What's all your favorite pens, papers, inks, and other physical writing tools?
I have gone down the rabbit hole and came out loving Kokuyo KB copy paper for my go to note taking paper. it's thin, inexpensive, loose leaf, and completely blank. It doesn't have bleed or feathering with even fountain pens, altho it can have a bit of ghosting. it's fine for scetches, and pen drawing, but it's not ideal for final work. My go to for completed drawings is IC manuscript paper. It's quite thick and smooth. Works well with dip pens and pencil. using a light box for inking a sketch from the copy paper works well.
for ball point pens, I like the pilot hi-tec-C 03 or the G2 different use cases. G2 is better for journaling, the hi-tec is better for drawing. the problem with ball points in general is uniform line weight which is why for inking I don't like uniliners of any kind. Brush pens are a bit hard to control, but dip pens are awesome.
I like the Zebra G-nib as the standard go to, but nikko G-nib is fine, if a little scratchier. for finer lines the nikko maru works very well, but a solid holder for the smaller mapping nib size is a bit hard to find. The dual use holders have a bit of wiggle in my experience which makes it hard to control so a dedicated mapping holder is best.
I like using sumi type inks for the most part. not water proof but I do my coloring digitally after scanning the inked pages. If I were doing coloring physically I might go for an india ink, or noodler's black.
anyway what's other people's favs?
2 Name: meat monster2024-09-05 14:44
i don't do any visual arts, the closest thing that i do is drawing little things when i note down stuff or drawing shapes to cut out for my tailoring projects but i really like a good pen. i have a bunch of these pens that one of my dad's previous workplaces would give out. they're the best low-end pens i've ever used. they write well, the ink has a nice deep blue color, they click nicely and they last forever. i keep two of em on my webbing and the rest of em in my desk. never used any high-end stuff. aside from pens, i keep a sharpie in my first aid kit. could come in handy. i should use lead pencils more often 'cause i like how writing with em feels but i haven't found a good way to secure one of em to a notebook or something else 'cause pencils usually don't have those little clips that a lot of pens have.
Oh yes I do love me some pen and paper!
What's all your favorite pens, papers, inks, and other physical writing tools?
I have gone down the rabbit hole and came out loving Kokuyo KB copy paper for my go to note taking paper. it's thin, inexpensive, loose leaf, and completely blank. It doesn't have bleed or feathering with even fountain pens, altho it can have a bit of ghosting.
it's fine for scetches, and pen drawing, but it's not ideal for final work.
My go to for completed drawings is IC manuscript paper. It's quite thick and smooth. Works well with dip pens and pencil. using a light box for inking a sketch from the copy paper works well.
for ball point pens, I like the pilot hi-tec-C 03 or the G2 different use cases. G2 is better for journaling, the hi-tec is better for drawing.
the problem with ball points in general is uniform line weight which is why for inking I don't like uniliners of any kind. Brush pens are a bit hard to control, but dip pens are awesome.
I like the Zebra G-nib as the standard go to, but nikko G-nib is fine, if a little scratchier. for finer lines the nikko maru works very well, but a solid holder for the smaller mapping nib size is a bit hard to find. The dual use holders have a bit of wiggle in my experience which makes it hard to control so a dedicated mapping holder is best.
I like using sumi type inks for the most part. not water proof but I do my coloring digitally after scanning the inked pages. If I were doing coloring physically I might go for an india ink, or noodler's black.
anyway what's other people's favs?