Sketchy business

Core77's book review of Richard Brereton's Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators and Creatives reads like it was written by one of my Pratt professors. By this, I mean that the author stresses the utter importance of sketchbooks to designers, stating, "sketchbooks can serve as practice pages, ways to fill time, as a finished products [sic], or even what graphic designer Pep Carrio beautifully describes as 'warehouses of memory.'" Indeed, as a student, I've found how useful sketchbooks can be in developing ideas for a project. Similarly, Brereton's book looks as though it would be interesting to peruse for inspiration. As the review mentions,

"While looking at the notebooks of a Da Vinci, I'm stricken simultaneously with awe and despair by his utter mastery of line and form, but Brereton sets us a far more reasonable bar. With Da Vinci a reader might feel compelled to meticulously copy the masters work, but by including both 'wow' and 'I could do that' moments, Brereton's readers might actually be inspired to pick up a pencil."

True to this statement, the images included in the review are, in fact, inspiring. Upon viewing the few shots, I'm compelled to set off sketching myself. To "draw like no one is looking," as the review states, is a liberating and important component of any creative project.