Look, it's Keno Neko, the dice cat! I don't sign my work often, but when I do I do it with this little fellow. The two numbers on the side should be the number of the year and the number of the month in no particular order, and sometimes I even get the month number right! I appearantly thought I missed Hallaween this year though...

So yeah, two cop outs in a row, but I have an excuse! I have been enjoying using a brush pen a LOT, but not enjoying only having one color/shade. So I went to Amazon and looked up how much it would cost to get brush pens in several colors and shades. I ended up getting this set of six "Greys" that are in the Koi line and a set of eight colored ones that are the same type as my old one. The Koi set arrived today and I should get the colors tomorrow(which likely means a cop out tomorrow as well.)

I have learned a few things about the Koi set so far.

1. The pen caps LIE. Not just color either, darker cap doesn't neccessarily mean darker ink.


2. The tips are not actually brushes, they are kinda like sponges. My other one isn't REALLY a brush either, but it is closer to a brush feel somehow. I think that their tips are much wider and softer and that is why, but I don't know.


3. They take a LONG time to dry. My other brush pen dries before I could make a second stroke over the first, but these you have to be super careful not to soke the paper and damage it. I actually finished inking, went and got a drink of water, and then when to erase the pencils and ended up tearing the paper a bit on the tail because it was still wet.


4. These layer interestingly. Not always the way you expect. It is super useful for shading and fading colors, but it is going to take ma a lot of practice to get the hang of.


5. They almost look and feel more like using water color than using ink, which I guess would explain the long dry times.

Wow...this commentary got a bit out of hand...