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I Make Magical Pencils, Notebooks And Journals From Scratch, And Here Are 17 Of The Best Ones
Hi! My name is Nad! I'm a French creative girl living in Montreal. After 15 years living in Paris and working in the cartoon industry, I've decided to drop everything to live another life!
So here I am! Trying to restart my professional life by myself using my head to imagine and my hands to create! Welcome to a part of my creative world!
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My best friend are very sarcastic. We also have a sick sense of humor. She is legally blind, but has very limited tunnel vision. I would love to give this to her for 2 reasons. One, is just the eye, and secondly, she could actually find it it her purse because of the texture. BTW, she puts sunglasses on all of her Santas, and anything else she has.
OOPs, I forgot to say at least she would have one good eye...and she would love it!
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I grew up in the 80's and I was fascinated by the fantasy world, whether it was movies, literature or even the role playing games my older brothers played, it really developed my imagination. I continued to be interested in this universe when I grew up and also in the world of witchcraft that I discovered a little later. It's very naturally that I started to create grimoires and wands for my own pleasure, then to please others by combining several passions!
Sculpting and modeling is another of my passions, it gives an organic look and a unique result that perfectly matched what I had in mind when I started to imagine my grimoires. I wanted people to be able to look at them, but also to want to touch them.
When I work, I always put myself in the shoes of my customers, I want to have unique objects, that you can't see anywhere else, as if they were made for me. That's why each of my pieces are carefully handmade, including the packaging, I take all the time necessary and I don't hesitate to start over several times if necessary! I’m my own worst enemy, every detail counts!
I love decorative objects, but I love even more when they have a function, that's why I came up with the idea of creating wand pencils, magic notebooks and grimoires to write in. What I like most is to be able to create small objects that invite the imagination.
When you work alone you have to wear many hats! You have to imagine the product, order the materials, do tests, then move on to the manufacturing stage, taking into account the packaging and costs, answer the customers' questions, run to the post office and keep your accounts, and finally, you have to renew your ideas and start again. Personally, I would say that the most complicated part of my job is probably the marketing, I’m by nature discreet and I really have a hard time getting out of my creative bubble to put myself forward, that's why I’m really grateful to platforms like Bored Panda to help me share my work! And most importantly, thank you to all the readers for your feedback and positive feedback that gives me the courage to continue!
I hope to have given you the desire to discover my creative universe!
I think these are neat. Your use of color is amazing. Only thing to watch out for is people's trypophobia.
AhAh! Thank you so much Claire! Yes I did this one thinking about trypophobia, I was inspired by a friend! ^^
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I love all of these, every single picture down to the pixel. So detailed; seems to me that the artist enjoyed making them. I've made pieces that felt like the ideas behind them were just itching to be let out of my skull, like my brain was bursting at the dreams (I meant to type 'seams', but 'dreams' is also appropriate) and my hands were restless to hold a brush or a pen or whatever tool was needed. Then other works that were just pure joy, or very technical and I'd get lost in what I was doing. So it just seems like the artist enjoyed making them so detailed and unique, that's all.
These are SO AMAZING!! How long did it take to make each one, and do you have any tips or advice for someone who would love to make there sketchbooks covers look more amazing? (I know I won’t be able to do what you do, but I’d love any advice you can give me!)
I love all of the WoF comments, I can really see the characters lol. But these are amazing and you are so talented!!!
I love these. I want them all but they're to beautiful to use!!!! Hey, can you make the necronomicon from evil dead?
Her stuff is awesome! But I still can't get Over the fact, that a wand is a baguette in French ^^
Nad, you're incredibly talented and creative 👏🏻! You're use of textures and colors are spectacular! Your style is beautiful and very unique. I love that you have so many options for people to choose from. Your dragons have so much character just in the glimpse of their eyes that we see, it's amazing how much life you manage to give each one of them. I see bright things in your future. Such magical moments you're creating here for others to treasure, and treasures they are.
Thank you for all your kind comments! ;)
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I think these are neat. Your use of color is amazing. Only thing to watch out for is people's trypophobia.
AhAh! Thank you so much Claire! Yes I did this one thinking about trypophobia, I was inspired by a friend! ^^
Load More Replies... I love all of these, every single picture down to the pixel. So detailed; seems to me that the artist enjoyed making them. I've made pieces that felt like the ideas behind them were just itching to be let out of my skull, like my brain was bursting at the dreams (I meant to type 'seams', but 'dreams' is also appropriate) and my hands were restless to hold a brush or a pen or whatever tool was needed. Then other works that were just pure joy, or very technical and I'd get lost in what I was doing. So it just seems like the artist enjoyed making them so detailed and unique, that's all.
These are SO AMAZING!! How long did it take to make each one, and do you have any tips or advice for someone who would love to make there sketchbooks covers look more amazing? (I know I won’t be able to do what you do, but I’d love any advice you can give me!)
I love all of the WoF comments, I can really see the characters lol. But these are amazing and you are so talented!!!
I love these. I want them all but they're to beautiful to use!!!! Hey, can you make the necronomicon from evil dead?
Her stuff is awesome! But I still can't get Over the fact, that a wand is a baguette in French ^^
Nad, you're incredibly talented and creative 👏🏻! You're use of textures and colors are spectacular! Your style is beautiful and very unique. I love that you have so many options for people to choose from. Your dragons have so much character just in the glimpse of their eyes that we see, it's amazing how much life you manage to give each one of them. I see bright things in your future. Such magical moments you're creating here for others to treasure, and treasures they are.
Thank you for all your kind comments! ;)
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