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Whoa! What is that FP above? Love the blue feeder!

That is a Clear Platinum Cool with Pilot Iroshizuku Kon Peki. The feed takes on the color of the ink. The nib is also (barely) semi-flex, you can get a good amount of line variation.

 

It's a great pen.

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/856/tbz4.jpg

 

(Serwex MB - flex EMF ..... ESS Registrars Blue/Black)

(Faber Castell Polychromos)

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/849/auwp.jpg

 

(Waterman 52V ..... Rohrer & Klingner Alt-Goldgrün)

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Not much of the old Blandy's Madeira left :(

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_blandys.jpg

The usual suspects:
Pen - Visconti Homo Sapiens Bronze EF
Ink - 3 parts R&K Sepia, 1 part Diamine Grey, 1 part Noodler's Bulletproof Back

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Hi Tas,

 

fantastic, I love your drawing style!

 

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/545/4tii.jpg

 

(Pelikan 400NN - OB ..... Iroshizuku Asa-Goa)

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Hi all, I'm rockin' a couple of older Montblancs today. One is a 1970s Carrera that I've not been able to use for quite some time because I didn't have a converter, but I just got one mailed to me and now I'm a happy camper. This pen just screams 1970s, I think.

 

fpn_1391555423__montblanc_carrera_b_1024

fpn_1391555449__montblanc_carrera_b_2_10

fpn_1391555471__montblanc_carrera_b_3_48

fpn_1391555488__montblanc_carrera_b_4_75

 

 

The other pen is making me even happier - it is a Montblanc 234 1/2 G with a 14C BB nib that has amazing flexibility - a classic 1950s MB nib. Of course, if you've seen my posts here you know I like wide, flexible nibs. This is one of the really good ones.

 

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Tas, another great drawing. It looks like that HS is keeping you happy. :thumbup:

How small of all that human hearts endure,
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
— Samuel Johnson

 

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Hi David, thank you :)
Always a pleasure to see your lines and pens.
The HS keeps me very happy. It has to as I've promised to only buy two pens this year and thanks to another FPN member recently "enabling" me, I've fallen head over heels with a Franklin-Christoph 25.

 

Arghh.

 

Thanks Pterodactylus.
I'm having to change my style soon as I'm taking delivery (from the enabling FPN member) of a shedload of Tomoe River paper.
My slow fine delicate hatching doesn't work on the Tomoe. It's so gorgeously smooth that a wet pen like the VHS just runs away with excitement.
Lots of loose, scribbly, essence of shapes stuff on its way soon I hope.


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Hey David,

Wow! Awesome pens, I like the second one the most :) That ink is great too, so deep and complex. I'll bet you're a happy camper!

Hoping to post pictures of my new pen here once it arrives. Excited doesn't even begin to cover how I'm feeling!

Joe

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Since everyone has started posting FP art, I decided to offer up what little I do. For those not familiar with what it is, it's a form of "meditative art" called Zentangle.

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img855/9760/uaj6.jpg

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img827/9589/gni2.jpg

 

FWIW, "Breast Can er Awareness" Pink is a joke for me only; the limited edition imprint on my pen is missing the second 'c' in Cancer. The paper is the backsides of some pages from a Dilbert page a day calendar. The knot looking doodle the pencil is on is a pattern the Zentangle peoples call "celtic"; it isn't very good because those are my first attempts at it and didn't understand where the lines were supposed to line-up as I started.

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http://imageshack.com/a/img855/9760/uaj6.jpg

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img827/9589/gni2.jpg

 

FWIW, "Breast Can er Awareness" Pink is a joke for me only; the limited edition imprint on my pen is missing the second 'c' in Cancer. The paper is the backsides of some pages from a Dilbert page a day calendar. The knot looking doodle the pencil is on is a pattern the Zentangle peoples call "celtic"; it isn't very good because those are my first attempts at it and didn't understand where the lines were supposed to line-up as I started.

 

Looks great to me! :)

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Looks great to me! :)

Thanks; I can see why you like doodling (or doing actual art) with this sort of pattern method.

 

I'm going to finish the whole "zentangle" using the one on the left and then I'll post it. I've added some more "string", and used some "celtic" and two variants of "cadent" so far. I'll have to look up and try a couple more patterns to finish it.

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Thanks; I can see why you like doodling (or doing actual art) with this sort of pattern method.

 

I'm going to finish the whole "zentangle" using the one on the left and then I'll post it. I've added some more "string", and used some "celtic" and two variants of "cadent" so far. I'll have to look up and try a couple more patterns to finish it.

 

While you might not care for the "made up jargon", you are finding out that it CAN be a little "addictive". Kind of like collecting FPs. ;)

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I once drew my car windscreen covered in rain drops. That was sort of doodling.

It took forever but it was really therapeutic and my blood pressure must've been 12 or something really low by the end of it.

 

I did it again the other day but didn't allow enough time :mellow:

 

 

http://www.taskyprianou.com/fpn_rain.jpg

 

Pilot Vanishing Point with Pilot Black ink cartridge.

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Charlie, I agree with Arnold, those look great.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_076.jpg

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_076c.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/856/tbz4.jpg

 

(Serwex MB - flex EMF ..... ESS Registrars Blue/Black)

(Faber Castell Polychromos)

 

Wow, I love your drawings. They are amazing!

 

Bozo has been thinking about the offer.

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_077.jpg

 

http://sheismylawyer.com/She_Thinks_In_Ink/2014-Inklings/slides/2014-Ink_077c.jpg

Fountain pens are my preferred COLOR DELIVERY SYSTEM (in part because crayons melt in Las Vegas).

Create a Ghostly Avatar and I'll send you a letter. Check out some Ink comparisons: The Great PPS Comparison 

Don't know where to start?  Look at the Inky Topics O'day.  Then, see inks sorted by color: Blue Purple Brown Red Green Dark Green Orange Black Pinks Yellows Blue-Blacks Grey/Gray UVInks Turquoise/Teal MURKY

 

 

 

 

 

 

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While you might not care for the "made up jargon", you are finding out that it CAN be a little "addictive". Kind of like collecting FPs. ;)

I haven't "doodled" much in the past handful of years, but when I have in the past they have generally been repetitive geometrical type things, or an ugly little hard to describe thingy I color in.

 

Here is my first ever "zentangle", finished from one of the official demos of "betweed" and finished using a handful of other patterns found on tanglepatterns.com. All done with Stipula Passaporto F nib and Calamo DC Show Gray ink. Bonus: hidden tiny Bozo!

 

http://imageshack.com/a/img801/4673/vw2o.jpg

 

I did it again the other day but didn't allow enough time :mellow:

That is cooler to me than anything I have ever drawn freehand. Perhaps I've just spent too much time sitting in a motionless car while it rained.

 

Charlie, I agree with Arnold, those look great.

Thanks, however they are just basically copying the demo of how to do that pattern; nothing original in those at that point. They look very close to the same as the official Zentangle demo/instructions. If I can do that, anyone can.

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That's the point to Zentangle...ANYONE can do it! Because you're just drawing pre-determined patterns you don't have to be very "artistic" at the beginning. But, like anything else, the more you do it the better you get. Doing the demo videos on Youtube is how I got started as well, mrcharlie. The stuff from the official website are rather pricey. But there are TONS of books from other people on the subject of Zentangle. You can also sign up for their free newsletter which has new "official" designs from time to time.

 

I'm not associated with Zentangle in any way, shape, or form. I just really like the method and when I really like something, I love talking about it. Like fountain pens! LOL! ;)

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