Took some photos of my fav pen right now, the Platinum desk fountain pen!
It’s fun to sketch and to write with – I’ve been taking work notes with it and also doodling a fair bit recently. I’m going to do a test run of inking a simple short comic with it and I will certainly let the internet know how it goes.
I think getting Extremely Into Watercolour has set a precedent where I am now bringing a connoisseur attitude to all of my art supplies, which can definitely get expensive, but this pen is, like, $15~? Not pricey, and when I get around to getting an ink converter and some bulk ink for it I will have a very affordable drawing tool indeed.
They also make a pigment ink for it – carbon ink – in cartridge form, and I’m curious to try it! But I legit might buy a second pen so if I do really fuck up the nib, I don’t deprive myself of my favourite drawing tool for any length of time.
The last time I got so attached to a particular tool like this was when I picked up a turned antler mechanical pencil in Rocky Harbour, NFLD, when we visited Gros Morne National Park. It took a .07 lead and had a wonderful weight and feel as well as the fond memories attached to it, and I think I dropped it in a cab back in 2018 and lost it for good.
Related, if anyone knows someone who sells turned antler mechanical pencils please let me know.
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