r/hobonichi

This was my first time trying anything from this line, and I’m so glad I did! I picked up the Cousin during the sale, and I haven’t looked back since. 😊

I initially got the techo A6 avec at the beginning of the year, not realizing it didn't have the weekly layout which I LOVE. I still use the A6 but ended up getting a blank notebook to do the weekly set up myself and daily pages + whatever else. I didn't want to get the cousin or anything after I realized because I already had the weeks + avec and I don't use the monthly pages so it felt like a waste.

Sorry for the repost- the title had a typo 🙈
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I’ll post full images once I scan the Techo ✌🏽😬✨

HAVEN'T done much but am slowly getting into it ;P

I’m happy that I’m more consistent this time. I love the layout. I love that it has time slots and it has space for me to write my thoughts and feelings.

this is the first year of using a techo, and i am very happy with the results after half the year has gone ❤️

i'm very pleased at the durability of the spine! she's chunked up so nicely and i love holding her!

This is my first year using a Hobonichi, I bought the Hobonichi techo cousin 2026 at the start of the year (pictured above). I am just wondering when people recommend picking up the one for next year? I've been using it often but I find I only use the part that has the daily pages and the whole month overview the rest just sits there empty. Should I continue with the cousin or is there a different version people would recommend instead?

The first 3 pics are my Jan-Jun Avec. This was my first Hobonichi planner and I loved her so much. She’d be even chunkier if I hadn’t stopped using the daily pages the last two weeks of June due to a hectic move where I didn’t have much time to prepare.

Remaining pics are my Jul-Dec Avec. Still working on getting the cover fully stickered but my tabs and outer cover are on and I’m back to keeping up with all my daily pages.

I set up my second half of the year-Hobonichi Avec. I use it as my stay at home journal and health tracker. I’ve used this system for years.

Lines: Jin Hao Shark pen

Ink: Diamine delamere green

Colored pencils: assorted brands

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Had fun playing outside the lines on this one!

I got the Pentel 8 colors mechanical pencil that Hobonichi recently featured in one of their newsletters. Full disclosure, I did get it from Amazon so there's a chance it's bootleg. It did come in an entirely different package than I expected.

That said, I did some tests in my Hobonichi, and I drew Ilya Rozanov from Heated Rivalry. Here's my review.

From the first shading exercise I could tell that the lead is really sturdy, which is probably good for a mechanical pencil. However, because of this, it lacks depth when it comes to shading. There's not a lot of options.

The second thing I realized was that the pencil isn't buildable. When I try to layer pigment, it becomes waxy and pills on the page pretty quickly.

The color selection is good for most things. I appreciate that they have an orange, a pink, and a brown. That will approximate most people's skin color. You can see that Ilya is a little yellow here. That's partially a me thing. I tend to start with a yellow under drawing and because I was afraid to layer pigments too much, he stayed yellow when I would normally have tried to balance him out.

I found myself wanting a black at first, but when I saw how hard it was to blend or build with the pencil, I realized that this would be better as a pencil and ink situation. To it's credit, a heavy ink like the kind in Japanese brush pens lays beautifully over the pencil. But even regular fountain pen writes over it very well. It only struggles when the pencil is the most pigmented and waxy, which is understandable.

Overall, the reason I got this is convenience, and it's perfect for that. Not even having to pick up a different pencil is totally perfect for my artist's block. I'm usually a watercolorist, and having to set up even a travel pallet has been a big barrier for me lately. Whatever issues I have with the lead itself are overshadowed by being a no-nonsense tool for sketching on the go. And since I always have my pens on me, I can fill one with a permanent black ink and hit the road.

If you have the same pencil, is that your experience, or did I get scammed?

I’m removing the trackers and sticking to the monthly ones in the back pages to see how it goes. 😬

Decided to try making my own covers for my weeks and techo and love how they turned out. This was my 3rd attempt at figuring out the best eyelets and spacing of the holes.

Everything was purchased from Hobby Lobby. I got a yard of this red fake leather (way more than necessary) for about $6, a pack of charms, eyelets and a tool to install and some elastic. I liked being able to fit them to the exact size I wanted.

I just got my first techo when they went on sale on amazon recently and love journaling in it. Now I can't decide if i want to forgo the 2 of these and use a cousin next year or stick to these 2. I will be purchasing a techo cover when the new releases are out which I can hardly wait to see the new designs!

been gone from reddit for a while bc work has been super busy, but hopefully i'll have some more to post soon! :) i'll have a backlog of ophie diaries, but for now i just have some sticker decoration to post. got inspired to show avec since i saw some other really cute decos!

So I got an original during the prime day sale. I’m trying to figure out what to put at the top with the checkboxes. In the green area I have the things going on in the day and then in the blue area just a small journal entry for the day. But I’ve got this blank spot at the top (in pink) with the checkboxes that I wanted to fill.

I know there’s washi, but I’m not sold on using washi in here yet. I tried weather & mood but also not feeling it. What do you all put here? I’m looking for some good ideas. I do want to note that whatever goes here is something that can easily be repeated each day. And not really into habit tracking for this one. I don’t want to do a quote for example because I don’t want to search for something each day. I want just an easy thing to put here and maybe a way to utilize the checkboxes there too. Not sure…

Open to seeing examples of all your cute spreads too!

As a hobonichi noob, I started my first week's spring start in june, and my a5 avec yesterday! Im looking for suggestions for some black pens that wont overload the page absorbency. As well as where does everyone get their stickers that can ship to eu? Im a 🇨🇦 living in 🇩🇪 so my hobos are very therapeutic for me and im so emotionally attached already!

However, Im all confused on what to use each hobo for. I really need a journal so im using my cousin/avec daily pages for this. However I also need to track tasks and appointments and was expecting to use my weeks for this, but my cousin vertical weekly just has more space.

I guess its bugging me that I have my journal and tasks in one book. Im also needing to track my mental and physical health and dont know where to put this? My weeks has my appointments but also I was using the horizontal weeks as a daily recap and now it all seems confusing and redundant.

Sorry im rambling now but there's a few photos for examples! Any suggestions or advice is welcome thank you!