Misfill, Meowtivational Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Artist Draws Wholesome Watercolor Comics Where A Cat Is Giving Out Mental Health Advice (Design You Trust)

— How I Reuse My Retro 51 Rollerball Refills (Shawn on YouTube)

— Every Last Vote (Vote Save America)

— Ink Review #249: Robert Oster Great Southern Ocean (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— Skateboarding Architecture: A Tour of Legendary Skate Spots (Kottke)

— Place depicted in Van Gogh's final painting found with help of postcard (The Guardian)

— Fountain Pens (The Finer Point)

— The Black creatives behind Bernardine Evaristo’s guest-edited Sunday Times Style issue (It’s Nice That)

— Pocket Size Review 46: Sailor Professional Gear, Colorverse Brunch Date (Penquisition)

— Sophia Yeshi on lifting each other up, fighting for better representation, and creating the world she wants to see (Creative Boom)

— Behold 19th-Century Japanese Firemen’s Coats, Richly Decorated with Mythical Heroes & Symbols (Open Culture)

— On Nibmeisters (SBREBrown)

— Review: the quietly brilliant JG5 and JG6 by John Garnham Pens (UK fountain pens)

— Muji Wooden Mechanical Pencils and Pen (Writing at Large)

— Denise Johnson: Primal Scream and New Order singer dies (BBC News)

— Pen Review: Schon DSGN Pocket Six Fountain Pen (The Gentleman Stationer)

— review: troublemaker inks kelp tea (ink between the teeth)

— These Just In: Benu Scepter II & Grand Scepter X (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Pen Review: Sakura Gelly Roll Moonlight 1.0, set of 10 (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Benu Grand Scepter A Pen that Sparkles and Glows For The Kids In Us! Also for Proper Adults. (Gourmet Pens)

— Science-Inspired Ink by Michele Volpi Blurs the Line Between Tattoo and Textbook (Colossal)

— Filson Ripstop Nylon Backpack Review (Carryology)

— My Personal Time Capsule (From the Pen Cup)

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Posted on August 2, 2020 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Hardcore UFOs Edition

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— The secret drawings of Great Britain's UFO Desk (Document Journal)

— News: Maki-e Kingfisher Limited Edition (The Pelikan's Perch)

— Pencil Font (Present & Correct)

— Q Magazine To Close After 34 Years (The Quietus)

— Aggretsuko Season 3 Anime Screams onto Netflix on August 27 (Crunchyroll)

— Fountain Pen Quest Trail Log – July 26, 2020 (Fountain Pen Quest)

— Shooting for the Moon with the Endless Storyboard Pocket Notebook (Penquisition)

— Supporting Australia’s Locally Produced Coffee (Pete Denison)

— Cleo’s Classic is fantastic value (UK fountain pens)

— My Personal Journaling Setup (The Gentleman Stationer)

— Caran D’Ache 849 Brut Rosé (Rose Gold) (Writing at Large)

— The Sabbatical Experiment (MacSparky)

— My Aurora 88, one year on. (Fountain pen blog)

— Greg Bunbury's empowering street art campaign to amplify black creative voices (Creative Boom)

— Ink Review #242: Organics Studio Elements Nitrogen Royal Blue (Fountain Pen Pharmacist)

— The man who re-wrote his future with a fountain pen (The Hindu)

— The 10 Best Flaming Lips Sci-Fi Songs (PopMatters)

— Ink Review: Colorverse the Mini Collection & the Johannes Kepler Set (The Well-Appointed Desk)

— Keychron K4 Mechanical Keyboard Review (The Poor Penman)

— Notebooks I’m Using (Wonder Pens)

— Oddly Satisfying Inky Drippings with Fountain Pens (Gourmet Pens)

— On “Beyond the Pale,” Jarvis Cocker Finds His Creative Spark in a Cave (Bandcamp Daily)

— Otherworldly Freestyle Skateboarder Isamu Yamamoto Shows Off His Stuff (Kottke)

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Posted on July 26, 2020 by Brad Dowdy and filed under Misfill.

Misfill, Every Second Counted Edition

*James Pustorino, “Every Second Counted–the Thirtieth Day of Summer”*

Each week in Refill, the Pen Addict Members newsletter, I publish Ink Links as part of the additional content you receive for being a member. And each week, after 10 to 15 links, plus my added commentary on each, I'm left with many great items I want to share. Enter Misfill. Here are this weeks links:

— Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections (Hyperallergic)

— Personal Pens: Leonardo Messenger (SBREBrown)

— Limited Edition Maki-e and Abalone Raden Collier! (Edison Pen Co)

— Joy Division: all of their songs, ranked! (The Guardian)

— 2020 Mid-Year Recap: Five Favorite Products from the Year So Far (The Gentleman Stationer)

— These Daily Drawings Of A Young Artist And Her Little Brother Are A Bright Spot During Some Dark Days (Design you Trust)

— DJ Shadow on the Music That Made Him (Pitchfork)

— Blackwing Volume 3 Ravi Shankar (Wonder Pens)

— Black Creativity Matters: How agencies can push for real change in the creative industries (Creative Boom)

— Schon DSGN keeps the good stuff coming (UK fountain pens)

— 18111 Gold Dancing Feathers in Cosmic Storm (dapprman)

— DIY: Make Your Own Pen Flush (The Well-Appointed Desk)