TIPS TO START YOUR NEW SKETCHBOOK! | Sketching, Brainstorming, and Making a Great First Page! 

Am I the only one with a Phobia of the First Page?!

"Sometimes, our first pages are just as messed up as our Mondays." - An ancient artist proverb

I have the anxiety of the first page on all the pages

NINETEENTH sketchbook????? Homegirl has been grinding hard lol

*Dusts the first page* *wipes the first page* *makes sure its super clean* *draws stickman* I can't be the only one right?

"I'm not entirely sure where all the body parts go." I shed a tear in solidarity. (T^T)

First pages can be super scary but this was such a cozy and encouraging video! Thanks, Waffles!

I’ve had a sketchbook since the Christmas before last and I haven’t been able to touch it because the first page is just so intimidating. This gives me a little courage :)

The worst is that I'm a perfectionist and when a drawing isn't up to par I rip it out. My sketchbook is balding 😢😭

*when you think you’re a good artist but then see this..*

Personally, Ill draw a detailed sketch at the first page, then at the last page I'll redraw the first page. Its a great way to see how much ive improved throughout the sketchbook! It's alot of fun too ^^

"I paid to much for it. I'm gonna use every last inch of it." Hahaha if this ain't me I don't know what is.

Ya know, this is funny 'cause, I just started a new sketchbook and drew on the first page (it's not finished yet. It's only a sketch right now). I drew my favorite characters from cartoons and movies, and I said "Welcome to my Sketchbook". I think it was the very first sketchbook tour, that I watched of you, that inspired me to do a welcome page each time. And I've been doing it ever since! Love your channel!!! ~Pandi

I have the shakiest frickin hand I swear. My sketching is always fine, and look moderately ok, but as soon as I do line art, my hand goes 'ooh I have to draw straight lines? Hell no! Wiggle wiggle' I have sort of learned to fix it as best as I can... Anyway, thanks for the tips!

I personally like to start off my sketchbook with my name as graffiti. It gives it this pop of color and it makes me feel free to sketch on the rest of the pages.

i start every sketchbook by doing swatches on the back of the last page to warm up and so the sketchbook feels a little less new and fresh and too precious to ruin. it breaks it in a little. and sometimes i just work backwards through my sketchbooks until i reach a day where i have the PERFECT idea where im super inspired and im ready to tackle that first page.

"We've got to work within our limitations" - so true. I like to skip the first page and inner cover until the end, so I can make something representative of the whole book once it's complete

I'm getting a new sketchbook tomorrow and just, THANK YOU. OHMYGOD. This is going to help me tremendously. Thank you TvT;

Me when I draw a whole portrait, that actually looks really good: *I‘m a Master at my work, nobody can defeat me...*

I am just about to start new sketchbook and i never really drew something like welcoming page or so... i will give it a try this time!

are u spying on me? literally i bought a new sketchbook yesterday and today i was planning to strarted but didnt know... until this video appeared. thank you sweetie

I can't tell you HOW MANY first pages I've ripped out MY GOSH

I actually put more effort into the last page then the first. It is like a way to show off how much you've learned or got better at in each sketchbook. Am I the only one that does this?

"We have our ups, and we have our downs. Sometimes our page ones are just as messed up as our Monday's, but that doesn't mean our last page and our Fridays aren't going to be great." - Rin June 2018 Best Inspirational Artist quote EVER!!!!! Love You Rin/Waffles!!!!

I just skip the first page till I feel inspired so I don't regret my life choices, smh

I’ve yet to ever even complete a sketchbook 😭 gotta use these ideas to fill one up

I WAS LITERALLY TRYING TO PLAN THE FIRST PAGE WHEN I SAW THE NOTIFICATION

I always skip the first page in a new sketchbook. Maybe now I’ll have a little more confidence :))

"We've gotta work within our limitations. It's what makes us artists." That line really stood out to me, wow! Love it! This video is fantastic and super helpful!

How to overcome the fear of the first page: flip to the 2nd.

Also, nice nails! Purple ftw!

Gosh golly dagnabit. I'll always appreciate your artwork, Wafflelord.

Yes thank you! I actually got a brand new sketch book the other day and I've been terrified to start it!

Me: Buys Sketch book* Also me: Open the sketch book... Also Also me: Think* Also Also Also me: Think a little more... Also Also Also Also me: Think A LITTLE BIT more... Also Also Also Also Also me: After thinking like for an hour* draws a picture Also Also Also Also Also Also me: Don't like the drawing...erase it Also Also Also Also Also Also Also me: Draw another picture....don't like it erase it Also Also Also Also Also Also Also Also me: After drawing like 10 pictures realize that the page is dirty.... Also Also Also Also Also Also Also Also Also me: Rip it... Do the same process with like 18 pages Also Also Also Also Also Also Also Also Also Also me: Buy another sketch book....do the same with it and all the others sketch books... That's what my life is like I NEVER finish my sketch book

This is such a nice video! I've actually never managed to fill a sketchbook so far in 11 years of focusing on art (lots of loose sheets or starting sketchbooks and getting new ones), but I'm 14 pages away from filling my first one and plan on getting a mixed media one after that and making it a proper one c: This'll really help me make it just what I want it to be

When the ink doesn't flow right, but only you notice...

I am not scared to start a notebook I just draw whatever. This is an awesome video though

Be sure to tell us how the Sketchbook works, I have been looking for the same things! Very helpful, I almost always just not put anything on that first page... love you waffles

7:45 Realizing that i have the exact same pencil😶😶 WE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON Welp besides drawing

I just got a new sketchbook THANK YOU FOR EXISTING ♡♡

I can tell this is a video I'll end up watching A LOT!!!!!!

You’re such a sweet beautiful human being 💖

Ok, like you, need to be, my therapist. You are so inspiring and you really bring out that burning urge to draw in me.Your art is so good, I sure do hope your channel becomes one of the most successful ones, because you really deserve with all your hard work and empathy. -Your friendly local garbage can

What I like to do in my first page is to draw my OC on half the page and when I finish my sketch book I draw it again on the other side of the first page and that way I can see how I improved during that time face to face

*Got a new sketchbook to draw* *opens the first page* *OH GOD IM NOT READY*

I don't think I've ever finished a sketchbook. I just have several active ones all at the same time. They wind up getting linked to my moods, so I reach for different books depending on how I feel. One of my favorites is an old algebra book that I like to use sharpies in. No first page anxiety if it's already printed on.

"Diamond in the rough" Me: *Starts singing Hamilton My Shot* Shiny peace of coal......Yeah any hamilsquad members out there cause i dont wanna be embaressed......BTW Love your art Waffles ^¬^

Others: Welcome to my Sketch book! Me: Welcome to my Sketchbook! Proceed if you dare..

*“IM A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, A SHINY PEICE OF COAL”* idk I’m a Hamilton fan I had to

Screw it, I’m just drawing Alyssa and James from end of the f ing world.

I finsh and start sketchbooks soo often i have no anxiety anymore but thats just personally. I just sketch whatever i want to then add the start date and end data (usually i finsh my skechbooks in 10 days) also good video!! Keep up the good work also this is the earliest ill ever been!!

OMG my mom just got me my first sketch book and I am scared of adding sketches in it so I am happy that you uploaded a new video

I love how the background of your page one blends into that yellow first page almost perfectly! :) Great ideas for a first page, I like the welcome message idea!

I have that phobia too, your videos are so inspiring! I used to think my style always copied the people I watched, but then I discovered I was just trying to copy a style I wasn't comfortable drawing with. Now I finally realized I like drawing in a cartoon style, because of your videos! I know it sounds weird, but it's true.

for me, I always make a meet the artist on the first page !! not only does it show and tell how I felt, looked, and what I liked during the sketchbook, but it helps to have a plan for each first page of my sketchbooks ! : D

Just got a six hundred page sketchbook and was so scared to make the first page!

When your mom bought you a super high quality sketchbook when you were 6 and now only gives you printer paper: 👁💧👄💧👁

Hey Waffles!!! I'm pretty young and I just got my first ever sketchbook. I'm just terrified that I won't progress and won't get better over time, because I don't always have time to sit down and draw. I'm filled with all sorts of anxiety about what people will think if they catch a glimpse into my inner arty me. I'm not a very outgoing arty gal, but I'm outgoing and love meeting new people, but for some reason I can never get over my phobia of people seeing my art and judging me by it. I'm starting high school in August and that freaks me out even more, because I know that I'll be doodling during classes and that people will look over my shoulder at my drawings. I have so much anxiety about it and I was wondering if you had any tips. btw I love your vids and WAFFLES!!! #Waffles4life I also haven't found my art style yet and I'm not very good at drawing humans. Any tips for that too? (p.s. sorry if it seems like I'm rambling)

Wiff waffels I'm super super inspired by your vids . I watch them everyday . Your vids are what keeps me coming for more and more art . U r an amazing person CHANGING the lives of many discouraged artists around the world . U rampage my role model ever since I watched your vid in like 2015 . I've been sticking with u since about 3 years . U r so funny and so cool . I just love your work and hope u keep on immersing us u r the hero of every artists in the gallaxy

My fave tip is "if the first page freaks you out dont start on the first page" sometimes jumping to a random point in the middle eases that fear and once you're more comfortable then you can use page one

I don't really know why, but I feel like laughing soo much about what is on my mind, tought its more likely a thing to cry on.😂😅 As for me, it's not about the fear of the first page of a sketchbook (let that aside, I have a fear of blank pages bigger than A5😅), mine can't even be called a sketchbook! A sketchbook is called a sketchbook for obvious reasons.😑 You have to sketch in it, doodle, draw, paint, try out new things, develop. It's not 'art' what you have to make in it, it's 'sketching', having fun! Making 'art' is about preciseness, perfectionism, and that 'everything has to be on point' sindrome!😐 Sketching is fun and all.😃 If it would be about 'art', it would been called artbook instead of sketchbook. But then, as I said, can't even be called sketchbook! I'm just rarely working in it, and when I do, I spent couples of hours or even days on one piece.😕😧 It's never good enough, never perfect enough! I know, I know, now you say "Just chill, don't be that uptight! Work with timelimit or stuff like that. Try to draw different poses, clothing, places and all. Try to learn new things and develop your style!" Hah, nice to say, and I already know all these. But how should I, when I don't even have an own style? If you look at those idk, maybe 4-5 drawings in my sketchbook, you would say that it's all made by different people. Not just that they don't have a unique style, they have nothing in common!😂 My type of drawing is that 'copy-art' one, when I see something and I get inspirated like drawing the whole thing down as much as possibly similar. Now that I think about it, I can't even draw. What I do is not called drawing but highkey perfectionism. Nothing else. And people still praise me that I'm such an amazing artist! 😧 If I have no reference or just nothing else, there is literaly no way for me to draw for example a proper body. (Again, lets leave it aside that I can't really even with reference) Sketching and 'arting' are two very different things, but, ya know, theycan be each other. But not like I sit down and try to make art by sketching, no. More like that a sketch is art in itself. Because it reflects ourselves, our style, attitude, personality, talent and all. Jeeez, this is soo messy! Idk what to do, I'm totaly hopeless.. Ps. Sorry for all this whinny, long spetch, but I had to let it out.

17$!?!!?!?!?!? I GOT MY SKETCH BOOK FROM DOLLAR TREE

Can’t sketch the first page? Start on the second page.

I went ahead and watched this because it popped in my screen as a recommendation, and yeah! I like it. I always feel like i have art problems since i'm also not the best in drawing, I'm still learning anime, chibi and full cartoon kinda styles, i also get TROUBLES from FIRST pages that i tear and send them to trash after i see the nightmare i made, and i felt great! Thanks for the tips, I subscribed to this channel recently, maybe a few days/weeks ago, and thank you for the time you took to read this, I know it already took long.^-^

Wow....woooow! You have all my respect for having SO many sketchbooks, like damn...I am not even surprised anymore how good your thumbnails sketches and sketches are, after all that practice, you go girl!

Waffle: I don’t wanna draw on the yellow paper Also waffle: makes her page yellow

what i do is that i draw on my last page an “art progression” thing. i will draw the same thing, but from the first drawing, compared to the last drawing.

I have 13 EMPTY note books in my desk for 2 years. This helped me a lot and inspired me. Thank you so much Waffles! Btw, When I lightly draw and then trace I sometimes fall it jellybeaning. Btw #2 you earned a new subscriber ;)

I took your advice and I really really like the way my first page turned out. I have a toned sketchbook. The excitement of being able to use a white pencil made me less anxious! 😊

Yes! The thumbnails are such a good idea! I’ve always had trouble with the first page....and every page after that lol but the lil thumbnails are perfect because it’s like a trial and I can see what works and what doesn’t before I ruin a page lol 💕 literal lifesaver!

its so weird hearing her talk about how shes trying the illo book for the first time when its her main brand she uses for sketchbooks now

I just got a new sketchbook yesterday. Weird coincidence?

Thank you waffles! First pages are really stressful for me becasue I'm afraid that once people see it then the will judge me based on that page. So thank you soooooooooo much for helping me and I hope you have a fantastic day!

Omg wow! I have been watching the, apparantly most recommended videos for cool sketch book covers- and I came across this it really helped me with my first page idea

Something i do for the first page is the “i can!” Stickman. This can just be a little doodle at the start of your book so that all the drawings after it dont have to be perfect and can just remind you that you have to trust the process! I hope this helped :) btw i love your videos waffle x

Mom buys me a new Sketch book,draws something,tears it out,starts over and does it again .I buy a new sketch book,waits hours then draws something I love.

I almost never use my first page. I leave it blank. Forever. I have serious first page anxiety. i'm also a page jumper. I like things to feel really random in my sketchbook. Putting the same kind of drawings back to back feels boring to me. I also tape in a lot of outside work that I do on scratch papers or stray watercolor papers, and I tend to tape those into the pages I don't like so much, bc im a firm believer of never ripping out pages form my sketchbooks. they arnt taped in so much that you can't see what I originally put on the page, but I do like that if someone flips to that page they see something I really like first, then when they lift up, they see my garbage lol.

Dear Drawing Wiff Waffles, you are officially my idle

I finally handled it by starting on the last page until I feel strong enough to go to the first page. I feel really good about that discovery

Your Sketchbook Tours are love to me. Very organized and fun. Just giving me the idea of showing off mines but I’m skeptical because I feel like I have to practice more on my drawings especially drawing guys.

I love this video and helped me with this phobia but i have a question...HOW DO U SKETCH LIGHT?! I cant every time i try i fail so hard so plz help meeeee

Amazing thx for the tips 😙😚 love you

i really like drawing one of my ocs on the first page of my sketchbooks, that way i can draw something im used to and so i can see how much better they look when i redraw them with an entire sketchbook's worth of progress behind me

Please dont take this the wrong way, but i frickin LOVE your dorky laugh! It really makes my day! I snort when i laugh at something that was funny all of a sudden...your laugh makes me feel good about mine...

I’m like a few pages away from the end of my current sketch book so this was really helpful. Thank you!

i just finished the first page of my first ever sketchbook (an illo as well) and i am SO excited i’ve been drawing for a while but i’ve been too stupid to think abt getting a sketchbook but now i have one and i’m literally in love

Every artist like me always misses the first page WE ELITE

I got a new sketchbook two weeks a go and I really love my first page I took my best drawings form the first one and made a collage. That really worked for me. So maybe filling it in a way you like with stickers or something else. Might work for others too it looks interesting and it gets me motivated to draw.

oh says you when all of your sketches are literally perfect

love the new intro waffles! Also, I WENT FOR IT and my page one turned out really nice! This felt like a pep talk video right before I drew. Thanks!

Wow I’m early that’s rare! Excited to watch the video

Hello! I hope you’re doing well!

What I like doing is finishing the first page last

Every little mistake of the first page terrifies me!! Waffles! I know u might never read this but u inspire me so much!

You should make a tutorial about how to draw clothes! I love the way you draw clothes!

I love her and it’s so comforting watching her 5 years ago

I'm scared to even take off the front wrapping bc I might unintentionally ruin the whole book in some way lol but this video helps whenever I'm about to start a sketchbook

I just bought a 25 dollar sketchbook, I’m freaking crying I can’t figure out what to PUT ON THE FIRST PAGEEEE

I usually leave the first page, but I thought it was a waste of paper. Thank GOODNESS I found you!!! Where have you been all my life?!

I mean TECHNICALLY, those thumbnails ARE the first pages of your book! That was easy! 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼