Comics and pens

Not much in the way of comics today, just the latest Promethea. Good, but how many months has it been since the last one? I’m losing track of the plot. (That right there is a good reason to stick with TPBs over pamphlets, even if money and space weren’t issues.)

Stopped off at NY Central to pick up a couple of Pitt pigment markers as spares. While there, I tried out some Japanese pens — a Tachikawa “spoon-pen” nib, and an ink-filled nylon fiber brush-pen. The nib pen had nice flow, but a very thin line. Not that I mind thin lines, but it didn’t seen to offer me much over a far cheaper fine-point Pigma Micron.

The brush-pen (I’ve forgotten the brand, but it runs about seven bucks) was nice and juicy, but too thick for my current habits and style. I may go back and buy one to play around with, especially if I get that job and money isn’t quite as tight.

Probable work

The interview went well. They were very impressed with my test skills — did I mention the test? They’ve got a bunch of Photoshop files on an FTP site, and they asked applicants to download them, make some changes, and then upload the altered files. I did this last Friday, uploaded over the weekend, and Tuesday’s email contained a offer of an interview.

It looks like I’ve probably got work if they sign on the client they’re courting. I’ll know next week, or the week after. It’s freelance, so sometimes they’ll have work for me, and other times not. I’ll probably have stuff all through October, and after that, who knows. I might even be able to work from home.

I celebrated with curry beef over rice at the Excellent Dumpling House, browsed through Pearl Paint, wandered back up to 10th Street, geeked out over brush pens at NY Central (there was another Japanese pen that I nearly bought), then came home. I’d nearly forgotten about Thursdays being Chess Night with James at Ground. I changed, grabbed my Icehouse set (I’d promised to show him Martian Chess), and headed over, but either he didn’t show or he’d already been and left.

There’s a list of every known Icehouse game (including Spicklehead), but it links to the same Martian Chess rules I link to above, which don’t include the new rule mnemex told me about that I can’t quite remember. And some of the links 404.