organization

[eye_of_toad]

I have a bunch of art posted to my old journal and I thought I should link it here so I have everything accessible in one place. Except here, I've gotten much more organized about labelling sketchbooks and there not so much.

I apparently didn't post any photographs of sketchbook #8 and only posted a Vimeo video that I can't seem to get to play. (I have no idea if I still have the original file anyway to attempt to upload it anywhere else.)

Sketchbook #7 appears to be spiral bound and I dimly recall it being a small-ish size, but I don't remember the brand or details. (That might have been another of my bargain Target finds.)

And that's when I decided to dig out my old sketchbooks to look these things up and maybe take pictures ... and that's when I discovered that I have no idea where any of my old sketchbooks are.

sketchbook:

0. I think this was a crappy spiral sketchbook that I didn't actually finish, maybe?, but it was older than sketchbook #1, so that's why I retroactively named it "zero".
   
1. This was the first sketchbook that I ever finished. I was so proud of it. Some of it is actually pretty decent even. (Is that bad? I feel like I haven't progressed like I should if I still like some of these.)
   
2. Um... spiral bound at the top (I can tell from some of the pictures) so I think this was one of the designed for colored-pencils sketchbooks.
   
3. I'm pretty sure this was the Blick hard bound sketchbook.
   
4. ???
   
5. Um ... I think this was the one that pissed me off because the paper was weird.
   
6. ????
   
7. ?? spiral bound
   
8. ??
   
9. Copic, spiral bound, small. This was specifically designed for markers and yet I did not like how it handled markers. Very weird.
   
10. Blick, spiral bound, 9in x 12 in, 65 lb (98 gsm) weight. Hated the spiral binding (the pages snag when you're trying to flip through it) but otherwise this was a solid sketchbook that was not designed for wet media but held up well under being abused with watercolors. (completed: 2021 November to 2023 June)
    
11. Crescent Rendr, soft cover, very small. I loved that the marker didn't bleed through the pages (worked much, much better than the Copic marker sketchbook), but I hated the tight binding that made it nearly impossible to open the pages up all the way (more infuriating because it was advertised as a "lay flat" design and it didn't even open flat under pressure).
    
12. Talens Art Creations, hard bound, 4-1/2 in x 4-1/2 in. This opens up nice and flat so if you want to draw across the fold, you can do a 4-1/2 in x 9 in drawing. I love this sketchbook. The only reason it isn't completely full is that because of the size, I consider this my "travel" sketchbook and I try to save it for when I'm away from home. (IN PROCESS)
    
13. Strathmore, spiral bound, 6 in x 8 in, 100 lb (163 gsm) weight, advertised for colored pencil. I'm not sure why I haven't done more with this (only a few pages filled in so far despite starting it in September of 2022). (IN PROCESS)
    
14. Crescent, Rendr, soft cover, 8 in x 11 in. Has the nifty paper that works so well with markers (no bleed through at all), but I hate the floppy soft cover. (IN PROCESS)
    
15. Mondo Llama, 8-1/2" by 11". I don't see the weight listed anywhere, but it feels similar to the 65-lb one from Blick. Bonus, I got this at Target for $10 and it's also the most pages of any of my sketchbooks. This is gonna take a while to fill up.(IN PROCESS)
    

Anyway, I'll get around to linking art later. Just making the list was more work than I expected.

And short of massively cleaning my entire room, I just thought of one more place the sketchbooks might be. Off to go look...


EDIT: FOUND THEM! I'll post an updated version of this list soon. By the way is it "master list" or "masterlist". I googled and the Internet seems evenly split, while my spellchecker doesn't like it as one word. Opinions?

Comments

[amberdreams]

I love it when people get organised. Re: master list or masterlist, I too am divided and use both randomly. Who knows.