Author: penciljam
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Why are these nibs so weird? Meet the Fude nib
My tool of choice for drawing on location is the brush. This simple tool offers me so much variation that I always keep a brush pen of some sort close at hand. When I’m not drawing with a brush pen however, my next go-to art tool is a special kind of fountain pen. One with…
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All art is craft – Adolph Menzel
You’ve probably never heard of Adolph Menzel. Not many people have, however his views on the true nature of art are as real as it gets and his work backs it up.
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When a cheap ballpoint pen meets a talented artist
There is a certain charm to pen and ink illustrations. In a world filled with brash and garish digital illustrations, the humble pen and ink harks back to a simpler age. Once abundant in magazines, owing to their ability to reproduce well in print, this stark and exacting illustration style is fading in the Photoshop…