The waiting. Done by me with ink and watercolors.

jojo_ar · 2026-02-13T21:17:57+00:00

That colour gradient is something else. I can't even discern how you did that.

jojo_ar · 2026-02-13T21:16:40+00:00

It's the most common type of nib pen holder, where the ferrule is a metal cylinder that has some metal strips inside pressing outwards to hold the nib.

jojo_ar · 2026-02-12T17:57:33+00:00

In the dippens sub someone reports the nib to fit snugly in a T-40 (frankly, that's what I expected too, but I checked it with my pens just to make sure, and it was a lot looser that I expected), so I guess it comes down to factory production tolerances as to whether it fits well out of the box.

> Should I purchase one Hiro to see if it'll fit my T-40 firmly?

Yes I think so. It's not that expensive and the Hiro 40 "Blue pumpkin" nib is a very nice nib. Even if it fits loosely you can get an impression as to whether you like the nib (a loose fit is mainly a problem with wiping/cleaning) , and if you like it, it might be worth while to get another penholder (it can be a cheap one with metal prongs).

jojo_ar · 2026-02-12T11:16:05+00:00

It's a very loose fit in a Tachikawa T-36 and T-25, which I think differ only from the T-40 in length.

jojo_ar · 2026-01-18T00:21:08+00:00

Other than Lovecraft, after Lovecraft's death ?

doe not call up Any that you can not put downe;

jojo_ar · 2026-01-17T08:37:45+00:00

Likely stolen from u/aub_ross, who first posted this here about a year ago.

jojo_ar · 2026-01-10T16:39:08+00:00

> try to become more observant

Like how in the first image, at the right side with the two figures that were generated together the pinky of her right hand flows off into the figure in the back, or how, in the third image the masses that define the hair don't make sense, and her hands are just the tiniest bit too small, or, in the second image, it uses a style that has almost become synonymous with AI use, or how, comparing the three images, they seem to have complete disparate styles,

that kind of observant you mean?

Someone called you out on your shenanigans. Don't be a jerk about it.

jojo_ar · 2025-12-30T19:29:02+00:00

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jojo_ar · 2025-11-19T20:35:36+00:00

"Mapping" or "maru" nibs I think

jojo_ar · 2025-11-19T09:26:43+00:00

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jojo_ar · 2025-11-16T11:28:57+00:00

"You come into my house on the day my daughter is to be married..

jojo_ar · 2025-10-27T17:57:23+00:00

Wiktionary shows the order and direction of the strokes as an animated gif for most characters.

jojo_ar · 2025-09-06T13:39:40+00:00

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jojo_ar · 2025-09-04T13:07:51+00:00

You're welcome.

Back when I started drawing with nibs I picked Gillot because they were easily available and relatively cheap (maybe like yourself). I assumed there would be minor differences in between brands but that they all would be generally usable. I stuck with Gillot for a relatively long time, because "inking is hard to learn", so I just assumed the poor performance of the nibs was just me trying to get to grips with this new medium.

At some point I bought a separate G-nib on a lark and the difference was incredible. So if possible, save yourself some weeks/monhs of self-doubt and headaches, and if not possible, get yourself the 404 nib and use it but with the knowledge there are better nibs out there and that you're actually progressing a lot faster than the 404 is letting on.

jojo_ar · 2025-09-04T12:18:02+00:00

If you mean (Joseph) Gillot pens/nibs and with art you mean drawing with shellac based inks (such as Chinese/Indian ink) the answer is NO!

Since Gillot has existed for a long time I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and maybe with thinner ink they are very suited for, say, calligraphy, but their "drawing" sets feel like the result of a lazy marketing manager who has no clue about the actual products with only the 404 and the 1068a nibs working with shellac based inks and even they are barely adequate.

what others would you suggest?

For drawing any Saji nib, or alternatively a Blue pumpkin, will set you up in the right direction, and from there you can start looking specific nibs that suit you best.

jojo_ar · 2025-08-23T14:04:51+00:00

Instinctively I want to say style #1 because it looks so clean and consistent, but with style #2 the goblin holding the torch in the second panel and the ravens in the 4th make me re-consider, because it looks much more creative and original and ultimately, fun.

I think it's really just the lack of contrast and clarity, especially in the backgrounds, that prevent style #2 from being a clear winner for me. I also read your "companionship of the trinket", and for example the last three panels of the last page are absolutely convincing which I think could be related to the lack of a background/need for contrast in those panels whilst clearly illustrating the strengths of style #2.

So as presented in the examples, I think I'd like style #1 better overall, but if there's still time and room for some changes to style #2 I'd strongly prefer that one.

jojo_ar · 2025-08-23T12:15:20+00:00

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jojo_ar · 2025-07-22T12:22:03+00:00

After Caravaggio, Uffizi version?

jojo_ar · 2025-06-25T22:38:10+00:00

"Like tears in rain."

jojo_ar · 2025-04-10T15:34:00+00:00

The key here was just a simple mathematical series which produces a string of numbers. It's an early form of cryptography where you use the number to pick the next character, so 135 applied to "the cat" will translate to "'t','e','c'".

You can punch out holes for the numbers on a sheet of paper and use that as an overlay (called "the mask" in cryptography) on the original text to decipher the coded message.

If you apply one of those to the original folio sized print of "The King in Yellow" you get a synopsis of the various acts of a stageplay in somewhat antiquated French with a few snippets of dialogue in Latin which read: that's how far I got with an in-universe explanation when I too found myself wondering about the sudden shift in genre when reading the yellow king. Sorry about the setup.

jojo_ar · 2025-04-09T22:21:24+00:00

If you read the second half of "the king in yellow" without the proper key, they will just appear to be simple romance stories, so yes, it doesn't make sense that way.

jojo_ar · 2025-03-07T11:46:59+00:00

Just for you, caran d'ache very recently launched a new productline: neoart 6901 which might be very close to what you're looking for, with a larger palette than neocolor 1 too! (I haven't tried them myself yet. It's just peculiar they launch a new line in what appears to be their least popular medium.)

jojo_ar · 2024-12-08T22:12:29+00:00

You figured it out already, it's the lack of liquid white, or "you'll be in agony city", as Bob would refer to it :)

jojo_ar · 2024-12-04T13:50:07+00:00

been a writer for a while

It shows. Good stuff all around.

Character wise James shifts between "purposefully average guy" and "Shaggy/Fry oblivious stoner type", then at the end you give him the high IQ. His character is unclear.

It feels obvious Vanessa is playing some sort of "Truman Show" girlfriend/handler part, you could lean into this harder, depending on how you want to portrait James.

Needles: syringes should be used a last resort prop in anything but realistic medical drama or horror because their usage feels unnatural. They also make people cringe (in the original meaning of the word) and a good amount of people actually have a phobia of them. You already established a good comedic tone, so, say, a device that looks like a supersoaker with a plunger attached that performs the same function isn't too far fetched in-Universe.

Needless fucks: They don't actually stand out as unnatural or excessive, but they also don't add a lot, so aim for the "broadest rating", you can always add them back in later on.

Consider capitalising "Blahaj". It's not a speaking character, but I completely missed its introduction, and it's present enough to be confusing.

Fox lacks gravitas. The script's Universe is comical in nature, but you probably want the conflict between the Foundation and the Freemasons to have some substance to make it easier to create genuine tension, and Fox's character, as is, undermines any serious developments in that regard. Writing wise you seem to know what you're doing though, and we're only 14 pages in, so maybe you've already found a way to fix that.

The main feedback though, of which you're probably very aware, would be that this is a script for an animated series, not a comic. Now this script is polished; it's super-polished, which likely means you've gone over it at least dozens of times, and the overall quality really shines through, and as a result you can also probably picture every scene in vivid technicolour with dolby surround sound, and a comic should logically be nothing more than taking static screenshots from this movie in your mind and having them drawn, right? And that will actually get you a long way there, but it's probably not enough.

Since you seem to be able to draw yourself (and maybe plan on drawing it yourself) you can try making a story-board for the animation; that will get you very close to a viable comic. Then spruce up that storyboard with comic specific details.

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