Link Love: Doing The Things

I am back from Chicago and slowly coming out from under a pile of emails, orders and unpacking all the boxes. So I am doing the things, trying to get some sleep and maybe even doing a couple loads of laundry.

I want to say thank you to everyone who came by the table at the Chicago Show, attending any of my workshops or placing orders while I was away. I am so touched at all the kind words, support and confidence. I am so grateful to you all.

So, enjoy this week’s Link Love while I take a nap.

Pens:

• TGS 12th Anniversary: What’s in Your Pen Case These Days? (via The Gentleman Stationer)
• A comic diary and my thoughts on fountain pens (via Drewscape)
• Which pen got you into fountain pens? – by Ricardo (via Extra Fine Writing)
• How To Buy Pens From Japan (May 2026) (via fudefan)

Ink:

• Brown waterproof inks compared: Diamine Forever Ink, De Atramentis Document, SketchInk (via Parka Blogs)
• Cult Pens Deep Dark Brown (via Inkcredible Colours)
• Col-o-dex Update: 3 Years In (via Olive Octopus)
• Anderillium Ichthyoformes Series Ink Review (via The Pen Addict)

Pencils:

• Pencil Gradation Explained (via Yoseka Stationery Blog)

Planners, Notebooks & Paper:

• My New Wallet: Traveler’s Company 20th Anniversary Card-Sized Notebook (via CJs Wunderkammer)
• The Konik Method for Making Analog Notes (via Bullet Journal)
• My Paper System: Coming Full Circle (via Rachel’s Reflections)
• A Spring Refresh: Meet YOSEGI & MIZUHIKI Charms (via TRAVELER’S COMPANY USA Blog)

Art & Creativity:

• Freebie- 5/8″ & 3/4″ Sided Hexagons for English Paper Piecing (via Wearing History® Blog)
• Fifth-Generation Quilter Creates Narrative Quilts Inspired by African Tradition (via My Modern Met)
• Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Experiments (via RozWoundUp)
• My current Inktense and Tombow Selection (via Liz Steel)
• The Ever-Versatile Neocolor (and Latest Sketch Kit Improvement) (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
• Illustrator Spends Years Rendering Detailed Architectural Drawings (via My Modern Met)
• Laura K. Sayers’ Vibrant Postage Stamps Celebrate the Beauty of Everyday Moments (via Colossal)
• Recreating Low Friction En Plein Air Sketching Habit (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)

Other Interesting Things:

• NASA Just Dropped More Than 12,000 Photos from the Artemis II Mission (via Colossal)
• Book Review: Miniature Worlds: Files of Illustrators Who Draw Small Fantasy Worlds (via Parka Blogs)
• Here’s When National Geographic’s Museum of Exploration Opens This Summer (via My Modern Met)
• Hotel Retro revives graphic luggage labels from the golden age of travel (via It’s Nice That)
• I Bought Friendster for $30k — Here’s What I’m Doing With It… (via Kottke.org)
• The Pebble Time 2 Arrived! (via CJs Wunderkammer)

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