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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Whoops! Almost forgot! Day 24 of the #penstore calendar!

Two photos, one of a calligraphy pencil under an open calendar lid and the other of the pencil and written text that says “Happy Holidays”.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Day 23 of the #penstore calendar! I couldn’t think of anything Christmas-y to draw. XD

Two photos, one of a blue gelly roll pencil under an open calendar lid and the other of the pencil and a drawing of an “octopus” with 5 legs.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Day 22 of the #penstore calendar. Finally got a colored pen. XD …a brown one so scribbled a gingerbread man. XD

Two photos, one of a brown colored pen under an open calendar lid and the other of the pen and a drawing of a gingerbread man.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Day 21 of the #penstore calendar. I like this marker. XD

Two photos, one of a light blue marker under an open calendar lid and the other of the marker and a drawing of a snowman in blue.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Day 20 of the #penstore calendar. I liked this paint more than the silver one.

Two photos, a tube of golden paint under an open calendar lid and the other of a painting of a golden bell with black lineart black ribbons and a black leaf.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Day 19 of the #Penstore calendar. This Sharpie even though it’s fine point it’s pretty…big. The paper bled a lot too which didn’t help. A bit surprised since it hasn’t bled for any other pencil. Oh well.

Two photos, a black sharpie fine point under an open calendar lid and the other of the sharpie with a chibi scribbled on white paper.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Day 18 of the #penstore calendar. Cute tiny little notebook. XD did a super fast sketchy chibi since I should’ve gone to bed hours ago but have been working on a school project.

Two photos, a tiny square grid notebook with a yellow cover under an open calendar lid and the other of the notebook with a chibi face scribbled on the first page.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Day 17 of the #penstore calendar. A purple pen. Slightly disappointed that the ink wasn’t purple. XD;;

Two photos, a purple pen under an open calendar lid and the other of the pen and flowers drawn with the blue ink of the pen.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Day 16 of the #penstore calendar. I had planned to draw something, but while I was pondering what to draw I was also pondering the characters and their dramas in my current story so I wrote down some of the reoccurring cast instead and am still pondering the others. XD …I like the pencil.

Two photos, a pencil with purple graphite under an open calendar lid and the other of the pencil and a list of names of characters with their occupation and pronouns.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Day 15 of the #penstore calendar. Apparently I forgot to ad in the opening of the lid photo yesterday. XD oh well.

Two photos, one of a sample baggie of red acrylic paint under an open calendar lid and the other of the sample baggie and a drawing of a mushroom.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Day 14 of the #penstore calendar. I forgot to post again. XD;;

Two photos, one of a sharpie gel pen under an open calendar lid and the other of the pen and a drawing of a red bow.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Day 13 of the #penstore calendar. Time really flies fast. A quick chibi sketchy of the character that sneaked in yesterday. Their name is currently Alric.

Two photos, one of a stablio pen under an open calendar lid and the other of the pen and a drawing of a chibi character in black.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Day 12 of the #penstore calendar. Almost forgot about it since I was busy drawing digitally XD;;

Two photos, one of a gold crayon under an open calendar lid and the other of the gold crayon being held up by a finger and the drawing of stars and hearts on a black paper laying on top of a graphic tablet with a digital drawing of a super pale person with black hair and glowing yellow eyes.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Day 11 of the #penstore calendar. It’s opal coppar from Zig Kuretake, it’s a very sparkly color that I couldn’t really capture in a photo. XD …I like it.

Two photos, one of a paint block under an open calendar lid and the other of the paint block and the painting of stars on a black paper.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Day 10 of the #penstore calendar. Silver paint! I like the idea but I didn’t like the paint as much. Used the brush from yesterday.

Two photos, one of a paint tube under an open calendar lid and the other of the paint tube and the painting of an eye and an eyebrow with silver paint.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Day 9 of the #penstore calendar…today I got a brush. I like it a lot. :3

Two photos, one of a Raphael brush under an open calendar lid and the other of the brush and the painting of a person with a long bowl cut hiding their eyes.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Day 8 of the #penstore calendar. Busy working on the school project that I have to submit on Wednesday but managed to scribble a bit.

Two photos, one of a red ecoline brush marker under an open calendar lid and the other of the marker and the drawing of a stylized rose with black liner and black leaves.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Day 7 …almost forgot to do the #penstore calendar today because I was busy with schoolwork. XD

Two photos, one of a fancy box of a blue pastel crayon under an open calendar lid and the other of the open box and the crayon out and a quick sketch of an anime character with a long bowl cut.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

No you can’t. There’s a window there too.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 6 of the #penstore calendar. Another acryl paint. This time from the same company as the airdry clay. XD

Two photos, a blue tube of acrylic paint under a lid of a calendar. The second is a painted drawing of blue grapes.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Day 5 of the #penstore advent calendar. I was surprised by this day. Quickly threw together a rose. I have played with clay before but not very often. XD

Two photos, first is a photo of a packet of pink air-dry clay under an advent calendar lid, second is a clay rose on a white table next to the empty clay packet.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Day 3 of the #penstore advent calendar. I like this pen. :3

Two photos, on the first one is a blue liner pen under the lid of an advent calendar. The second photo has 3 flowers drawn with the blue liner and the pen laying next to them.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Second day of the #penstore calendar. :3 I will get some more sharpies in the future. XD …I hurried this chair since I have to go to bed early for Genshin Impact shenanigans tomorrow.

Two photos the top one is an open lid of an advent calendar with a pink sharpie pen under it. The other photo is of the same pen and a pink chair with black line art.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

First day of the #penstore :3 got sennelier acrylic paint. I think it’s cadmium red. They don’t seem to have this size on the site so I’m presuming that this tube cost around $1.

Two photos the top one is an open lid of an advent calendar with a tube of paint under it. The other photo is of the same tube and a painted red apple with black line art and a with dot to make the apple look glossy.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Woop! Will be opening up an art tool advent calendar from #penstore this year too! Hoping to have more time this year to actually do more than just an eye each day but we’ll see. I’m studying right now so won’t know until then how much time I will have. Am also working on a comic right now. :3

An advent calendar that is metallic purplish pink with a splash of yellow that says “Christmas of creativity”

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

At least one bingo and one kind of XD;; …I only name layers when it’s “necessary” XD;; …this was fun. :3 #art

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Woop! The #penstore advent calendar also had a 20% coupon that I took advantage off and bought Xmas gifts for me and my sibling. XD; This is my gift to myself. It arrived today. :) (ordered on the 23rd) hoho, I’m gonna paint the characters from my comics when the programming classes are finished. :)

A sage green A4 Leuchtturm1917 sketchbook, a Canson multipurpose paperpad, a set of penstore watercolor brushes, 2 mechanical pencils and a 48 piece Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor set laying on a grey bedcover.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Did a quick sketch of Rou’s cottage. One of the main characters in one of the comics that I’m working on. :3

A cottage with a secret room, lots of book cases and the kitchen is used to cook food and for potion making. It’s a pretty fancy cottage as it has a water closet which is a bit uncommon in this world but it’s getting more common with indoor plumbing, at least for the rich people.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

The last day of the #Penstore advent calendar! Happy Holidays everyone! …if I remember next year (or can afford it, I will hopefully be studying full time next year) I will be getting this advent calendar again. I thought it was worth it. :3

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 24 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and three tubes of acrylic paint inside (blue, red & yellow). The third is the tubes on a white table, the last photo is of an eye (blue iris, blue eyeliner, orange eyeliner and yellow eyeliner on the outside and brown purpleish eyebrow) and 4 hearts and a couple of green leaves and purple berries with the brush hovering over the painting.

All “24” items (did get 3 paint tubes on the 24th) from the calendar laying on the back of the cardboard box that the calendar came in.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Wooop! After today it’s only one more day left of the #Penstore advent calendar. …Today it’s a brush. Would’ve been nice to get that before all the water and acrylic paints…well. Sure I have brushes. But not everyone do. Used the cobalt blue paint from Zig Kuretake again. :3

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 23 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the brush inside. The third is the brush on a white table, the last photo is of an eye and 23 hearts with the brush hovering over the painting.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Day 22 of the #Penstore advent calendar. :3 …another sharpie. This one has a thick nib…Noticed while drawing the first heart that the marker might be like a posca and tried on a black paper as well. XD;

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 22 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the marker inside. The third is the marker on a white table, the last photo is of an eye and 22 hearts with the nib of the pen hovering over the drawings that is made over 2 different papers, a white and a black.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Another day another opening of the #Penstore advent calendar. …wow. It’s almost over already. Time flies. …this pen is okay but I don’t know if I’ll ever use it.

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 21 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the pen inside. The third is the pen on a white table, the last photo is of an eye and 21 hearts with the nib of the pen hovering over it.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

A small bit of backstory for the two main characters in my comic. :3 #worldbuilding #writingcommunity

Rou
As a child, Arounetti enjoyed learning and playing with magic. The adults in their life always told them that they had a gift for the art of Magic. Which made them more inclined to learn even more about the subject. When they were a preteen they started an apprenticeship with a witch in the next village over. Magic had become their whole life.

They had their whole life planned out as a village witch. However, when their cousin's parents died in a monster attack, she decided to move to the continent of Snowbound to join the monster hunter’s association. Arounetti followed her, which set them on a new harsher path. Now, they don’t know if they would’ve made the same choices...

Zalt
Zalt enjoyed music and adventure as a kid. He had a hard time sitting still and always had questions about everything. Some adults found him very taxing. At the age of 12, he had a big argument with his parents and ran away from home.

He traveled the world and lived as a street performer. When he was 18, he ended up in the Kingdom of Nordalunda, where he was employed as a messenger for the Royal Postal Service. He still travels the world as a messenger and believes that he is happy with his life.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Day 20 of the #Penstore advent calendar. A white calligraphy pencil. :3 I like it, it’s nice. :3

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 20 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the pen inside. The third is the pen on a white table, the last photo is of an eye, the name "Penstore" and 20 hearts on a black paper with the calligraphy pen hovering over it.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Day 19 of the #Penstore advent calendar. Today I got a metallic blue decor pen. It’s supposed to work on many materials so I tried it on what I had at hand next to my computer XD

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Here is day 18 of the #Penstore advent calendar. I got a micron…I don’t already got one of those. XD;; …at least this one is grey. X3

A pile of black micron pencils of different nib sizes on a white table.

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 18 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the pen inside. The third is the pen on a white table, the last photo is of an eye and 18 hearts with the pen hovering over it.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Oops, yesterday was day 17 of the #Penstore advent calendar and apparently I forgot to post yesterday (did open and paint, just forgot to post XD;). You’ll get yesterdays photos today and todays photos tonight (if I remember XD;) anyway. Got a zig kuretake aquarelle tin today. X3 love it.

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 17 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the paint tin inside. The third is the tin on a white table, the last photo is of an eye and 17 hearts.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Day 16 of the #Penstore advent calendar! …I thought this was a highlight. It looked exactly like…until I opened the lid. It’s black. XD;

Four photos, the first is the lid of day 16 of the calendar, the second is the opened lid and the marker inside. The third is the marker on a white table, the last photo is of the marker hovering over a drawn eye and 15 hearts.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Day 15 of the #Penstore advent calendar :3 …this time it’s a hot pink marker. I like this one too. XD

Four photos, the first one is of the day 15 lid of the advent calendar, the second photo is of the open lid and the marker inside. The third is of the marker on a white table and the the last one is of the marker hovering over a drawing of an eye and 15 hearts.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Day 14 in the #Penstore advent calendar. Only 10 days left! Time flies. ^^;; …anyway. I’ve not seen this brand before. I like it.

Four photos, the first one is of the lid for day 14 of the advent calendar. The second photo is of the open lid and the brush marker inside. The third is of the Giotto marker (of the color Aquamarine) on a white table. The last photo is of the marker hovering over a paper and an eye and 14 hearts drawn on the paper.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Today in the #Penstore advent calendar was a hot pink kneaded eraser. I have one of those already…somewhere…I don’t really use them. XD;; I never know where to store them so they don’t get full of cat hair. ^^;;

Four photos, the first is of the lid for day 13 of the advent calendar. The second photo is of the opened lid and a kneaded eraser inside. The third is of the eraser on a white table and in the last photo a hand is using the eraser on a graphite sketch of a group of people.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Today I got a colored graphite stick pencil from the #Penstore advent calendar. I like it. I think that so far my favorites have been this pencil, the Kakashi pen and the blue acrylic paint. Oh, and the red water color in a tin. I did like that one too. The artline marker brush was fine too.

Four photos, the first is a photo of the 12th lid of the advent calendar. The second photo is of the open lid and the pencil inside. The third is of the yellow pencil on a white table. The last photo is of the pencil hovering over a paper that has a yellow eye and 12 hearts drawn on it.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Today in the #Penstore advent calendar I got a tiny canvas…I have only used a canvas once before. Around 30 years ago. XD; …I did not like the experience then and I didn’t like it this time either. Water dont react like I want it to. XD;; …I prefer watercolor paper.

Four photos. The lid of the 11th day of the advent calendar. The second photo is of the open lid with the tiny canvas inside. The third photo is of the tiny canvas on a white table. The fourth photo is of a blue eye painted on the tiny canvas. The iris is a heart and there is also a heart on the right bottom of the canvas, below the eye.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

There was acrylic paint today in the #Penstore advent calendar. At least the color is pretty.

Four photos, the first one is of the 10th lid of the calendar, the second is of the opened lid and the paint bag inside. The blue acrylic paint bag is laying on a white table. The last photo is of watercolor paper with a blue eye and several hearts painted on it.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Today in the #Penstore advent calendar I got a kuretake marker. A “Zig clean color real brush” I’ve tried kuretake brushes before (for calligraphy) but not these. It was a very unfortunate color though. (073 - vanilla)

Four photos, the first one is of the 9th lid, the second is of the opened first lid and the pen inside. The third is of the pen on a white table and the last photo is of the pen hovering over a white paper and the faint drawings of an eye and a heart.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Done some quick worldbuilding today. Nordalund is the kingdom where the story will takes place. I’m not sure of the name yet but didn’t want to use “unnamed” to write about it. XD;; #worldbuilding

Lingon
The Aristocracy of Lingon is located in the southwest parts of the Snowbound continent. This was the country that first rose up against the Dragons and formed The Union to have the dragons removed from the world. They are now the leading force against the Monsters. They are also boasting the largest population on the continent.

Nordalund
The Kingdom of Nordalund is the largest nation on the continent of Snowbound, spanning from its central regions to the northernmost peninsula. Despite its large area, Nordalund is not the most populous country on the continent, as the harsh environment renders much of its territory uninhabitable. This is one of few independent countries that are not a part of The Union.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Lol, today I got a Kakashi (character from the anime/manga Naruto) pen in the #Penstore advent calendar. I did not expect that…

Four photos, the first one is of the 8th lid of the calendar. The second photo is of the opened lid and a peek at the pencil. A regular FriXion pilot pen but with an image of Kakashi on it that is laying on a white table. The last photo is of me drawing an eye, some hearts and a head on a printer paper using the pen.

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BasicDragon @basicdragon.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Today in the advent calendar of #Penstore I got another Sharpie. This time a fine point. It bled a whole lot more than the copic ciao on the same printer paper.

Four photos, the first is of lid number 7, the second photo is of the opened lid 7 and the pen inside. The third photo is of a black sharpie. The last photo is of an eye and 7 hearts.

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