Sherlock Sketchbook Project

thumb | The scarf created by looshu for the Team Sherlock sketchbook.
thumb| A small sketch from spacedrunk to superjellyart, apologizing for the bleedthrough of their markers.
The Sherlock Sketchbook Project was a fanart project which started in 2011, based on BBC's Sherlock. The goal was to fill four sketchbooks with fanart, writing, and other fanworks by various fans, then auction off the completed books for charity. The contributors were to mail the sketchbooks to each other. The project was never completed, due to the sketchbooks being lost in the mail.
== The Project ==
The Sherlock Sketchbook Project was the brainchild of Kihanna, post-hummus and kinosian, and it was to be a pan-fandom art project that included Sherlock fanartists from all over the world. The goal of this project was to fill four Moleskine sketchbooks with artwork and writing by selected individuals of the fandom. Once the project was completed, the sketchbooks were be auctioned off for charity. 
Out of the many that applied, 99 artists were invited to take part in the project. Those taking part were split into four teams based on geographical location - Team Sherlock (SW and WC USA), Team John (Central and NE USA), Team Mycroft (NE USA, Canada, South America and one UK artist) and Team Moriarty (all other locations). The Moleskine sketchbooks would then be sent out one participant from each team, for them to fill out. Once the artist had completed their art, they would be given an address to send the sketchbook off to another participant, along with a laminated rulesheet and labelled padded envelope. Occasionally they were sent with notes from other participants, or small items - for example, looshu created a small blue scarf for the Sherlock sketchbook. Occasionally the artist would also decorate the envelope - spacedrunk wrote "have fun!" on the back of the John sketchbook envelope before sending it to superjellyart, and Dekuku drew stars all over the Moriarty sketchbook envelope when sending it to wasiteIves.
== Content ==
The content ranged from handwritten fanfiction and poems to fabric artwork and watercolors. In one instance, a short fic was written entirely in glow-in-the-dark paint. In another, a hole was cut in the centre of the page in order to see another art piece behind it.
The project had a few set rules:
*Participants had to email the next person to receive the sketchbook to confirm the address, as well as email the admins so the sketchbook could be tracked.
*Participants had a week to put their art in the sketchbook before shipping it to the next participant.
*Every participant had four sides of paper to work on (two pages front and back).
*Participants couldn't include crossovers, porn, nor non-canon pairings - although subtle Sherlock/John was allowed.
*Participants could not damage other participants artwork, and had to take precautions when using mediums (like markers) that could damage the artwork of others.
== Problems ==
In February 2012, the sketchbook for Team Mycroft went missing. A day after a new one had been bought, the old one was found and it continued the rounds. 
By September 2012, all notebooks had gone missing, and the project soon died. The Sherlock Sketchbook Tumblr was taken offline in 2018.
== Galleries ==
Please note that the list of artists below is not exhaustive - since the main tumblr has been closed, the original list of participants has been lost.
(Editor's note: editor is still trying to recover many of the pages. See talk page.)
===Team Sherlock===
Participant #	Name 	Pages recovered	Pages drawn
1 	kihanna 	4 	
2 	post-hummus 	1 	
3 	floralprintandflamethrowers	2 	
4 	looshu 	4 	
5 	itsarobot 	0 	
6 	axolotltoast 	4 	
7 	firelordpie 	2 	
8 	photinus 	3 	
9 	TacoFace 	4 	
 	TOTAL 	24 	36
Other team artists: hoursago, capaow, artigraphy, spacespander, other-side-of-the-multiverse, rucet, samworkds, feyuca, bopx, etherelle, trilltrillian, chloeelise, headlessgirlsart, unicornempire, rcanthony
File:Sherlock-kihanna-1.jpg| Kihanna
File:Sherlock-kihanna-2.jpg| Kihanna
File:Sherlock-kihanna-3.jpg| Kihanna
File:Sherlock-post-hummus-3.jpg| post-humus
File:Sherlock-floralprintandflamethrowers-1.png| floralprintandflamethrowers
File:Sherlock-floralprintandflamethrowers-2.png| floralprintandflamethrowers
File:Sherlock-looshu-1.jpeg| looshu
File:Sherlock-looshu-2.jpeg| looshu
File:Sherlock-looshu-3.jpeg| looshu
File:Sherlock-axolotltoast-1.jpeg| axolotltoast
File:Sherlock-axolotltoast-2.png| axolotltoast
File:Sherlock-axolotltoast-3.png| axolotltoast
File:Sherlock-firelordpie-2.jpg| firelordpie
File:Sherlock-photinus-2.jpg| photinus
File:Sherlock-photinus-3.jpg| photinus
File:Sherlock-tacoface-1.png| TacoFace
File:Sherlock-tacoface-2.jpeg| TacoFace
File:Sherlock-tacoface-page3.jpeg| TacoFace
===Team John===
Participant #	Name 	Pages recovered	Pages drawn
1 	Spacedrunk (as retrobeefcake)	2 	
2 	superjellyart 	4 	
3 	misslucid 	4 	
4 	stale-brain-cake 	0 	
5 	TheChickenFox 	4 	
6 	maskedfangirl 	4 	
7 	chlorocarbon 	0 	
8 	fabledquill 	3 	
9 	loveallthesherlocks 	4 	
 	TOTAL 	25 	36
Other team artists: dakotaaaa, bookworm91691, wendichen, domenicdemonic, rachel4revenge, ringdown, steenbot, acutezza, nothisdale, sherlock-to-golf-tango-india, jumperenthsiast, audrey923, thecolorfulway, jambandit, anairdotpilot, c-k-bjolyar
File:John-spacedrunk-2.jpg| Spacedrunk
File:John-superjellyart-1.jpg| superjellyart
File:John-superjellyart-2.jpg| superjellyart
File:John-superjellyart-3.jpg| superjellyart
File:John-superjellyart-4.jpg| superjellyart
File:John-misslucid-1.jpg| misslucid
File:John-misslucid-2.jpg| misslucid
File:John-misslucid-3.jpg| misslucid
File:John-chickenfoxstudios-1.png| TheChickenFox 
File:John-chickenfoxstudios-2.png| TheChickenFox 
File:John-chickenfoxstudios-3.png| TheChickenFox 
File:John-chickenfoxstudios-4.png| TheChickenFox 
File:John-maskedfangirl-1.jpeg| maskedfangirl
File:John-maskedfangirl-2.png| maskedfangirl
File:John-maskedfangirl-3.jpeg| maskedfangirl
File:John-fabledquill-1.jpg| fabledquill
File:John-fabledquill-2.jpg| fabledquill
File:John-loveallthesherlocks-1.png| loveallthesherlocks
File:John-loveallthesherlocks-2.png| loveallthesherlocks
File:John-loveallthesherlocks-3.png| loveallthesherlocks
File:John-loveallthesherlocks-4.png| loveallthesherlocks
===Team Mycroft===
Participant #	Name 	Pages recovered	Pages drawn
1 	OfDarkLands 	4 	
2 	mycroftismight 	0 	
3 	ko-no-yo (as kogitsunenoyosora)	3 	
4 	Megaloo 	4 	
5 	Mara-Louise 	4 	
 	TOTAL 	15 	20
Other team artists: justeight, thedavynator, mementomoryo, madewithbob, 9 birdies, vauxhallarches, robbicide, justrio, nyota, skip-this, steverogersinthetardis, whimsycatcher, weaponsofmathinstruction, kinosian, vicivefallen
File:Mycroft-ofdarklands-1-4.png| OfDarkLands
File:Mycroft-ofdarklands-2-3.jpg| OfDarkLands
File:Mycroft-ko-no-yo-2.jpg| ko-no-yo
File:Mycroft-ko-no-yo-3.jpg| ko-no-yo
File:Mycroft-megaloo-1.png| Megaloo
File:Mycroft-megaloo-2-scaled.png| Megaloo
File:Mycroft-megaloo-3.png| Megaloo
File:Mycroft-mara-louise-1.jpg| Mara-Louise
File:Mycroft-mara-louise-2.jpg| Mara-Louise
File:Mycroft-mara-louise-3.jpg| Mara-Louise
===Team Moriarty===
Participant #	Name 	Pages recovered	Pages drawn
1 	Dekuku 	2 	
2 	wasiteIves 	4 	
3 	Sianco 	3 	
4 	worriesconstantly 	0 	
5 	timetravellingfruitcake	0 	
6 	askthecitywatch 	0 	
7 	Thenizu 	4 	
8 	blinddeaf 	4 	
 	TOTAL 	19 	32
Other team artists: lyviathan, khorazir, lostinshadows, queenstardust, ayashiki, duod, weepingrockrock, flaviafurtos, fcbacker, imsrun, sketchesforsummer, edbrawley, talltaleteller, redstardom, littlelacedress, sugaredlime, aimeep0nd
File:Moriarty-dekuku-1.jpg| Dekuku
File:Moriarty-wasiteIves-1.jpg| wasiteIves
File:Moriarty-wasiteIves-2.jpg| wasiteIves
File:Moriarty-wasiteIves-3.jpg| wasiteIves
File:Moriarty-wasiteIves-4.jpg| wasiteIves
File:Moriarty-sianco-1.jpg| Sianco
File:Moriarty-sianco-2.jpg| Sianco 
File:Moriarty-thenizu-1.png| Thenizu
File:Moriarty-thenizu-2.png| Thenizu
File:Moriarty-thenizu-3.png| Thenizu
File:Moriarty-thenizu-4.png| Thenizu
File:Moriarty-blinddeaf-1.png| blinddeaf
File:Moriarty-blinddeaf-2.png|blinddeaf
Text from Sianco's pages: part 1 (Bluebell)
Text from Sianco's pages: part 2 (Molly’s Desk)
Text from Sianco's pages: part 3 (The Two M's)
== Links ==
*@SherlockSketch - the official twitter account.
*Sherlock Sketchbook Project - the official tumblr page (via the WayBack Machine)
== References ==
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