#ballpoint pens

[aaaaa4art]

One of my favorite scenes

[pallanophblargh]

The annual ballpoint pallanoph in celebration of clinging to this rocky sphere for one more year (despite appearances) was delayed by a few days. Oops! I’m not dead, just growing older.

Art is still hard, but this runs on autopilot sometimes. And sometimes, that’s enough.

[izogod]

29.04-23.09.2023 sketchbook

[mr-crawley-makes-stuff]

A 2016 art!!! Ballpoint pens. Yume Nikki lives in my blood now :-) and it always will.

[forwardbiaspony]

Day 21: Entrapta

If you didn't know, Entrapta is one of my favorite characters of all time. Why it didn't occur to me till *yesterday* that I could learn to draw fanart of her is beyond me. But here we are, with best roboticist princess, in triplicate no less! XD

Honestly, I think this is the best way to round out the ballpoint pens week.

[magicrow777]

I wanted to join the tumblr speculative biology party but I didn't know where to start... Ok, I'll start with my centauroids because every specbio projects must have their centauroids.

Laens are the most common sophonts in the explored galaxy(in my world ofc). During the exploration of space and having fun with genetic engineering they were divided into two sub-species: "quadruped" and "biped". "Quadrupeds" are just base non-modified laens while "bipeds" were specially designed for life on space stations.

I will post more pictures and information about my world later. If i don't die at job.

[pandora-books]

The Pen

A friend—we will call her Red Letter Girl—is a talented writer. She always writes by hand, committing her words to private journals in richly colored ink. Sometimes she sends photos of pages she has written. The graceful letters echo the eloquence of her words.

This morning, she sent a photo of a beautiful Cross ballpoint pen. Expensive, yes, but so alluring...

I'm pragmatic. I write on my laptop. I type quickly. It's easy.

But...

I am looking at the photo of the pen and suddenly I'm jealous of Red Letter Girl. She has an accomplice, seducing her: You want me. You need me. I'll help you. I will help you write, we will make something beautiful together.

I am looking at my keyboard. It is dull and workmanlike. It is not calling to me. I am not motivated by the tools I use.

Instead, as I write this, I'm motivated by the thought of a beautiful woman holding a beautiful pen, writing beautiful things.

[art-of-mathematics]

I have collected them all - These are all colors of the Schneider ballpoint pens that are available.

Color joy.

[helenlp1]

Elizabeth

Elizabeth drawn with ballpoint pens.

[marisashorror]

How many ballpoints do you go through per piece

Most times I don't even finish one! If it's a giant drawing (3 by 4 ft) I might use up a few, but that's pretty rare.

[aaaaa4art]

Headpool from Deadpool and Wolverine

[arielbonestrike]

I recently watched Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, by chance. And now Superman is taking up a large chunk of my brain.

Superman was originally created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster.

[izogod]

sketchbook 25.09.2023

[mr-crawley-makes-stuff]

My 2017 entry for the Objecthead Zine for their 2018 edition, Fungal and Floral! "Out In The Rain," Ballpoint pens. Jocelyn the Tulip Fairy.

Additional commentary and music below the cut:

There are a lot of things I would change about this, if I were to draw it again! I forgive it though. I still really love looking at all the colors in this one. I remember being proud of the fact that I made the tree look brown even though I didn't use any brown ink.

I named this after the Steam Powered Giraffe song of the same name, which is what I primarily listened to on repeat while coloring it. A lot of my art (the vast majority of it) is created while listening to music, and a lot of that music is specifically chosen to reflect whatever it is I'm drawing. One of my favorite things is having an art piece, whether it's a written story, a character, or drawing, that has a musical "theme."

Along with the song described above, I also listened to these songs throughout the process of drawing this:

Flowers - In Love With A Ghost

Rain - Brian Crain (Violin and Piano Duet)

Raindrops - Regina Spektor

Like Real People Do - Hozier

A Place to Wait Out This Rain - (Over the Garden Wall OST)

Cave Theme - (From Breath of the Wild OST)

Little April Shower - (From Bambi OST)

[forwardbiaspony]

Another complete page finished last night. Only one bonus card here.

[leuchtturm1917aus]

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