Visual diary

Even today, a lot of people carry around notebooks filled with daily reminders, significant dates, thoughts, and other important information. But there's an artist who uses notebooks to make amazing art. Jose Naranja creates breath-taking and well-thought-out notebooks from scratch.

Interested in collecting travel moments in an alternative way? Here's a guide on how you can create your very own travel visual diary!

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José Naranja creates beautifully detailed sketchbooks by collaging elements of photography, writing, stamps, and his own precise drawings of everything from poisonous mushrooms to a bird’s eye view of his dream studio. The ex-aeronautic engineer began working with sketchbooks after he discovered pocket-size Moleskine notebooks in 2005 and realized they were the perfect vessel to document his daily experiences and develop his wildest ideas. After 13 years of using the same style of notebook…

Collage by Julie Campbell | Ah, the joys of keeping an art journal—just the perfect place to sort out that jumble of thoughts from time to time…to bring a bit of order ...

A couple of weeks back I went to London for a few days to catch up with friends and fill up on art and history and big old buildings. Rather than take photos as I usually do (and never really look at again) I decided to record my trip in a little sketchbook. Today I finally got round to scanning the pages of the sketchbook to show you. I thought it might be interesting to share some less polished work and spur of the moment sketches. This is the whole sketchbook (I havent edited anything…