I took a four-week road trip across the U.S. with my friends’ band and I kept a journal of stuff I saw. I don’t know how to drive, so I had a lot of time to doodle on the road.
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this is really great!!also im from saskatoon so i was surprised to see this haha
I’ve been to Saskatoon! We went there (from the UK) on holiday when I was 8 to stay with a friend of my Mum’s and her family. I liked it, because we went specifically in February to see lots of snow :)
I’m from south of Saskatoon- Regina.
these drawings are actualluy so amazing
this is so cool!!! so much love
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS best journal-sketchbook vibes that i can relate to (this is how i journal and i don’t really see a ton of people doing it the same way)
I commend your ability to draw and watercolor while in a car! I get way too sleepy and unfocused on the road. These look reeeeeeally good, sounds like it was a fun tour too!
these are so beautiful!! especially one… i feel like I am being lifted away just looking at it
*especially the last one oops :)
Wow, I don’t even know if I can express how great this all is! Such an amazing range of topics and styles-stories, photos, watercolor,venn diagrams. It’s so fun to read! I love how you say it’s a “very poor sketch” and then it’s excellent (it’s a cool look with out legs).
I love this so much. I need to go on a road trip as soon as possible, before my head explodes.
This was absolutely gorgeous, and major inspiration for the journal I’m working on!
I adore every page!!! I especially love 4, 7, and 9, all beautiful though!
so much love for this
Was the color for all this all entirely done in watercolor?!
p.s amazing, love it you are gr8!
Wow, these are so wonderful! The last one is def my favourite. Next time I go on a road trip I’m totally going to attempt something like this!
amayzingah ugh. printed them and stuck them on my wall
Beautiful!
I always love to see other people’s journals!!=)
majestic and awesome
So, so, so inspired.
i absolutely love this, i want to keep a journal like this when i go away next week. i doubt it will be as good as this though! x
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Esme you are my H E R O
There are no words for how much I love this <3
LUVVV
ahhhh wow this is rad
so so wonderful
So so good! I want to keep a journal like this and travel the whole world.
This is great! I’m driving across the country with my friends this summer–from Mississippi to San Diego for Comic-Con–and I’m super excited. Journaling is a good idea–I can’t drive, either, so I’ll have a lot of time to sit around. I want to get a Polaroid camera so I can take a bunch of pictures and not have to wait to get them developed.