Mifuner Pocket Sketchbook
Mifuner / Ewei Chen 5.7x4.1 Pocket Sketchbook
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Quick Specs
Size: 5.7" x 4.1" (approx. 14.5 x 10.4 cm)
Pages: 96 pages (48 sheets)
Paper: Blank, Acid-Free, Thick, 180 GSM (approx. 120 LB)
Cover: PU Leather Hardcover (Waterproof)
Purchase/Made: Amazon | Feb 2025 | $8.99
Official Product Highlights
- Thick 180gsm Paper: Much thicker than standard sketchbook paper, resists ghosting and bleed-through, allowing use of both sides for markers and ink .
- Lays Flat: Designed to open 180° flat for easy writing, sketching, and working across the center seam .
- Compact Pocket Size: 5.7" x 4.1" mini format with rounded corners, elastic closure band, and ribbon bookmark for travel and portability .
- Durable Waterproof Cover: PU leather hardcover is wear-resistant, waterproof, and protects inner pages during transport .
- Versatile Use: Suitable as a sketchbook, diary, travel journal, work notebook, or coloring book .
Overall Performance
Paper Texture
Overall Performance
What I Like
- Thick paper handles a lot of media well.
- Small, thin, super portable.
- Paper can actually handle alcohol marker (does bleed)
What I Don't Like
- Didn’t handle acrylic well.
- Small size can get annoying.
Overall Rating: *4.2 ★★★★☆
Medium Performance
| Medium | Rating | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Fineliners | ★★★★☆ | 4.4 Works fine, just can’t handle a lot. |
| India Ink | Untested | |
| Colored Pencils | ★★★★☆ | 4.4 Good grain for colored pencil, blended well. |
| Watercolor | ★★★★☆ | 3.8 Fine but not as good as I’d like. |
| Acrylic Markers | ★★★☆☆ | 2.7 Soaked in weird, made the colors weird, impossible to blend. |
| Crayon | Untested | |
| Gesso | Untested |