What is it about artists’ diaries that I find so captivating? I used to think I love them because I am a nosy person who likes to snoop on people’s business, but I’ve just been proven wrong. I can hardly read a word from @oharu1205’s instagram account, and yet here I am—scrolling months deep into their daily planner. Last Christmas, Haru Suzuki committed to posting a photo each day of a doodle from their journal and the project is still going strong. The bubbly manga style fills me with a sense of sunshiny optimism from the drawings of what was on the artist’s mind that day. It’s a log of daily life brimming with the colorful exuberance of a doodler who thinks everyday is special, even the ones where it seems like nothing much happened have something worth jotting down and illustrating.
Oh my! A Manga-inspired Handdrawn Daily Planner
by Jaanelle Yee October 14, 2015 3

Alli J (@AJ-dubz) / 10/15/2015 @ 9:57pm /
Stellar work. Absolutely awesome.
Brenda Meade (@Brenda19) / 10/27/2015 @ 8:46am /
love her face
Mst. Taposy Rabeya (@Taposy Rabeya) / 02/25/2016 @ 5:17am /
Lovely!! Love so much.