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Reddit mentions of PILOT Parallel Calligraphy Pen Set, 2.4mm Nib with Black and Red Ink Cartridges (90051)
Sentiment score: 11
Reddit mentions: 14
We found 14 Reddit mentions of PILOT Parallel Calligraphy Pen Set, 2.4mm Nib with Black and Red Ink Cartridges (90051). Here are the top ones.
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- Pilot Parallel Calligraphy Pen: Pilot's breakthrough nib design features 2 parallel plates & allows for sharp, monoline writing with the narrow edge, & expressive, calligraphic writing with the broad edge.
- Mix and Match: Refillable with a wide variety of ink colors and available in 4 nib widths: 1.5 mm, 2.4 mm, .38 mm, 6.0 mm. Touch the nibs of two Parallel Pens together to meld the ink colors and create ombre designs
- Express Yourself: Whether you're bullet journaling or working on other creative projects, you'll want to try Pilot's full line of calligraphy and hand lettering pens, brush markers, fountain pens and more
- Trusted Quality: We've been making pens for over 100 years. Whether you're taking notes, stocking up on school or office supplies, or writing in a bullet journal, Pilot has the perfect pen for you
- Power To The Pen: Pilot makes exceptional writing instruments to suit all your needs. We have fountain, ballpoint, retractable, erasable and gel ink pens, whiteboard markers and more for every writing style
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Red/Blue |
| Height | 0.63 Inches |
| Length | 7.83 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 4 Piece Set |
| Weight | 0.05 Pounds |
| Width | 2.5 Inches |
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/r/fountainpens is neat but be aware you will not be able to do this kind of writing with a fountain pen. You also won't be able to do what many people think of "calligraphy" (german style lettering that has thick and thin parts) with a fountain pen.
If dip pens are a little scary for a beginner, try getting the Pilot Parallel calligraphy pen. Very simple like a fountain pen, dead cheap and you'll be able to do lots of calligraphy with them.
However, dip pens are super cheap and fun to play with. You can get a nice nib, nib holder and ink for $20 on Amazon. Calligraphy is a very cheap hobby to get into.
I don't have a lot of interesting or really cheap stuff :/ but it's worth a shot! :) gifting is fun!
Magazine featuring my favorite band
Calligraphy brush pen!
Calligraphy pen :)
Nice, a cool uncle!
I would recommend either Zig calligraphy markers or a Pilot Parallel Pen. Both are cheap enough to mess around with while still being legitimate tools. I would definitely recommend broad edge over pointed pen because PP takes a lot of time and effort for good results and I know when I was 13 I would've just wanted fun things to mess around with.
The only thing is I would not recommend highlighters to practice with due to their angled chiseled tip. Most calligraphy markers have straight chiseled tips, like most real calligraphy tools I'm aware of.
Happy shopping!
This pen is my current favorite
And this pen
This one is my number 2
Not sure on exchange rates but this one is really nice as well
I love a good pen, I have large hands and i prefer to take notes for class by hand instead of typing them out.
you can get these big thick spiral bound sketchbooks at dollarama, load tf up on those, they're great. aside from that, you can generally go cheap on most comic supplies. steadler HB pencils are fine, a nice gum eraser, and some sharpies of various widths. If you're feeling ambitious and have an arts store near-by you can get some inexpensive faber-castelle felt tip pens for fine lines, .5mm should be fine. And This! this pen is awesome and super versatile.
LAASR is right... but, if you gotta a job and you gotta get it done you have to start somewhere now, no time for years of experience. I have been there and here is my suggestion.
Look at some great casual script fonts. Start typing out the words you need, do your kerning, spacing, sizing your capitols up a bit, give yourself a nice start. Now print out a ton of what you have in a very light gray. Buy some fun brush pens and mark over what you have produced. Practice line quality make each letter unique. Now save a few of the pages you like scan them in and use pieces from each sketch that you like and Frankenstein something together. You may need to go through the same steps again. Once you have something you really like take it into illustrator, trace it and clean up the vector.
People love a hand drawn feel, and short of becoming the master of a handful of styles I have used this technique with a fair amount of success.
one of the fonts I used recently for a similar look
Pens 1 2
I'm not sure when Pilot started including them, but I got my via Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002RJLS0S/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_apa_i_-yiTDbHFTAPRE) 2-3 years ago. Perhaps it depends on the packaging?
You can also get a pack of 4 on Amazon for $25 or single pens for $7
Sure! Here’s the link. They also have a set of different tips.
After your suggestions my current amazon cart for her is:
Calligraphy: A Beginner's Guide to Pointed Pen and Brush Pen Lettering
Hand Lettering for Relaxation: An Inspirational Workbook for Creating Beautiful Lettered Art
Strathmore 300 Series Drawing Pad, Medium Surface, 9"x12" Glue Bound, 50 Sheets
Rhodia No.16 A5 6 x 8 1/4 80 Sheet, Dot Pad.
Tombow 56191 Advanced Lettering Set.
Pilot Parallel Pen 2-Color Calligraphy Pen Set, with Black and Red Ink Cartridges in 2.4mm Nib size and 3.8mm Nib size with extra 12 assorted colors cartridges and 12 black cartridges. I assume the cartridges are not dependent on nib size as that would be infuriatingly stupid. Only dependent on the brands pen circumference? Correct me if I am wrong on that.
Hopefully that's pretty comprehensive but as far as speedball goes these are the texts I've found:
Speedball Textbook 24th Edition for $8.67.
Speedball Textbook: For Pen and Brush Lettering, 20th Edition for $113.35.
The Speedball Textbook, a comprehensive Guide to Pen and Brush Lettering, 23rd, Twenth-Third Edition for $51.01 new.
Did you have a specific edition in mind? A lot of the ones I'm seeing on amazon vary greatly as shown above.
That's a Pilot parallel pen, used for calligraphy! Pretty neat.
A pen like this falls under both Art Supplies and Writing!
It's also my $10 item on my artsy wishlist :p
An awesome $5 gift would be this eBook!
Thanks for the contest! I really really want it!
I started over winter break, so sometime in January, and I used this workbook by Margaret Shepherd to teach myself :) I wrote this with the [2.4mm Pilot Parallel] (http://www.amazon.com/Pilot-Parallel-Calligraphy-Cartridges-90051/dp/B002RJLS0S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1395198034&sr=8-2&keywords=2.4+pilot+parallel) I got it from my awesome 100th Exchange Extravangza Santa, /u/niashux, last week! I absolutely adore it!
How about yourself? Do you write calligraphy? :)
If you are looking to start calligraphy I would highly recommend just taking the plunge and purchasing some cheap calligraphy pens. They aren't super expensive and while you can just do faux-calligraphy with a ball point pen I have found that there is something about having a dedicated pen that makes me so much more motivated. If you are interested in Gothic calligraphy I personally love the Pilot Parallel pens for their ease of use and portability. Good luck on finding something artsy to do!
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