Painting at night and using our son's nap time, I finished illustration number 58 for the next book. Only TWO to go! This time, insides of the wood suppliers/custom furniture shop from the series. I had such a fun time researching and drawing all the tools used in woodworking! #ink#fountainpen#watercolor
I guess I should do an introduction... I joined Mastodon way back when Twitter imploded (not that I was on Twitter, but it seemed like the place to be), but really didn't figure it out. Now that Reddit's imploding, I'm gonna give it a real shot. I read that it's only polite to do an intro so here I am.
I go by Krispy in every place except work, I'm 36, married, with a dog, two cats, and two snakes. I don't have kids and do not plan to. I have a variety of hobbies, some outdoor (biking, disc golf, birdwatching, etc), some more sedentary (video games, board games, reading, etc), some creative (miniature painting, fountain pen/handwriting, TTRPGs), and some consumptive (tea, baking)... I'm probably missing some.
I love animals/wildlife/ecology. I got my Masters in wildlife parasitology and though I don't use that in my career, I've kept that curiosity and interest. I'm obsessed with paleontology and obscure animals.
I love stories, mostly fantasy, sci fi, mystery/thriller, romance, in virtually any medium. I'm currently playing The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, reading Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan, listening to A Little Hatred by Joe Abercrombie, and watching Drag me to Dinner.
I have a strong science background and believe in questioning everything, but with the understanding that I can't know everything and much in life is unintuitive, so something not making sense to me does not mean it's wrong.
I have no idea how to find people to follow, so if anyone makes it to the end of this and thinks I seem interesting enough to follow, I'll follow you back... I'll start there.
Well, new instance, so I guess it's time for a new #introduction post. Data protection geek with a skew of homosexual tendencies. I'm an author of a number of #DataProtection books (so yes I'm a big geek -- and hence the handle), enjoy the non-technical world through my #FountainPen collection, probably spend too much downtime idly playing #Minecraft and get quite passionate about #ethics in IT. In my $DayJob I'm a #ProductManager.
Just published a new blog post: How I use fountain pens with colored inks for sketching.
I like fountain pens so much more for sketching than fineliners, the lines are so expressive and they're refillable (Take this, Big Pen).
I use the fountain pens with waterproof inks so I can paint over my linework - yes, that's possible, too. Fountain pens are just amazing drawing tools. <3
The Vertis North group of Fountain Pen Network-Philippines held their 15th anniversary pen meet yesterday. They printed out the following cards for pen meet newbies, which turned out to be very popular, as they encourage members to organize their own pen meets. #FountainPen#FountainPens
I procrastinated for a long time, but I have finally listed many of my #fountainpens for sale. Some expensive stuff, but mostly cheap Chinese pens. Go have a look and please buy them off of me. ;)
Drew a small thing for an upcoming workshop I'll be holding in Japan. More details will be here https://shigotabi.com/ A camera shop I imagined based on a boarded-up one I found while walking around the town of Fujiyoshida a few months ago. #watercolor and #fountainpen
Since I seem to have found #fountainpen Mastodon, this is Big Red. Big Red is a 1928 Parker Duofold that belonged to my great-uncle Tom, who presumably bought it new as a young man in the 1920s, then to my father, then to me. At some point its clip went missing. After a much needed refurb I use it daily and it's honestly less trouble than a biro.
It's time for 11.11 again! Enjoy 11% off when you shop online at pengallery.com.my. Just use promocode '1moretime' on checkout. For 24hrs only, starting midnight (GMT+8) tonight. #1111sale#FountainPen
Unfortunately (for me), I am selling some of my #FountainPens on /r/pen_swap, including some of my most prized possessions, to raise some money to cover some sudden unexpected expenses (health stuff and car repairs). The car repairs are from a wreck and the health expenses are not related. It's nothing bad-scary, just expensive.
I've got a #FountainPen for every taste and budget! If you would be interested, please see:
@penfount - I believe this post is allowed under the last sentence of Community Rule (3) but, if you don't agree, please let me know and I'll delete it.
Meet my Hello Kitty platinum preppy #fountainpen. It has a blue nib and the cutest blue Hello Kitty on top of the ink cartridge visible through the transparent barrel.
Hey #FountainPen people, yesterday I started a new book that I came across in the November/December 2023 issue of “Idler” magazine. It is Robert Allen's 2023 “The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper”.
I have read the first 200 pages in no time at all. It covers the whole history of notebooks with examples, from clay and wax tablets in antiquity to the present day with bullet journaling and the like. If you get a chance, pick it up.