What Are You Secretly Carrying? Draw Your Inner World in 5 Objects

1. Intro: Hi, I'm Macho. I'm a multi disciplinary artist and designer. For more than ten years, I worked on my creative universe called Masholand. But recently, I moved into a new chapter of my work called Mbaburi. My work is very intuitive, symbolic and playful. I'm especially interested in how to turn an everyday objects into meaningful symbols that reveal something about our inner world without overthinking it. You might know me from my previous class, draw with this a personality test for intuitive sketching. In that class, we explored a personality test through drawing, and many of you told me how surprising and fun the reveal felt. That's why I decided to create a new class with slightly different focus. Instead of asking who you are, in this class, we'll explore what you're secretly carrying. This is not a psychology test. Think of it as a gentle, symbolic mirror, open to interpretations. In this class, you will learn how to turn everyday objects into meaningful symbols, how to sketch intuitively without perfectionism, and how to use your drawings as a short creative check in. Main takeaway is easy. You will learn a drawing ritual that you can repeat every time we have ten, 15 minutes. No prior drawing experience is needed, and messy sketches are more than welcome. So grab a pen, clear a small space on your desk, and let's see what you've been secretly carrying without realizing it. 2. Class Project Overview: In this class project, we'll imagine that we are taking the things we usually carry with us in a bag or in a pocket and placing them into a box. That box represents your inner world today. We'll draw five objects one by one, so you never have to guess what to draw. These objects are a key, a wallet, sunglasses, a pen, an old receipt or a ticket. For materials, you can keep it very simple. Paper and a pen or pencil is enough. If you like color, feel free to use colored pencils or markers. You can also use scissors. You can draw everything on a one page or you can draw them on different pages, cut them out, and place them into your invisible box. If you're working digitally, you can place each object on different layer and adjust them however you like. Can keep drawings very simple. Basic shapes are perfect. Or you can add details, colors, patterns, mascots, however you feel inspired. Both approaches are equally valid. At the end of the class, I'll reveal what each object represents, and I really encourage you to upload your drawing to the project gallery. In the next video, we'll start by drawing invisible box. 3. Draw the Invisible Box: In this video, we'll draw the invisible box. Today I'll be using my iPad and Procreate app to create the drawings, but feel free to use pen, pencil, and a paper to accomplish the project. This box is just a container. It doesn't need to be neat, straight or decorative. Thin box, thick box, floating box, everything is fine. Let's start drawing an invisible box. You can just use four main lines. To draw a square. This is one version of drawing it. You don't need to add too many details if you don't want to. The second way of drawing it, if you want more details, you can also draw smaller square and then you're going to add four lines to the square, add additional vertical lines, two lines here, and two horizontal lines, and then add additional diagonal lines to the corners. Can make them more complex too if you want to. I prefer my first version because it's simple and it doesn't have an accent on the box. Okay, let's go back. All right. We are done with this box. Once you draw your box, pause there. In the next video, we'll add the first element, the key. 4. Draw the Key: Are you ready to draw your first object? Let's start by drawing a key. Don't think about meaning yet. Just imagine the object. Your key can be small or large, simple, or decorative, old or futuristic. A circle and a few lines are more than enough. Okay, let's start drawing a key. First, it's easier if you draw two diagonal lines next to each other. Then add a circle, the middle circle, close those two lines and add some lines on the sides. You can always reshape the parts. If you are drawing by pen and pencil, you can always erase it and redraw it. But don't pay too much attention to the details because they are not as important. There are many different type of keys that you can draw. This is one of them. If you feel creative, add details, colors, even a character on top. If you want, you can add more colors and add more highlights. I'm drawing everything as separate layers because it's easier to adjust them later. But if you're drawing already inside the box, you can think about the size of the key, so the rest of the items can also fit there. I can already put it in the box, but I can also do this as a final step. In the next video, we'll draw the wallet. 5. Draw the Wallet: Now, let's draw a wallet. Think about its shape, size, or thickness. You can also use your own wallet as a reference. You can draw a folded wallet, a long wallet, your own wallet, or just a rectangle with one line. Simple is grade. Detailed is also a grade. The simplest way to draw a wallet, you can just use a rectangle shape. Add one more line and then one line here, and perhaps there are some credit cards and stuff inside. It could be filled with photographs and so on. You can also add a mascot or a pat. And you can add color. It's up to you. There are simpler and more complex ways of drawing a wallet. You can also use your actual wallet. This is mine. You can use it as a reference. You can put it in front of you and draw it or you can draw just any wall that comes to your mind. I'll use just simple geometric shapes to start, and I can always modify them. You can always erase what you're drawing or redraw it from the beginning. This is a fast sketch, nothing fancy, as you see. You can add colors if you feel like it, or you can also leave it without color. Okay, we're done with the wallet, and let's move to the next video. Next video will draw sunglasses. 6. Draw the Sunglasses: In this video, we're drawing sunglasses. They can be round, square, oversized, playful, or abstract. You can keep them flat or graphic or exaggerate them. Ed color or pattern if you like. Then place them in the box. The sunglasses could be square shaped, round shaped. It can have an odd shape and so on. Let's draw the simplest one that comes to Albumin. I'll draw round shaped sunglasses. We can multiply this layer, or you can redraw this again. And then we can add the reflection. So it's more finished. Let's add some color. You can add a leopard pattern. You can add heart, you can add geometric shapes. Anything can work as far as you're happy about that. Alright, let's rename the layer, sunglasses, and let's move to the next video. We have only two objects left to draw, so keep going. 7. Draw the Pen: It's time to draw a pen. A straight line with a tip is already enough. Or if you feel inspired and playful, turn it into something fun. You can add mascot on top, add patterns, some feather or colors. You can also modify it as you like. There is no wrong version. The pen can be as simple as possible or as creative as you'd like. At first, let's start by drawing two lines. Okay. This is the simplest one. Pretty easy, right? You can also make it more complex if you want. I'm sketching really quickly. As you see, I'm not putting too much thought into it. So this is the first version of the pen. This is another one. And this is a third version. When you're done, place the pen inside the box. In the next video, we're going to draw the final object. 8. Draw the Ticket/Receipt: The last object is an old ticket or receipt. It can be neat, torn, crumbled, or abstract. You don't need to decide what it's from, but for the inspiration, it could be train ticket, a receipt from your old purchase or a concert you went to last year. Here you can take the simplest approach as well. You can just have a rectangular shape. There could be a description of what it is, how much it costs, the total cost, something XYZ. And that's it. It could also be crumbled paper, or actually, I would prefer to draw a music festival ticket, which can be in the shape of the bracelet. Or you could also use a movie ticket. Once we're done, edit a box. Now, let's put everything in our invisible box. I'll use my actual wallet, place it here. In your case, if you're drawing everything on separate paper, you can cut them out and you can put it in your invisible box as a collage. This is all we have in our invisible box. I can arrange everything later as well, but this is it. In the next video, we're going to do an optional step before the big reveal. 9. Optional Step: Before the big reveal, I want to offer you an optional step. Look at your drawing. Is there an object you feel ready to remove or to change? You don't need to erase it completely. If you're working on paper, you can cross it out, fade it, draw it outside the box, or cover part of it. If you draw objects separately, you can simply remove the piece. If you're working digitally, you can hide or remove the layer. Step is about intention, not judgment. If you don't feel like removing anything, that's completely fine, as well. I'd like to eliminate the music festival ticket because sometimes there are just too many things that I carry around and they are not necessary. So I'm going to remove my bracelet from here. Then I'm going to rearrange my items. In the next video, I'll reveal what each object represents. 10. Final Reveal: Now comes the big reveal. Remember, this is just a symbolic explanation. Nothing here is literal, good or bad. Let's start. The key represents opportunities and things you're ready to open. The wallet represents your resources, energy, and boundaries. The sunglasses represent how you present yourself to the world. And the pen, on the other hand, represents your creativity, voice, and self expression. And finally, the ticket or receipt represents something from the past you're still carrying. If you removed an object, which one was it? Notice how that feels. Probably you were ready to leave it in the past. Which objects feel heavy, light, central, or hidden? Which objects have more details and accents? They could symbolize the importance. Also notice how each object is displayed in relationship to the others. They could hint at something new to you. Just observe them without criticism. Now, thank you for sticking around so long. Make sure to watch the final video where we'll wrap everything up.