.com     

Robert has been feeling artblocked for a while and we take this opportunity to explore artblock as its happening. 00:06:28 - Topic 00:46:50 - Toolies Ilias did a gig and Robert drew on a plate! 01:12:00 - Retro Time! Robert talks about a documentary he backed that covers 80s Sci-fi called In Search of tomorrow https://80sscifidoc.com We also talk Mark Dacascos movies. Our flag means death. The Adam project and Diabolical! Enjoy friends!  

Ilias is drawing live for Samsung and is feeling things ;D He´s nervous, a little anxious and excited.  So why not take the chance to dive into these feelings as they are happening and see what an artists feels as its happening. 00:12:15 - Topic 01:35.40 - Toolies Ilias talks a little about the Samsung Galaxy tab S8 Ultra for drawing as an adroid stupid person.  Robert Watercolors and tries to get into drawing personal stuffs again. 01:45:30 - Retro Time  Diabolical anthology(The boys). We´ve seen The Batman and we´re not afraid to spoil it ;D Much enjoy friends!      

00:10:35 - Topic   01:00:00 - Tools Samsung Galaxy tab s8 Ultra Collaborative Storytelling on Discord.   01:24:56 - Retro Time More Horizon Forbidden West   Jack Reacher on Prime The Kingsman on Disney Robert watches Love on the spectrum.      

The Importance of finding balance between professional work and personal work. 00:11:50 - Topic   00:49:28 - Toolies Copic and Sharpies airbrush effect! 01:19:48 - Retro Robert talks us through some Stallone classics Wolf among us and Ilias talks a little about Horizon Forbidden West

This week we talk about collaborating with other creatives and making cool shit together!   00:13:48 - Topic 01:06:14 - Toolies Literally nothing!     01:06:30 - Retro Ilias saw Venom 2 too! Boba to the Fett finale. Peacemaker    And a lot more!

Everynow and then we reach that point where we hate everything we create and we cant seem to get better. You just feel stuck!  00:05:59 - Topic 00:56:35 - Toolies  Robert forces himself to create a new poster!   01:02:53 -  Retro  Robert talks Venom 2 and Dark City. Then we both talk PEACEMAKER!  

How many times have you sat down to draw only to have your brain draw a total blank? This episode wont solve that but maybe it´ll give you some new ideas! 00:09.48 - Topic 01:06:53 - Toolies Robert bought grey paper and Ilias still hasnt unpacked his canon printer 01:26:43 - Retro Peacemaker and our weekly Boba Fett spoilers ;D Find us on Social Media https://www.sketchbookheroes.com/

We all use art in different ways. For some art is a coping mechanism, for others its meditation. what is art to you? 00:09:50 - Intro 001:14:12 - Toolies Creating little art projects that take less then an hour. 01:22:55 - Retro Robert talks PEACEMAKER! We also talk more Boba Fett. if you enjoy the show feel free to enjoy our community on Discord! https://discord.gg/pk3Rnq2      

The biggest mistakes we´ve made along our artistic journeys. Toolies - Ilias shares a little drawing tip :) Retro - We talk Boba Fett and Rob gives his thoughts on the Eternals

We have two whole weeks off during the holidays. We pre-recorded this episode and tried to predict what creative mischief we´d be up to. A 100% were doing none of it ;D Much enjoy!

Aside from insulting our French friends this week we have Adam "Forange" Törn on the show to talk about his artistic journey, building community around his art and more! 01:15:50 - Toolies Adam shares his art set up! 01:15:50 - Retro time A loose goosey talk about fun stuff that inspired Adam. Find and follow Adam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArtForange IG: https://www.instagram.com/forange_art/ ArtStation : https://www.artstation.com/foranger

So most of us wait to the very last second to go xmas shopping or we just dont have the money to buy everyone cool shit. But we artists have a cool superpower that others dont. The power of making shit! So we spitball a bunch of fun ideas to help you get started!