#zebra midliners

[art3mus]

Inktober Day 9: Holmes and Watson

[stationerycore]

Zebra Midliners by danika58 on Etsy

[lesbianboyfriend]

book annotaters what highlighters are we using? cause i’m an EXTENSIVE highlighter and i always face the same problem where halfway into the book my highlighter dries out on account of i’ve used it so much. as if it’s my fault that i think every sentence is important

[inatungulates]

Grant's zebra Equus quagga boehmi

Observed by hikuta, CC BY-NC

This photo shows very well just how bright red zebra foals' darker stripes can be, before they turn black with age; foals often have noticeably fuzzier coats than adults.

In addition to the red-striped, fuzzy foal, the adults here show classic features of Grant's zebras Equus quagga boehmi:

stripes are broad and relatively few in number, especially on the hindquarters

stripes continue all the way down the limbs

side stripes do not contact the dark dorsal midline stripe

brown patch on nose

[salvadorbonaparte]

Stationery brands that are actually worth the money

As a working class student, I often don't have the budget to buy the trendy, big name stationery. Every once in a while, I manage to try out the products people are swearing on. Some of them have been pretty disappointing and some of them have been amazing. Here are the ones that have been worth it, at least for me.

Zebra Midliner - When it comes to highlighters you can definitely use the cheap no name ones but I found Zebra Midliners are not just an aesthetic option, they actually do have mild ink that doesn't damage my notebook or textbook pages and the colours are really pleasant. I also like their Sarasa gel pens. A cheaper alternative that also works is Frixion highlighters, they have a different texture because they are erasable but they're very mild and come in light colours too

Midori Paper - Holy shit this is the best paper I ever wrote on! Beautifully smooth paper, almost no pens smear or bleed through, the grid is light blue so it doesn't distract from the writing, there's a mark every 10 lines to make counting easier, they also come with lines, dots etc but I personally swear on grid paper

Tombow Fudesunoke Double Sided Grey-Black Brush Pen - I have some of the Tombow ABT brush pens for art reasons (different from study related stationery imo) and they're good but the double sided brush pen is so good I want to eat it, it's the perfect size for writing or drawing, the ink is beautiful and it doesn't smear or bleed, it lasts a surprisingly long time without drying out or the tip losing quality (unlike the ABT brush pens tbh)

Leuchtturm 1917 - I feared Leuchtturm would be a disappointment like Moleskine was (which is so bad don't buy them) but I am on my second bullet journal by Leuchtturm (2020 to Early 2023 and now Early 2023 to god knows when), they have a pocket, plenty of pages with good quality (not as good as midori but good for a bullet journal), two bookmarks

[chaoticelegant]

How do you take your notes?? Love your blog <3

Thank you!

I use a modified version of the Cornell note taking system! I’ll explain it below.

I use multiple things to take my notes:

Black fountain pen (Lamy Safari medium nib or Platinum Preppy fine nib)

Multicolored gel pens (Zebra Sarasa, 0.5)

Highlighters (Zebra Midliners 5ct)

Clear stickie notes of various sizes

Black permanent pen (for writing on plastic, 0.3)

Mechanical pencil and Eraser (Pentel Graphgear 500, 0.5; General’s Factis Eraser)

These all have a specific meaning to me within my notes so that I can easily see what I am looking for on a page at a glance.

I take my main notes in pencil so I can easily change them as I need to, I often mis-spell things so this is useful for that or if I got information wrong and need to change it

Gel Pens:

I use these to separate different sections of notes that are within the same larger note module. I also use them to add information in margins when they are big enough as they are easily distinguishable from the pencil.

Fountain Pen:

I use this to do my main heading and date for normal notes, and for notes that do not directly apply to the class but are still in that classes notebook. (My history notebook has history notes in pencil and the notes we took on writing in fountain pen. I know I’ll be using the writing notes a lot so I want to find them easily)

Highlighters:

The highlighters I use come in a five pack, and there are green, tan, grey, light pink, and brown colors. Each one has a highlighter tip and a bullet tip.

Green: highlight definitions or very important information. I only ever use this color in this way so that if I see green flipping through my notebook I know I need to go back at look at it no matter what

Tan: Context, sub definitions, or extra information. This is the color I go to after the green

Grey and Pink: I use these colors interchangeably as the page needs to highlight things I personally think I will want to go back and read

Brown: This color is too dark for normal highlighting so I use it to separate different note modules

Plastic Stickies and Pen:

These are for extra context when I have no room and for adding diagrams. I most often use them for when I have taken a full page of notes from the textbook before class and the professor adds extra information during lecture. I prefer the clear notes to the (more ‘aesthetic’) brown and tan ones because I can see through them and more easily remove them or lift them up to see the notes underneath. I do need a special pen to mark on them without smudging, but that is not an issue for me.

As the are clear, if I want to add a diagram, I can pull it up on my phone, add a stickie over it, and trace it with the pen. So no more messy diagrams.

Note taking:

I have two different times when I am taking notes and the things I do change order depending on that. If I am taking notes from something like a textbook, a documentary, or a slideshow on my laptop, I do all my highlighting and extras as I am taking the actual notes. When I am in lecture, I take my notes all in pencil except for the note sections in pen, then go back during breaks in the lecture and highlight/add where I need to.

I take very very extensive notes, so do not be alarmed if you don’t have a lot of notes. You want to have at least (In order of importance):

Definitions and Big Ideas

Important Context

Diagrams

After you have those, you can add things that you want to remember, things that are less important but maybe still good to know, and extra facts or figures.

My note taking follows this pattern:

Section Title (pen)

Definition word - definition (always highlighted in green)

Idea (level of importance determines green, tan, pink or grey, or no highlight)

Sub ideas

Bulleted under idea

Sometimes the sub ideas also have sub ideas that are bulleted under them

I don’t bother with the summary in the Cornell system as I don’t usually have time in a lecture to do them, if you have time and want to do it, go for it!

Handwriting

My handwriting can vary from a little shaky but very legible to scribbled based on how fast I am writing. If you don’t have great handwriting, don’t worry about it as long as you can read it later. It is not easy to notice this right after you have written it because you know what it says, but if you even think it might be a little too messy, erase it and write it again. You’ll thank yourself later.

If you have any questions, feel free to drop them in the askbox!

[flarekitti]

* @heropartnerweek day 2: Home !

*ID in alt text

*this one was made to be a counterpart to day 1's! It's actually on the same page so u can see both at once <3

*made with prismacolor premier brush-tip markers, generic highlighters, and zebra midliners on watercolor paper :]

[hakusins]

Not an ask, just sending my own Archer with Okuni over too for good luck. 🫡

OH SO CUTE !!!! SO MANY ARCHERS AND AN EXTRA OKUNI TOO !!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR THE LOVELY PICS !!! omg little twin star pencil case with Zebra midliner highlighter set, you're a person of culture !!!!!! I'm not at home so I can't take pics of my fate plushes huhuhuhuhu... But I do have this.

this is Humbert, may he also bless your FGO gacha luck as well!!

[whsprings]

Thinking of you and hoping your first day is okay 💜💜💜

thank you 💕 first day was chaotic as per usual. completion has been god awful and it doesnt help that literally half my table doesn't touch their food. also I was served a morning star spicy black bean burger which I refuse to eat after being forced to one for weeks on end at a previous place. also my psychiatrist is super pregnant and is leaving soon, my therapist (who is apparently a man which is new to me, I've only ever worked with women) is out for the week AND a care coordinator randomly left so they were scrambling to find someone to be my coordinator. classic high turnover at a treatment center. also i found out you can't have pens that click OR pens that have clips on them which is essentially all pens??? and I can't have my zebra midliners either because they have clips. this is ridiculous and wasn't in the orientation manual at all or else i would have planned better 😭 also one last thing, my psych literally asked me "do you want an ng?" and when I didn't answer she said "you can do this without one, I don't think you need it" like huh?? not sure what I was supposed to get from that interaction.

[tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors]

weclome to preptobermarch!

[doyouknowwhoyouare13]

🩰 BALLORA GALLERY

Cym as different marker brands 🤷🏼‍♀️

I like this one!

Crayola- @basicallyjustmuggleremuslupin

Cra-z-art- you!

Zebra Midliners- @ell0ra-br3kk3r

Expo- @juneberrie

[art3mus]

Study of Ghepard by Davide Rivalta 3/27/24

[yinmeowjii]

ooooo what markers (or whatev) did u use for the ice cream piece u posted today?

I used a variety of brands!

Mostly highlighters, Artist's Loft and Zebra midliner. I also used a bit of Promarkers and Stabilo Boss here n there as well! And for the "sparkles"/ touch ups, I used a white correction pen and white Gelly Roll pen c:

[thisismeshitposting]

@dongfangxunfeng

this is what's in my backpack when i don't have school!

-laptop

-sarasa clup 0.5 pens

-zebra midliners

-planner

-bullet journal

-sol de janario in 62, perfume and lotion

-lip balm bc my lips get sO crusty

-hand sanitizer

-hairties

im so curious abt what ppl carry around on the daily.....rb & tag what's in ur pockets/bag?

[fuchszy]

I seriously want to start a commonplace book and have some journaling going on... but it's €67 for a Hobonichi 2025 book, Zebra midliners, and a small book that's not by Hobonichi. I want to start journaling really bad...

I might buy it eventually, and just use the notebooks I have at home for now. Just wait for the New Year's sales to start on Amazon.

[mush-dooms]

I love a good zebra midliner but they fade when I try to erase any pencil underneath them?? you're a fucking marker, act like it 🙃