Category: A5
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JWBS #4: Yellow Rainbow
Yellow Rainbow This one really didn’t impress Joey, haha. I did try some urban sketching while I was in Mexico though! Gordon even got to draw a bit in here. Page Count: 60 Paper: unknown Book Size: A5 Sampling of Pages My favorite guest artist: Gordon.
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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 #1: Red Note
Red Note I started a new series to show Joey what’s up! They are meant to be finished ASAP not only to show him how awesome, but also to get some creative drawing exercises in without stopping or overthinking. They are meant to be finished within a few days each, but we’ll see what actually…
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SSTSS: DS #10 Soho Ackerman
Soho Ackerman I wasn’t sure about this paper at first b/c I haven’t used pencil in so long, but using the lead clutch on it was incredibly fun. I finished this so fast it’s kind of a shock to me. Toward the end I started using some watercolor washes and I feel like one to…
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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: Burn My Cosmo
SSTSS: Burn My Cosmo First time trying to plan out every page. It was hard and kind of fell apart in some places, but overall I’m proud of it. Page Count: 44 Paper: Sugarcane Pulp Book Size: A5 Extra Notes: I used a lot of marker in here and it was fun to draw food…
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SSTSS: Andromeda
SSTSS: Andromeda Mostly of the CASE Conference Page Count: 60 Paper: Something thin Book Size: A5 Extra Notes: I finished most of this sketchbook over the course of three days at a work conference. I also did a lot of on location sketching of people. Sampling of Pages Tools Used I tried a lot of…
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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…