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One of my professors talked about how using a certain pen that you love can help with creativity. The way I just said it, it seems stupid, but it does have some merit. I haven't been able to find a single pen I really like until yesterday. I was sitting in class, sun shining through a window right onto my desk. I had a Bic Cristal pen in my hand and realized when I twisted the pen, it had a disco ball effect. It was awesome! I found the perfect pen for me. Aside from the awesome prismation, it writes very well, doesn't break easily (a plus for me), and a pack of ten only costs a dollar!

One of my favorite movie effects, when Dick Van Dyke makes his pants penguin-y in Mary Poppins:

Tryst

Does anybody actually keep a diary with the intent for it to never be read?

Classical music, when understood, is a great source of entertainment. I just bought Handel's Messiah (2 Disc) performed by the London Philharmonic for like $3 on Amazon MP3. I'm really glad I took a music appreciation class this semester.

The day of the week doesn't matter to me because I'm just as busy on weekends.

I think I'm going to be getting two pet turtles (ones that swim) soon. They're a big responsibility though. They live fifty years. I'll get two so they don't have to be lonely.

I better get to bed.

You should make a hand-turkey for Thanksgiving. I made one. I'll post a picture soon! GLITTER!!!

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thinglets: The Bic Pen Orange Peel Gun

I'll never forget the months in elementary school where grade seven students became aware of physics became aware of the power of compressed air. I have no idea who passed down the sacred knowledge of the Bic Pen Orange Peel Gun, but it surely was the bane of many a teacher's existence at my school. It was MacGyver before the show existed. They actually banned oranges for a short period of time from lunches because they were finding mini orange peel bullets everywhere - plus, it was easier to ban orange peel than pens. You would be shocked at how much fun these could be in a school that was designed "open-concept". One could launch peel from the Grade One area to the Grade Six area with a proper arc and sufficient thrust... sorry... that sounded dirty. I hope my indiscretion didn't cause this post to lose its "ap-peel".

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Me, iPhone, BP Pen, and some Papel!

Now, about some color......

   

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Sample Worx, For Children's Book Offer

A local woman is looking for local artists for a local children's book. I threw a few things at her. Apparently, I was TOO good. She never called me back. Oh well. Mine will just have to be that much more bad-assed!

text in body

     

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Squid Painting and Squid Tattoo

In the vein of the last post, here is a painting I did over the summer (please excuse the poor quality, I still need to get a digital camera, so I made do with my laptop's webcam). This one was pretty fun because 1) it's a squid! 2) it has shading (which I don't usually do) and 3) it has pen and ink on it! Yes, instead of painting on the black lines, I took a pen to it. I showed that painting who's boss. Oh, you may also notice that it is not painted on cardboard or canvas. Since I didn't have any cardboard (and still can't afford to buy canvas at the drop of a hat) I rummaged through my art supplies and found a large pad of watercolor paper samplers. Since I don't water color and the paper was pretty thick and not likely to curl up under dried paint, I went about using it. It worked fairly well and kept the colors very nicely. It is a little brighter in real life than in the photo.
 
I've also included a pen and ink of a squid that I drew and am thinking of getting as a tattoo, probably down the length of my forearm. It will probably be some time before I encounter enough money to get a good tattoo (key word: good) and am using that time to contemplate the design. This is my second draft of the design (the first being mostly similar) and am looking for errors and opinions. Are there enough legs? Is it clear? Colors or no? Considering this may be on my body for a long time, brutal feedback is probably appropriate. Also, has anyone gotten a tattoo in Olympia and have any praise or warnings for certain artists?

   

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Edit: I just noticed that webcams appear to take photos backwards, so imagine these images flipped left to right. Asthetically, it doesn't seem to make any difference to me.

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The Pen Story - Great Stop Motion ad

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Fountain Pen app for iPhone

Made with iPhone app Fountain Pen. Fun little doodle thingy. (I’m talking about drawing)

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Crime fighting cats by *brainsic on deviantART

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Print available. I drew this with pen and pencil then I scanned it in and used photoshop to make it smooth and colored. I then used something like poster cutout to make it slightly more choppy and overlayed the original colors and erased what i didn't want to see.

Tshirts are available here: http://brainsic.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/

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Daredevil pen sketch

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Jon Carling

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http://www.myspace.com/joncarling

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