Edit: holy cow, I expected there would be a few space nuts here but I am in awe of the knowledge on display. You people rock!

  • Cris@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    What an absolutely beautiful illustration, I hope to see more of your work! ☺️

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        5 months ago

        How do you like the dip pen? I’ve never used one before but they seem neat!

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          5 months ago

          It’s very different from the technical pen I’m used to. Easier to make mistakes, harder to control, prone to big blobs of ink going everywhere, and the ink I use dries much more slowly which is a serious hand-smudging hazard.

          That all said, I love that you can get different line qualities with the same tool. It makes what you’re drawing much more expressive.

          And there’s also something appealing about the fact that a pen nib will never change or be out of stock or upgraded or updated. It’s just a metal stick with a slot cut in it. It’s cheap, and apart from slow changes in ink technology, essentially eternal.

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    That looks like a P21 “rotring” bearcup thruster using the TL86 downward lift variant first shown in Popular Mechanics in 1998 when the Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer’s table.