I think a sketchbook can definitely be a time capsule for your style, but I also have a love/hate relationship with it.
I have so many pretty sketchbooks I wouldn't dare open and ruin because they're... too pretty. The paper is too nice. I wouldn't want someone to open it one day and go "Really? This?? Woof."
The most effective system I used when I did a daily comic strip was yellow legal paper-- not being precious about the pages, and giving myself permission to scrunch them up and fill the waste paper bin. (Very satisfying, that scrunching up feelin.)
I think a sketchbook can definitely be a time capsule for your style, but I also have a love/hate relationship with it.
I have so many pretty sketchbooks I wouldn't dare open and ruin because they're... too pretty. The paper is too nice. I wouldn't want someone to open it one day and go "Really? This?? Woof."
The most effective system I used when I did a daily comic strip was yellow legal paper-- not being precious about the pages, and giving myself permission to scrunch them up and fill the waste paper bin. (Very satisfying, that scrunching up feelin.)