JetPics April Flickr and Facebook Favorites
April 25th, 2011Here is the latest listing of our favorite customer pictures uploaded to our Flickr and Facebook groups from the month of April!
Picture 1 from Eric: How cool is it to have every size available in the Pentel Graphgear 1000 drafting pencils!
Picture 2 from Alexa: A lovely drawing using different colored pens to make pretty strands behind the “JetPens.”
Picture 3 from Paolo: Look at this awesome pen collection! So many different colors in the Sakura Gelly Roll gel pens, Zebra Sarasa Push Clip gel ink pens, Pentel Sliccis and more!
Picture 4 from Suzie: A great piece of fan art, featuring our own JetDa and JetDo!
Picture 5 from Torry: One of the coolest postcards we've seen, using the Pilot Choose Gel Ink Pen - 0.7 mm - White over a photo.
JetPics Favorite - Eric Kubli
April 7th, 2011Another talented artist we discovered through our JetPens network, Eric Kubli is a freelance illustrator and web designer who also makes comics in his free time. He has a journal comic (http://comic.turtlesnearby.com/), maintains and contributes to a sketch blog with a few friends (http://drawedgoods.tumblr.com), and more of his professional work can be found at http://www.ekubli.com.
Give us a little insight as to how you use our JetPens products in your illustrations.
I use the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. I tend to use it exactly how it's intended to be used. I order a few packs of refill cartridges from JetPens once every couple months. The only part of my process that I can really say anything interesting about is that I tend not to pencil anything - unless I really think it needs it, I tend to just go straight from blank paper to the finished inks. I also use Microns (typically 08, 05 and 005) for hatching, lettering and small details.
JetPics Favorite - Will Meugniot
March 23rd, 2011What a surprising honor it was when we spotted the famous Will Meugniot in our JetPens Facebook group and found out he was one of our customers! Will Meugniot has enjoyed a long career in the entertainment industry as an executive, artist, writer, producer and director. Will’s television work includes producing and directing many animated series including X-Men, The Real Ghostbusters, Jem, Captain Planet, Spydogs, Spider-Man Unlimited and his personal favorite, ExoSquad. In print Meugniot is best known for his co-creation of the DNAgents comic book, but has also contributed to such series as FemForce, Tigra, Howard the Duck, and Solomon Kane as well as briefly ghosting the Spider-Man newspaper strip. He is also noted as a storyboard artist having designed the titles and pilot films for several series, most notably G.I. Joe, Conan the Adventurer, Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters and Jem.
Give us a little insight as to how you use our JetPens products in your illustrations. I use the Pentel Pocket brush for most of my large figure work. It has a flexible line not unlike an old school red sable water color brush and is durable as well as portable. I’m also a big fan of the Zebra sign pens in the fine and extra fine widths. They have the feel of crowquille pens without the mess and portability issues. When working out a cover design I’ll usually block out the composition with the Zebra sign pen. Then take it into Photoshop to scale it and do modifications. I use a Brother 11×17 all in one copier to print out a full size copy to trace onto the actual art board using blue pencil. Then comes the inking: Mechanical outlines for buildings and cars are done with a Pigma marker. Organic lines for people, animals, clothing and so on are a combination of Pocket Brush and Sign Pen. Large black areas are done with a Pentel Color Brush or conventional brush with India ink. Hey Will, can the JetPens team get your autograph with some of our pens? :)
JetPics February Flickr and Facebook Favorites
March 5th, 2011Here’s a belated listing of our favorite customer pictures uploaded to our Flickr and Facebook groups from February!
Picture 1 from Eric: You know you love JetPens products when a beloved bakes you a Kuru Toga shaped birthday cake!
Picture 2 from Bea: An elegant doodle using Pelikan Edelstein Fountain Pen Ink - Topaz and J. Herbin 340th Anniversary Ink - Rouge Hematite
Picture 3 from Paul: Hero in action inked with Kuretake Fudegokochi Brush Pen - Regular.
Picture 4 from Renata: Yes, can you believe that’s her natural handwriting? Gorgeous use of the Pilot Cavalier Fountain Pen - Fine Nib - Silver Body and J. Herbin Fountain Pen Ink - 30 ml Bottle - Violette Pensee (Pensive Violet) on a Kokuyo Campus Notebook
Picture 5 from John: A beautiful collection of JetPens products including the fun J. Herbin Straight Body Striped Glass Dip Pen - Small - Green Tint and Kuretake Handmade Mini Envelope Template
JetPics Favorite - Andy Jewett
February 28th, 2011Another artist we discovered through our JetPens Twitter network, Andy Jewett is a JetPens customer and cartoonist who lives amongst the corn with his lovely wife and four children. You can view more of his art at andyjewett.com.
Give us a little insight as to how you use our JetPens products in your illustrations.
I’m a big fan of the Pentel Pocket Brush and use it for nearly all of my work… it’s ridiculously convenient in comparison to dipping a brush and I’m still able to get the kind of expressive line that I want. I have several of them in reserve for when the tips degrade but I keep around the old ones to use for filling in large areas of black. I also use Sakura Pigma Microns (03, 05, 08) for smaller detail and some of the stipple/texture that often shows up in my pages.
Please check out his work! Thanks for sharing Andy!
JetPics January Flickr and Facebook Favorites
January 28th, 2011Picture 2 from Sarah: Artistic lettering with Uni-ball Signo DX UM-151 Gel Pens, Pilot G-2 Gel Ink Pens, Uni-ball Kuru Toga Auto Lead Rotation Mechanical Pencil
Picture 3 from Jessica: Soothing watercolor with Pentel Aquash Waterbrush - Medium
Picture 4 from Rose: Talented portrait of grandson done with Uni-ball Kuru Toga Auto Lead Rotation Mechanical Pencil, Nano Dia Low-Wear Pencil Leads
Picture 5 from Marty: Nice line up of Pentel Stein Enhanced Silica Pencil Leads
Picture 6 from Joe: Vibrant floral design done with Pilot Double Sided Brush Pen - Hard Tip - Black & Gray Ink, Pilot Choose Gel Ink Pens, Color Pencil Leads We hope you enjoy your gift certificate! We are excited to see what pictures are uploaded by customers next month!
JetPics Favorite - Dan Berry
December 23rd, 2010We discovered customer Dan Berry as one of our Twitter followers. A browse through his artwork impressed us, and we are happy to feature him on JetPics! He is a senior lecturer at the North Wales School of Art & Design at Glyndwr University, and leads the specialism in graphic novels. He also works as a freelance designer and illustrator. He has written a number of comics including Silky Wilson, Onion Soup and his ongoing webcomic Oxford Clay (oxfordclay.com) He draws compulsively. His website is thingsbydan.co.uk. The following selected drawings make use of the Kuretake #40 High Grade Sable Hair Brush Pens, Sailor Recruit Fountain Pen - Steel Nib - Fine, and Sailor Pocket Brush Pens.
Give us a little insight as to how you use our JetPens products in your illustrations.
Depending on the job, I generally use either the Kuretake #40, the Sailor Recruit or the Sailor Brush Fountain Pen (either angle - they are both excellent!) I usually refill the cartridges with Platinum Carbon Black Ink and a syringe, which works really well with both the brush and the fountain pens. I've never had a clogging problem with this ink and these pens. It is good to get a nice uniform blackness throughout a drawing, so whether or not I'm changing pen halfway through an illustration, it remains consistent. Being waterproof and relatively quick-drying is a bonus, but I often use a medium Pentel Aquabrush to pick up some ink into a rough wash before it dries.
JetPics Favorite - Teli Adlam
November 30th, 2010Teli is a JetPens customer who has been posting some great artwork on our Facebook page. The JetPens team has really enjoyed her drawings, so decided to feature her on our JetPics page!
Background info:I'm Teli, an accidental artist. I began drawing as a child to compete with my older sister (an “anything you can draw, I can draw better” type of thing) and eventually grew to love it. Art (along with music and writing) kept me sane. Watercolours make me smile and my style fluctuates from whimsical to downright disturbing. You can visit her art site http://nailet.deviantart.com/. Give us a little insight as to how you use our JetPens products in your illustrations.
I have a few staples which come with me *everywhere*: my Ohto Promecha 0.3mm drawing pencil, which I adore for sketching; my Uni-ball E-knock eraser, which lets me get into small nooks and crannies; and, of course, spare lead. For more involved projects I'll pull out my arsenal which includes Pilot drawing pens for inking, colorful gel pens (for that touch of whimsy I mentioned earlier), and water brushes which are like carrying tiny cups of water in your pocket.
Thanks for being a part of the JetPens community Teli!
JetPics Favorite - Box Brown
November 8th, 2010Box Brown creates the web and print comic Everything Dies. He’s published two books and many mini comics. He’s been making comics since 2005 and started drawing them with a ballpoint pen. See more of his work here:
http://www.everythingdiescomic.com
Give us a little insight as to how you use our JetPens products in your illustrations.
I use the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. I use it in kind of a weird way. I don’t use the cartridges at first. I dip it in the ink and only clean it out once every few days. I just throw the cap on it when I’m not using it. Then when the brush starts to lose its shape I get a new one. Then I use the cartridges in the OLD one for when I need to fill in large areas of the page with black. It’s a great system for my uses. I love it!
Thanks for sharing and for being a JetPens customer!
JetPics October Flickr and Facebook Favorites
October 27th, 2010A selection of this month's favorite drawings from our Facebook and Flickr page. Thanks to the following customers who used JetPens products mentioned below:
Picture 1 from Kathrin: Lamy Ball Pens (with splashes of wine!)Picture 2 from Justin: Zebra Sharbo X ST3 Pen Body Component - Black and Retractable gel pens
Picture 3 from Nikira: A Nomadic pen case and some water brushes
Picture 4 from Joseph: Pilot Double Sided Brush Pen - Hard Tip - Black & Gray Ink
We hope you enjoy your gift certificates! We are excited to see what pictures are uploaded by customers next month!
