Category: 61-80 gsm
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LG DS #11: Moleskine Faces
Moleskine Faces I remember starting this just for portraits. The first portrait I drew, I made the chest and face way too far apart and took me three attempts to fix it to no avail. I think I improved since then? Page Count: 240 Paper: 70 gsm Book Size: 5 in by 8.25 in Extra…
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SSTSS: DS #17 Bronze Group
Bronze Group I started this on a whim. I managed to find a pack of three Muji plain notebooks and tried my fountain pens on them. It was pretty nice! I did a bunch of adorable Koroks in the sketchbook and some figure drawings. Page Count: 60 Paper: Not sure what GSM, but very decent…
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JWBS #2: Green Meteksan
Green Meteksan I started this at a boba place with Czarina. I did a ton of sports players in this one. Page Count: 64 Paper: 70gsm Book Size: B5 Extra Notes: I also love this brand! I found them at Dallas Pen Show one year and I’ve been buying a ton of their notebooks. Sampling…
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SB 2023 DC Pen Show
2023 DC Pen Show I went to the pen show in DC from Aug 4 to 7 and it was amazing! I dedicated a whole sketchbook just to record everything while I was there. Page Count: 44 Paper: Sugarcane Pulp Book Size: A5 Extra Notes: I used a lot of marker in here and it…
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SSTSS: DS #12 Arch C Forever 21
Arch C Forever 21 A GIANT SKETCHBOOK I got this to practice drawing really big and honestly, it was too big. I don’t have the space for it at my desk and it was really unwieldy. Every time Dash tried to sit on my table he’d fall off b/c there’s no room for him. The…
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SSTSS: DS #8 Hyoga
SSTSS: DS #8 Hyoga Lots of figure studies, again! This is my first time finishing up one of the Daiso sketchbooks with the cute covers. The paper is comparable to the gray sketchbooks from Daiso also and I enjoyed it! Most of my pens worked well on it, and the glue binding is surprisingly sturdy.…
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SSTSS: DS #3 Snack Break
SSTSS: DS #3 Snack Break Figure Drawing and Roller Derby Girls This was just a random sketchbook I started in San Antonio. It was my first time really trying Midori paper and I’m pretty pleased. It handles both wet and dry media pretty well, though I have not tried watercolors. Page Count: 48 Paper: Midori…
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SSTSS: DS #2 Phoenix
SSTSS: DS #2 Phoenix Revived from obscurity. This sketchbook came along with the 400 pager Odyssey notebook last year. It’s just a 48 page little booklet, but it’s still Tomoe River paper, but I loved it. I wasn’t able to truly appreciate the paper when I first got it, but the more I used it…
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SSTSS: Taurus
SSTSS: Taurus This was meant to be all cows but as always, I defaulted to figure drawing again. Though I actually used a pencil in this one for cow proportion studies! Page Count: 58 Paper: Sugarcane Pulp Book Size: A5 Extra Notes: I had to tear out two sheets to hand out my contact information…
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SSTSS: Shiryu
SSTSS: Shiryu First sketchbook finished for the year! This year I’m going to practice a lot more than I used to. I’ll always be carrying one of these little booklets with me to doodle and do studies. Page Count: 40 Paper: Sugarcane Pulp Book Size: A5 Extra Notes: I love this paper. It can’t really…