02. create & inspire.

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25.5.12

A little mania @ 18:07

Being designer doesn't mean you have to love drawing. Most people think they were born knowing how to draw, but actually is not like that. When I was little I didn't quite enjoy drawing; I was pretty bad (really).

But then, a close friend started drawing at school and I certainly did the same, just to feel, you know, accepted. As every kid feels when they start growing up. And I never stopped.

So today I put all my sketchbooks on my bed, to count how many I've collected over the years. Since the very first I had until the last one I bought. And this is it. (well, I missed some, they're hiding somewhere...)

Don't seem so much but counting the filled sheets, I've drawn and practiced so much since then. That one sketchbook on right side which looks older, it's the oldest in fact. My very first sketchbook. I love it so much but the drawings in there... omg. *shoots herself*

I'm missing so many sketchbooks I've lost passing years, due to changes of home or whatever, I don't know. Oh yeah, I have my own style. Guess what lol.

This past years I've changed of kinds of paper, from simple 90 gr bond to new papers like Fabriano sketch, Fabriano4, or Fabriano Watercolor paper (yeah! \o/ long live Fabriano) to kraft or sketch paper. (mostly due to college ♥).

Yeah, I love trying new materials. Give me a piece of paper and a pencil and I'll draw. And pencils! I love pencils. I quite enjoy being at a stationery store, testing pencils and watching beautiful sketchbooks or notebooks.

Here's my handy pencil jars. (Nutella one and a Nescafé Customized one by myself).

lol Actually I wanted to talk about this little mania: collecting stationery stuff. Lots of sketchbooks, lots of pencils, brushes, watercolors, markers, fineliners, ballpoint pens, pencil cases, and I don't even have space to storage my stuff! And I keep buying this pretty little things I enjoy the most. My own guilty pleasure. What, chocolate is not everything. WHAT щ(ºДºщ).