THE Staedtler Pigment Brush Pen

It all began in an A.C.Moore store back in middle school when I first laid eyes upon a pack of Triplus Fineliners from the brand Staedtler, they worked like a dream and I've been using them ever since...

 

This post isn't about those; this post is about the Pigment Brush Pens that were released last year. I had received two packs of these pens (Though they are definitely more like markers) in the Pastel and Nature themes as they and Basic were the only ones available at the time. Through rigorous coloring and numerous meltdown-fueled artwork they hold up fantastic despite worn tips and absolute draining of their ink barrels onto the page. 
Most people compliment their "light fastness" or blending with each other and watercolor paints in these professional looking environments... I am not a professional, I draw vegetables and dragons and I have an absolute blast doing it. These brushes go surprisingly well overtop the lines of Fantasia Colored Pencils (The regular kind, the watercolor pencil sets get really finicky.) I absolutely adore these brushes and use them every day. 

The barrel of the brush also has a nice texture, pleasant to scratch my fingertips against, I presume they use a specific mold for these or a 3d printer for them.

The Gentle Watchers upon my desk were gifts from a very dear friend

These brushes (Especially the green ones) have been put through rigorous and hellish conditions by me, and they hold up beautifully 

See I told you this paper would make a comeback, dear sweet Elliot made a perfect example for these brush pens, even if one of them was on the brink of death!

The Accursed Canon Pixma TS3722

 I know I had written that I was going to start with pen and markers however this recent experience has set me on a new path for this entry. 

I've dealt with older printers my whole life, ones with wires and heavy tops and easily breakable scanners and such; and they always came with a manual that had most every nuisance that you'd have to deal with when working a printer written down in them. When my family's beloathed Epson kicked the bucket we figured a new printer would be a welcome replacement... We were wrong, and it all began with a slip of paper in the place of a manual that told me "Download our app and we'll give you the instructions there!". I detest having to download apps for machines that can be operated very simply by cables, and even moreso when I have to agree to redundant clauses and long-winded terms that the printer would essentially stalk whatever I would print or scan along with sending me notifications for.. Whatever the hell advertisement Canon wants to shove into my Email (Or text messages I assume.) My only positive experience with this laboratory animal of plastic and metal is that replacing the ink cartridges had been exceedingly simple, and it had printed clearly. Aside from that, it was a nightmare to set up, a nightmare to figure out how it worked, and a nightmare to be sitting at the foot of my desk.

Here is a visual of how my escapades with this wretched thing had gone:

Saga 1: Useless Agreements

Saga 2: Working the Beast

Saga 3: The Final Result

New Purpose

 Since I'm temporarily giving up my search for the third season's english audio for Oscar's Orchestra, I've decided to keep this blog as a sort of "Show off the art supplies I've gathered over the years" or a "Unhinged rambling about whatever my mind has set its intense focus on" type blog. I'll still look for any remnant of that third season, but for now... This is what I'm planning (In no particular order)

1. Review of the Ohuhu Maui Series Journal Dual Brush Pens (I had been given a 120 pack for my birthday by a dear dear friend

2. Review of the Staedtler Triplus Fineliners (I've been using these since my school days, unbearably sturdy even when bent in the grip of an absolutely distress stricken person)

3. Review of the Staedtler Pigment Brush Pens (I started using these only in the last year, they're super durable and long-lasting, and they work absolutely fantastic with Fantasia Colored Pencils!; The regular kind, the watercolor kind can be... Iffy with them)

4. Sakura Pigma Micron Pens (.005 - .08 and Graphic Pen) (These things can draw the same thing for over 2 years and not run out of ink, though the tips of the .005 and .01 do get pushed in quite easily. My favorites the .05)

5. The oddly connected timelines in the Veggietales Classic Universe (WGWIS to BATB) and how the Pirates Who Don't Do Anything we're stuck in Jonah's time for weeks before he showed up (Including Jonah's reincarnation into Twippo to atone for his sins of Wrath and Pride & Khalil's horrific immortality and hatred of the Irish)

This is just a few of the posts i'm planning on making in the future, there might be photos included if I figure out how to do that again.