Ink, A Documentary For Penthusiasts

Ryan Couldry InkDocumentary

A short Canadian documentary has been making the rounds of the pen community this summer, and for good reason.

It’s a brief, delightful ode to pen, ink and handwriting as an art form.

Ink was directed by Toronto filmmaker Ryan Couldrey and focuses on Tanja Tiziana, a freelance photographer with a passion for pen and ink.

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Recommended: Lifehacker’s Notebook Guide

Field Notes 48 Page Memo Book

Here’s a bit of pen-and-paper reading that deserves special mention.

Trent Hamm has written a piece at Lifehacker on using a pocket notebook to simplify your life and increase your productivity, both personally and professionally.

It’s a couple of months old, but still an excellent guide, very thorough and methodical in its approach to making a notebook part of your everyday carry.

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Check Out These Movie Trailer Drawings

Artwork by Artist Yanmo Zhang

There’s a lot of secrecy around the trailers for the upcoming movie based on the Warcraft games.

The gaming and movie press have gotten to see some of them, including an extended preview at Comic-Con recently, but access outside those circles has been limited.

So a few people with varying degrees of artistic talent have gotten creative by coming up with their own movie trailer drawings.

Bryan Bishop, reporting from Comic-Con for TheVerge.com, was armed with a Uniball Signo 207 and a Moleskine notebook when he saw the preview.

He decided to sketch the movie trailer for Warcraft.

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