Maine College of Art & Design
BFA Graphic Design
Degree Projects 2025

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Graphic
Design

Sketchbooks 

Morgan Clinard


My thesis explores the artistic process that having a sketchbook encourages by being a place for ideas to be born, tested, and iterated on. Sketchbooks offer a raw and honest approach to creation, one that often stays private, but holds deep value. There are no rules with creativity, and sketchbooks remind us of that. These books document the fluidity of thought, the beauty of mistakes, quiet creativity, and the testing of pens. Through this practice, I aim to celebrate the process just as much as the final products it produces.

Four friends, four sketchbooks I designed and handcrafted for individuals who have different art processes. Aiming to capture and understand the different ways they approached their work and what a blank book could bring to them, I asked them to give the sketchbook back to me after a month.

Morgan Clinard Portfolio Website