Sketchbookheroes

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.