I’ve tried every digital sketching app. They’re impressive. None of them have replaced the sketchbook on my desk.
Constraint produces ideas
A blank page can’t undo. Can’t layer. Can’t search. The friction forces commitment, and commitment forces decisions.
Fewer modes, more flow
No layers panel, no brush picker. Pencil, page, hand. The interface disappears.
A sketchbook is a record
Five years from now, a stack of sketchbooks tells you what you were thinking about. A folder of files just tells you it existed.
