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blujayonthewing · 1 year

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so the thing about this journal I got for christmas last year is: it turns out I actually (and somewhat to my own surprise) really like this soft cover leatherbound style-- but this paper is... difficult, and while it is very Aestheticque, and it was fun and good to work with it over the last year, I think I want better paper for my next sketch/ hodgepodge book. the PROBLEM is that this style of book construction is SO simple I almost feel that I must make my own from scratch rather than buy one, but that leads me back around to the same problem I've always had with making my own sketchbooks, which is that I dunno where to get loose paper I would actually like :'D

#I guess I'm also not sure where I'd get a big chunk of thick leather BUT that feels thriftable #if not something I could sacrifice aesthetic for to make it out of pleather I already own #I can IMPROVISE the cover but the paper is really important :')#the last time I made my own sketchbook I used canson multimedia paper and it turns out I Do Not Like It as much as I thought #.... although on the other hand maybe that would be just the happy medium I need #between Smooth And Nice fill paper I prefer for drawing and watercoloring on properly #and this very soft very toothy very very rustic recycled brown paper that I allowed myself to not worry about or take too seriously #which-- also-- I do actually like the color too. maybe a kraft paper...?#BUT ALSO-- the recycled paper in this is SO thick and soft it holds up really well to being in this style of binding #where maybe a thinner or more rigid paper would be inclined to wrinkle or tear...?#HMM.#hmmmm #I mean maybe I get another really similar one and take out the entire final signature of paper #and stick a bunch of loose Nicer Paper back there instead that I can slot in wherever as needed #about me

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