Sketchbook hands the microphone to the people who actually drew your childhood: the animators and artists behind some of the most recognizable characters ever put on screen.
What is Sketchbook about?
Each short episode of this 2022 documentary series sits one working artist down at their own desk and lets them teach, step by step, how to draw a single iconic character from a classic Walt Disney Animation Studios film. There's no host narrating over their shoulder and no dramatized reenactment — just a working professional, their pencil, and a blank page, walking viewers through construction lines, proportion, and the small decisions that make a drawn character feel alive. The series draws on veteran animators and artists including Eric Goldberg, Jin Kim, and Mark Henn, alongside contributors like Hyun-min Lee, Samantha Vilfort, and Gabby Capili, each bringing their own hand and habits to the desk.
About the cast
The lineup mixes decades of animation experience with newer voices in the craft, and the format lets each artist's personality come through in how they talk while they draw — some methodical, some looser, all clearly comfortable with the character they've been asked to teach.
Context & significance
At around 22 minutes an episode, Sketchbook fits the instructional-documentary mold rather than a conventional narrative series — closer to a masterclass than a making-of special. It's a niche but well-targeted entry for anyone curious about the process behind hand-drawn animation, not just the finished frames that end up in a film.
Watching Sketchbook on Ktime
Sketchbook streams on K-Time with a free account login, presented in its original English with the platform's Farsi-language interface, so Persian-speaking viewers can browse, search, and queue episodes without friction even though the series itself has no Persian dub or subtitles.