Jul 26, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min · 19 segments
What started as a simple commitment to sketch more became an unexpected lesson in accountability, criticism, and staying true to the reasons we begin creative work in the first place. Bob shares how a…
Andrew HawkinsHostSketching has always been an important part of my professional life, and I learned to think through design problems in architecture school, one, 'cause we didn't have computers.
I mean, like, if you wanted to communicate, you either hand drafted it or you hand sketched it, so-
And that methodology of thinking through design problems, you know, with pen and paper, and now a stylus and a tablet, has remained one of the most valuable tools that I've had throughout my career.
And computers have changed almost every aspect of the profession over the last few decades.
You know that I used to sketch exclusively on trace paper and in sketchbooks, and I stayed away from all digital platforms, like, for an excessively long time.
And it wasn't until a couple years ago that I finally found the right witch's brew of ingredients and software and pens and stuff to where using the iPad became a go-to and viable outlet for me.
So some ideas, now that I'm using this process, some ideas still reveal themselves faster when I'm sketching.
You know, and I have a giant marker board on the wall at my desk, and it's constantly covered in stuff.
I find that's a thing with, I mean, definitely our generation, but I think most design-oriented people, it, it is.
I'll be thinking through my, I don't know, finances, and I'm sketching things.
Sketching has always been an important part of my professional life, and I learned to think through design problems in architecture school, one, 'cause we didn't have computers.
I mean, like, if you wanted to communicate, you either hand drafted it or you hand sketched it, so-
And that methodology of thinking through design problems, you know, with pen and paper, and now a stylus and a tablet, has remained one of the most valuable tools that I've had throughout my career.
And computers have changed almost every aspect of the profession over the last few decades.
You know that I used to sketch exclusively on trace paper and in sketchbooks, and I stayed away from all digital platforms, like, for an excessively long time.
And it wasn't until a couple years ago that I finally found the right witch's brew of ingredients and software and pens and stuff to where using the iPad became a go-to and viable outlet for me.
So some ideas, now that I'm using this process, some ideas still reveal themselves faster when I'm sketching.
You know, and I have a giant marker board on the wall at my desk, and it's constantly covered in stuff.
I find that's a thing with, I mean, definitely our generation, but I think most design-oriented people, it, it is.
I'll be thinking through my, I don't know, finances, and I'm sketching things.
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