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[essayfaire]

31 minutes ago, inkstainedruth said:

Hmmm.  Instead of the link about the poll, I got to some page saying that my computer was infected with malware.... 😞

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Guess I'm not looking.  I shared the video @Andrew_Lbased his submission on with a bunch of people.  What a couple of cut-ups!

[Astronymus]

6 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Hmmm.  Instead of the link about the poll, I got to some page saying that my computer was infected with malware.... 😞

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

I have filters active. It probably can't get through to me or it's an ad. I changed the link to another site.

[Andrew_L]

@Astronymus thanks. Maybe, but next time is July 9, and I have nothing))

 

@inkstainedruth Hmmm. No virus reports! By the link is an article about last stamp selection with all 5 examples.

 

ps: Oh, I just saw that the link has been changed, I'm referring to the current one on focus.ua.

[inkstainedruth]

The new link worked.  Thanks to both Astronymus and Andrew_L.

I'm sorry that you didn't win, Andrew (I was definitely rooting for you), but I did like the one with the tractor towing the tank....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Astronymus]

I'm sorry you got malware. But that page might have been fake. Not every warning is genuine. Might be ads or phishing. As long as you have some usual virus protection you should be safe.

[Andrew_L]

I'm not upset, I'm happy for the author of "tractor"

 

Girl with lightness feeling

 

(Maiora Mytho Origine w|custom UEF nib, Private Reserve Chocolat, Double A(A4))
 

http://lenskiy.org/2020/05/portraits-graphics/
http://lenskiy.org/2022/06/modern-maiora-mytho-origine/
 

[Sinistral1]

@Andrew_L Do you get all your nibs custom ground to an UEF to do your artwork?  Stay safe.

[abstract49]

23 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

Hmmm.  Instead of the link about the poll, I got to some page saying that my computer was infected with malware.... 😞

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Yup, me too!  Fortunately, I have Norton running in the background at all times, and a thorough scan disclosed no threats.

[Andrew_L]

11 hours ago, Sinistral1 said:

Do you get all your nibs custom ground to an UEF to do your artwork?

 

No! I have several pens/nibs that were with European F and I left them like that. In general, of course, UEF is more convenient for drawing because it allows for more elegant and precise shading. For writing, I mostly use Flex nibs or Italics with size around M. I don't regrind someone else's pen if the owner doesn't want it, but I test it anyway)). Mostly I regrind those pens that I really like and I would like to use them more often than just once a year to look at their attractiveness and dip in ink once))

[Andrew_L]

"Another 10,000 buckets and the golden key will be ours" (c) soviet Pinocchio (1936) /the analogy will probably be incomprehensible to the English-speaking community/, i.e. another stamp contest:)

 

"Peace is the highest value of humanity." 

 

(Pilot Capless VP w|custom UEF nib, Platinum Carbon Black, Canson Montval Watercolor 185gsm)

http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/peace-is-the-highest-value-of-humanity-posteurop/

 

[inkstainedruth]

On 7/7/2022 at 5:21 PM, abstract49 said:

Yup, me too!  Fortunately, I have Norton running in the background at all times, and a thorough scan disclosed no threats.

I don't have that, but I have MalwareBytes installed, and ran that last night and nothing was detected (I also have Ghostery installed) But it was a little startling to get that weird site AND to also NOT get to see the winning entries at first....  But the new link worked, and my laptop doesn't seem to have been infected with any nasty malware.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Astronymus]

6 hours ago, inkstainedruth said:

I don't have that, but I have MalwareBytes installed, and ran that last night and nothing was detected (I also have Ghostery installed) But it was a little startling to get that weird site AND to also NOT get to see the winning entries at first....  But the new link worked, and my laptop doesn't seem to have been infected with any nasty malware.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

Then it was most likely an ad. Good. I have several blocking features in place for ads, cookies and malicious ware. That's propably why I didn't notice it. Sorry for the scare.

[txomsy]

Or maybe we are being too naïve.

 

Cyberwarfare is one of the cornerstones of modern war. Point is, many sites (both in Ukraine and in countries that do not applaud the "other side") are being heavily attacked currently from original locations in the attacker's (or sympathetic with the attacker) sides.

 

That is just modern military action, which is why I bring it up (in the hope it is not infringing the forum rules: to the moderators, if you think this should be deleted, please do not hesitate, I'm all OK with this post being removed, it is not my intention to ignore the rules).

 

I'm witnessing cyberattacks everyday (no, I'm not naming the origin though I've been able to track most of them). It is a silent war fought in cyberspace, with continual wins and retreats.

 

So, it might have been a hacked page inserted with the intention of disrupting normal official government business that was restored as soon as the hacking was detected.

[Andrew_L]

 

(Pilot Capless VP w|custom UEF nib, Platinum Carbon Black, Canson Montval 185gsm(A4))
http://lenskiy.org/2020/05/portraits-graphics/

 

[Andrew_L]

Dmytro Korchynsky

 

(Maiora Mytho Origine w|custom UEF nib, Private Reserve DC Supershow Blue, Double A(A4))
 

http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/139-days-of-war-stoprussia/

 

[Andrew_L]

The bravest man of our time – the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine “Azov” regiment Denys Prokopenko, nicknamed “Redis”

 

(Pelikan Souveran M800, Diamine Matador, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/modern-pelikan-souveran-m800-red-stripe/

[abstract49]

2 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

The bravest man of our time – the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine “Azov” regiment Denys Prokopenko, nicknamed “Redis”

 

(Pelikan Souveran M800, Diamine Matador, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/modern-pelikan-souveran-m800-red-stripe/

As always, your art inspires on more than one level!

 

And not at all apropos to that, I have lusted for an M800 Red Stripe for years!

[Andrew_L]

@abstract49 Thank you!

 

Master Tsutomu Taya is the former president (理事長) of Wajima Urushi Association (輪島漆器商工業協同組合) and the former owner of Taya Shikkiten (田谷漆器店) that holds a history of 200 years in making lacquerware products.

 

(Wancher DreamPen True Urushi, Robert Oster Graphite, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/modern-wancher-dreampen-true-urushi-aka-tamenuri/

 

[essayfaire]

4 hours ago, Andrew_L said:

@abstract49 Thank you!

 

Master Tsutomu Taya is the former president (理事長) of Wajima Urushi Association (輪島漆器商工業協同組合) and the former owner of Taya Shikkiten (田谷漆器店) that holds a history of 200 years in making lacquerware products.

 

(Wancher DreamPen True Urushi, Robert Oster Graphite, Double A(A4))

 

Full review: http://lenskiy.org/2022/07/modern-wancher-dreampen-true-urushi-aka-tamenuri/

 

Andrew, wow!  You capture both the likeness and his attention to his craft/art.  Stunning piece of work.

[Andrew_L]

Thank you!