Looks like a genshin impact weapon, it’s so pretty

Oh no, now I want to embellish a sketchbook like this 😭 this turned out SO COOL!! I can’t wait to see the cosplay that goes with it! I love these prop/cosplay build process videos and I’d love to see more!!

I love that you can wear it as if it were a crossbody bag😆

as someone who loves making sketchbooks THIS IS SO COOL OMG!! so much thought went into it!! IT LOOKS SO INCREDIBLEE!! the led lights in the gemstone really make it shine even more !!! do you ever plan on putting stuff inside the sketchbook? I mean it's a very THICC clunky boi so it may not be the most practical to use, but I'm still curious haha

I’m literally so excited I’m gonna do this with my sketchbook!! Eeppp!!!

Again let me just- *chef's kiss* I will definitely be attempting and watching NerdForge's video! Haven't been over there in awhile! You did amazing on this project and I'm so excited to see what you have in store next!!!

You are seriously the most talented artist I've seen in so long. You're a breath of fresh air to the community! 💕💕💕

So cooool! I can't imagine using sketchbook with such chonky cover on daily basis, but again, cooooool! btw maybe more liquidy paints would make painting job easier on future projects?

Love Nerdforge's videos, and I love all of their book binding ones! Love your spellbook/sketchbook!! I want to make my own now 🤣

I expected something awesome, but not a straight up LED light to make the book literally glow! I am once again amazing at your craftiness.

Really love the final outcome! My feedback on the process would be to first iron the fabric you used on the inside of the covers and glue the fabric on paper! This way you can use regular white glue to stick it on on the covers! To glue paper on fabric: I use Kraft paper and a small paint roller thing, dilute white glue with a bit more water, “paint on” the glue and then carefully place the fabric on top to avoid any wrinkles in the fabric or the paper Gluing paper on fabric is very helpful for any bookbinding projects cause it means the when you glue fabric onto your book the glue with pass through the fabric and make it splotchy and weird

prickly: nerdforge's grimoire video me: *screeches in fan-girl* I LOVE THAT CHANNEL HOLY HECC-

bro i lowkey wanna try to do something similar, you're so inspiring

I HAVE BEEN PATIENTLY WAITING AND OMFG YOU NEVER FAIL TO AMAZE ME THIS WAS SUCH AN ENTERTAINING VIDEO

I love all the nerdforge inside jokes in this video-

Dude, this turned out AMAZING! How many hours did this take you? It's absolutely gorgeous - though I'm very curious how easy it is to use the sketchbook with all those bulky elements on the cover. I'd be worried about pressing down on it while I was drawing and ruining the pretty details! lol.

As a former trainer at a paint manufacturer, by far the best tip I can give to avoid ‘muddy’ color - don’t paint with cheap or student grade paint. The way they keep price down, they reduce the amount of actual pigment. Use professional level paint - you won’t get muddy colors.

the intro be like: 👏🏻👏🏻 *UPGRADES PEOPLE UPGRADES* 👏🏻👏🏻

the sketchbook turned out super cool!!! I love doing cosplay props, it's by far the most enjoyable process imo, the paint work you did turned out STUNNING!!! just UGH I LOVE THIS

Oh man the reference to Al from home improvement made me literally laugh out loud. A super big belly laugh. Yes.

THIS IS SO COOL!!!!! Amazing job! Can’t wait to see the full cosplay! 📖🍂🍁

It’s awesome whenever you make your more crafty videos. I’m glad you’re integrating them into you channel! U should totally make a wand/staff that matches the theme of the spell book !!

I would love to see more of these kind or actually any kind of your videos I always enjoy watching them while drawing (or suffering through a paper for school 🙃) I love what you do keep it on and have fun with it😌

Love it! My suggestion: you could do an Advent calendar, but it’s for Halloween, with your talent for doing this. What a beautiful book.

So excited oh my gosh!

If this is a spell sketch book. It's main functionality could be bringing your drawings to life. Depending on what your emotions are and what your thoughts are for what your drawing. Your drawings can either be good or evil depending on what your emotions are. It's kinda like picto magic from fairy tail. For me personally if I had a magic sketch book like this. I would use it to bring my female OC's to life. Mostly to give me some TLC because I've been single for the past 9 yrs. Also you can't lie having your own OC's at your beckoned call at the convenience of your own magic sketchbook is something we all want.

It turned out so great! I was curious why you had posted about something to make an "opal effect" and now I know! So glad that paint worked!! :D Now I want to make props oh lord..... what have you DONE

The home improvement part unlocked many memories I had completely forgotten about

this was awesome!!! great job! :D I think my favorite part of the sketchbook has to be the tree. I love the shape of it and how organic it looks, lol. It was very satisfying watching you sketch it on the foam, 10/10. Also the way you painted the clear gemstone is rad as hell, love how that came out! I've still got to catch up on your recent videos (I'm terrible at watching things when they come out lol) but I'm glad I was able to catch the premiere for this one. :)

LETS GO, NERDFORGE AND PRICKLY ALPACA ARE LIKE TWO OF MY FAVOURITE CHANNELS OMG THIS IS SO COOL I GOT ALL THE REFERENCES !!!!!!

Amazing Work! The glowing gemstone is such a cool idea and really adds a special touch to your spellbook haha

This is such a beautiful, fantastical, and chonkers sketchbook.... mega inspired. I look forward to your secret project, my dude.... take care!

It's 2 in the morning but I can't wait for this it looks so pretty ✨

Kira: ITS A FANTASY SKETCHBOOK! Me : Cool Kira : That glows ~~ Me : WOOOO

oooooh this is going to be SO cool!!!!! I was actually in the process of trying to decide whether I should make my own sketchbook and I think I will now.

Oh my godddd its so pretty!!!! Im so excited ;D

If it’s a spell book it be cool if you made a wand or staff to match lol

You just made my mind go from "Lazy whatching youtube " mode to "TIME TO MAKE SOM'THIN SICK AS HECK" Mode

I physically cannot touch a hot glue gun, much less power tools, without spontaneously combusting. Mad respecc

this is SO COOL!! You did such a good job!

Nice idea! You're baseball batting gloves you wore added to the cool factor.

YOOO THIS LOOKS SO EPIC! Cant wait to watch it!

omg how are you so naturally beautiful 😭🫶🏼

You have seriously got talent girl! Absolutely loved watching this video. Ty for opening up minds to true creativity!

This is amazing!! I love all the detail work and I especially love the organic shaping of the book!!

Okay so the designing magical girls video was super fun to watch but I honestly think your cosplay and prop related videos are even more enjoyable!! I just love cosplay so much in general so I would totally watch any cosplay related content ((though I'll pretty much watch anything you put out) that you post :D Specifically though I would love to see you make a cool magic staff :)) ((You put that as an option in a poll earlier so I assume you would be somewhat interested haha) Also I noticed that you gave your little Kira blonde hair! :0 Nice detail

I can't even express how much I love this- IT'S SO COOOOOOL! And the fact that it's also usable is incredible!!!!

your sense of humor is *chef's kiss* mORE POWER TOOLS *YEAHH*

i wanna do this someday :) i cant wait, love ur content so much

THIS IS AWESOME!!! Your projects are so inspiring and make me wanna craft too!

This is, like, the coolest thing ever!!!

0:20 - hush! i've finished two of them in the last fifteen years! so take that!

Ugh so crafty 😫❤️

this is unbelievably cool !!

That looks so amazing! Best bookbinding video I've ever seen!

The light is crazy awesome!

I’ve already watched all the nerd forge videos. I love them sm

Dude all your videos are soo cool and the book looks really cool!

this is so beautifulllll

A cool thing I found is that you can make the paper look old or color it and give it an effect. So basically these are the steps. However, this is only from my own experience and I've only done this like twice so I am not sure about everything but from the times I did do it, it worked really well. This is just what I like doing and not saying that the way Prickly Alpaca did it was bad, I just find it interesting to compare methods and share how I like doing it, and other people can reply if they have any thoughts or experience. 1) Divide the paper into the size you want by tearing it with a ruler. This makes the edge look fuzzy. You canuse scissorss, but the paper will look different. 2)Soak it in some old tea/coffee. Make sure that you put the paper in individually or it can stick. Don't worry, this doesn't take as long as it sounds. If the container gets too packed, put some of the paper in another one. You can also just use an old tea bag but the corlour might not be as strong. You can also use herbal tea or food coloring if you don't want it to be brown. I also like to open the tea bag so some of the bits stick on the paper. This step I think just experiment with it and see what works but I think that for stronger corlour, use an old tea with the bag and liquid( British or herbal) and for a weaker corlour use just the tea bag or food colouring. Other things that you could use to dye the paper that I haven't tried yet are, any other colored drinks, plant dyes, dirt, etc. 3) Soak it for about a couple hours to a day, but I don't think it matters too much if you leave it in for longer. 4)Then take the paper out and leave it to dry on a towel. Lay it out so that the paper is not on top of each other, but it is ok to have a bit of overlap. This takes about a day, but I'm not sure so just come back to it when its dry. The paper is now done and it is a good way to use normal printer and cheap paper and make it more aesthetic and old looking. You can use the paper in as normal or make it into a notebook. The next step are for how I put the paper in and decorated it, but you don't have to follow it because I've only done this twice and everyone does it differently. 5)Put holes in the paper with a sewing needle and hold the paper together with a clip while you do this. You will need a thick needle for making the holes, and a thinner one for sewing through them. 6) Use a needle and thread to sew the paper together, and leave the clip on so it is easier to hold. 7)To make the cover, cut some cardboard to about twice the size of the paper, plus some extra for the spine so that it can fold. It is better for it to be too big than small so that the paper does not come through. Also you can make the cover while the paper is soaking and drying. 8) Lightly cut the cardboard where it folds so that it can be folded, but does not go through. Then put holes in the spine in the cover as well, in about the same spaces as the paper holes are. Sew the paper inside the cardboard, using these holes and a needle and thread. 9) You can decorate however you want, but I used some old jeans for the cover because I didn't like the cardboard texture. To do this, cut a piece of fabric that has about a centimeter of extra space around it that the cardboard size and then glue it on. You can then paint or stick things onto it, or if the fabric is already decorated you can leave it. 10) You can also decorate the inside of the cover. I did this with paper but you can use what ever you want. 11) The notebook is now done, but you can add extra things like a ribbon bookmark or an old key. Its also fun to decorate the cover with any pretty things you find on the floor, so long as they are flat. So yeah. That's basically it and I hope this was helpful and makes sense. Also, this isn't a critique of how she did, I just want to share how a way to make notebooks because this seems like a good place to do that because its on a video about notebook making.

This is gorgeous!

Since the best way to get better at something is doing over and over, I would love to see you do a new book!

THIS VIDEO IS LITTERALY THE COOLEST THING

WOW IS AMAZING The process is so inspiring, and the result gorgeous

This is so cool!

THIS IS THE COOLEST!!

This is absolutely amazing!!! I 💚 this!!! I've never made a sketchbook before. Now I want to try it

It’s so pretty 😍

THE END RESULT LOOKS SO GOOD OMG😭✨✨❤ ALSO I LOVE YOUR OUTFIT YOU LOOK LIKE HOWL AHH❤❤

Heating the foam (with hairdryer/heatgun) after sanding and using (wood) glue as a primer are budget friendly tips and stuff you probably have laying around your house Loved the video!!

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! love the way it turned out! Respectfully

This video was amazing, I love how it turned out! your art always inspires me to draw something :D

Aaaaah I love these

o k, this came out awesome. i really didn't expect it to. and seeing the process of it was amazing! ♡ ♡

the dedication and the talent, wow, such an entertaining video, amazing work!!

you're the best kind of chaos! ily

for what to put on the pages you should make it a journal full of pictures of cosplayers you met and your journey with the book!

It was so beautiful 😩

OMG THIS IS AWESOME!!!

Wow!!! the sketchbook looks so cool!!!

WOAHHH this is so cool!!! I just subscribed to your channel ❤❤❤ I love your artwork and your vibe!

This was awesommmeee

It looks so cool😯

OMG i Love it !😍✨👌

holy!!!!! This is beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love this sm!! And also you're like my favorite art youtuber everrrr you're so talented pretty and funny ❤❤

You have become my favorite channel on youtube

my favorite part was were the executive producer apears

I think it would be cool if you were to make like custom pens or pencils in this style. Like maybe a wand or something

Now you just need the cosplay and it's perfect

this is so sick?????? and so impressive???????? i love it??????

I think you would make a really good elf boy, I’m not sure why you just have that magical boy look, but you should do that for your next cosplay, but make it your own

I've been wanting to do something like this for aaagessss! And you did this so well omg! Like this is exactly the style I've wanted! Going to use this as inspiration!!

thats a whole god damn grimoire what power does it give? the art of creation? i want one too!!!

I love NerdForge content and your crafts :D I'm looking forward to seeing more videos like that. It came out amazing and man.. glowing things are just so awesome

Absolutely amazing! I adore ur editing it always makes me laugh :D

AAA I LOVE THIS

Dude It looks sooooo cool, good job! I can see u drawing monsters or characters like a supernatural creatures study book with cool language and stuff 😎❤️❤️❤️

ACKKK!!! I wish I could BUY this!!!!!!!!!! So cuteeeeeeeee

The nerdforge references 🤌💋