I keep a sketch book (here) of my artwork but I've been looking to make my own for bigger drawings. This how-to shows you how to turn those old vinyl albums in to sketchbooks and you can of course extend that to other types of notebooks or books. Most garage sales have a variety of weird albums that are perfect for this sort of project.
The vinyl sketchbook (sans the vinyl)
I keep a sketch book (here) of my artwork but I've been looking to make my own for bigger drawings. This how-to shows you how to turn those old vinyl albums in to sketchbooks and you can of course extend that to other types of notebooks or books. Most garage sales have a variety of weird albums that are perfect for this sort of project.
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Pretty slick! You can make smaller sketchbooks from any decent cardboard using this technique. (Think cereal boxes or six-pack cartons and the sky
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