#pilot g2

[statildalh01]

Pen and paper Ranma-Chan

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I thought for sure the Pilot G2 would remain my favorite purple pen, but in terms of color it's actually my least favorite. It leans more towards red than blue, and even the cheap Bic ballpoint looks better on paper. In terms of how they all feel to write with, the G2 is my second favorite. I prefer gel pens over all else, and I'm most used to the way the G2 feels in my hand, but I just recently discovered the Pentel Energel, and it gets high marks across the board. It's nice and hefty without being expensive, it has a rich color, and it lays down ink very smoothly.

I've noticed that all the gel pens have the same problem. If I quickly draw a straight line, a bead of ink leaks out of the tip and splotches the paper (kinda looks like an arrowhead at the end of the line). This causes the ink to smear, and even though I'm right handed I still find my pinky and ring fingers covered in purple ink after writing more than a few lines with each. I guess gel doesn't dry fast enough.

The Papermate is nice and dark, but it doesn't last very long. All the other pens can be bought in bulk, but the Papermate only seems to come as a single in packs with other colors, and they run out of ink before you've even gotten into the groove of things. Either they don't hold as much or they lay down more than the rest, but the end result is an inferior writing experience.

The Bic is disposable while all the gel pens can be refilled. That said, I've only ever been able to find refills for the G2 in stores, and even then only in packs of two, so the manufacturers really want you to throw them away when they run dry.

The G2 is probably still my favorite overall because it's sufficient. It does what it needs to do with minimal downsides. It feels good in the hand and doesn't smudge as badly as the higher quality Energel, which makes up for the dull color. The Bic would fare much better if it weren't so cheap and flimsy. It looks good but feels terrible. If the Papermate lasted longer, it would eclipse the G2. Same for the Energel if it dried faster. All three gel pens are in the same league, none substantially better than the others, so it's all up to personal preference.

[sweaterbob]

some art for u on this fine midnight morning 🌄 ✨️

the heart flipping everyone in this entire planet off is probably my most favorite drawing all year

[thelionspen]

The Elegant Workhorse Pen

In a modern world where writing is fueled by keyboards, tablets, phones, and blue light screens that harm our eyesight, the humble ink pen has become an often-forgotten, understated luxury.

The experience of seeing ink flow onto a piece of paper or a journal page, feeling the balanced weight of a writing utensil, and listening to the curiously satisfying rhythmic scratch of a metal tip on a page is astoundingly therapeutic.

What's more, using pen and paper is much cheaper than buying a piece of technology and potentially more valuable in the long run. A number of years back, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH, asked Bono of U2 if he would be willing to donate the original lyrics of a song for a museum display. He said he would be glad to print off lyrics from his laptop, much to the dismay of the asker, as a computer document can be printed and reprinted endlessly, while a handwritten verse of a song like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" would have been priceless since it's the only artifact in existence.

At The Lion's Pen, one of our all-time favorite pens is the Pilot G2 with a 0.5 mm point. The pen is lightweight yet substantial and balanced, and the Extra Fine Point looks and feels so elegant. Also, you don't have to worry about losing a $500 Montblanc pen. The Pilot G2 is a workhorse pen that performs beautifully without a high price tag.

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[ashleylavelle]

I haven't posted any art on here in a loooong time. I'm gonna try to do it more often.

[avianii]

just a lil sketch of Bob bc I've been neglecting him <3

[themetalvirus]

you can tell from my desk i like writing utensils a regular amount

[asukiess]

these problems are nothing that a journal and a pilot g2 pen can't fix

[cherrydott]

Two decent starlines and one stunning one

[yewlith]

went to the craft store and bought a new sketchbook marketed specifically for use with pens… it doesn’t like my pens ._.

[stergeon]

On fountain pens and cursive:

Fountain pens slap. However, I dislike pencil strongly but also make too many mistakes for pen, so I am locked into erasable inks only. So it’s gel pens for me forever I guess! I write in either print or cursive depending, but I find most people my age or younger (I’m in my early 20s) just can’t read cursive. Hilariously, this means I do most of my writing printed but I write poetry and rants and journal entries in cursive.

I also use cursive to take meeting minutes when the meeting people are older than me because there’s like a 50/50 chance it impresses them lol.

shaking your hand 🤝 fountain pen gang!!

i’m a mechanical pencil guy on the rare occasions where i’m 1. handwriting and 2. Not writing in pen. but i always respect the og #2. i’m just a little neurotic about keeping a pencil perfectly sharp and a mechanical one solves that problem lol.

tbh using cursive Tactically is a big brain move and i respect that immensely. i’ve drawn comics for a long time and before i picked up fountain pens, said comics were the only reason i remembered how to write in cursive lol. it’s kind of a shame that more people can’t read it these days but hey, if it makes it a makeshift form of code, that’s pretty neat 😈

[luzaitis]

Design challenge where I get given three random nouns or adjectives and try to make a coherent character design out of it. Ended up with this possum boy.

[war4bucks]

gonna use this blog as a therapist because i only have one irl mutual (shoutout annie) @ann1e03

[princessoffasttalkeryandcockery]

work in progress :p marker, pilot g2 pen and gouache baselayer over marker....

[theradioghost]

inexpressible joy of discovering that they sell ink refills for your favorite pens

[recents]

man fountain pens do leak a lot and stain your fingers, but it’s hard to romanticize my graphomania when im writing in shitty ink with a weak ass ballpoint pen.