Art Discussion

[Piney]

I like to use mechanical pencils best when doing traditional art. The lines are really thin, and looks nicer then regular pencils.

Yissss, I stopped using regular pencils years ago and never looked back Although I only use pencils for writing and sketching and never for finished drawings. I'm very out of practice shading with pencils and all that.

[Piney]

So many pens 

...And counting.

[daiseerose]

Yissss, I stopped using regular pencils years ago and never looked back Although I only use pencils for writing and sketching and never for finished drawings. I'm very out of practice shading with pencils and all that.

I am horrible on shading. I try not to do it, because it looks weird when I do.

[Curry]

Yissss, I stopped using regular pencils years ago and never looked back Although I only use pencils for writing and sketching and never for finished drawings. I'm very out of practice shading with pencils and all that.

Eeee, same! Except I do a small amount of shading with them if I don't intend to ink it. I have a really soft wooden pencil that I use for hair and soft shading and it's lovely, but apart from that, my latest pencil is a supercheap Bic Ecolutions 0.7mm mechanical pencil (like, 50 for 5 bucks at the drug store) and I like how it feels in my hand a lot :3c

[hushpiper]

OBJECTION some of those are clearly markers!

[Guardian G.I.]

Yissss, I stopped using regular pencils years ago and never looked back Although I only use pencils for writing and sketching and never for finished drawings. I'm very out of practice shading with pencils and all that.

I always break the lead in mechanical pencils, and these things are quite expensive here.

When I'm drawing something on paper, I use ordinary graphite pencils by Cretacolor. I have a Wacom Bamboo Pen for digital stuff.

[daiseerose]

I always break the lead in mechanical pencils, and these things are quite expensive here.

When I'm drawing something on paper, I use ordinary graphite pencils by Cretacolor. I have a Wacom Bamboo Pen for digital stuff.

My sister has graphite pencils, and I used it once and I'm not sure if I liked them or not

[jesty]

*rummages through art supplies*

Hrrm, I have a 4 graphite shading pencils (HB, 2B, 4B and 6B) and a .7 mm mechanical pencil, which I mostly use for sketching. I don't have any inking pens but it would be really nice to get one *v* I heard Microns pens are great!

Oh! And I went to my cousin's house (she's a really great artist) and she has boxes full of art supplies and materials including those cool blending markers. I tried to use them aaaand failed Just....need to practice more v___v
So I just borrowed a handful of coloring pencils and I am coloring some linearts that I printed from the Coloring Book Thread \o/
Mostly, Prismacolors and Portfolio brands. I-I think I am getting the hang of it...

[daiseerose]

*rummages through art supplies*

Hrrm, I have a 4 graphite shading pencils (HB, 2B, 4B and 6B) and a .7 mm mechanical pencil, which I mostly use for sketching. I don't have any inking pens but it would be really nice to get one *v* I heard Microns pens are great!

Oh! And I went to my cousin's house (she's a really great artist) and she has boxes full of art supplies and materials including those cool blending markers. I tried to use them aaaand failed Just....need to practice more v___v
So I just borrowed a handful of coloring pencils and I am coloring some linearts that I printed from the Coloring Book Thread \o/
Mostly, Prismaclolors and Portfolio brands. I-I think I am getting the hang of it...

Are blending markers used for blending? I'm sorry if this is a dumb question..

[Curry]

Are blending markers used for blending? I'm sorry if this is a dumb question..

They're just markers that don't leave harsh lines when used correctly, to get kind of a watercolor or paint-like appearance. I have a rather large amount of Prismacolor Premiers and I do rather like them, frankly. Copics are apparently also blendable markers and they're more expensive than Prismacolors, but both are rather costly :0

Here're prismacolor examples and here're some copic examples. Copics are reeeeally popular with anime artists @_@

I hope that helped :0 I personally really like my Prismas, but I've had them for years so some are running out and I had no idea how to art when I got them (it was... ehhhh... 5th or 6th grade, when I still pressed painfully hard and didn't know how to shade) so I have less-than-best memories of them. I tried them out more recently though and they do work very well v____v

[daiseerose]

They're just markers that don't leave harsh lines when used correctly, to get kind of a watercolor or paint-like appearance. I have a rather large amount of Prismacolor Premiers and I do rather like them, frankly. Copics are apparently also blendable markers and they're more expensive than Prismacolors, but both are rather costly :0

Here're prismacolor examples and here're some copic examples. Copics are reeeeally popular with anime artists @_@

I hope that helped :0 I personally really like my Prismas, but I've had them for years so some are running out and I had no idea how to art when I got them (it was... ehhhh... 5th or 6th grade, when I still pressed painfully hard and didn't know how to shade) so I have less-than-best memories of them. I tried them out more recently though and they do work very well v____v

It did
I like them, maybe I shall invest in some? Idk money might be a problem.

[Curry]

It did
I like them, maybe I shall invest in some? Idk money might be a problem.

They are fun to work with, but I know they've changed their style recently. It looked like Piney had the newer ones (none of mine are even brushes... //shot) but I have no idea how those ones are :0

Personally, I'd advise you to go for a couple individual ones (they're sold in packs and by individual markers) in some of the basic colors (the ones you think you might end up using the most) and see if you like how they feel so you don't end up down 300 dollars with a ton of markers you hate using :0

[daiseerose]

They are fun to work with, but I know they've changed their style recently. It looked like Piney had the newer ones (none of mine are even brushes... //shot) but I have no idea how those ones are :0

Personally, I'd advise you to go for a couple individual ones (they're sold in packs and by individual markers) in some of the basic colors (the ones you think you might end up using the most) and see if you like how they feel so you don't end up down 300 dollars with a ton of markers you hate using :0

They cost $300 a peice?

[Curry]

They cost $300 a peice?

Ohhhhn no oo ooooo nonononononononono that would be terrifying. They're usually around four dollars a piece, and although that's still pretty pricey (especially in larger quantities), it's much better than $300 ahaha

The sets cost up to that much depending on the quantity you buy. You can find more on the Prismacolor site and/or Copic marker site if you're interested :3c

[daiseerose]

Ohhhhn no oo ooooo nonononononononono that would be terrifying. They're usually around four dollars a piece, and although that's still pretty pricey (especially in larger quantities), it's much better than $300 ahaha

The sets cost up to that much depending on the quantity you buy. You can find more on the Prismacolor site and/or Copic marker site if you're interested :3c

Ok thanks! Not sure how my parents will feel about it though if I need to buy it online. My parents are anti- web shopping