A good, super heavyweight papered sketchbook?

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I've heard that basically, the heaviest stock of paper offers the best quality for drawing, and, so long as I'm not lugging 200 pounds of paper around, I'm good with an extra heavy book. But first, lets trace back a moment. WHY do I want this? Well, I am, first and foremost, an artist...pretty good at what I do, not great, but pretty good, and with some instruction, I hope someday to be...maybe...an animator of sorts. Yeah, basically, I want to be one of those obscure little names at the end of the credits of high end movies that no one reads unless they are looking for someone they know in there! Anyway, I've been looking around, and I discovered yet another crazy little fact about me: I go for the gusto in just about everything, as far as buying things. I have all the tools I really need to draw, now, I just need some inspiration, and a portable sketchbook that I feel confident I will realize if I lose it (because it will be heavy), and will store more pictures and drawings than Da Vinci could shake a charcoal at. Any suggestions, comments, recommendations, anything really related to help my search for the perfect thick, heavyweight sketchbook, would be well appreciated. I promise I'll put up some hand drawn pictures for you guys (not weirdo knife prototypes, promise :) ), as soon as I get them done on whatever sketchbook I decide to get.
Oh, before I say 'peace' and go my merry way, is anyone here an experienced artist willing to spare some pointers and direction for a struggling, uninspired, seething mass of untapped talent such as me? I know I could be great, and I am planning on taking some serious art classes one day in preparation for my future in art, but I NEED to get better before I even attempt such an undertaking as that. I am slightly skilled universally, but my forte is sketching with pencils, however, I will take any advice I get on how to be a better artist, anything at all. Thanks guys, I hope I did not sound pompous in my 'self assurance of my own talent' or anything. Well, peace everyone.
David
 
I used to use regular hardcover blank books. Good heavy paper. They are meant to be sketch books. That was years ago, I don’t know what’s available now.

Get whatever illustration and animation programs places like Industrial Light and Magic uses. If you do professional animation, you want to start work knowing the software backwards and forwards.

Comes the time you want to sell your work, you need a high powered notebook computer. Take it with you on interviews to show your portfolio; which should include animation as well as still pictures.
 
Hmm, funnily enough, I forgot that I needed to be able to belt out consecutive similar drawings to make an animation...maybe I should, at the very least, work with prototypical drawings FOR animations before jumping into animating...well, thanks for the advice, Raymond, I'll take it. Peace.
 
I've found that the nicest commonly available paper for pencil sketching is Strathmore "Bristol vellum." It is, indeed, quite heavy paper. The texture of it really makes the shades of pencil graphite "pop" off the paper.
 
Hmm...again, the problem lies in consecutive almost identical drawings, I've been a 'unique' drawer, every single work is different, instead of a 'twin' drawer, who can illustrate multiple near copies of the same thing over and over again, but I could certainly give it a go. Me and my family are going out to AC Moore to look at art supplies, so, Gomipile, I'll find some Bristol Vellum to bring home, hopefully enough to last me a while. I got these INCREDIBLE woodless pencils that are super heavy and stabilize my hand somewhat, as well as some woodless colored pencils, and both are spectacular, they are silky smooth and the laydown is tremendous, plus, the softer graphites offer tremendous options to me that I never considered until I bought the set. I'll look and see if I can find even heavier pencils to further stabilize my tremors. Peace.
David
 
Rite in the rain, 8 1/2" x 11" construction workers pad, gridded lines. xtra thick back cover.
Use pencil for best use in rain or space pen. Just sayn.

Or use a roll of partchment paper
 
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