I keep finding the BICs in the haul trucks or tossed on the ground.
That says something right there...
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you probably don't like these but this is my haiku pen (body). i like a ballpoint refill with resistance.
Dude, that is the Rolls Royce of rollerballs. I can't fault you there. It actually fits most of my criteria and probably all of them of you could find a good enough refill type.
Great choice man and thank you for sharing! I really appreciate it!
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i'd probably cry if i lost it tbh. best part is it's bring your own refill to the max. but it's a very comfortable pen body too.
I'm be honest, you've got me considering getting one. If I were to keep a backup ballpoint pen this would 100% be the one I would pick.
you ever tried one of these? I can't remember where i even got it, never used it. manual dip venetian glass.
I'm thinking of getting some ink to try it out.
I actually love drawing with Bic pens. They’re cheaper than pencils and can be used to build up very light texture in drawings.
Here’s an example of a drawing I did of a dog using pencil for the bottom tone, Micron pen for the darker hairs, and good ol’ Bic pens for the lighter ones:
The step-by-step images are on my portfolio site:
https://goldfishthumb1.myportfolio.com/lab
Thing is, I can't argue too much. I'm not here to tell people what not to use, just what I prefer going forward.
All of my early work (High School to probably College) was with various forms of ballpoint pens so I know they work well for that.
I've just discovered that I far prefer the writing experience of fountain pens. I have not explored them for drawing specifically yet. I have sketched out a few little pictures with some of mine, but nothing serious yet.
I guess my only gripe is that they're cheap and made to be thrown out one they're used up which I don't like from a "let's not make unecessary amounts of garbage" perspective.
nostr:npub16jad3sjdf0hynxhmpzpsuuwazqlxrcq824kjpw3w7wr8ldt3xm0q0zq4nn pointed me towards these pen bodies that accept any ink refill. I would likely lean towards that if I were to want a pen body that accepted rollerball refills.
Then it's "my pen" and reduces the garbage I mentioned before.
unusually use graphite, love it for some reason but I have lots of those micro felt tip pens that I like to use, especially for cross hashing