Link Love: Fountain Pen Day is Coming!

I really had two Links of the Week this week but they did not relate to each other at all so one will provide some visual interest and the other… well, probably will provide some damage to your wallet.

First, is this amazing glitch-style graphic poster for a Japanese crime drama (via Spoon & Tamago). It doesn’t look too exciting until you zoom in a little bit and see the details.

It’s not a funky photoshop trick afterall. Nope. It is actually stacks of notebooks and pencils. Ah, these are our people.

The second link is the list of sponsors and events/sales/specials that will be featured on what has become Black Friday for the pen community: Fountain Pen Day. Fountain Pen Day is this Friday, November 4. Be sure to check out all the sales, events and specials all over the pen community. Even here at The Desk we will be hosting a giveaway on Friday so be sure to pop back here to enter.

Pens:

• Pocket Size Review 50: Benu Minima Skulls and Roses (via Penquisition)
• Faber-Castell Fast Gel Z Is My New Fave (via An Inkophile’s Blog)
• Faber Castell RX Gel Pen Review (via The Pen Addict)
• Carrying a little extra in that middle M region (via mnmlscholar)

Ink:

• Anderillium Cephalopod Ink Review. Yes, All of Them. (via The Pen Addict)
• Ink Review #1929: Monteverde Onyx (via Mountain of Ink)
• Montblanc x Naruto Orange Fountain Pen Ink (via Gourmet Pens)
• Ink Review #726: Ferris Wheel Press Little Robinia (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Ink Review #725: Faber Castell Deep Sea Green (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
• Lennon Tool Bar Egret Paper (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Ink Review #1927: Laban Hera Dark Green (via Mountain of Ink)
• Tono & Lims Strawberry Ice on Leuchtturm1917 (via Inkcredible Colours)

Pencils:

• Finding The Darkest Pencil (via Unsharpen)

Notebooks & Paper:

• Van der Spek Announce New Leather Colours For Their ‘Touch-Me’ Range (via Philofaxy)
• Joan Didion’s Notebooks (via Notebook Stories)
• Hacking Stationery: Don’t Be Afraid to “Personalize” Your Products! (They’re Yours, After All) (via  The Gentleman Stationer)
• Dudes Journal #greenlightsjournal – YouTube (via The Cramped)
• NOTEBOOK PEOPLE: An Interview With Annie Simpson by Trina O’Gorman (via Baum-kuchen)
• The Start-Up Journal by Tim Jaudszims – Full Review (via Original Content Books)

Art & Creativity:

• New Aquarius Urban Sketching Palette (via Liz Steel )
• 40 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2023 (via Creative Boom)
• F37 Britain: Seven new fonts inspired by what it means to be quintessentially British (via Creative Boom)
• Paint It Black: Adobe Files Lose Pantone Support As The Color Company Gets SaaSy (via Dieline)
• Kremer Watercolours (via Jane Blundell Artist)
• Most Challenging InkTober (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Cobalt Blue: Exploring different brands and shadow mixes (via Liz Steel)
• Sharing Inspiration: Join Me for a Tour of Reader Sketchbooks (via My Giant Strawberry)

Other Interesting Things:

• Review Revisited: The Penwell Classic Five Years Later (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• Ray Bradbury on feeding your creativity (via Austin Kleon)
• German YouTuber Explains How to Pronounce German Brands (via My Modern Met)
• You Can Find Over 10,000 Vintage Cookbooks Online (via My Modern Met)
• The Five Most Common Types of NYC Apartments (via My Modern Met)
• Watch Snoopy Take Flight on His Dog House (via My Modern Met)
• 12 of the best feel-good podcasts to lift your mood this winter (via Creative Boom)
• miscellaneous iv (via ink between the teeth)

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