Posts Tagged ‘calligraphy’

I was fortunate to be gifted with a calligraphy set by a blogster member early this year. That motivated me to try my hand at calligraphy. I got some ebooks and doodled a few. While I was practising, I stumbled upon 3D calligraphy from an instagram account by Tolga. Inspired by Tolga’s works, I decided to try it...

Even if it is a sketch, a doodle or a simple line drawing – my heart stops and sings. It is a melody filled with lines, curves and color. I love it. I really do. I have always loved sketching, cartooning… mainly doodling. Time stops for me each time I do it. I just never believed myself good enough to make anything out...

I tried using the wire coil reservoir on the Hunt 101 nib. I was as frustrated as anything because I couldn’t get the coil to stay put. The Hunt nib flexes so much that the nib would always get displaced. Then a thought struct me – why not put it under the nib and let it simulate what feeds do for fountain pens. And...

I know there’s the Pentel waterbrush pen which you fill with water and squeeze it out from time to time. The problem with this is that you can over do it and drown the ink. I wanted a water brush pen that could regulate the water flow. That way the gradiation of colors would be even. Enter the Sailor Profit Brush...

When I get stressed with work, one of the things I do is watch TV shows as a way of winding down before sleeping. I shouldn’t have done that – not with Game of Thrones. Not only did I have Jeoffrey’s purple face in my head, I had this image of Tyrion holding the cup and being blamed for the King’s death. I love...

I still can’t believe it. It works! I was skeptical because I kept wondering how something like that could affect ink flow and just how much ink can it really hold. I guess it is just a big hassle because you have to do this every time you use a dip pen.

I think I’m beginning to get a hang of the Pentel brush pen. Once I perfect this style, I will try another font. However it seems that I am running out of ink. I wonder if you can use fountain pen ink on these brushes.

What do you do when your computer is taking forever to save a file? Take sanity breaks of course and play with pens. So that’s what I am doing. Pen playing.   Actually that’s what I do when I don’t feel good. I distract myself with work or anything else that doesn’t require much thinking.

I really think I’ve forgotten how to write. I’ve spent so much time working in front of the computer that my hand freezes and aches when I start writing. Hand cramps, is there such a thing? I haven’t even started writing journal entries yet.   Yes it is horrible. The letters are uneven and so is the pressure. How has it...