​Hi Reader, -- David here from SketchLikeAnArchitect.com​

Don't know about you but I'm always a little anxious around this time of the year...

I want to get closure on the year that's about to end...

Sort through the gazillion ideas racing through my head...

and forge them into great plans for the upcoming 12 months...

while getting some rest at the sime time! 🤯

That being said, I've been wrapping up the 2024 for the last couple days and this is what I came up with...

Probably not a perfect reflection, but hopefully the most important stuff made it here.

Below, you can read about (arguably) the most important and relevant things that happened in 2024 under the Sketch Like an Architect project, incl.:

• Highlights I'm grateful for
• Most popular trainings & events of the year
• New Freebies
• Investments I made
• Community growth in numbers
• What's coming in Q1 2025

People, experiences, and things I'm grateful for

Sometimes little, sometimes unexpected things that came my way and I consider wins.

My mentor interviewed me on his podcast Chris Ducker has a fabulous business podcast I've been learning from over the years - and now I was behind the mic with him! Listen to the episode here

Architizer invited me to be a featured juror I'm official in a Featured Jury for the 13th Annual A+Awards Full article + other jurors

My book became an Amazon best-seller How did I find out? By accident. But what a nice surprise! Check out my books

Met with Stefan Kunz in Prague Stefan is one of my looong-time fav creators and it was an absolute pleasure to get to meet him irl Follow Stefan on Instagram

Presented at a business mastermind I was invited as a guest and had a short presentation for other 6- and 7-figure entrepreneurs in Barcelona. What a cool experience!

📚 Most popular trainings & events of the year

​Perspective Drawing Made Easy (updated)

• What started as a highly-requested LIVE training at first, got upgraded to a higher production quality pre-recorded course with core 32 mini-lessons on perspective drawing, sketching from imagination, composition and more…
• continuously, it grows and new content is added on specific areas, incl.
  • tips to draw more precisely without a ruler,
  • how to draw arches,
  • people in different views,
  • curves in perspective, and more!

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​Sketching Retreat 2024​

• Sketching Retreat is a free 6-day event with 50+ pre-recorded workshops on architectural sketching from your favourite instructors
• This is THE BIGGEST event of the year for me which I usually start working on 3-4 months prior to the actual event.
• This year was the 5th annual event, with the highest number of instructors (52) as well as attendees (25,000+)
• The Free event ended however all the workshops and Bonuses are still available with a paid All-access-pass (VIP ticket)
  • use the code XMAS20 to get 20% discount

🎁 New Freebies

Procreate Gesture CheatSheet Over 20 essential + not-so-well-known gestures to speed up your work and unlock the full potential of Procreate on iPad! Click here for instant download

(updated) Funsheets for Color Marker Practice v2 Printable PDF with the tools I use, color palette template, step-by-step perspective tutorial, and linework for practicing! Free Download

📈 Investments in business or myself

I still believe that investing in myself is the best kind of investment I can make and improving the SLAA is a part of it, to create even better educational experiences for you.

• Passive Project ($3,000 USD) by Gemma Bonham-Carter
  • love the ideas laid out in this comprehensive mastermind program, focused on systematizing how Sketch Like an Architect project can run better on the back-end
• ​Viral Hooks (only $39 USD)
  • this course actually helped me to get some of my Instagram videos reach higher hundreds of thousands or even over 1 million views and break through a growth plateau on Instagram
    • like this video about trees (1.8M views)
    • or this about color marker sketching (500k+ views)
    • or this one on types of perspective (1.2M views)
• Round Table Mastermind with Chris Ducker ($800 USD/mo)
  • for quite some time, I've been looking for other like-minded people to elevate my own "inner circle" and after joining the Barcelona mastermind retreat, I knew this was a great fit!
• Website redesign ($5,000 USD)
  • that's right, a new website is coming very SOON! I'll launch it at the beginning of the new year, can't wait to share it with you! Much, much needed and overdue update .)
  • Big thanks for tremendous help and smooth collaboration to Emily from Aroha Visuals​

​#️⃣ Community Growth in 2024

• 30k => 35k subs on Youtube + reached 1.5 million views​
• 243k => 282k fans on Instagram​ - broke through a year-long stagnation
• 22k+ new readers of this email newsletter (65k in total!)
• 5,000+ new students and customers in my online school​

Thank you for being so AWESOME, for showing up for yourself, doing the work, and making progress!

If you ever need a little nudge, a bit of motivation, check out your fellow tribe members for some encouraging words:

❓ What’s coming in 2025?

Glad you asked! Actually, YOU get to weigh in on this!

As the Sketch Like an Architect project is very much audience- or community-driven, I like to ask YOU about what you'd like to see.

In one of the next emails, I'll share with you how you can help us decide on the direction for the coming year ;)

Lastly, I want to sincerely wish you the very best in 2025, hoping you win in any and every area of life you choose to focus on!

Happy (sketching) New Year!

David Drazil​ ​Architect | Content Creator | Author ​Student Login | Start Here | ​YouTube | Books | Courses + Downloads​

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PS. If you fancy any of the trainings mentioned above, don't forget to use the code XMAS20 for subscriber-exclusive 20% discount. The code expires on Dec 31st, 11:55 PM Pacific time.

PPS. Last call to those who are interested in the idea of working with me
1-on-1 in 2025! I'm at my full capacity until the end of January, but if you'd like to make awesome progress with your drawing skills in 2025,

please, let me know here asap!​