Chuck Jones Creativity Pad Inspiration

Introducing the Chuck Jones Creativity Pad, our first-ever landscape orientation notebook. Chuck Jones preferred a wide canvas for his sketches. The Creativity Pad is designed to give creative minds the largest unrestricted canvas possible.

The Blackwing Volume 7 Chuck Jones Creativity pad featuring a sketch of Wile E. Coyote by Chuck Jones

The A4 size gives ample space for creativity to roam while still remaining portable, and the blank paper gives free rein. Use it as a horizontal sketchbook, journal, or turn it 90 degrees and use it as a vertical top-down notebook. This landscape Creativity Pad allows you to have the freedom to explore new ways of putting pencil to paper. Here are some creative ways to get the most out of our new notebook.

Flipbook

Create your own very animations by drawing sequential images on each page. Illustrate gradually different and moving images in the same area of your creativity pad and flip through the pages to see your images come to life.

Storyboards

4 Scene Storyboard Idea for Film or Animation

Storyboarding is a key development step in animations, movies, and television. It depicts a story scene by scene, bringing the storyteller’s vision to paper. Start by drawing rectangles based on the desired aspect ratio, then fill them with scenes of a story you want to tell. This is a helpful tool for translating your scripts into detailed images.

Landscape drawing

Use the horizontally oriented canvas to draw your favorite scenery. For a bonus challenge, use an entire spread (both pages of an open book) for a striking extra-wide canvas. Encapsulate broad landscapes and large-scale drawings all on one page.

Web Design

No matter if you’re a seasoned web designer or dreaming up your own first website, you can quickly explore different layouts by sketching webpages on paper. Sketch your desired homepage or webpage elements before you translate them to the web.

Character Design

Dream up a character and bring them to life by drawing your figure sketches and character designs in several different angles, poses, and emotions. Figure drawing and character turnarounds allow you to draw correct proportions and details that make your characters dynamic.

Architecture and furniture design

For architects and industrial designers, the large canvas allows for an impressive presentation and at the same time the ability to explore every detail. Sketch out your design ideas, lay out your measurements, and compile your building plans with ease.

Recipes

Sample Recipe with Ingredients and Illustrations

Curate your own recipe book by gathering your favorite food and drinks in one place. The blank paper gives the option to use fun layouts and also allows you to add photos and illustrations to your recipe book.

Scrapbook journaling

Add colors, textures, and images to your journal by including photos, tickets, and magazine clippings to create memorable collages. Our high-quality 100GSM paper works great with graphite, ink, watercolor, adhesive, or whatever mixed media you prefer.

Vertical Notetaking or Drawing

The landscape binding doesn’t mean you’re limited to using it that way! Our Creativity Pad can also be used as a large format top-hinged notepad. Try out a new and creative way to take notes, plan your day, or draw your next masterpiece.

Shop the Blackwing Vol. 7 Collection

Blackwing Vol. 7 is our tribute to animation and the incredible stories it lets us tell. The Blackwing Vol. 7 collection includes our limited-edition Vol. 7 pencil set featuring a picket-fence animation of Chuck Jones’ Wile E. Coyote, our Chuck Jones Creativity Pad, and our first-ever Blackwing Handheld Eraser and Holder.

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