Raven of fear
Raven with Wearinguel’s Valley of Fear and Teranishi Guitar’s Melancholic Blue (mostly in the background). Somehow I’ve ended up with three blue inks with purple sheen to fill the hole left by Vinta’s...
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Chilean flamingo with Wearinguel’s The Glass Bead Game ink (plus minor Push/Pull’s Autumn Leaves contamination in the background wash because of ink leftover on the brush, ha). The sun in the...
View ArticleOctober schedule (so far?)
The inks in my Parallels are so contaminated it’s not worth listing what they are/were, lol. Full schedule here. There might still be more for October; we’ll see.
View ArticleI Watch Gundam for the Music
That I can actually cram a decent amount of text into an eighth fold zine if it’s typed is a dangerous discovery… It’s funny to imagine that my irreverent opinions may be more widely read in zines...
View ArticleBuying books & reading them
I have so many stacks of books and zines I’ve bought over the last two years I need to read, plus some free pile gets, and yet I am checking out additional books from the library? Hmm. Stickers are on...
View Articledecorative gourd season
Scan with color correction. Playing around with fountain pen inks. The Safari’s inked up with Kyo no Oto’s Kokeiro. Used with brush: Push/Pull’s Autumn Leaves, Glacier Turquoise (discontinued), and an...
View ArticleNews Roundup: September 2026
Art, writing, and events since the last one of these, plus: price increases and some upcoming events. Not quite the end of the month yet, but I wanted to get this out before my next event this...
View ArticleRewatching this again
Background is from the Hubble Telescope. Oops, I’m rewatching the second half of Gundam SEED again. Maybe I’ll rewatch the first half of the series at some point and just tab through every scene with...
View ArticleRed and green
I was organising and found five unopened Akashiya Sai brush pens in different colors that I don’t remember obtaining at all? Though tbh I’m surprised I remember where I got most things given the...
View ArticlePastel snake
Karin Pigment Decobrush (pastel green) used alongside Arrtx acrylic markers. Okay, my monstrosity of a Karin marker review is done. Reviewing 6 marker lines at the same time was perhaps not the best...
View ArticleReview: Karin markers
Karin has six different lines of brush-tip markers: Karin Realbrush PRO (water-based ink, synthetic hair brush) Karin Realbrush Pigment (acrylic ink, synthetic hair brush) Karin Realbrush Metallic...
View ArticleSquare word stamp
Made a new URL stamp to use on the back of prints. Went with a more easy/obvious to read version of previous square word calligraphy ideas I had, though maybe it was unnecessary since the actual URL...
View ArticleBut It Still Works!!
itstillworks-final-final4.psd, except there was no reason to save prior versions, really. The last part of my eighth-fold zine process is nudging text and images around so they’re optimally spaced for...
View ArticleReview: Royal & Langnickel Hardcover Sketchbook
Royal & Langnickel is probably best known for their paintbrushes, but they also make a variety of sketchbooks, including this letter-size, hardcover one. Fresh new sketchbook. Sketchbook details:...
View ArticleNoe sticker sheet
A unique commission from a friend, who wanted some lil stickers of Noé (and Murr) from The Case Study of Vanitas. Since each sticker was only to be ~1.75″ on the longest side, it made sense to get the...
View ArticleOLO marker tests
OLO marker test art from 2022 that I never posted because I was waiting until I finished the review. The review is finally done, but oops, it ended up being 4900 words long. Really need to get better...
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