Jump to content

Devil's Dictionary

plistumi

By plistumi
in The Write Stuff

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 974
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • plistumi

    345

  • amberleadavis

    136

  • ethernautrix

    47

  • Newjelan

    35

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

Newjelan Collectors Item

Newjelan

Posted
Posted

Have loved these drawings from Day1 plistumi, and your penmanship is looking wonderful. thumbup.gif I just compared the latest entry to your first one.... your handwriting has really progressed. Now I am jealous of that as well as your wonderful illustrations. notworthy1.gifheadsmack.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites
esterbex Collectors Item

esterbex

Posted
Posted

Have loved these drawings from Day1 plistumi, and your penmanship is looking wonderful. thumbup.gif I just compared the latest entry to your first one.... your handwriting has really progressed. Now I am jealous of that as well as your wonderful illustrations. notworthy1.gifheadsmack.gif

 

+1 notworthy1.gifrolleyes.gif

God is seldom early, never late, and always on time.

~~Larry Brown

Link to comment
Share on other sites
plistumi Extremely Rare

plistumi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I m glad you are enjoying the work. As the cliche says "Practice makes perfect" or "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again!" or in Spanish, "El que persevara alcanza." I will keep practicing. This morning's word is FELON:

 

fpn_1361463121__felon_2.jpg

An eye for insignificant details is a good sign you will do just fine in medical school...

As a sharp wit and powerful sarcasm is a sign that you already have.

Somebody

Link to comment
Share on other sites
penrivers Collectors Item

penrivers

Posted
Posted (edited)

In a whole I like your drawings, your penmanship, your photography skills and your pens and inks.

Bierce didn't died in México as many belive, no, he even didnt crossed the border and acording to new sources in west Texas

aparently he died of tifus around Presidio Texas and is buried there in an ancient cemetery.

Edited by penrivers
Link to comment
Share on other sites
esterbex Collectors Item

esterbex

Posted
Posted

I have just received my own copy of The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary and I must say, it's not nearly as illuminating sans your illustrations! mellow.gif

 

If you don't publish your version, I will be forced to copy every entry you've made here and make a facsimile thereof. I daresay it will be quite a sizable tome. yikes.gif

God is seldom early, never late, and always on time.

~~Larry Brown

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Hovea and Plistumi,

 

These are amazing.

 

Plistumi, my daughter has been telling everyone at school about your book.

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
plistumi Extremely Rare

plistumi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Thank you all for your compliments. I had a hard time coming up with a nice sketch for this word: FEMALE. I went for my favorite period, the 1920s. And I most certainly think that if I were to have a fountain pen in the 20s it would look like that Boheme. Yum.

 

Penrivers: I liked the article. I should scan my college notebooks, they look like a doodlefest. Few notes, lots of drawings. Heh!

 

Amberlesdavis: It was great meeting your daughter. She is a doll.

 

Esterbex: Now you can read your Devils Dictionary and look up the image here at FPN... Albeit, only to the letter F.

 

Ethernautrix: The Micarta is a soft fine. Oh so soft....

 

fpn_1361809335__female_005.jpg

An eye for insignificant details is a good sign you will do just fine in medical school...

As a sharp wit and powerful sarcasm is a sign that you already have.

Somebody

Link to comment
Share on other sites
amberleadavis Pen Dust

amberleadavis

Posted
Posted

Me too and thank you!

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
plistumi Extremely Rare

plistumi

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I love the 1920s too. Today's word is FIB.

 

fpn_1362000467__fib.jpg

An eye for insignificant details is a good sign you will do just fine in medical school...

As a sharp wit and powerful sarcasm is a sign that you already have.

Somebody

Link to comment
Share on other sites
TMac Vintage

TMac

Posted
Posted

I continue to be amazed with your posts. I don't know what I like more, the ink colors, drawings, writing or overall creativity!

 

Great job, keep them coming.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
CatBookMom Vintage

CatBookMom

Posted
Posted

Thank you all for your compliments. I had a hard time coming up with a nice sketch for this word: FEMALE. I went for my favorite period, the 1920s. And I most certainly think that if I were to have a fountain pen in the 20s it would look like that Boheme. Yum.

 

 

 

Applause, applause! I've just finished reading the Phryne Fisher series of mysteries, set in 1928-9 Melbourne, Australia. You have Phryne's 'tude perfectly captured!.

 

Wish we'd had a chance to chat at the LA Pen Show, but was fun to see your face at the dinner.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Newjelan Collectors Item

Newjelan

Posted
Posted
1362008601[/url]' post='2612985']

Applause, applause! I've just finished reading the Phryne Fisher series of mysteries, set in 1928-9 Melbourne, Australia. You have Phryne's 'tude perfectly captured!.

 

 

HAH! I live in Melbourne and Phryne Fisher Mysteries are also on TV at the moment - great fun. The illustration also reminded me of Phryne as well. thumbup.gif

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Most Contributions

    1. amberleadavis
      amberleadavis
      43844
    2. PAKMAN
      PAKMAN
      33583
    3. Ghost Plane
      Ghost Plane
      28220
    4. inkstainedruth
      inkstainedruth
      26772
    5. jar
      jar
      26105

  • Upcoming Events

  • Blog Comments

    • Shanghai Knife Dude
      Links to web pages or articles about Chinese typesetting, signwriting, etc.

      By Shanghai Knife Dude · Posted

      I have the Sailor Naginata and some fancy blade nibs coming after 2022 by a number of new workshop from China.  With all my respect, IMHO, they are all (bleep) in doing chinese characters.  Go use a bush, or at least a bush pen. 
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      It is the reason why I'm so keen on the idea of a personal library — of pens, nibs, inks, paper products, etc. — and spent so much money, as well as time and effort, to “build” it for myself (because I can't simply remember everything, especially as I'm getting older fast) and my wife, so that we can “know”; and, instead of just disposing of what displeased us, or even just not good enough to be “given the time of day” against competition from >500 other pens and >500 other inks for our at
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      Agreed.  And I think it’s good to be aware of this early on and think about at the point of buying rather than rationalizing a purchase..
    • A Smug Dill
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By A Smug Dill · Posted

      Alas, one cannot know “good” without some idea of “bad” against which to contrast; and, as one of my former bosses (back when I was in my twenties) used to say, “on the scale of good to bad…”, it's a spectrum, not a dichotomy. Whereas subjectively acceptable (or tolerable) and unacceptable may well be a dichotomy to someone, and finding whether the threshold or cusp between them lies takes experiencing many degrees of less-than-ideal, especially if the decision is somehow influenced by factors o
    • adamselene
      Skeleton of a primer for a budding hobbyist

      By adamselene · Posted

      I got my first real fountain pen on my 60th birthday and many hundreds of pens later I’ve often thought of what I should’ve known in the beginning. I have many pens, the majority of which have some objectionable feature. If they are too delicate, or can’t be posted, or they are too precious to face losing , still they are users, but only in very limited environments..  I have a big disliking for pens that have the cap jump into the air and fly off. I object to Pens that dry out, or leave blobs o

  • Chatbox

    You don't have permission to chat.
    Load More

  • Files






×
×
  • Create New...