Best Sketchbooks: A Review & My Favorite

UPDATE: Since I made this video, I've found a new sketchbook I love for taking on the go: Midori MD Blank Notebooks! Stillman & Birn is still my favorite for a really high-quality sketchbook that can take paint and water. I use it more for when I want to make finished pieces and generally keep them at home. The Midori sketchbook feels much more casual and free, and is good with dry mediums such as pens, pencil, and water-based inks brush pens.

I've experimented with many different sketchbooks and journals over the years. Here's my review of some popular options, and a few that I found were unexpectedly awesome!

Happy sketching! [LINKS BELOW]

Sketchbooks mentioned:

[BlooTanooki]

Dot grid sketchbooks are good for technical drafting, architectural sketches, and graphic design.

[veggiechip]

very helpful video thanks! small criticism would be to fix the audio so it’s less echoey

[The-Ophelia-A]

Are there any cheeper options my mum only buys me hig sketchbooks not thinking if i want to take them on the go i only have £9 and these are all to expensive

[SkywalkFPV]

Interesting.. Why not use ring binding sketchbooks?

[silvermyth]

Thank you. Very good review. Makes me want to try some of these out. Just wandering, what are the blue dots in the pages for? I had not seen that before until I watched the video. Another question: Did you experience the paper getting scratched by pens or pencils digging into the page and clogging up the nibs in any specific sketchbooks on this review?

[minodibawanya]

I most like your art. so I want to be like you but I can't draw. anyway, I try to draw. Can you bring drawing videos?

[bostonblackie]

Why do so many people do reviews on the floor?