This week’s addict displays this nice neat pile of some of his “secret obsession”– notebooks: Ever since I started drawing, I have been fascinated by books of blank white pages, i.e. Sketchbooks. A book devoid of all content, just waiting to be filled with anything. Throughout highschool I carried a sketchbook with me at all … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Jason
Les Calepins de Lapin translates to “The Rabbit’s Notebooks.” They are full of wonderful sketches, all on lined notebook paper!
Fashionary is an interesting twist on the formatted-page notebook. It looks a lot like your typical Moleskine-ish notebook on the outside, but inside, the pages are set up with templates and reference material for fashion designers. From the product description: Dictionary + Sketchbook The name “FASHIONARY” comes from “Fashion + Dictionary + Diary”. The sketchbook … Continue reading Fashionary: A Notebook for Fashion Designers
Zequenz is a Thai notebook brand. (Interesting tidbit: their parent company, Zenith Paper, started out making traditional Mulberry paper products.) When I first saw their notebooks, I have to admit I wasn’t that excited– they looked kind of like the thicker sizes of the Miquelrius Flexible Notebooks, and also a lot like a notebook I … Continue reading Review and Giveaway: Zequenz Notebooks
I featured Kolby Kirk’s hiking journals here a while ago, but more recently, I came across a post on another blog of his, talking about his first journal. I love how he explored his interests in a variety of topics in these wonderful sketches: The journal itself is pretty neat– a spiral bound sketchbook onto … Continue reading Kolby Kirk’s First Journal
Jesse Draxler’s website has lots of fabulous photos of collage art in notebooks (Moleskine sketchbooks, I think). Absolutely gorgeous: I found Jesse via a blog called The Jealous Curator, who says “These simple/fantastic collages are a few of my favourite pages. I think it’s the effortlessness that gets me the most. Yep, there’s that soul-crushing … Continue reading Jesse Draxler’s Sketchbooks
This week’s notebook addict is actually a sketchbook addict, who comments: So, for someone who doesn’t have a ton of time for drawing for fun these days, I have an obsession with sketchbooks. I love trying new ones, always hoping to get that *just right* paper texture, thickness, and brightness… for the record it should … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Stephen Emond
Here’s an interesting look at someone who’s made several Japanese album-type sketchbooks using a roll of watercolor paper and some wallpaper samples for the covers: See more at Concertina Sketchbooks » Creative Fidget.
Every page of this notebook is beautiful: For a larger view, see the original on Flickr. Found via J.W.K: Moleskine Art.
Anyone who keeps an art journal will enjoy this post. Roz recommends shaking up your creativity by simply trying a new kind of paper: I’ve been writing about taking trips and mini-vacations. Well, now I want you to consider taking one away from your favorite paper. Or away from the paper you normally use, which … Continue reading Change Your Journaling Paper