Sketchbooks
These are the volumes of paper where I collect visual and written ideas. In most cases I’m using 5.5 × 8-inch hardbound books with gel pen, ballpoint, or pencil.
2026
One sketchbook is about 8 months of doodling. This book is 5.5 x 8.5" and has 160 pages.
One-point perspective
Small face
Hatching
Faces and buildings
Direction
Quick face
Swimming
Snout
Boxer
Woman in class
Colliding ideas
At the airport
Landscapes
Author reading
Angry
TV faces
Corner faces
Guy on stage
Community pool
Frog pants
Insects
Bugs
Ant
Landscapes
Mugs
Long face
Round hair
Shapes
Comic store guy
Trestle
Blocky face
Icelanders
Scrunch face
Bronson like
Profiles
Sidelines
Fishing weights
Goofy faces
Pueblo
Hostess
Ears to you!
Artifacts
Spectacles
Vampire
Art installations
Costco
Spread
Movie sets
MMA fighter
Waiting room
Reality show
Nonplussed
Otay Mesa
Parkour
Marrakesh vendor
Small hill
Big hair
Moto GP
Hospital
Thick face
Old face
Allies
Lawyers, athletes
Small feet
Gesture studies
Tractors
Wipe Out!
English bridge
Economical character
Feet
Busy street
2025
Grump sisters
Metal dude
Beardo
Long face
Plaza people doing plaza things
Pink dog
Parkouriers
Young people
ICE detentions
BMX
People hanging out
Freestyle BMX
Private school moment
Chi
Deer
Ponytail
Rabbit
Looking at notes
Jail cell
Sideburns
Geddy Lee
Hipster hat
Parkour bro
Penguins
Corrupt politician
Weirdos
Bird study
Cute burd
Rollerskaters
Hand gesture
Notes
Jail slot
Carnival characters
Aghast face
Amateur superhero
Taken askance
Assorted forms
Village by the banks
Disapproving shopkeeper
Quick idea
Character actors
Multiclass
NPC #34
Disappointed face
Sad face
Shocked face
Watery eyes
Caricature
Skeptical face
Concerned face
Worn out face
Elves
Hatching ideas
Guy in background
Faces from TV
Expressive beards
Considering the stairs
Rush hour traffic
Apologetic gensture
Hand gesture
Ruin
Mother and child
Notes to remember
Old bro
street vendor
Missing glove
Calder sculpture
Tunnel vision
Wary face
Quick intersection
travelling lines
City lines
Uncollapsed bridge
Collapsed bridge
Eastgate over 805
Adams over 805
Overpass
Train station
Bridges
Bridge forms
Overpasses
Encamped bridge
Freeway forms
Encamped overpass
Downtown LA (10)
Bridge
Bridge
Overpass
Overpass
Overpasses
Village structure
Overpass arrangement
Between the overpasses
Market
Short arcade
Gas station
Junkyard
Starting line
Hands and faces
Tomb entrance
Inaction Hero series
Dirt postcards
Beardo coolguy
Structural forms
Zombies
Lilac bridge
Hillside homes
Guardrail terminal
Overgrown overpass
Feet turkeys
Tunnel entrance
Sleek cars
Path up
Model study
Crowded faces
Sad guy
Various faces
Offramp
Signage
Valley
Classmates
Landing
Model's hand
Profile
Sad faces
Ditch cleaning with Jesse Arrowood
Ditch restoration
Ditch restoration
Ditch skating
Ditch cleaning
Ditch, FS boneless
Ditch, BS blunt
Woodcutting jig
People on TV
Whiskers
Bass player
Short study
Classmates
Hanging contest
Ubiquitous structures
Ear
Heels up
Hanging around
Profile contour
Another profile
Quick face
Impressed guy
Head trophy
Quick study
Eyes
Hand
Duck and another duck
Mystery Man
Geddy Lee
Quick torso study
Mr Measles
Man in airport
Model down!
Classmate
Torso study
Quick beasts
Quick beasts
Hill climb
Fighting schoolgirls
Coastal home
People standing around
Palms
Invisible chair
Rosicrucian center, Oceanside CA
Profile
Quick contour
Probably Chuck Grassley
Wizards
Quick study
Wanna see a trick?
Spider ideas
Mendocino
Mendocino home
Mendocino roof
Mendocino deer
Bandits
No Kings demonstrations
Hillside profile
ASL and spell weaving
Torso
Life drawing
Sirota Gyraz, apprentice
Sirota Gyraz, 2nd level sorcerer
Parachutists and birdhouse
Happy characters
Sunglasses
Parkour bros
The interrogation
Facial bits
Black Widow studies
Sidecar races
Wilderness creatures
Classmate's profile
Blockhead
Stretching man
Pugilists
Spider studies
Bug forms
2024-2
Double Peak
Architects
Shadow Shapes
Kung Fighting
Boats
Bumps
Verticals
7'11
Pier
The City
Lagos
Cab's
Panda Ramp
Surfers
Winslow Homer
Master SKetches
Man Ray
Duchamp
Urinal
Door
Chocolate Grinder
Ruins
Big Shapes
Students
Intersection
Star Wars
Paths
More Paths
Small Ideas
Gophers
Old Mission
Road
Cartoons
Akira
Vista
Utilities
Views
Telescope
Elf House
Sayonara
Life Markers
Word Cloud
Lateral Ideas
Some notes
Big Man Faces
Intense People
Hooded People
Bridges
Spatial Shapes
Caboose
Dirigibles
Models
Hills
Cats
Olmec Heads
Mods
Thumbnail Portrait
Thumbnails
Egypt
Egyptier
Some Entrances
Stacked
Alleys
Tuk Tuks
Quick Sketches
Face Bits
Sailor
Boats
Oliver
Duck
Shadow Faces
Big Hair
Cheers
Man Buns
Parkourks
Ship Graveyard
Little Heads
Sombrero
Models
Hillsides
Country
Profiles
Hiking
Politicians
Podcasters
Select Committee
Endwords
2024-1
Sitters
Herons
Little dudes
Students
Blocks
Hats
Walkways
Head forms
Vacations
King's Legacy
Patterns
Ideas
Bits
Lines
Forms
Stairs
Unimpressed
Squares
Boxers
Gamers
Oak
Cars
Wee People
Domicile
Bunkers
Peoples
Roads
Cap
Dancers
Students
Observations
Quick captures
Golfers
Lamps
More Golfers
Stacks
Vases
Relationships
More Dancers
Cynic
Castles
Ranch Bits
People
Snowpark
Balconies
Rivers
Gestures
Line Densities
Student
More Gestures
Quick Studies
Village bits
Castle Parts
Parkour(iors)
More Parkour
Drummer
Villages
Stuff
Hacienda
The Gates
Some Towers
Crane
Storks
Facial Bits
Grand Stairs
More Facial Bits
Eye(dias)
Truck
Signs
Notes
Photographers
Postures
Sumos
Dedication
2021
Be OK
Building forms
Letterbook thumbnails
House
Serious guy
Bits of faces
Tourism
Road forms
Moon
Traffic forms
Sunken head
Fightin' girls
Adventure thumbnails
Golf cart
By the stream
Fancy knight
Guy at library
Apartment facade
Guy walking away
Arrangement
Rocks
Giant nipples
Roads
Power
Blockhead
View from the porch
Event tents
Collapsed garage
Brick love
Eucaplyptus
Little adventurers
Goofy noble
Lifeguard shack
Loading dock
Geodesic dome
Corner
Time to throw up
Studio critique
Mr. Mustache
Angry interview
Wee gestures
Adventure hole
Complicated door
3 Palms
Nyjah
Street forms
Guys in ties
Magic mirror
Sports fan
Little motorcycle
Disc be gone
Ultimate Ninja
Magic tricks
Cranes
Jiggly poles
Ink fingers
Boxes of mail
Sports gestures
Football people
Basketball gestures
Baseball gestures
Little people
Diving catch
Cholo letters
2020
Kickoff
Mean girl
Ultimate kung fu
Big face
Foot knot
Small fence
Knots
Bad conquerer
Face ideas
Think hard
Penrose
Paths
Small dog
Bus stop
Terrible people
Arms
Not-so-secret door
Gnome warlock
Ninja Warrior meets dungeon crawl
D&D meets Ninja Warrior
Dungeon crawl
Ultimate Ninja Warrior dungeon crawl
D&D ideas
Banambla
Star Wars stuff
House
Bridge
Select faces
Androgynous face
Fired
Bus stop
Skate things
Skatepark
Path through trees
Sports
Architects
Buildings
Chariot
Hummingbird
Sitting
Face ideas
Building shapes
Duck
People walking
Inscriptions
Suspect faces
Japanese village
Leo Carrillo Ranch
Leo Carrillo Ranch
Big teef
Star Wars stuff
Bits of Ranch
Star Wars stuff
Tree hole
Runoff
Tunnel
Angry dudes
Server
Happy face
More gags
Garage
Bird life
Legs
Butler
Peacock
Cliff
Rocks
Paths
Building studies
Visual joke
Little ideas
Heartfelt inscription
2018
The edge of a structure.
Pipe collars
Awkward hospital furniture
Gate lock, horseshoe pits
Exposed stairwell
Hanford
Blacksmith and fence bits
Engine ideas
Giraffulus and Co.
The business end of the garbage truck
Utility box
Orange boast
Caretaker tools
Cab of the garbage truck
65 GTO
Little bits
Bits
Eyes and freeway bridge
Passengering opportunities
Pipes and things
Quick eucalyptus
Distorted box
Fork of Lift
Tractor bits
Little round character
Around John and David's place
Joshua Tree particulars
Fence observation
Scooby and desert bushes
Little round character
Military stuff
Plane museum
Warbler and Rattlesnake
Crow and lock cleverness
Square character
People below
Tail end
Car looks
Spreckles stage
Mechanisms
Our place behind the stables
Stacked domiciles
Gate patterns
Ranch bits
Selma, AL from Pettis Bridge
Selma, AL
Proper cart
Push-up King, the Western Fence Lizard
2016
Brigatine
Oceanside Apartment
Oceanside Library
Barragan House
Barragan House
Hollywood Hills
London
London
Asimov
Hunter S. Thompson
Hashima Island, Japan
Oceanside FD
B-25
Los Angeles
Marion Mahoney
Oceanside
Grand Central, NYC
Egypt
David
Spooky O'Toole
Bill Danforth
Approach
San Juan Capistrano
Niteroi Museum
Petite Madeline
Anton Chigurh
Oakland
Berkeley
Davis
Oceanside
Fiat S76
Long Beach
Matsumoto Castle
Knossos
Black Panthers
Hill Street Cafe
Bonaventure, Los Angeles
Bonaventure, Los Angeles
St. Michael's Mount
Hillside Village
Ugly House
AT-AT
Appalachian House
UCSD Library
2015
Emblem
Lamp
Eames
Dumpster
Fort
House
Gangway
Habitat 67
Treehouse A
Prickley
Ocean sky
Trophies
Stiff House
Pricklier Pear
Beach
Tank
Treehouse B
Fancy Home
T-Mobile Store
Small Apartment
Mandela's Cell
Library
Oceanside Apartment
Church
Viking Ship
Cannon
Telephone Pole
Cannonade
Buttes
Lighthouse
Montezuma's Castle
Yuma Prison
Fan
Canyon
Arco Santi
Camel
Mission Column
Relaxed
Back of Building
Tower
Lamp
Garage
Tacoma
Balconies
UC Berkeley
Joshua Tree Valley
Ocean
UC Berkeley
School Building
Tompkins Apartment
Craftsman
NYC Buildings
NYC Window
Tacoma Porch
Temple
Signal
Bridge
Doors
Corner
Tree
Utilities
Hillside
DTLA
Public Building
Autozone
Oceanside House
Frank Lloyd Wright
Lifeguard
Coupling
Shells
Rock
Pier
Model 1
Model 2
Model 3
Model 4
Trash Twins
Daddy
Studio
Dedication
Digital
