Can you tell just how much I love this unassuming little blue pen? I’ve inked it with Pilot Namiki Black (my fav black), Monteverde Black Ash (fav back up black), Diamine Warm Brown, Diamine Eclipse (another fav) Diamine Twilight, and Monteverde Joy Sepia (possibly my favourite warm, energetic brown shade of any ink. Sorry Ancient […]
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More Nib Creaper Sketches
I think I’ve found my grail fountain pen- the One to rule them all. Now if only I could procure back ups that can be customized to feel like this…
Noodler’s Nib Creaper Review & Trial Run
Review and trial run: Noodler’s Nib Creaper fountain pen.
Fishy (And Fresco)
Another dip pen and ink sketch, this time with the Leonardt HIRO nib, a seemingly little known but incredible nib for sketching on smooth Stillman & Birn Zeta paper. Used this time with Pelikan Brilliant Brown ink; one of the few bottles of fountain pen ink that is locally available at a relatively reasonable price. […]
Medusa
They will call you Medusa, and freeze you in a cast of bronze, of marble, glazed upon wood and flattened between the pages of books. He who will come to your island to decapitate you will be hailed a hero, and your head will adorn the shield of Athena. He will be Perseus, the slayer […]
Pens & Ink
I really want to do Inktober properly this time around, which means an ink sketch on Instagram/ Reddit everyday. As unpredictable as my personal life is at the moment, that’s going to mean that there will be days when I don’t have the energy or inclination to pick up and draw anything. So to avoid […]
More Toned Paper Sketches
Just more toned paper sketches. Used ProCreate’s Lightbrush to get that gleaming metallic gold.
The Sty
A concept painting of a cottage- sty in the woods, inhabited by one great pig and her five little piglets.
Ink & Watercolour Ship
I did this one very absently, dabbing and playing in Procreate on my iPad until I arrived at something I was reasonably pleased with. I’ve always loved the sea, and old fashioned medieval ships- not the lurid modern day cruise liners that are destroying the planet. The idea of something vast and monstrous slumbering at […]
Revisiting Old, Old Sketches
I did these back in 2013, back in my second year of university. I can only tell the rough timeline because of the room in the flat I was renting at the time- it had a wallpaper pattern like jail cell bars all over it, which wasn’t the most uplifting visual to be surrounded by […]