I am, it turns out, actually kinda ill (which explains my sluggishness during the week and weekend when I thought I’d be drawing SO MUCH and doing ALL THE PROOFREADING and ALL THE NETWORKING). Which means a delay in posting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Three hundred and fifty years ago, Isaac Newton saw an apple fall and decided that gravity existed. Three weeks ago, Tim Hunt saw a woman cry and decided that all women are unfit to be scientists. Science is based on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been primarily but not exclusively using Sakura Pigma Micron pens to draw SPQR Blues. JetPens recently began stocking a different version of the 005 (0.2mm) XSDK005 pen, labelled ESDK005 on the barrel, at a cost of $1.60 more than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been thinking about the long, circular journey to relearning to draw through the 10,000-drawings project. I pulled out some of my old pre-arm-injury sketchbooks, and I have to conclude: I was a pretty lousy cartoonist in college. I wasn’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
ElfQuest fan art for our holt from mumblety* years ago. It didn’t strike me until after I’d inked it that, even though this is supposed to be a smaller, part-dog wolf, he probably should have been a little larger[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This month my art goals are: 12 installments of CHAPTER V 4 Sunday colour comics 4 art tools reviews (pens, pencils, paper, etc.) 25 sketch cards 25 sketches-of-the-day …but Chapter V won’t start until the middle of the month or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I have SO MANY drawing pens. All shapes and types, brush pens and hard points and dip pens with a dozen different types of black ink, purchased on recommendations or on a whim or on the quest for just the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Uni Live Pigment Sign Pen in Extra Fine is currently only US$1.65 on Jetpens. I don’t know the pen’s longevity yet, but it’s a good pen for the price—for writing, not for comic-drawing. click to see larger: In the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Pentel Pulaman JM20 Disposable Fountain Pen is US$3.30 on Jetpens. An interesting pen, but subject to spattering. click to see larger:
The Pilot Drawing Pen with oil-based ink is another US$3.30 pen from JetPens. Didn’t quite get the Felix profile right this time. Dunno who that guy is. click to see larger: A mini-review of the Pilot Drawing Pen with water-based[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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