When it comes to working in the sketchbook I've been trying not to think about it too much, and see it all as visual research, or a way of testing my ideas out in picture form.
These pages are at the start of the book, and from there it became apparent that part of what I was doing was about simplification, turning objects and motifs into simpler versions of themselves. So the essence of what they were is still there, but just not bogged down with accuracy or detail.
For instance, the cranes which held a bigger meaning of regional industry could have been boiled down to simple lines or patterns. Similarly with rivers, maps, and other topographical symbols.
This example is a map-like layout of my street back home, obviously this has great significance to me but becomes abstracted to other people viewing it as they don't have that link. However it is that meaning and symbolism that pushes this naive aesthetic forward, becoming more than just wonky lines and disproportionate drawings.
From there, the drawings have become less about mapping out areas of my hometown, and more about personal geography? Maps and topographical items based on anecdotes, sights, and memories which all hold a personal meaning to me.
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