Can I paint a 300 page sketchbook in 12 days? 

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

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

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

Thats got to feel good! and the work is incredible. I'm still drawing in random sketch books I got 20 years ago.

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.

*Now THAT was a privilege to witness!* Just incredible, all of it: your focus, your determination to follow through, and of course the art itself. I sincerely appreciate your posting this. I have saved it to my "Inspiring" list of videos. Be well!

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

This is motivating and stress inducing at the same time. I love it

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!

Wow! Your artwork/ illustrations are stunning.

This was such an inspiring process to watch! Not only are you insanely talented, but your perseverance was truly inspiring! Looking for my own challenge to be a part of (as a writer).

I would 500% buy a print of any of those landscape paintings, they're so beautiful

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 RU-vid 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.

Sometimes you have to set a challenge like this for yourself. In the last 2 years I had 2 sketchbooks open but mainly did digital art. When 2021 started I'd set the resolution that I'd finish both by the end of the year. I finished the smaller one in early August and then blasted through half of the larger one in about a month, finishing it mid-October. I'd had that sketchbook in use for over 2 years, which is the longest I've had a sketchbook in use for since I started filling sketchbooks. It was beyond satisfying to get it done but I found myself on an incredible roll with it when I really got into it. Glad you finally got to experience that finished sketchbook feeling! I hope you get the chance to complete some of the old ones you've cracked open before too :)

i love how she is calmly painting we have such dramatic music

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

"If I don't put pressure on myself, I won't get anything done." Well, it bloody well worked. You got... a looooot... ... ... done... It's actually really fun pausing on the pages that catch your eye and I recommend everyone do it. These are quite good for averaging 25 a day. I'm a sucker for neatly framed small things with lots of shades of similar colors with lots of contrast like 9:54. I'd hang those side by side on a wall like the cat's checking out the dracos. Love was put into every one of these. It's great. It's an awesome book.

Real life achievement unlucked! Congratulations to you, Martina. The art looked stunning and i can't help wondering how a Christmas Calendar would have looked if you made it. :D

i absolutely love this channel. you guys are always doing creative things that are actually entertaining, and its pretty clear that SO MUCH EFFORT goes into everything you do! i've been binging, love it

As an aspiring writer, I can confirm that completing literally ANYTHING, even if I have to force myself to do so, gives me the drive to write longer or better quality works. Last month, my wife challenged me to write everyday. Because of some time constraints on some days, I only completed 20 out of 30 days, but that’s more than I’ve ever done independently before! I also really enjoyed myself, so I’ve continued working on a prompt my friend gave me 2 weeks ago. Initially, his story was meant to be about 3 pages, but based on my progress and the outline I created, it’s going to end up somewhere around 50 pages! Great job pursuing your sketchbook goal. Sometimes we creative types need to force ourselves to get started, but we always end up having fun in the end. :)

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!

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

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

this gave me an incredible amount of inspiration, i’ve been going through one of the worst art blocks and this video just saved me. such amazing and beautiful artwork!!

This feels like one of those nostalgic books that you loved once as a kid and would find in the library and would never give it to anyone and try to hide it from them but is always found🙂

duuuude that's so awsome! I'm one of those people who can't finish a sketch book because I always buy a new one and abandon the poor old one. And doing so many paintings in only 12 days? That's so amazing!!! That would take me soooo much time ! You can be really proud of yourself! I'm not event gonna mention your drawing skills that are just fantastic!! I love you Martina you are such an inspiration to creation and when I watch one of your videos I always wand to create something and that's incredible!!!

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

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

Staying up late and accidentally catching a new Nerdforge video is fantastic

1. WOW! 2. Your creativity is positively amazing! 3. You are an inspiration! I thought my son (age 22) and I were the only ones who moved on without completing a sketch book. This has given me the inspiration to sit with him once a week in the new year and do 2 pages each, so by the end we would have 104 each. Please never stop this beautiful passion of yours!!

This is so motivating and impressive. I wasn't expecting you to go through that much effort for each page!!

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.

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.

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*

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

As a person with absolutely no artistic talent, this is fascinating to me! Don’t sell yourself short! You are honestly amazing!

There are some of those sketches I'd dearly love to have as posters/paintings. Amazing job as usual! 💖💓❤💗

I can totally relate to the part when she starts the sketchbooks and never finishes😅. Congrats! This is a beautiful beautiful sketchbook!

This gave me an incredible idea, the school year is starting soon so I'll bring a sketchbook and try to draw something every day or every other day and see how I improve throughout the year

This video is inspiring. Also just got my copy of this sketchbook and I didn't realize just HOW MASSIVE it is! Now this video is even more impressive! I'm on my quest to finish it now

I am on a sketchbook buying ban...after I preorder this sketchbook. 😂 I already have a full shelf and a half of brand new sketchbooks that haven't been used yet. This video definitely inspires me to complete some of the sketchbooks I already have open though. Great job on completing 300 pages in 12 days!! And each page is gorgeously painted/drawn!!

How she only spent less than half an hour for each page but it all still turned out as a masterpiece is beyond me!! Amazing art!

This is one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen

This was an amazing video! I'm so excited that you were able to accomplish this, kudos! Also, the editing, music, and lighting on this video was perfection. Thank you for slowing down the footage to normal speed when you peeled off the tape around the edges...so important!

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.

This channel honestly always makes me feel like being productive art wise and stop procrastinating lol I love it

So glad I found your channel! I feel like I'm going to learn so much and feel so much more motivated to practice drawing and painting! This is one of the BEST art-related videos I've EVER watched, thank you so much

literally I was so in love with the sketchbook that immediately after watching the video I bought myself one really motivated me to sit down and draw tbh

Woww, the talent here is visible, the fact that you can paint so well, even in just 25 minutes is incredible! Nice video! You just earned yourself yet another subscriber!

the arcane pics!!!! ahhh my eye caught that so fast. love this, you guys are truly an inspiration & so talented. 😭🥺💖

Wow!!!! That was freaking awesome! You are an amazing artist! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your 12 day epic adventure in sketch book filling!

this was my first time watching you and your art and personality is AWESOME! subbed and liked :D (also was just thinking about getting a new sketchbook so perfect timing :D)

I’ve recently bought this. Can’t wait for it to arrive 🙂 it looks so magical. @nerdforge will you ever do a sketchbook tour video, I would love to see some of your sketchbooks

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 love all the animals you painted I think they looked really good! Keep it up!

i surprised my self at recognising the witcher 3 scenes without knowing that thats what they were at first ahah well done on completing it, inspiring me to either pick up my old sketch book or get a new one and have a go at completing it

Me who can't even finish a 26 page sketchbook

Need to complete your book journey and make a "Medieval" type look like the monks did to put on display, and just leave the middle open to a well done up page with gold leaf and Latin written in it. Would make a great display piece I could totally make after you do all the "learning" for me.

This is actually nuts :'D I don't know how you did this, super awesome

7:21 out of ideas 💡 Voynich manuscripts mode 🤣 Im kidding, but the plants drawing and texts made me think about it lol This is one of my most favourite video, included the multiples paintings u made in the wood cabin

As much as I love to draw/paint/create, I was never able to do so consistently. Your video made me realise one thing - I can set myself a tight goal and race against time and get so much more practice done this way! I'm starting to gather ideas now, maybe I'll be able to challenge myself this weekend :D

That came out amazing! Challenging yourself to finish the old, partially filled sketchbooks might be fun as well - it could be interesting to compare your drawings at the beginning to those at the end.

this was one of the best videos I've seen in my time every second of it was worth watching, thank you so much for posting such amazing videos ❤❤

I need to see Jazza attempt this if he hasn’t already…👀 also, I LOVE your style of landscapes 😭😭🥰

8:45 congrats on this achievement but that drawing is just dark

I never realize that you had a cut finger on your left hand 5:12

Your so talented. I've seen other (amazing) artists do this. But I haven't seen anyone put in as much effort as you.

12:49 and 14:23 are my favorite ones! But what I enjoyed the most was watching you draw and paint in such varied styles and palettes :)

omg i loved each of the draws

Martina my partner and I do the exact same thing with sketchbooks. But less of "ugh i don't like this drawing" and more "LOVE SHINY NEW SKETCHBOOK" ..we have an entire shelf filled with half-full books. >_>;

How even can a person be this talented?? I've never seen anything like this in my life and probably never will see anything like it. Thank you for showing all of us your talent!

I love watching you throw your whole self into literally everything you do :D My tiny human loves your art, too :D Have a wonderful day and congratulations!

How is it fair that by day 12 you can tell Martina was rushing, yet everything she drew/painted is still 1000% better than anything I’ve ever done in my entire life? 😭 All jokes aside, this was incredible to watch, so I can only imagine how amazing it must have felt to complete that sketchbook! ❤️

honestly sometimes "bootcamp" approaches really really help you improve and i feel like we can see that here from segment to segment! i really respect the work ethic here : D congratulations on finishing it, i love your positive attitude i just want to say, if beginner artists watch this, drawing a lot helps, but dont overwhelm yourself! it can take the fun out of drawing if you arent already super passionate i think.

Beautiful. I really love the mill with the light through the window. It gave me goosebumps😊

I was about to ask where you got that sketchbook because the pages held up so well :O I'll definitely get a christmas gift for myself this year ^^

I'd LOVE one of those. I would NEVER write, scribble, paint, or draw a single thing in it. So...I CLEARLY need to order two so I have one to "not mess up."

We love the challenge you set for yourself in this video! It's a perfect way to advertise the sketchbook! We finally ordered one today! Can't wait to hold it in our hands! We love the slongan on the cover

Finally decided to watch this video and I’m blown away by how beautiful the paintings are… Definitely bookmarking this video, the flip through is just a ton of good stuff - all those inspirations… I’ll definitely come back to this and copy some paintings when my skills improve!

I have to say. You are such an incredible inspiration to me. I've been following you for years now, when you started posting videos on how to create handmade sketch book tomes, and it got me into book binding, which is now one of my favorite things to create. I have always struggled on completing a sketch book full of drawings, and I keep collecting them and I wasn't sure quite why, but you nailed it on the head. Anyways, you've inspired me to actually finish a sketchbook and that's going to be my goal this coming year. Thanks again for sharing your passion with the world. Your genuine excitement and positivity fills my heart with joy everytime I watch your videos.

As someone who also has a notebook obsession and hasn't filled out a sketchbook yet, I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY FOR YOU!!! Now, i am inspired to fill out my many sketchbooks 😂 Also, I learned bookbinding because of you. I love you, Martinaaa!! And Hansi, too! 😍

That is so so so cOoL !!!! This is the first ever video I'm watching of yours and I love your art style your paintings and your Sketches are all so prettyyyyyyy !!!!!!! I also absolutely loveeee the editing of this video 💛 This whole video is pure masterpiece!!! And usually I don't get motivated or inspired by videos but now I'm more inspired than ever to go start my Sketchbook THANK YOUUU FOR SUCH A PHENOMINAL video 💛

It was so nice to watch !!

Oi oi! Just coming back here to say that the sketchbook has finally arrived and OMG, this is everything I ever wanted in a sketchbook! It's so chunky and gorgeous and smells amazing too (yep, need to smell books)! can't wait to dive into it and see how it holds up to continued use (and abuse, ehrheeem) !

stumbled on your page while looking at acrylic pours and i love you. you're insane and insanely talented. Didn't realize you had to make a freaking masterpiece on every page. Subscribed!!!!!!!!!!

thoroughly impressed and inspired, absolutely amazing im so proud of you!!

Yo this was so cool watching you draw over the past 12 days congrats on finishing your first sketchbook

Doin that many in 12 days is a serious way to burn out, i find when you get over the frustration of messing up a page that doesn’t turn out and come to terms with sketchbooks are meant to be messy n have mistakes in them, ti gets a whole lot easier to fill them one page frustrating you? go to the next xD

Amazing job, Martina! I Absolutely adore your style! The landscapes are stunning; the different facial expressions on your sketches were super cool; the animals were so good (hope you're not as reluctant to draw them in the future!) and the hybrid creatures were so cute! Very impressed by every page, really. And did I spy a bunch of characters from Arcane? (woot! best show ever!)

Oh man, I always thought I'd fill my sketchbooks too. Haven't done it once. Who knows, maybe it'll happen one day. :) Edit: Holy crap! Martina, literally every single one of these is so freaking good! Even when I was drawing the most I ever drew in my late teens and early 20s, I don't think my skills were ever close to yours. And! I caught that Lan and Moiraine in there! The Wheel weaves as The Wheel wills!

I love Martina,s prep to sketch and paint

You are incredibly talented. Not to say you haven’t done a lot of pencil miles, you obviously have. I ordered one for myself. You’re inspiring.

I might need to do something like this over winter break to see if I should pursue a fine art minor. Did you enjoy Arcane? I saw those Vi and Powder sketches. Edit: just released I added an "a" instead of an "e" at the end of arcane, haha

YES! My Nerdforge-Sketchbook finally arrived!! It's so beautiful *.*

I have the same problem . I managed to fill some when i was little . Like 5 10 but nothing more . I continued drawing and painting a lot of course but i used standard sheets of paper / piece of canvas / panels but still have a lot of sketchbooks to complete. I was hooked on buying moleskine and some suited for watercolors ... the most filled one was made by winsor and newton there are some cool pieces . i feel a lil sad about 😿 happy that you accomplished to fill it so fast . Very relatable video 🍎

This has motivated me to get back into writing every day (or at least most days lol). Your dedication to completing this is really inspiring!

this recently made me sit down and fill a page with various doodles and styles! As a perfectionist, almost every page of my sketchbook has *one* portrait, *one* structure, or are serious projects. I rarely every fill every inch of a page, let alone with doodles (aside from concept art/design ideas). But I sat down and filled two pages to the brim of different characters, patterns, text, anything my brain could think of! Doing exercises like these make you feel amazing and I'm glad I did it

As some one that is getting started with sketching and drawing, hearing 5:00 - 5:05 from such a talented person makes me feel like less of an amature while also showing what a humble and genuine persona Martina is.

Please bring the sketchbook back! Seems so high quality