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Creative Sparks

Draw a frame for your images

Creative Spark - create context with frames

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Adam Ming
Jan 06, 2026
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Dear Artist Friend,

I use my artist diary for writing and for drawing.

When drawing I like to draw a frame and make the drawing inside the frame. I can across this idea from various sources. One of them was the book ‘sketching for animation’.

I forget what the author said about why we should sketch in frames, but here are my reasons.

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