Uglybites™
Sink your teeth into our Uglybites! Built for quick sketches, color tests, and miniature masterpieces. 15 sheets of our 270gsm with the same subtle vellum texture you know and love.
We packed our signature unpretentious charm into a highly pocketable format that is built to take a beating.
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Artist Trading Card (ATC) Ready: Sized perfectly at 2.5" x 3.5" to slip directly into standard ATC sleeves, making them ideal for swapping, collecting, or mailing to a friend.
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Extra Heavy 270gsm Stock: This isn't flimsy scratch paper. The ultra-thick board stands up to heavy ink, markers, layers of collage, and aggressive erasing without buckling or bleeding through.
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Zero Pressure Canvas: The small footprint cures blank-page paralysis. Fill a card in five minutes while waiting for the bus, stash it in your wallet, and move on to the next idea.
Grab a pack, make something weird, and trade it away.
Product information
Uglybooks paper is great for most media, but is not treated for watercolor use, even though you will see artists working with watercolors on them.
All Uglybooks paper is made from responsibly sourced ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) virgin fiber. It is archival quality as well as acid and lignen free. This paper is meant to stand the test of time.
We use biodegradable shrink-wrap except for our Mystery packs.
Uglybooks
No.1 Uglybooks are 5.75” H x 4” W x 0.25” D (14.6cm H x 10.16cm W x 0.64cm D)
No.2 Uglybooks are 5.75” H x 8” W x 0.25” D (14.6cm H x 20.32cm W x 0.64cm D)
Uglybooks are 48 pages plus cover, the cover is 350gsm and the interior pages are 135gsm
Uglybooks are Perfect Bound
There is a small Uglybooks logo on the back cover, the other branding is printed on the packaging
Uglybooks are sold in 3 packs
Uglypads
Uglypads are 9” W x 12” H x 0.375” D (22.86cm W x 30.48cm H x 0.95cm D)
They come with 25 sheets of 175gsm paper, 5 sheets of 5 different colors
The front cover can slip under the top sheet to protect the other sheets
The pads have a chipboard backer for added stability
The top has a glue edge binding
Uglysheets
Uglysheets come in both 19” x 25” (48.26cm x 63.5cm) and 9” x 12” (22.86cm x 30.48cm) Sizes
Uglybites
Uglybites are 2.5” W x 3.5” H (6.35cm W x 8.89cm H)
Each pack comes with 15 sheets of 270gsm paper
The paper has a subtle vellum texture
Uglybites are sized to fit standard Artist Trading Card (ATC) sleeves
The extra-heavy 270gsm paper is suitable for ink, markers, collage, and erasing
DOMESTIC & INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING RATES
Shipping charges for your order will be calculated and displayed at checkout.
HOW DO I CHECK THE STATUS OF MY ORDER?
When your order has shipped, you will receive an email notification from us which will include a tracking number you can use to check its status. Please allow 48 hours for the tracking information to become available.
If you haven’t received your order within 5 days of receiving your shipping confirmation email, please contact us at info@uglybooks.co with your name and order number, and we will look into it for you.
RETURNS & EXCHANGES
All returns or exchanges must be within 30 days of purchase and remain unopened. Unfortunately we cannot refund opened packages. Please email us if you need to return or exhange your product and include a receipt of your order in the package. Customer is responsible for return shipping. All returns should be sent to this address:Uglybooks
Returns
50-17 5th Street, Unit 1B
Long Island City, NY 11101.
What size are Uglybites?
Uglybites measure 2.5" x 3.5", making them a compact, pocket-friendly size for quick sketches, color tests, and miniature artwork.
How many sheets are included in a pack of Uglybites?
Each pack of Uglybites includes 15 sheets of extra-heavy 270gsm paper.
What paper is used in Uglybites?
Uglybites are made with extra-heavy 270gsm paper featuring a subtle vellum texture. The paper is acid and lignin free, archival quality, and fade resistant, and is designed to handle ink, markers, collage, layering, and erasing.
What art supplies can I use on Uglybites?
Uglybites work well with pencils, pens, markers, ink, and mixed-media techniques such as collage. The extra-heavy 270gsm paper also helps reduce bleed-through when using markers and ink.
Can Uglybites be used as Artist Trading Cards (ATCs)?
Yes. Uglybites are sized at the standard 2.5" x 3.5" ATC format, so they fit into standard Artist Trading Card sleeves and are ready for creating, collecting, swapping, or mailing.
