September 2024 - GeekyTown

I am so excited about pen store launching a new “pen store talents” challenge. It feels like I’ve waited for ever for it tbh.

In spring 2023 I decided to buy a pen pack from the Swedish store “Penstore”. The pack contained 8 different pens, pencils and markers. The challenge is fairly simple. You have to create a work using all of the pens (and only those pens). I’ve basically waited this then to do it again! Especially since it’s also been a chance to try materials I wouldn’t buy myself and definitely wouldn’t assemble and use together.

This time around the challenge contains 6 different pens, pencils and markers. I’m not gonna lie, the task is somewhat daunting. I find it a bit challenging that I only have pink, yellow and green tones to work with this time around. Ever since I got the pack 1,5 weeks ago. I’ve been thinking about what I’m going to make using this limited pallet. I was also hoping they’d choose a fineliner that was slightly smaller than a 05. 😂

I use fineliners a lot, but mostly 003, 005 and 01. So, the nib on a 05 feels incredibly large!

the nice thing about this pack tho is: I don’t know pentel had released fineliners (I will have to get a complete pack so I can test it out) and I didn’t know talents had launched and entire marker series with Pantone. 😍 both feels pretty major to me!

at the same time I’m really excited that this is a challenge that truly challenges my way of thinking around my own work. To have to work on thoughts such as “what the heck am I to do with a yelllow highlighter”. Which is a somewhat negative and limiting way of thinking around it in stead of a more positive attitude: how can I utilise this?

And also that I have until October 14th to come up with something.

so far I’ve only tested mixing the different materials.

if you would be interested in checking this out here is a link to https://penstore.no/no/talents

disclaimer: I am not associated with pen store in anyway. I am not sponsored by them. This is not an ad. I sought out this challenge of my own accord and paid for it using my own funds. 🙂

…Since I posted anything to this site. Idk how a year almost went past without a post. Maybe my goals were too high? Life was too stressful? It was probably a combination of many things. Life has been super busy and combined with some pretty high-goals for this page, it was all just a little too much. Geekytown is all about my love for paper, pens, paints, markers and drawing. So, now I’m trying to kick it down a notch.

In that regard it feels proper (and extremely giving) to do a solid photo dump. Not a WHOLE years worth, but at least couple weeks.

In the past few weeks ive been giving into my love for pink-paints. (Just look at these shades of pink). So many to choose from and I’ve been having a ton of fun with it. Many a shadow person has been drawn on pink-watercolor backgrounds lately, a couple has also been made using a pinktone for their foundation). The pink coupled with sepia fineliners from sakura pigma micron is extra nice looking.