notebooks
- B6/A6 size is best – i don’t like anything larger than A5
- white, off-white, or cream colored paper only. i respect recycled paper but i cannot fucking see
- dotted/grid > blank/lined, but of course blank is good for drawing and lined for journals. i think dotted/grid is the most versatile though.
- I DO NOT LIKE THIN PAPER i do not like you tomoe river S.
- i really like midori’s paper!
- not a huge fan of hardcover notebooks, HATE spiral notebooks. softcover or paperback is best!
- i don’t like when the inner pages already have decorations in them. LET ME DO IT MYSELF,
- i don’t like vertical notepads, even though they’re supposed to be good for me…
pens
- thinner nib always preferred!
- dark/desaturated colors preferred for longform writing, which is my usual writing
- ❌ brush pens → i’m left-handed and don’t write with “proper form”, so i find calligraphy difficult
- ❌ tripod grip
highlighters
- pastel colors, no neon please
- nothing too light that requires a billion strokes to be seen. my goodness…
pencils
- i’m a mechanical pencil girly
- B > H
- i have trouble with thick croquis-types