manga supplies preference

[Sousakuryoku]

this thread is just to share what tools you use to create manga, and also what brands you prefer

EX: #2 Pencil, Mechanical pencil for detail, tones, Photoshop to clean it up, etc.

personally I use

-.5 Mechanical Pencil
-.05 Neopiko pen
-.5 Neopiko pen
-1.0 Neopiko Pen
-Photoshop

Im too poor to buy tones, so yea...

Neopiko rocks

[Hector0]

-kneaded eraser(I really need this)
-0.7 Mechanical Pencil
-Drawing Board(To keep my paper straight)
-Photoshop
-Ink Pen(The most needed one to me)
-#2 Pencil
-Tones(expensive but oh well, worth it!)

[kara-sam]

screen tones,
manga papers
micro- ((sakura)) .05~.8 -pens
drawing board
inks (black, white)
g-pen, naru-pen, spool-pen
brushes
and the most important tool of all!!!! pencil and eraser ~ ^_^

and I think that's about it... I use "painter" thingie for lettering.. and that's about it..^^

[puppetbomb]

• Usually a 0.5 Mech pencil (if I can find it)
• Ballpoint pen/ink pen (doesn't matter what brand)
• Photoshop 7.0 (clean up, fake tones, lettering)
• 8.5"x11" paper cut proportional to standard comic book paper.
• Grid ruler (Paneling)

... "Painter-thingy"....

[Guacamole-kun]

.5 mech pencil, (with the long twisty eraser X3 ) type B Deleter Paper, Copic Multiliners (mostly black .1mm, but I like other sizes & colors, especially red) My sister uses Deleter (Neopiko) pens, but I use Copic markers, so I just stick with that brand for pens as well. razz But Deleter G-pen ink is bombproof, I love it. XD too bad I suck wif G-pens. Tones are the enemy, but I use them sometimes. Deleter of courseness. heart

[Nox Vulpes]

I'll usually either pencil my work with a mechanical .5 lead pencil or real graphite pencils of various hardness/softness.
I'll use my scanner to get it into my computer.
Then I ink and tone and all the rest with either Comicworks or CGIllust2 (Both by DELETER), with the help of my lovely Xp-Pen (a tablet pen)! heart heart

[CB_Young]

6x8 Intuos
Painter Classic.

All digital, I guess I'm saving a tree.

Sometimes I do thumbnail sketches on whatever paper I happen to have lying arround, Other times, I do those right into the computer. Then sketch, and color in Painter, and do the lettering and touch up in photoshop elements.

[Kafuness]

14" by 17" Bristol board, O.5 lead, and various pen nibs with india ink.

I think using nibs gives lines more life. I love them. <3

[Bella Roi]

Traditional media:

0.5 mechanical pencil, Pigment Liner sketch pens (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7), dip pens/calligraphy pens, Zebra ball point pens, Pink Pearl papermate erasers, and Dr. Ph. Martins Bombay Indian Ink (black and white). The paper I use is just some cheap s**t that I get at Rite Aid. confused

Digital media:
PhotoShop, Painter Classic, Open Canvas (for sketching), Painter 8 (for backgrounds), Wacom Graphire2 tablet.


How good are those Neopiko pens, on a scale of 1-10?

[beanclam]

9x12 SMooth Bristol Board
...any mechanical pencil in reach
light table
03 and 08 Micron Sakura pens (they never smudge! Yay!)
Deleter screentones (scanned in for multiple use, of course)
6x8 Wacom Tablet
Photoshop 6.0
Comic Studio 2.0 (OMG... lots of tones!)

[DefiantDrifter]

-.3 mechanical pencil, because I like the control it gives me over .5
-sakura microns, 005-08
-sakura "graphic" pen 1 (for filling in black areas)
-Whatever paper I like at the moment.
-Photoshop 6

[Yu]

For sketching:
Paper: 8.5x11, any weight...must be above 92 in brightness.
Lead Holder: http://www.villagesupplies.com/staedtler_lead_holders.htm
Lead: 2mm (not .2 as in .3, .5, .7, nor .9) must be 2H -5H hardness, will use anything else handy.
Lead Pointer: http://www.cleansweepsupply.com/pages/skugroup1972.html
Electric Eraser: http://www.cleansweepsupply.com/pages/skugroup2091.html Yes, I use one of these, i love it!
Erasing Shield: http://www.dickblick.com/zz229/50/products.asp?param=0&ig_id=1352

For final output:
Opaque Projector: http://store.artcity.com/aro-225190.html (I have the older model)
cardstock: 9x12

[Seijaku_Ishida]

Give me my trusty .7 Staedtler mechanical pencil, some cheap 005, 01, 03 Microns, a right-angle ruler, computer paper, and Photoshop and I'll whip out a manga page, screentones and all.