Zany Panda

Hi I'm Viraj (he/they) a multidisciplinary artist. Here I post all the handmade books, sketchbooks, journals and zines. Checkout my other Tumblrs: 1. @zanysketch - I post my daily art sketches from my sketchbook 2. @zanyjournal - I reblog my art and crafts, plus I reblog the stuff that I like.

Making of a sketchbook cover

Japanese Binding Sketchbooks

Watercolour paper inside

The covers are made from paper bags.

Making a book from a chocolate cover

Sketchbooks

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Embroidery cover

I reused a shopping bag for the cover

Cartridge paper inside for sketching

Coptic stitch binding which helps the sketchbook lay flat.

Sketchbooks

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Embroidery cover

I reused a shopping bag for the cover

Cartridge paper inside for sketching

Coptic stitch binding which helps the sketchbook lay flat.

The joy of embroidering the book covers

I made cat fridge magnets using paper mache clay.

The main inspiration was Gogo the cat featured in the video. 😺

Floral Dreams Journal

A cute sleeping cats A4 size notepad using Japanese Binding technique. I upcycled the paper for the cover of this Notepad. And it is paw approved.

I made a cute A4 sized notepad using Japanese binding techniques. The paper used for the cover was a sheet with branding that you get with the paper bundle. I painted sleeping cat patterns on it using acrylic paint.

Simple Stitch Notebooks with cat illustrations by @zanysketch

New order fulfilled by Zany Panda.

New order fulfilled by @zany-panda.

Two journals with embroidered covers and one journal with hand-drawn bird illustration using acrylic paint. We used coptic stitch for binding the books.

Let’s make a Cat Zine (Part 2) featuring Jim Jam

Let’s make a Cat 🐈 Zine (Part 1) featuring Jim Jam