#daily 2025 sketchbook

[oddfamiliar]

Daily 2025 sketchbook

01/01 - 01/07

[caleod]

31-12-24

Happy new year! I'm closing out 2024 with page nr 3287, in book nr 38. I've now been making daily sketches for 8 consecutive years!

Here's to 2025, let's make it a good one for all of us! 🥂

[i-wanna-study]

07/01/25 (Tuesday) [😠]

I was completely exhausted, so I didn't study much and decided to rest a bit. My practicals (lab experiments + viva + written test) would start in a day or two and I've to prepare for it. I can't seem to catch a break, and most probably, I won't be able to until July.

💌: My dad's health worsened today, and now he has a fever. I ate a lot of corn today and burnt my fingertips while boiling it. The burn isn't severe; it just hurts a bit.

Also, thank you, @berlinmacaw @zzzzzestforlife @berry-notes @chu-diaries and @o2studies, for tagging me in various tag games. I'll do them once I'm done with my practicals.

[humblegoatart]

AH! i missed the monday daily! 1/6/25 was sketches i did during our New Moon Academy dnd session. everyone stopping by the impromptu “adopt a fiberware” table set up by the only knitting club member.

[foqiazafar]

January 2025

[crispycaro]

some sketchbook spreads from a roadtrip with friends!

also filmed a full sketchbook tour :3

[lyanmeart]

[doorstoplord]

I’m gonna gush about The Journal I’ve made for 2025

So the point of a travelers notebook, as I’ve said before, is to sling together booklets that can be interchanged inside a leather cover

Here’s my setup

The inside cover has a contact card and stencil just in case. I have a plastic sleeve insert that can hold cards but since it’s see thru I have it holding photos

The other side of the plastic sleeve holds temporary lists (this ones my Christmas list.) this is also the cover of my Annual book, a book that will ideally last half the year, if not all of it

The annual book has monthlies from November 2024 to July 2025

After that it’s a future log. Also in this book are lists I’ll reference often: automotive information, wishlists, long term to-dos and other such things

Then we have the back of the plastic sleeve with a zipper. Right now I just have a few receipts in there

I then have the card side of my wallet insert. On the other side I have some gift cards, on the side pictures I have important reference cards. I’m debating putting payment cards in here, idk. Right now my phone is also my wallet. The other side of this insert has a zipper and I keep cash inside.

Then I have the monthly book, which will ideally last one month. First I have my diary card, essentially a mood tracker that I bring to my therapist every time we meet

Then I set up all my weekly spreads for the month. On the left, I write any appointments before hand, and then at the end of every day I write a few short bullets about what happened that day. On the right, I have recurring tasks at the top, one off tasks beneath that, time tracking tasks beneath that, and a “need to get” list at the bottom

Also in this book are my daily pages for to dos, random notes and long hand journaling. There’s nothing in this page I don’t mind people reading but I can’t say the same for my entire notebook.

The app won’t let me upload more images

But after this is my sketchbook insert which is self explanatory.

This way ideally I just need this journal and a couple of pens and I’m good wherever I am. I’m so ridiculously happy with this and excited and aaaa

[turnerside]

I am back ! 𖡼𖥧𓍊𖤣𓋼𖡼𖤣𓍊𖡼𖥧𖤣𓋼 - 2025 GOALS

I’ve decided to revive this blog and continue what I started. Looking back to the time when I was posting regularly, I remember feeling so confident in my own skin and maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

It allows me to explore and play with this stereotypical portrayal of femininity that I’ve depicted here, while also challenging my own perception of myself. It’s like stepping into a role that helps me reconcile with a bolder, edgier side of me—a side that I sometimes wish could take up more space.

Now that 2025 has arrived, I’m ready to get closer to my goals and create that perfectly balanced lifestyle—like the ones you see on TikTok. I have a feeling this year is going to be spectacular, and I can’t wait to see what amazing things it has in store for us.

Being born on the 25th, I’ve always considered 25 my lucky number, so this year feels extra special. Let’s set some new goals and stay motivated together <3

2025: The Year of Ambition

This year is all about growth, self-care, and pushing myself closer to my dreams. Here’s what I’m striving for:

• Read more books to stay inspired and develop my imagination.

• Ace my finals with at least a 14/20 as a grade.

• Focus on healing my gut, stopping hair loss, and calming my rosacea.

• Improve my posture and finally start the teeth, jaw, and palate treatment I’ve been putting off.

• Grow my Instagram to 3k followers and build a stronger online presence.

• Earn 5k with my small business and expand its potential.

• Dedicate more time to mental health: prioritize therapy and focus on nervous system healing.

• Land an internship in an auction house to pursue my career goals.

• Dive into creative activities, have a sketchbook, and let my imagination flow.

• Attend more exhibitions for my art knowledge.

• Go to the cinema at least four times a month.

• Build meaningful connections and make new friends along the way.

• End 2025 feeling proud of myself for how far I’ve come.

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What about you? What are your goals or resolutions for 2025? And what are you grateful for from 2024? I hope this post has inspired you, and I would love for you to continue supporting this blog. I promise to stay committed and have plenty of post ideas to share with you in the future!

I also need to share what I’m most grateful for right now… I’ve met a man who has become a part of my daily life, and he is the most gentle, kind, passionate, and supportive person I’ve ever known. I’m so incredibly grateful to have him by my side that I almost have tears of joy as I write this.

If you read this ... I love you.

xoxo -

[qaanngi]

being economical and borrowing my art summary template from 2019 lol. notes under cut

I did want to do something similar to my 2020 art summary which had notes/thoughts on each digital piece baked into the image itself (and is also the prettiest lmfao) but I haven't been as proactive or even content since then sdfhsdkflds but I'm also of the opinion that artists should talk about their work, even if I still struggle to call myself one T_T

I met my monthly quota of one digital piece per month + one coloured sketch per month except October, which tends to be the month of exceptions since some sort of art challenge crops up. This year I opted to meme countdown loosely for Veilguard, and was the most free and loose I've been with drawing but also kind of burnt myself out a little on that front.

I do appreciate that there have been a few style experiments in the monthly things (March/Sept./Oct/Nov). I always found my style to be pretty generic but able to emulate other styles a little as a result. Except anime/manga evidently. But that means I can evoke different tones with different styles and do really left field stuff, which is always fun and leaves a lot of room for experimentation and a diverse body of work, which I prefer.

Managed to land LNY piece, which is a tradition I want to keep. I think my favourite piece is probably June's, the Lumine/Paimon/Osse/Scylla piece, which I referenced a screenshot because the location in-game was too pretty for me to not draw it. The Lumine/Girl With a Pearl Earring piece I'm pretty fond of, only because it was a genuine study of an old master, and I think it turned out well. The Lucanis minimalist piece is also a favourite, and it was me doubling down on the things I'm better at instead of trying to aspire to whatever the fuck I've been trying to do. Improve in some way I haven't defined yet, or operating on the notion that there is always room to improve (which is true and healthy to think), but also I guess a sense of dissatisfaction that my work is Objectively Broken in some way and desperately needs to be fixed. What's it like being content with your style and process?

The 2019 art summary had a template for Honourable Mentions since I actually managed to do more than one piece per month throughout the year (tho admittedly a lot of those were schoolwork). That's kind of been a struggle since 2021 for Reasons I still haven't fully recovered from, but I did manage a few extra things this year, chief among them the 19/20 Day Countdown mark for Veilguard, which I really wanted to do since I did one for Inquisition 10 years earlier, and I'll probably do one for the next Dragon Age game lol. I'd also like to probably redo the Inqusition one, and do full illustrations for both since I can actually draw backgrounds now. Something for 2025 I guess.

Others among the Honourable Mentions include a twt xlmi event piece I got a ton of "omg it's giving Sailor Moon + Tuxedo Mask" comments which makes it sound derivative as hell 🙃 The concept, was the moon (Lumine) and her night sky (Xiao). He is often associated with darkness and depicted looking at the moon pretty regularly. Also he is literally fading into black in the piece. My interpretation was that the night sky is quiet, and it darkens the sky so we can see the moon. The moon sits in the night sky's embrace. I actually quite like this one, the more I look at it. I've also used Giant Moon in the Middle of a Drawing a lot throughout the years, so that absolutely tracks. Maybe I should do one every year.

Other Honourable Mentions are my friend's commission (she was so patient with me), a noir Neve piece I did around September-ish too (was supposed to be a comic, might revisit the idea. I picked up reading comics again and was inspired to give one of my greatest inspirations a run - comic art, specifically the way they ink), and a quick lineless illustration for the xlmi zine I helped with.

For daily sketching, I only filled about 4-ish sketchbooks this year, all about 30-32 pages, but I've started to double up on pages so each is filled with more than one thing. Some sketchbooks were lazy in terms of what I did than others. Some were great, and had a lot of stuff where the things I practice (people in environments, action-oriented things, foreshortening, the bane of my existence) were abundant and pretty well executed. With the exception of one Lumine sketch that was so very in my own style that I really love and an adapted sketch of an OC, the favourites are all very action-oriented, and I'm glad. I really love the ones with Lucanis and Rook since there's genuine contact and an energy to them that feels very alive, which is something I've been working desperately towards, so it's nice to see it pay off. In a little daily drawing no less~

Around June there's a huge shift in subject and I all but ditched Gnshn immediately, which I think is healthy. I spent an inordinate amount of time in the months leading up to June and throughout with my daily sketches trying to force change my style to be more anime-esque since the gnshn fandom isn't particularly fond of western art styles, of which mine is painfully so. I have a lot of uncoloured sketches of Lumine that I'd like to get around to, but feel like a waste of time now. Leaving trying to make it in the gnshn fandom behind has been good for me, and it's been really nice to go back to the shit I love, which is just fights and blood. It's funny, since I ended my Cybird Ikemen run with swords and blood to jump into soft, cute shippy art for xlmi only to return to swords and blood.

Appropriately, I started my art blog ages ago for my silly little Dragon Age doodles, and I've returned to that. So: thanks, Veilguard. I hope I'm still fixated on you throughout all of 2025 because I have a loooot of ideas. And hopefully the patience and skill to get them out there.

[somnuscomics]

2025 digital sketchbook. Page 2.

Continuing my semi-daily fashion sketching;

So I've been obsessed with the pleated pinafore by @lecoledesfemmes for a long time, and wanted to sketch it. It's so cool and I want to pick one up as soon as I'm able. (I'd love to do an entire haul in fact).

So I decided to sketch Claire wearing it for this sketch page, with her sporting a lot of accessories as well. Plus some eye and figure drawing practice.

The pinafore;

[jeffreystewart]

Challenge Day 231 of Year 10 Tilossos was having a lot of trouble getting to sleep these days. There were just too many things rattling around in it's head that it couldn't silence. Ideas undone, and things unsaid.

What I used: Platinum Preppy Fin Nib Fountain in Blue, Muji 0.7mm pen on Muji Sketchbook. What this is: Daily Character Design Challenge, 2025-01-12 Year 10 - No231a, by Jeff Stewart

[loverboy-daily-doodles-25]

hello 👋🏼

i'm iris.

i like drawing.

there are parts of drawing i'm bad at. i want to get better.

i have a small sketchbook. i will draw in it at least once a day for 2025, but i'm starting today cuz why not? (i may also post digital drawings)

here is where i will post my daily drawings. yay <3

main blog: @loverboybrightsideghost

sideblog (remodeling in progress): @deepwaters--darkshadows

[humblegoatart]

daily sketch 1/4/25: since i put altair in BG3 he’s been on my brain big time, and that includes putting him in a modern setting and dressing him in clothes i want to wear.

[uncuteartist]

It's done. I wasted my both days off on it. I should have made the covers bigger. I had to reprint so, so many things. I didn't stop to eat. I'm very tired, hungry, and irritated. But it's done.

It has:

Double page spread daily pages for May and June

Monthly calendars from May to December

Lists for anything happening 6 months into 2025

60 pages of sketchbook

30 pages of notebook paper

Unnecessarily shiny coveru

[tldaydreamer]

20 January 2025

Daily Sketchbook Journal

(Been completely neglecting my sketchbook because of just mental stuff. So, I'm trying a new format to get myself to keep going. Theoretically I'll get back to some actual drawing drills but for now it'll mostly be doodles.)

Bye for now!