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I picked up a new sketchbook recently. I\u2019ve been trying to keep it handy for the sake of drawing simply for the joy\/practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have a look see\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I picked up a new sketchbook recently, have a look at some pages. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[23,4,421,420],"class_list":["post-9110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-art","tag-blogging","tag-drawing","tag-sketchbook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_1696.jpg?fit=2000%2C2000&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3egHU-2mW","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10811,"url":"https:\/\/plugoarts.com\/blog\/cover-art-sneak-peek\/","url_meta":{"origin":9110,"position":0},"title":"Cover Art: Sneak Peek","author":"PLUGO","date":"May 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Who remembers my\u00a0Wuxia Warrior commissions?\u00a0The TLDR:\u00a0I transform you into a legendary Kung Fu (Wuxia) Hero done in my newest, most luxuriant illustration style. 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