Ballpoint Pentagram
@ballpointpentagram.bsky.social
Screaming into the void and posting what I like from my sketchbook. Mostly nonsense, sometimes NSFW, always made by hand. I wouldn't touch AI if you paid me.
Still on the astronaut and Deleter screen tone kick. The ref is from @trueref.bsky.social and was really fun to draw.
#truerefdt0010 #drawing #ink #deleter
#truerefdt0010 #drawing #ink #deleter
November 18, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Still on the astronaut and Deleter screen tone kick. The ref is from @trueref.bsky.social and was really fun to draw.
#truerefdt0010 #drawing #ink #deleter
#truerefdt0010 #drawing #ink #deleter
I'm jealous of all the aurora photos popping up. Nothing but rain in my neck of the woods right now but at least the weather cooperated for the big geomagnetic storm last year.
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I'm jealous of all the aurora photos popping up. Nothing but rain in my neck of the woods right now but at least the weather cooperated for the big geomagnetic storm last year.
Skeletons pout when they don't get to wear the space suit. Might try putting screen tones on this one.
#drawing #skeleton #ink #astronaut
#drawing #skeleton #ink #astronaut
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Skeletons pout when they don't get to wear the space suit. Might try putting screen tones on this one.
#drawing #skeleton #ink #astronaut
#drawing #skeleton #ink #astronaut
I've drawn our cat, despite being the least spooky creature on Earth, every single Halloween for the last decade. I guess this year will be no exception.
#ink #cat #jack-o-lantern #crow
#ink #cat #jack-o-lantern #crow
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I've drawn our cat, despite being the least spooky creature on Earth, every single Halloween for the last decade. I guess this year will be no exception.
#ink #cat #jack-o-lantern #crow
#ink #cat #jack-o-lantern #crow
First go around with Deleter Screentones. Not as intimidating as I feared though I think I'd do better with a sharper knife. Seemed fitting to draw some schoolgirls.
#screentones #schoolgirls #indiaink
#screentones #schoolgirls #indiaink
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
First go around with Deleter Screentones. Not as intimidating as I feared though I think I'd do better with a sharper knife. Seemed fitting to draw some schoolgirls.
#screentones #schoolgirls #indiaink
#screentones #schoolgirls #indiaink
In Tokyo for a few days and looking forward filling my luggage with as many Deleter tones as will fit. I’ve always wanted to try them out but they cost like $30 a sheet back home.
October 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
In Tokyo for a few days and looking forward filling my luggage with as many Deleter tones as will fit. I’ve always wanted to try them out but they cost like $30 a sheet back home.
Aw geez, nearly a third of the way through October and I'm way behind on my skeleton quota.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #skeleton
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #skeleton
October 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Aw geez, nearly a third of the way through October and I'm way behind on my skeleton quota.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #skeleton
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #skeleton
I've never tried drawing someone doing a hand stand before. Or wearing fishnet stockings. The ref was taken during an event where people sat on pies. On reflection, I think pies are better eaten than sat on, but there's no accounting for taste I guess.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #handstand
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #handstand
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I've never tried drawing someone doing a hand stand before. Or wearing fishnet stockings. The ref was taken during an event where people sat on pies. On reflection, I think pies are better eaten than sat on, but there's no accounting for taste I guess.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #handstand
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #handstand
An illustration I did for a Taco themed charity event a few years back. I assume Giant Taco said yes.
#digitalpainting #illustration #tacos
#digitalpainting #illustration #tacos
September 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
An illustration I did for a Taco themed charity event a few years back. I assume Giant Taco said yes.
#digitalpainting #illustration #tacos
#digitalpainting #illustration #tacos
Getting ideas out for a larger project. Done with a Muji ballpoint pen and a sharpie. The Muji pens are better than some fineliners that cost three times as much. Very nice but I think I still prefer the humble BIC.
#ballpointpen #sharpie #skeleton #picnic
#ballpointpen #sharpie #skeleton #picnic
September 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Getting ideas out for a larger project. Done with a Muji ballpoint pen and a sharpie. The Muji pens are better than some fineliners that cost three times as much. Very nice but I think I still prefer the humble BIC.
#ballpointpen #sharpie #skeleton #picnic
#ballpointpen #sharpie #skeleton #picnic
We started a new team at work and the members chose a Darth Vader pun for it's name. This spawned a company-wide torrent of AI slop images that ruined my day and made me daydream of blowing up data centers. The only thing I could do was make something by hand as an act of self care.
#sketchbook
#sketchbook
September 26, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We started a new team at work and the members chose a Darth Vader pun for it's name. This spawned a company-wide torrent of AI slop images that ruined my day and made me daydream of blowing up data centers. The only thing I could do was make something by hand as an act of self care.
#sketchbook
#sketchbook
Took a ferry ride and did some people watching. I have been mired in a huge home improvement project which is now many weeks overdue and my sketchbook has been the primary victim of this.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
September 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Took a ferry ride and did some people watching. I have been mired in a huge home improvement project which is now many weeks overdue and my sketchbook has been the primary victim of this.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
Inspired by something I saw last winter: A woman and a cat passing each other on the sidewalk the same way two strangers would, each off to run whatever errands they had for the day with no interest in the other. Personally, I would have tried to pet the cat. No reference.
August 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Inspired by something I saw last winter: A woman and a cat passing each other on the sidewalk the same way two strangers would, each off to run whatever errands they had for the day with no interest in the other. Personally, I would have tried to pet the cat. No reference.
A quick sketch referenced from a pair of dark, blurry photos made on a ~2005 flip phone. Despite only being 0.3 megapixels, I recall the phone could only store 15 or so images before running out of space.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
August 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A quick sketch referenced from a pair of dark, blurry photos made on a ~2005 flip phone. Despite only being 0.3 megapixels, I recall the phone could only store 15 or so images before running out of space.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
#sketchbook #ballpointpen
Some maniac stole my patio umbrella. While I decide if I should wage a campaign of destruction against the city's criminal underbelly or go buy a new one, memorializing the old one in ink seems an appropriate way to grieve.
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #restinpeace
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #restinpeace
August 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Some maniac stole my patio umbrella. While I decide if I should wage a campaign of destruction against the city's criminal underbelly or go buy a new one, memorializing the old one in ink seems an appropriate way to grieve.
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #restinpeace
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #restinpeace
A quick sketch from a recent beach trip. I'm happy with the dimensionality of the pool floaty but underwater caustics are hard.
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #swimmingpool
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #swimmingpool
July 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A quick sketch from a recent beach trip. I'm happy with the dimensionality of the pool floaty but underwater caustics are hard.
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #swimmingpool
#ballpointpen #sketchbook #swimmingpool
When cats lounge around in weird poses it's cute. When humans try to do the same thing it's inappropriate. Flagrant double standard right there.
July 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When cats lounge around in weird poses it's cute. When humans try to do the same thing it's inappropriate. Flagrant double standard right there.
The equivalent of pulling an old sketchbook out of the basement: Looking through ancient Photoshop files. I forgot I did this during my digital painting days, which were so long ago now that this .psd would be able to legally purchase alcohol in several countries and Canadian provinces.
July 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The equivalent of pulling an old sketchbook out of the basement: Looking through ancient Photoshop files. I forgot I did this during my digital painting days, which were so long ago now that this .psd would be able to legally purchase alcohol in several countries and Canadian provinces.
June 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The first and last pages of my current sketchbook. About 16 months apart. It usually doesn't take that long for me to fill a sketchbook, but the last couple years have been full of distractions. All from reference.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #progress
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #progress
June 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The first and last pages of my current sketchbook. About 16 months apart. It usually doesn't take that long for me to fill a sketchbook, but the last couple years have been full of distractions. All from reference.
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #progress
#sketchbook #ballpointpen #progress
Someone I know from high school with large, intricate tattoos on her back and leg. I find tattoos difficult to draw as they obscure the forms that I look for when drawing people. Yet another thing I should practice more, I guess.
June 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Someone I know from high school with large, intricate tattoos on her back and leg. I find tattoos difficult to draw as they obscure the forms that I look for when drawing people. Yet another thing I should practice more, I guess.