Natural Notebooks and Sketchbooks by The Twenty Fingers

For an artist, illustrator, and designer have a notebook or sketchbook is a fantastic way to make creative ideas remains on track. It will be their diaries to draw or write anything to just have fun or to distribute ideas, thoughts and inspiration in their minds and keep it there. And now, notebooks and sketchbooks has evolved with the purpose to help us get more inspiration and improve our performance, therefore, these books come in various shapes and sizes, with an attractive cover design. It has also been we found in The Twenty Fingers, an online store that sells wood accessories and natural notebook, which is owned by Yuriy Aksenov and Katherine Aksenova. They create a wide variety of pretty things inspired from where they live, that surrounded by forest, of course be our spotlight on all of their products are notebooks and sketchbooks. Here are 15 notebooks and sketchbooks that will help us to transform into a brilliant creative artists, illustrator, and designer. Make sure you also look at their flickr, website, and blog.
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Inspiring Handmade and Hand Pulled Screen Prints by Karolin Schnoor

Today we will guide you through the screen-printing and illustrations on fabric, paper or anything that has a flat surface. It will be a time consuming job, but it is fun and makes you never want to stop after it started. Because screen-printing and illustration have a mutually beneficial relationship, you can explore your creative ideas and then you can always sell your work, because many people like affordable prints. Therefore in this post, we will share about a talented illustrator who also really loves screen-printing, Karolin Schnoor, who also runs a shop that sells her own handmade screen-printing. She only uses water-based inks and paper from the local paper suppliers to ensure the quality of the products made by her. Below are 10 inspiring handmade and hand pulled screen prints you must see.
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Impressive Hand Drawn Illustration by Branch and Olive

This time, hand drawn illustration looks very traditional, but on the other side it could be something refreshing, especially if it is drawn with care and love by the designer. Jill Hoff, is someone who likes paper and doodle, she is one of the designers who create hand-drawn illustrations on note cards, stationery sets and prints. Nothing can beat the artwork created personally by the designer, this really caught our attention to stop by her online store, Branch and Olive, and see the uniqueness of the design of the products made by her. Sometimes it looks very fun when looking artwork shows the style of the designer, here are some collections that make us inspired to always impressed on hand drawn illustration.
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