Posts of the Week: One of my good friends and favorite, super-productive artists, Britton Walters, AKA Nerfect was mentioned on the Field Notes blog: Support Your Local Weirdo! (via Field Notes) AND J. Robert Lennon was interviewed for a piece on Marketplace called Pro Tool: Tools of the Professional (via NPR’s Marketplace) Congrats, guys! Pens:…
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Ink Review: Diamine Damson
Diamine Damson is a purple ink I wanted to try in my hunt for the “perfect purple” and this was available in a diminutive 30ml mini-bottle for $7. Diamine Damson is the smokiest of the purple inks I’ve tried and probably closest to some of the colors I already had in my collection. It is…
Review: Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pen 20-Color Set
My good friend introduced me to the Akashiya Sai Watercolor Brush Pens when she brought an assortment home from Japan. I ordered several individual colors to try them out myself and loved them so much I went ahead and got a full set of 20 colors ($34.50). The pens originally came in reusable plastic package…
Ink Review: Private Reserve Ebony Purple
I’ve had good experience with every Private Reserve ink I’ve used up to this point so I had no concerns about the quality of the ink. My goal was to find a purple that I loved and Ebony Purple was recommended to me buy the fine folks at Goldspot Pens as a color I might…
Re-Review: Pilot Varsity
I took a lot of ribbing from readers after I reviewed the Pilot Varsity awhile back. I had a particularly bad experience so when I spied the newly repackaged Pilot Varsity ($3), I decided it was as good a reason as any to give the Varsity another try. The new pen design is the same…
Fashionable Friday: All That Glitters…
MT Asanoha Sinchu Washi Tape £2.75 per roll (via Fox & Star) Fisher Space Pen Bullet Ballpoint Pen in Raw Brass $20 (via Jet Pens) Kaweco Liliput Fountain Pen in Eco Brass Wave $83 (via Jet Pens) Edison Pearlette Fountain Pen in Aztec Gold Flake $149 (via Anderson Pens) Uni-ball Signo Sparkling Glitter Gold Gel…
Starting a Sketchbook or Visual Journal
With many stacks of notebooks, sketchbooks and blank books I’ve acquired, and the fact that my day job is about making pictures, I thought it was time to get back into the regular habit of keeping a sketchbook or visual journal of some sort. I figured that I couldn’t possibly be the only person who…