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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington)

@edharrington.bsky.social
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I mostly create at night. Mostly. www.neatoshop.com/artist/Ed-Harring…

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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A Victorian planchette is a small writing device popular during the late 19th-century Spiritualist movement. Séance participants would place their fingertips on the planchette, which would then move on its own writing out messages from the spirit world. #Skystorian #planchette #victorian #CoolS
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Schematics for Dr. Harold Listrom's "Automary Partitioner" - a 19th-century hand-operated hair parting tool consisting of two arms connected via a pivot. Drawn with Rotring Art fountain pen with Platinum carbon ink on a 11x14 Strathmore 300 Bristol Board #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
A drawing of a Automary Partitioner - scissor-like device with combs to part the hair
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Using a lightbox to apply my inks. #PenAndInk #FountainPen #Drawing
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Coffee-break skull sketch. Drawn with a Kaweco Sport fountain pen (1.1 mm nib) on a Strathmore 300 mixed-media pad (5.5x8.5") #PenAndInk #drawing #sketch #fountainpen #SciArt
Ink drawing of a skull with a brass fountain pen
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
A 19th-century advertising hand drawn in a weathered-engraving style for #FountainPenDay #PenAndInk #drawing #fountainpen
Engraving-style drawing of a hand pointing a finger in a sketchbook with a fountain pen
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Two skulls: My usual "illustrative realism" drawing style vs a more woodcut print style. It is really difficult for me to simplify shapes and not add details. Drawn with Kaweco Sport fountain pens in a Strathmore 5.5x8.5" mixed-media sketchbook. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen #SciArt
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Did you know that the Irish would carve faces into turnips (and other root vegetables) to ward off spirits? This tradition was the precursor to carving pumpkins at Halloween. My 2nd attempt at this drawing. #PenAndInk #FountainPen #Drawing #turnip #Halloween #skystorians
An ink drawing of a turnip with a face carved into it. Drawn in an old-world engraving style
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
When you need something to mindlessly draw, I highly recommend teeth. No straight lines, beautiful organic shapes - just perfect for sketching. Practicing an old engraving style with a Kaweco Sport #fountainpen (1.1 mm nib) with Platinum Carbon Black ink #PenAndInk #Drawing #Teeth #sketch #SciArt
Ink drawing of teeth done in a old-world engraving style with a brass fountain pen
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Playing around with drawing in an old wood-cut style. It is really difficult for me to simplify my illustrations - I really have to fight the urge to add tiny details! Drawn with a Kaweco Sport fountain pen w/ a 1.1 mm nib. #PenAndInk #Sketch #FountainPen
Woodcut style ink drawing of a skull with a brass fountain pen.
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Inking is always relaxing for me. I tend to pencil rather loosely, so this is the stage where the drawing "comes alive" Using Rotring Art fountain pens on Bristol. I use a lightbox to trace over my sketch - that way I don't have to worry about erasing. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen #SciArt
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Sea Pigs sketches. Scotoplanes are a type of sea cucumber that use a ring of feeding tentacles to sift through sediment for decaying organic matter on the sea floor and have tube-like feet for locomotion. Drawn with Rotring Art pens with Platinum Carbon and Sepia ink. #SciArt #Sketch #FountainPen
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The Veiled Mirror @theveiledmirror.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Join us next Sunday for our second ...But Not Forgotten: Victorian & Antique Market at Gallery 5 in Richmond. We have a great vendor lineup bringing you authentic antiques, oddities, clothing and jewelry from the 1700s to the 1940s. #antiques #oddities #popupmarket #rva #victorian
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Here's a drawing of a young woman with her pufferfish from about two years ago. I love the puffer, but wasn't too happy with how the linework in her dress turned out. Drawn with Platinum Carbon and Sepia inks in Rotring Art pens. #FountainPen #Drawing #PenAndInk #Pufferfish
An ink drawing of a young woman holding a pufferfish like a balloon
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Small Xenomorph doodle in a pocket notepad. How did you feel about "Alien: Earth"? I was just whelmed. 😐 Drawn with a Rotring Freeway fountain pen. #Alien #xenomorph #lv426 #FountainPen #sketch #drawing
Ink sketch of a Xenomorph
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Cute pufferfish detail from a larger illustration. 🐡 #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen #Pufferfish #SciArt
Pufferfish drawing in ink
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Saturday night digital sketching while watching "Portlandia." I like to roughly pencil in red, then tighten in blue before a final inking in black (not pictured).FYI It took me FOREVER to get used to drawing without looking at my hand! Wacom Intuos pad, Photoshop and a MacBook Pro. #drawing #sketch
A miniature skull being sketched on a MacBook with a Wacom Intuos pad and stylus.
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Which Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge are you today? #StarTrek #STTNG #GeordiLaForge
Geordi LaForge wearing different glasses
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Artists! Post your hot men art! 🔥
Bert and Ernie showing off their abs
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Schematics for Dr. Harold Listrom's "Articulated Linguatrope" - a 19th-century mechanical model tongue. Utilizing hand-cranked electromagnetic actuators, it can replicate the full range of muscular movements. Drawn with Rotring Art Pens on Strathmore Bristol Board. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
Patent schematics for a hand-cranked magnetic mechanical tongue
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Bobby Hill, but make it "Bob's Burgers" #KingOfTheHill #BobsBurgers #BobbyHill
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Morning coffee sketch: Rock Dove. The sclerotic rings of birds are fascinating! They are bony plates in the eye that aid in structural support. We mammals rely on fluid pressure instead. Drawn with a Kaweco Sport and Koh-I-Noor clutch pencil in a Lochby pocket notepad. #PenAndInk #Sketch #Anatomy
Ink sketch of a Rock Dove with a fountain pen and mechanical pencil
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Quick coffee-break sketch of a winged-skull gravestone from the 18th century. From the Billion Graves Blog: "Over time, the skull and crossbones gave way to winged skull gravestone symbols. The wings were symbolic of a soul fleeing mortality. It added a message of hope and resurrection." #PenAndInk
Pen and ink sketch of a winged skull headstone
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
QRP with something watery 🌊
Bobby Hill recreating the splash scene from The Little Mermaid
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
A one-of-a-kind "Wooly Windu" magnetic doodle toy that I made. Ages Padawan to Jedi. (I used a magnetic screwdriver instead of the included red stylus to avoid opening up the packaging, keeping it in mint condition) 🧲 #StarWars #MaceWindu #WoolyWilly #MagnetsHowDoTheyWork #ArtToys #Toys
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Friday night, drawing 19th-century devices while watching "Portlandia" and enjoying an espresso tonic. #PenAndInk #FountainPen #Drawing
Fountain pen drawing of a geared mechanism
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Happy #FacehuggerFriday to all who celebrate! #Peanuts #Alien #facehugger #lv426
Lucy holding an Alien egg, Charlie Brown with a facehugger
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
All of the "Peter Pan" references in "Alien: Earth" reminded me of this old cartoon from my archives. #Alien #lv426 #AlienEarth #Xenomorph #PeterPan
Disney's Peter Pan cornered by two Xenomorphs
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Schematics for Dr. Harold Listrom's"Prismatic Aerialscope for Poultry" - designed to allow chickens to see in front and above them at the same time to avoid predatory birds. Drawn with Rotring Art Pens with Platinum carbon ink on a 11x14" Strathmore 300 Bristol Board #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
A drawing of a chicken wearing an eyepiece made of prisms
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Saturday night, drawing chickens in a weathered-engraving style while enjoying an iced coffee and watching "Daria" (I never watched it when it first came on in the 90s). Rotring Art Fountain pen (fine nib), Platinum Carbon Black ink on Strathmore Bristol Board. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
A hand holding a fountain pen with an ink drawing of a chicken
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Today's coffee-break sketch: re-creating a tiny 1875 ad graphic for Joy's Cigarettes, a ‘very useful little agent for inhaling the smoke of stramonium.’ Datura stramonium was a common remedy for asthma at the time. #PenAndInk #drawing #sketch #skystorian #fountainpen
Ink drawing of a Victorian woman smoking a cigarette surrounded by "CIGARES de JOY * CURE ASTHMA"
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I was compelled to draw Sesame Street's Bert in banana form. "Bertnana" is available on a shirt in my Neatoshop, link in my profile. 🍌 #SesameStreet #Bert #Banana
A drawing of Sesame Street's Bert in banana form.
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Today's coffee-break sketch: Skull with Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. Why not add some mid-century modern to your anatomy doodles? Drawn with a Kaweco Brass Sport in a Lochby Pocket Notebook. #PenAndInk #Drawing #Sketch #FountainPen #PutAnEamesOnIt
An ink drawing of a human skull with an Eames recliner chair
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Schematics for Dr. Harold Listrom's "Broth Miser" - a 19th-century hat that utilizes a two-axis spill-proof swivel bowl to store liquids within the headpiece, allowing you to enjoy hot soup at any time. Drawn with Rotring art pens on a 11x14 Strathmore Bristol Board #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
An ink drawing of schematics for a Victorian spill-proof soup hat
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Work in progress on this dapper chap. These Rotring fountain pens have been discontinued and it is a shame.They've been a favorite of mine since 1993 when I started art school. I did manage to get three backups off eBay just in case. #FountainPen #PenAndInk #Drawing #Rotring
A hand holding a fountain pen, drawing a Victorian man with a cutaway top hat
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Friday night drawing session - "handsome fellow" edition. Using various Rotring Art fountain pens on a Strathmore 300 Bristol Board and Platinum Carbon Black ink. #wip #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
Ink drawing of a mustached man wearing a hat
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Today's coffee-break sketch: The bones of the foot. Anatomy reminder: The big toe has one less joint than the rest. Drawn with a Kaweco Sport (extra fine) in a Lochby pocket notebook. #PenAndInk #Drawing #Sketch #FountainPen
A small sketchbook with an ink drawing of the bones of the hand and foot
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Today's coffee-break sketch: Whenever I see the bones of the wrist I am always amazed that we can move our hands without it sounding like a jostling, domino-filled bucket. Drawn w/ a Kaweco Sport (extra-fine nib) in a 3.5x5.5" Lochby Pocket Notebook. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
An ink drawing of the bones of the hand in front of a stippled circle and a brass fountain pen to the side
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
I recently visited The Morse Museum and was REALLY impressed by the drawings of Louis Comfort Tiffany - they were so detailed, tiny and exact! Definite goals. Inspired me to get an extra-fine nib for my Kaweco (these pens are great for nib swapping). #FountainPen #drawing #PenAndInk #sketch
An ink drawing of a human skull and molar with a brass fountain pen
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I will never get tired of sketching teeth! 🦷✒️ #PenAndInk #Sketch #drawing #fountainPen
A sketchbook page with a molar drawing and fountain pen
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
On vacation, and all I brought was my pocket art kit that's always on me: A leather slip with a Koh-I-Noor clutch pencil that I cut down to 4", two Kaweco Sport pens (1.1 mm & fine), kneaded eraser + shield and a Lochby pocket notepad. What supplies do you always #EDC? #drawing #sketch #fountainpen
A small sketch of a femur with a fountain pen, kneaded eraser, leather pen slip and red clutch pencil
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Thursday night, sketching a skull. Drawn with Kaweco Sport fountain pens (1.1 mm and fine) w/ a mix of Platinum sepia and carbon pigment inks in a Lochby 3.5x5.5" pocket notepad. (I didn't bring my anatomical model on vacation, so this was drawn from a photo) #PenAndInk #FountainPen #drawing #Sketch
An ink drawing of a human skull with a brass fountain pen
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Another "Picard and Worf" sketch in the style of "Calvin and Hobbes." I may turn this into a finished illustration when I get back from vacation.🗡️🍎 #StarTrek #Picard #Worf #Batleth #sttng #CalvinAndHobbes #FountainPen #Sketch #Drawing #PenAndIbk
A drawing of Picard and Word in the style of "Calvin and Hobbes" with a blindfolded Picard about to swing a Bat'leth at an apple on Worf's head while Worf says "This isn't the Picard Maneuver" while consulting a manual
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"Awien vs Pwedator" -- Happy #FacehuggerFriday everyone! #alien #predator #xenomorph #lv426 #BugsBunny #ElmerFudd
A Xenomorph Bugs Bunny blocking the gun barrel of a Predator Elmer Fudd
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Quick Mickey Mouse sketch 👀 #mickeymouse #drawing #sketch #MyEyesAreDownHere
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Today's coffee-break sketch: Let's see how much Mickey Mouse I can draw in 12 minutes. He is surprisingly difficult to get right - one line out of proportion and the whole thing looks off! Kaweco Sport fountain pen and Koh-I-Noor clutch pencil. #PenAndInk #Sketch #drawing
A partially inked drawing of Mickey Mouse
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Quick infographic about what to do with lotion not in baskets. #TheSilenceOfTheLambs #BuffaloBill #JameGumb #PutTheFuckingLotionInTheBasket
An infographic about the proper lotion-to-basket placement
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
"Kill or be killed, eat or be eaten, was the law; and this mandate, down out of the depths of Time, he obeyed." Jack London, The Call of the Wild #WinnieThePooh #Piglet #HundredAcreWood
Piglet, stone-tipped spear in hand, wearing the head and skin of Winnie the Pooh
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
When you are the perfect organism but your ankles get cold. #FacehuggerFriday #alien #xenomorph #lv426
Xenomorph wearing leg warmers
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"In the Hundred Acre Wood, no one can hear you scream." Happy #FacehuggerFriday everyone! #Alien #xenomorph #WinnieThePooh #lv426
Winnie the Pooh, covered in blood and holding an axe, with a Xenomorph outside his window
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NothingHappenedToday (Ed Harrington) @edharrington.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Follow up to yesterday's pencil sketch: Inked with a Kaweco Sport fountain pen. You can see how much detail I add once I start inking - this part of the process is where the drawing "comes alive" for me. When the pencils are too detailed, inking gets tedious. #PenAndInk #Drawing #FountainPen
An ink drawing of a human skull with a black fountain pen
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