Shop update is live at rusapenarts.com 3 new waterproof, vinyl sticker designs and 7 custom fountain pens

I was able to catch a bit of direct sunlight after work last night and snapped a few pics of my next batch of custom fountain pens! These will be available on my website RusaPenArts.com on April 21st!

Doing some last minute sealing/touchups for my next pen batch. 😌 May the resin gods be in my favor (PLEASE)

I got a new schedule at my day job and I'm so happy. It'll give me more time to work on pens!

A new design, perhaps? Another custom fountain pen work in progress! I'm thinking maybe mushrooms or something

I added a bit of water to the ink in this pen and LOVE it. It's a bit more green in person but it shows off the chromashading so much better. Top 3 lines is before I added water and the bottom is the same ink and pen but after

Work in progress for a custom Kakuno fountain pen! This will be listed on my website in my next shop update April 21st!

Commissions for custom fountain pens are open!! Just fill out the form here: rusapenarts.com/pages/commis...

Theme songs you can use to summon me: Sailor Moon (1990), Batman TAS, and X-men (90s cartoon). I will come running

It feels so silly when you have to reference your own art to remember how you did something xD yet here we are

Has anybody seen Kino's Journey? Currently watching the 2003 season and I'm really loving it. Reminds me a bit of Twilight Zone and Mushi-shi.

Watching Psycho Pass is....really interesting given current events over the last 2-3 years

Finally started watching Frieren (while working on pens lol) and it's not what I expected. There's this odd calmness to it. Kinda sad and nostalgic which fits the story perfectly. Reminds me of Mushi-shi or Ghibli movies.

Trying to figure out what my next stationery collection theme should be. Kitsune Flash 🦊✨ Or Celestial Pond 🌌🐟 Any thoughts?

Doing a lil bit of shop maintenance! Mostly just reorganizing or updating things here and there in preparation for opening up commissions!! It's not for another 2+ weeks but yanno

So my new custom fountain pen design Hang the Stars (2nd photo) was very popular. Buuut I can't get some of the supplies I use for it any more. So trying to rethink it using supplies I already have (1st pic). I haven't sealed it yet but what do you think?

Commissions for custom fountain pens will open on March 21, 2026! Slots will be very limited and on a first come, first serve basis.

For what it's worth...every time I get an order I do a happy lil wiggle in my seat.

Taking a minute to admire my own work xD I was packing orders when the light hit it just right. Custom black Jinhao 82 fountain pen

Shop update is live! rusapenarts.com

Shop update is tomorrow at 10am CST! Here's some of the pens that will be listed

I can't think of a name for this fountain pen design. Any suggestions? 😅

Well today I learned that my day job doesn't offer sick days. Like not even unpaid. Also learned that there is no federal law for sick leave outside of FMLA. Absolutely wild.

The resin gods were with me yesterday! My latest batch of custom fountain pens. All of them are Jinhao 82s. I think my favorite is the black pen with stars. What's your favorite?

Thinking about opening commissions again for custom fountain pens next month. Probably be very limited due to working full time at my day job but I've gotten a few messages on when they'll be open again

Had a customer at my day job say that she loved my personality and how I explain things in an easy way to understand and BOY HOWDY will I be riding that high for the next week

Today's one and only goal: FINISH THIS STICKER SHEET so I can work on my next batch of custom fountain pens

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this AWESOME page on DRAWING EYES by the talented @taco1704! The upper EYE FOLD has a big effect on the overall eye shape, and remember we may also see LATERAL CANTHAL LINES from that outer corner. #illustration #anime #gamdev #ART

WIP of what will hopefully become a sticker sheet for my next shop update! I'm going with a lotus theme to match my custom fountain pen design Lotus Pond-erings.

Made my first ever planners! 120gsm and fountain pen friendly paper! The art was painted by hand. I'm going to have 2 versions: 26 pages and 52 pages so one lasts 6 months and the other a whole year.

Working from home is legitimately the greatest. I can clean on my breaks, start a load of laundry, print out sheets for my new notepads. It's just amazing.

Was about to have a breakdown because ALL of my blankets, towels and like 1 weeks worth of clothes are currently being held hostage cause the padlock to the laundry room is broken. Was literally thinking about going to Walmart to buy some blankets so I can SLEEP

My attention span has gotten so bad that I usually need a video on in the background just to focus on my art. But lately I've been able to just have music. And it's just.....so nice. My brain is so much calmer. It's like a state of mind where my brain isn't an angry scribble. It's just....calm.

Finally starting to get out of the ugly phase!

Painting I've been working on! Hoping to use this for stationery designs once I'm finished 😁 It's been so nice to work with my @tooliartofficial markers. Their chisel nib markers are my favorite! I hope they release more color sets soon. #acrylicpaint #lotusflower #markerart

My shop update is live! Here's a few of the custom fountain pens available at rusapenarts.com

FINALLY FINISHED!!! My latest batch of custom fountain pens for my next shop update on December 1st! I'm hoping to have a few more finished but we'll see what the resin gods have to say about that.

Hoping to have this Spot Sprite custom Pilot Kakuno fountain pen done in time for my next shop update (December 1st)! A few touch ups and give the lil guys some eyeballs then it's on to sealing!

One of the new sticker designs for my next shop update (Dec 1st)! I mean who doesn't love cosmic fish swimming in a fountain pen ink bottle?

If you could pick one theme for stationery, which would it be? ☄️ Celestial Pond Or 🪷 Lotus Pond-erings?

Any artists who run an Etsy or shop: how do you plan shop updates? Not necessarily how you make the products but how you plan and organize it?

I have the day off which means it's SEALING DAY for these custom fountain pens!! May the resin gods be in my favor 😌

Next Shop Update (including pen drop!) will be December 1st! I was hoping to do one in November but with my new day job, I haven't had much time to work on pens.

Does anybody know the difference between the different Epson EcoTank printers?? Cause I wanna start saving up for one but I really can't find any decent comparison other than some have a bigger paper tray?

Acrylic markers, gel pens, and some good ol winter lofi. Name a better combo WIP of a sticker design. Finally getting to my favorite part: GEL PENSSSSSS

WIP of a new sticker design! Don't worry though! No celestial fish are being harmed in the making of this painting (nor is any ink being wasted trying to bottle them) #fountainpen #acylicmarkers

Commissions for custom fountain pens are closed for the foreseeable future! Thank you to those who commissioned me but I likely won't have time for them soon. I do want to open them again in the future but I don't know when that will be.

My fountain pen hoarding dragon stickers are officially on back order! I have more supplies to make more coming in on Monday so shipping might be slightly delayed. But they're still available on my website rusapenarts.com

Stickers are now available on my store! They're selling fast. Like really fast. I'm already nearly sold out and need to make more! rusapenarts.com/collections/...

Making stickers! Maybe! Hopefully! We'll see! It's my first time so hopefully they turn out well!