In Control Resonant, Manhattan’s Dylan’s Sketchbook activity has you visit a series of small scenes. At each location, a staged tableau has been disrupted, leaving its props scattered nearby. Restore the arrangement and Dylan will draw it. The set contains 11 scenes across seven regions; draw them all to earn the Work-Life Balance trophy.
Quick answer: Find all 11 Sketchbook locations in seven regions, collect the loose props, and fit each onto its marked spot. Press R3 to Draw. Drawing the eleventh scene triggers the Work-Life Balance trophy.
How each Sketchbook scene works
On the region map, each scene is marked Secret: its question mark changes to an eye icon as you approach. Enter the marker’s area to see how the scene should look. The loose props are close by, each outlined with yellow dashes to indicate its precise position.
Carry each prop to the target outlined for it, then set it down. When the pieces form the correct arrangement, the scene name appears in an L1 prompt. Use R3 to Draw and complete the entry. You may do the scenes in any sequence, but you must draw all 11.
Reaching some locations requires traversal abilities. The early Jesse Fault questlines provide Reach and Shift, which you’ll need for rooftop access; several regions also remain unavailable until you advance the main story.
All 11 Dylan’s Sketchbook locations
| Drawing | Region | Nearest fast travel door | Scene to rebuild |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beach Day | Downtown | Outside the Oldest House | Umbrella and chairs on a tarp |
| Rooftop Oasis | Downtown | Gravity Town | Bird statues and plants on a deck |
| Live on Stage | Central | Field Office | Instruments on a rug |
| The Cat Picnic | Central | Central Frontline | Picnic items on a blanket |
| Halloween Party | West Incursion Zone | Field Office (Central) | Pumpkin and ghost decor |
| Dream House | Evacuation Zone | Railyard Street | A model house |
| Robotics | Evacuation Zone | Survivalist’s Bunker | A robot with arms and legs |
| The Dragon and The Knight | The Park | Park Valley | A dragon shape on Mold |
| Space Adventure | Underpass | Halway Trail | Rocket and flag scene |
| Art Exhibition | The Unknown | Twisted Rooftops | Art pieces on stands |
| Game Night | The Unknown | Factory Island | A tabletop game setup |
Downtown sketches
Beach Day
This is usually the first one you meet. It sits in the northeast of Downtown at a construction site marked by a large “A New You Awaits” billboard, near the Outside the Oldest House fast travel door.
Take the beach umbrella next to the billboard and place it on the blue tarp. Then retrieve the folding beach chair in the alley behind the billboard. Set the chairs beside one another, with the umbrella behind them, to recreate the beach arrangement.
When the setup is correct, Beach Day appears as the prompt, and Dylan draws the scene under the billboard.
Rooftop Oasis (Birdwatcher’s Paradise)
Go up to the roof of the building just east of the West Supply Route Station, near the Gravity Town fast travel door. Use Reach to get onto its wooden patio deck.
Search the neighboring rooftops and ledges for the pigeon statues and potted plants, then return them to the wooden floor. The pieces rebuild a small rooftop garden, and the Birdwatcher’s paradise prompt appears for Dylan to sketch.
Central sketches
The two Central scenes become accessible after you advance the district’s main story, and their locations are fairly near each other on the Central map.
Live on Stage (One Man Band)
From Central’s Field Office fast travel door, head southwest to the hotel in the Collector’s apartment building; a green light hangs above the entrance. Go in, climb one level, and pass through the open doorway into the puzzle room. Shift must be unlocked before you can reach this area of Central.
The rug inside marks the stage. Retrieve the electric guitar, keyboard, cymbal, and bass from the adjoining rooms, then set them on stands around the rug as a band. This completes the One Man Band sketch.
The Cat Picnic
Find the courtyard east of Central’s Dry Site Threshold point of interest, nearest the Central Frontline fast travel door. A bench runs along the courtyard’s north side, with the checkered picnic mat beside it.
Collect the picnic basket, saucers, and toy cats from nearby stairs and benches, then put the three types of items back on the mat. Dylan draws the restored picnic scene.
West Incursion Zone: Halloween Party
Begin at Central’s Field Office fast travel point for the easiest approach. Follow the road running north from the West Incursion Zone Checkpoint until it ends at an “Urban Fresh” store. Reach the roof to find the decorated party table.
Carry the pumpkin stack, hanging skeleton, and ghost decoration to their places around the patio table. Returning all the props completes the Halloween Party sketch.
Evacuation Zone sketches
After the main story, use the Garage Door to open the Evacuation Zone’s south side; both sketches are accessible there.
Dream House
Near the Railyard Street fast travel door, go to the rooftop south of Railyard Street Station. While crossing the roof, watch for a distant light illuminating an unfinished model house.
Gather the nearby roof panel, potted plant, wall board, chimney pipe, and doghouse front. Carry each piece to the frame and fasten it in place. With every part attached, the house is complete and ready to draw.
Robotics (Cool Robot)
Head south of the “Unauthorized Mines?” point of interest, closest to the Survivalist’s Bunker fast travel door. Enter the alley to your south and follow it to a door at the far end, which leads inside a building with a “Cool robot” vending machine. A half-built robot sits against the south wall.
Fit the robot with the nearby ventilation pipe sections and ducts, forming its arms and legs. After the figure is finished, you can sketch it.
The Park: The Dragon and The Knight
Enter the subway at Park Valley Station in The Park and pass the security checkpoint. Go left to the other staircase and descend to the Mold-covered platform.
Use benches and boards to form wings on the mold mound; traffic cones provide its spikes and horns. Dylan names the creation a dragon, finishing the sketch.
Base enemies in The Park tend to be higher level. Consider coming back at power level 3–4 instead of visiting very early.
Underpass: Space Adventure
The Underpass opens after you complete the Recursions and Iterations main story quest. This scene sits northeast of the Research Site point of interest, closest to the Halway Trail fast travel door. Look for a US flag with a floodlight beside it. Because the Research Site shifts during the story, it is easiest to return once that quest is done, then Reach northwest from the Research fast travel point.
Place the lunar lander replica on the yellow X and set the smaller statue atop the wooden box. Position the American flag, the astronaut mannequin, and the alien figure around them to depict a moon landing. Dylan sketches the Spaceship Landing scene.
The Unknown sketches
The Unknown contains the last two scenes. Advance through the Hedron Links portion of the main story and keep chipping away until the level opens for exploration.
Art Exhibition
At the center of the Unknown, close to the Twisted Rooftops fast travel door, enter the Konstig art gallery. The scene is arranged along a row of display pedestals inside.
Lift the artworks off the floor and place them on the stands from left to right: the metallic sphere on the first podium, the pipe cluster on the second, the star-shaped bent metal sculpture on the third, and the last piece on the far-right stand. That restores the exhibit and completes the drawing.
Game Night
Reach the under-construction building on the Unknown’s southeast floating island. From the Factory Island fast travel door, use a gravity well to cross to the smaller island. Get inside via the blue containers beside the building, then descend the stairs to the lower floor.
Take the board game box from the hall’s rear shelf and add the pizza box (from Paradise Pizza Place) and the miniature figures. Bring the wizard-hatted mannequin over and set it beside the chair at the tabletop gaming table. Completing the arrangement finishes Game Night.
Trophy reward and how to confirm it unlocked
Each finished drawing is recorded among the 11 entries in Archives > Dylan’s Sketchbook. Dylan must draw a scene for its matching entry to appear in the file and count as complete. Choose any order you like, but make sure you draw all 11.
Finishing the eleventh scene immediately fires the Work-Life Balance trophy and achievement, worth 40 Gamerscore on Xbox and an Ultra Rare unlock on PlayStation. It also grants the Unfinished Lollipop Artifact, which increases damage by Secondary Aberrant Forms by 10%, along with an Undefined Reading and the Game Night sketch document. Once the trophy notification appears, the set is filled out in full and nothing else is required.
