The iPad has become a workhorse in the last few years. Since the introduction of the iPad Pro and Apple Pencil, the transition from pen and paper to digital note-taking is more feasible than ever.

For all the convenience that our modern devices offer, sometimes there’s no substitute for traditional pen and paper—especially when it comes to drawing, illustrating, or simply sketching out ideas.

Over the past several months, notebooks have slowly chipped away at my reliance on note-taking apps to log my ideas. My memory has started to improve since I remember more of what I write down, and ...