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Art Tools and SoftwareI'm a mere art hobbyist, so I try to get the most bang for
my buck. (See the Lonewall article on Getting Good Art Supplies Cheap.) Traditional Art: Sketching: Pentel GraphGear 1000 mechanical pencils | 0.3-0.9mm with 2H, HB and 2B lead Prismacolor Col-Erase NP Blue colored pencils Pentel Hi-Polymer erasers (both the Clic and "Brick" types) Tombow Mono Zero (for ATCs -- my new favorite eraser) Faber-Castell kneaded erasers (for lightening sketch layers before inking) Poster tack (for erasing colored pencils) Graphite: Castell 9000 series pencils | 8B-2H Prismacolor Ebony Random blending stumps from Hobby Lobby Inking: Copic Multiliner SP | 0.3mm, brush Pigma Micron | 005, 01, 02, 03, 05, 08, 1, brush Color: Copic Sketch (full color list here) Staedtler Triplus Fineliner pens (for colored lineart) Prismacolor Premier pencils (shading) Papers: X-Press It Blending Card (XPI) Canson XL Mixed Media (<size?>) Master's Touch Sketch (11x14, <huge>) Other Random Stuff: Panasonic KP-310 electric long-point sharpener ($3 Goodwill find - all of the Panasonic sharpeners are great choices) Epson Perfection 4490 scanner ($10 yard sale find) Computerized Art: Pixel art: Any computer I own. :-) GrafX2 - main suite, runs on just about anything Pixelformer - upscaling, minor edits, .psd conversion Digital art, comics, animations: iPad Pro 12.9" (4th Generation), ES2 "Suplex" Procreate - general art, edits, etc. ToonSquid - animations Krita - quick .PSD edits/studies Paint.NET - great for rapid fixes to scanned images |
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