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== New Products Introduction ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. We have more new products to talk about. We're going to talk about pen shows. I have some knock news to share that might shock you. But first I need to talk about our good friends at Express VPN. This episode of the Pen Attic Podcast is brought to you by Express VPN. Sometimes cybercrime seems like something from the movies. It's hard to imagine someone trying to get a hold of your information. But stealing data using public Wi-Fi is an easy way for the bad guys to make money. And it happens to normal people like me and you. If you leave your internet connection unencrypted, your passwords and credit card numbers could be vulnerable. But there's something you can do to protect yourself from cybercriminals. Start using Express VPN. Not tomorrow or sometime next week. Today. Express VPN works by securing and anonymizing your internet browsing. It encrypts your data and hides your public IP address. With easy to use apps that run seamlessly in the background of your device. You can turn on Express VPN protection with just one click. Then you're free to safely surf on public Wi-Fi without being snooped on or having your personal data stolen. Express VPN is rated the number one VPN service by TechRadar. It even comes with a 30-day money back guarantee. Now, Myke, I travel a pretty good amount. And I was happy to pony up. I'd always used a VPN when I travel for different Wi-Fis. And I was happy to give Express VPN a try. And I'm super happy with it. It really is. After you install it, it really is one click to protect you. That's it. Even on your mobile devices, on your laptop, tablets, anything. So for less than $7 a month, you can get the same Express VPN protection that I have. If you ever use public Wi-Fi and want to keep the bad guys away from your data, you need Express VPN. So go to expressvpn.com to learn more. Protect your online activity today and find out how you can get three months free at expressvpn.com slash pinaddict. That's E-X-P-R-E-S-S-V-P-N.com slash pinaddict for three months free with a one-year package. Our thanks to Express VPN for their support of the pinaddict and all of Relay FM. So as always, putting together the show notes, I knew we had a couple of new things to talk about. And then our good friend, Anna Reiner from the Well-Appointed Desk, dropped an Instagram post about her new coloring oversize. I guess we would call this not quite a notebook sketchbook. It's basically coloring on steroids. And it's awesome. What do you think about this product? Yeah.

'''Myke Madison:''' And my immediate response to that was, I want this. It's so good. Also, in thinking about it, I'm like, what am I going to do with this? I don't care. I'm going to get one. Because, I mean, the coloring stuff is really good paper. And I really like Anna and her husband. And they do a great job putting that stuff together. So, yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, I was scrolling back through your Ink Dependence blog, which we'll go through where to find Myke online. But you can go to inkdependence.com, among other places, and see a lot of ink reviews. And you use a lot of different coloring products. You use the coloring. You use the color decks. Do I have this right? Yeah. That's, I think, 100% of the coloring products. Yeah. So, now there's a third one. I'm pretty sure this is going to be in your workflow, right?

'''Myke Madison:''' Probably. So, I mean, like you, I only saw this yesterday or today. I think it was last night, maybe. Yeah. But, yeah. I'm sure I'm going to figure out something to do with it. I don't really know what yet.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Madison:''' But, yeah. I really like the color decks cards are my go-to now. Gotcha. I was using the Moramon Nemosyne cards a long time ago, as was everybody else. And then those went away. And then coloring cards are definitely a step up from those. And the color decks cards are really great. I got a couple of Rolodexes full of color decks cards and coloring cards over here. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' They're great things. Yeah. So, I'm a color ring user, and I really enjoy it. And the Oversize, it's definitely going to feel kind of sketchbook-y, right? Because this paper is thick. That's the idea behind this coloring. It's for heavy, you know, ink sampling. But you can use it for general writing, regular sketching, you know, anything you want to do. So, it'll be interesting to see how people choose to use the Oversize. And I think that's what's cool about this product, is it will have kind of less rules, maybe, than what we see in the standard color ring or color decks cards, right? Your space is limited there. So, I have a feeling we'll see some pretty neat stuff with the Oversize. So, I think they're launching at the St. Louis Pen Show here in a couple weeks. So, that should be cool.

'''Myke Madison:''' The paper's not really all that thick. I mean, it's 100-pound paper. It's not like it's cardstock. So, I mean, I could... I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with this thing, just looking at it. I'm like, man, I don't know. But I am... Like you said, I'm really excited to see what other people do with it. Yep. That'll help me figure out what to do with it.