Jeff PalmerWorking on a new plot this morning. I decided to try the ink that came with my Lamy Safari, which may have been a mistake - it’s pretty lifeless. Maybe a second pass will help? We’ll see. 🤞
Thorsten Kurz@jeffpalmer
I'm really impressed with the pen and brush plots in your timeline. The idea of using a brush or a fountain pen in a plotter!
In my experience, Lamy inks don't have much to offer in terms of shading (compared to Diamine or Iroshizuku). And depending on the angle, Lamy nibs can be a bit scratchy with poor ink flow, but they benefit greatly from polishing with extremely(!) fine-grained sandpaper.
@tkurz Thank you, and thanks for the pointer! I was actually just wondering about that, as my Lamy nibs *are* scratchy and have poor ink flow. I have some really fine sandpaper - I'm going to try this. What part do you sand in order to improve things? 🙏
@jeffpalmer
For handwriting I use 1200 paper, the finest I could find, and fill a large circle around my wrist with a very light touch with small circles along the trajectory, back and forth.
And about the inks: there's a whole world of fountain pen ink enthusiasts out there, probably they even have their own Mastodon instance somewhere…
@jeffpalmer
I'm curious though, what kind of hardware are you using? Are these modified standard plotters or is this DYI from the ground up?
I'm curious though, what kind of hardware are you using? Are these modified standard plotters or is this DYI from the ground up?