Normally, I am planning my Inktober projects at the first scents of PSLs wafting from the local Starbucks (which started in August this year) and starting plans for NaKniSweMo and reminding folks about NaNoWriMo which both start in November. However, between the Chicago Pen Show that happened last week and the wedding of one of my favorite people in the world, the start of October just zipped right past me.
It’s only the 6th so its not too late to start your own daily habit project regardless of whether its the official Inktober project or your own personal challenge.
Pens:
- Listening to my gut (via mnmlscholar)
- Published: The Pen Post No 2 (via Comfortable Shoes Studio)
- Why I bought an Otto Hutt designC (via UK fountain pens)
- Fountain Pens for a Fiver Revisited (via dapprman)
- Dens Pens Gaea Bohemium Twilight Unboxing and Review (via Penultimate Dave)
- Lamy Safari (via Stationery Pizza)
- Hands-On Review: The Caran d’Ache 849 Rollerball (or “XL Ballpoint”?) (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Kaweco AL Sport, Vibrant Violet – A Quick Look (via The Pen Addict)
- The state of the pen cups, September 2021. (via Fountain pen blog)
- Caran d’Ache 849 Rollerball Pen (via Gourmet Pens)
Ink:
- Lennon Tool Bar Pineapple on Leuchtturm1917 (via Inkcredible Colours)
- Van Dieman’s Devil Black (via Mountain of Ink)
- Color Traveler Saijo Sakagura Black (via Fountain Pen Pharmacist)
Pencils:
- Even More Fugitive Than We Think? (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- The Civil Service Pencil (via Pencil Fodder)
Notebooks & Paper:
- The Best Weekly Planners (via JetPens)
- Planning for planning: Hunting for a new planner system (via mnmlscholar)
- Kokuyo PERPANEP “Zara Zara” Paper: Funny Name, Great Paper! (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Ignited Life Planner Review – Goals, Weekly & Monthly Spreads (Undated) (via All About Planners)
- Extra Notebooks from eBay (via Notebook Stories)
Art & Creativity:
- The end of Sketchbook #136. (via Apple-Pine)
- That Inky Time of Year Again (via Fueled by Clouds & Coffee)
- What is on my table? End of September 2021. (via Apple-Pine)
- At the Annual Roadworks Festival, a 7-Ton Steamroller Prints Linocuts in San Francisco’s Streets (via Colossal)
- Artist Stuart Semple Created a Substitute for “Tiffany Blue” Called Tiff (via My Modern Met)
- What are the effects of isolation on creativity? (via It’s Nice That)
- London Centre For Book Arts’ new Kickstarter supports the return of shared workspaces in post-Covid life (via Creative Boom)
- Green Watercolour Mixtures (via Writing at Large)
- Draw Your Tools…Tober (via Looped Square)
Other Interesting Things:
- Illustrator Chenyue Yuan tells the story of Chinese factory workers in Pearl’s Daughters (via Creative Boom)
- Book Review: Blade Runner 2049: The Storyboards (via Parka Blogs)
- 5 Stories About Vexillology and the Symbolism and Impact of Flags (via My Modern Met)
- Colors of the Moon Highlighted Through 48 Photos (via My Modern Met)
- Cloud Gate: The 110-Ton Sculpture That Is One of the Largest of Its Kind (via My Modern Met)
- Book Review: My Neighbor Hayao: Art Inspired by the Films of Miyazaki (via Parka Blogs)
- Rewinding your attention (via Austin Kleon)
- Photographer Captures Built-Up Pandemic Waste Polluting the Seas (via Hyperallergic)
- Facebook Outage Offers Reminder To Brands: Never Put All Your Eggs In Zuck’s Basket (via Dieline)
- This Instagram Account Spreads Awareness About What People With Chronic Illnesses Go ThroughEvery Day (via Design You Trust)
- Letters to the Future (via Kottke)
- The 10 pieces of photo and video kit that changed the game (via Creative Boom)
- Retro Photos Show the Inside of Offices in the 1970s and ’80s (via Design You Trust)
- IKEA Plans To Discontinue BLÅHAJ Shark Toy, People Are Sharing Best Moments They Had With It (via Design You Trust)
- Day of the Dead Comes Alive with New Forever Stamps (via USPS Newsroom)
- A Social Media Upgrade (via From the Pen Cup)
- Report from Chicago: Pen Show Highlights from Friday (via The Gentleman Stationer)
- Typewriter Art (via oz.Typewriter)
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