Favorite pencil?

[dolliegreen]

I use General's. They work great!

[Millie Baldessari]

ball point pen. pencils smudge.

[Reigeckt]

NuMedia Millie

ball point pen. pencils smudge.

This just proves how messy of a worker I am, but ball point pen can smudge too. lol

[Millie Baldessari]

MintySin

NuMedia Millie

ball point pen. pencils smudge.

This just proves how messy of a worker I am, but ball point pen can smudge too. lol

it dries pretty fast. You gotta act quickly to smear that s**t around.

[Reigeckt]

NuMedia Millie

MintySin

NuMedia Millie

ball point pen. pencils smudge.

This just proves how messy of a worker I am, but ball point pen can smudge too. lol

it dries pretty fast. You gotta act quickly to smear that s**t around.

This is true. I think it really depends on the pen though. Like the cheapo ones you get by the dozen smear really bad for a pretty long time. It's nothing like smearing a pencil drawing though so there's a definite plus to ball points there.

[Nathaniel Mea]

Mechanical Pencil with HB lead for when I'm just doodling crap and with a blue lead for when I am actually drawing something.

[Kovran]

I'd say my favourite would be my Staedtler pacer that I had to use for my graphics class with H leads. So clean, so smooth and never jams. Ever. Uhuhuhu
(I RAN OUT OF H LEADS AND I CAN'T FIND REPLACEMENTS! So i've had to settle for HB lead nowadays. OTL.)

Occasionally I end up using my pack of Derwent H to 9B leads that I got given a while back though.

[The Zorya]

I can't decide on brand, I totally love my TOZ soft led pencils which I can't find anywhere on market because they were dirt cheap, but awesome.
Stadler and faber castel are in my pencil box and I am satisfied, even though faber ones are twice as expensive as stadler and 3 times than TOZ. gonk

[THE WEENUS LORD]

Shading wise I like to use ebony pencils, but the only bad thing is that you still get the shiny lead look when you're done shading. crying

[Shanna66]

Nathaniel Mea

Mechanical Pencil with HB lead for when I'm just doodling crap and with a blue lead for when I am actually drawing something.

is there a reason behind using blue lead? alot of people seem to prefer it but im nopt really sure why

[Lonely Balloon]

Arararagi

deadly-lunar-panda

Im not sure of the brand but my 2H is my baby.
That or a regular cheap mechanical pencil.

I should probably invest in a mechanical pencil.... Sharpening these pencils are a bore...

Its a pretty good investment by my standards. I cant do without a sharp point. xD it annoys me.
Though I should probably start working with pen as well.

[Reigeckt]

I use mechanical pencils, the "click twist erase" kind because....I like them. XD I also buy lead that ranges from 4b to 4h. :3

[Nathaniel Mea]

Shanna66

Nathaniel Mea

Mechanical Pencil with HB lead for when I'm just doodling crap and with a blue lead for when I am actually drawing something.

is there a reason behind using blue lead? alot of people seem to prefer it but im nopt really sure why

When you ink it and scan it the blue doesn't show.

[Adalmina]

I think I mostly use H and 3B because those two I need to replace more often than others. So I guess they are my favourites then. smile

[Arararagi]

MintySin

NuMedia Millie

MintySin

NuMedia Millie

ball point pen. pencils smudge.

This just proves how messy of a worker I am, but ball point pen can smudge too. lol

it dries pretty fast. You gotta act quickly to smear that s**t around.

This is true. I think it really depends on the pen though. Like the cheapo ones you get by the dozen smear really bad for a pretty long time. It's nothing like smearing a pencil drawing though so there's a definite plus to ball points there.

I love drawing with pens. They give a certain smoothness (or scratchiness) that pencils can't (or at least I haven't used one that can yet).