I've got my turqouise leads, rotring rapidographs, faber castell PITT pens, and some Copic Sketch Pens, what do you guys all use for freehand rendering?
I think I enjoy the PITT's the most if I need color. I want to love the Copic's because they cost me a fortune but I can't seem to control that damn brush as well as the PITT's. I know a lot of people like Chartpak and Prismacolor, why?
Oh, m.arch portfolio/application hell.
seopee
Oct 24, 06 1:59 am
hahaha, i just wanted to ditto your "m.arch portfolio/app hell" comment. sorry can't be of help -- background is non-arch and i'm terrible at drawing. i just use a pencil or sharpie, whatever's more in reach.
atowle
Oct 24, 06 6:02 am
Nice cheap and simple black pen for thick lines (Pilot V Signpen) +
Nice cheap and simple black pen for thin lines (Pilot Hi-Techpoint V5)
Barely ever touch my Rotrings, too much hassle.
James Mayers
Oct 24, 06 6:15 am
Ditto the above. Also those clasp pencils, can't remember any makes...also use Copics (or whatever the brit equivalent is) pretty widely for the colour rendering bit...
Quilian Riano
Oct 24, 06 6:58 am
Gabe Bergeron
Oct 24, 06 9:34 am
pigma microns
remonio
Oct 24, 06 9:57 am
Sanford Uniball Micro
Erin Williams
Oct 24, 06 10:55 am
I use the faber castells for sketching as well. I have the set of blacks of varying thicknesses, then a small color set. But for serious rendering work I use my prismacolors. If you think they're expensive, but them up one or two at a time. Every time you go to the art store for paper, drafting tape, and foamcore, add on a prisma to the order, and you'll have a set before too long.
AP
Oct 24, 06 11:09 am
Carl Douglas (agfa8x)
Oct 24, 06 5:22 pm
Rotring's disposable felt-tips are good and come in a nice range of thicknesses.
strlt_typ
Oct 24, 06 5:42 pm
i use either a sanford uni-ball fine for lines or the thin tip sharpie...the thin-tip sharpie can bleed to the other side of the page if the paper is not heavy...
i use prismacolor colored pencils for color rendering...much easier for me to use just because i can apply the colors slowly and layer them...doesn't give a high tech look though like the markers
anarchitech
Oct 24, 06 5:50 pm
Pigma Micron 03 or 05 first, then thick them lines up with Pilot Signpen and/or Sharpies.
Prismacolor Pens- using the 30% and 70% gray first for shading- then blending with colors over it.
Depending on scale of drawing, and on what kind of paper- must evaluate that first before choosing weapons of choice...
color & tone: prismacolor grey tones,colors & blender
to ink i just pick 2 or 3 pens; i like the staedtler F
archetype
Oct 26, 06 2:06 am
pentel sign pen for layout and most sketches
v&c "stylist" for fine lines
PITT or Pigma-Micron brush pen, Kohinoor NEXUS for sketching
AD and TRIA markers in assorted colors.
Somnambulist
Oct 27, 06 2:45 pm
I would highly recommend "Le Pen", they are super cheap, fun to use, come in some interesting colors, and fit real well into a spiral bound sketchbook. maybe im only saying that because my office supplies them and i can take as many as i want as often as i want...
liberty bell
Oct 27, 06 2:57 pm
Delvis, my old office stocked LePens and they are my favorite - but I can't find them anywhere! Will have to start buying in cases off the internet I suppose - I'm tired of using Sharpies.
archrise
Oct 27, 06 5:05 pm
I can't ever stick to any one pen for any length of time. It all goes in cycles, continuously finding new things to draw with. I don't do many finished renderings but for sketching I have recently adopted construction pencils for their flat led enabling different line thicknesses from one pencil on the go.
guppy
Oct 27, 06 6:26 pm
I don't understand the question
Colby Cline
Jun 27, 19 5:53 pm
Chartpak AD markers are great and give you some good bold color. They are especially nice when adding some colors to a sketch over trace paper. Highly suggested and long lasting markers.
SneakyPete
Jul 1, 19 3:21 pm
And they smell SO NICE.
tduds
Jun 27, 19 6:32 pm
Micron + Chartpak.
atelier nobody
Jun 27, 19 7:20 pm
All of them.
Non Sequitur
Jun 27, 19 7:25 pm
6mm graphite leads and charcoal sticks on canary yello trace or GTFO.
Buts that’s too messy for office use. Fountain pens and 0.7mm graphite. Oddly, the same I was using 13y ago when this thread was first created.
tduds
Jun 27, 19 7:35 pm
This is probably a very unpopular opinion, but I can't stand graphite. I hated pencils even as a kid. Also never been fond of yellow trace.
Non Sequitur
Jun 27, 19 7:49 pm
Them be fighting words. Pistols at dawn!
midlander
Jun 27, 19 9:31 pm
i'm with you, yellow trace looks old and dirty for no good reason. graphite is fine, but i make too much of a mess smudging it. various micron, staedler and japanese fragrant ink pens for everything
tduds
Jul 1, 19 12:45 pm
I think it's because I'm a lefty. Smudges everywhere.
curtkram
Jun 27, 19 9:46 pm
flair paper mate. Anything else is just a crutch.
atelier nobody
Jul 1, 19 1:38 pm
Only the REAL flairs I get shipped from the UK - the "flairs" sold in the US are trash.
I've got my turqouise leads, rotring rapidographs, faber castell PITT pens, and some Copic Sketch Pens, what do you guys all use for freehand rendering?
I think I enjoy the PITT's the most if I need color. I want to love the Copic's because they cost me a fortune but I can't seem to control that damn brush as well as the PITT's. I know a lot of people like Chartpak and Prismacolor, why?
Oh, m.arch portfolio/application hell.
hahaha, i just wanted to ditto your "m.arch portfolio/app hell" comment. sorry can't be of help -- background is non-arch and i'm terrible at drawing. i just use a pencil or sharpie, whatever's more in reach.
Nice cheap and simple black pen for thick lines (Pilot V Signpen) +
Nice cheap and simple black pen for thin lines (Pilot Hi-Techpoint V5)
Barely ever touch my Rotrings, too much hassle.
Ditto the above. Also those clasp pencils, can't remember any makes...also use Copics (or whatever the brit equivalent is) pretty widely for the colour rendering bit...
pigma microns
Sanford Uniball Micro
I use the faber castells for sketching as well. I have the set of blacks of varying thicknesses, then a small color set. But for serious rendering work I use my prismacolors. If you think they're expensive, but them up one or two at a time. Every time you go to the art store for paper, drafting tape, and foamcore, add on a prisma to the order, and you'll have a set before too long.
Rotring's disposable felt-tips are good and come in a nice range of thicknesses.
i use either a sanford uni-ball fine for lines or the thin tip sharpie...the thin-tip sharpie can bleed to the other side of the page if the paper is not heavy...
i use prismacolor colored pencils for color rendering...much easier for me to use just because i can apply the colors slowly and layer them...doesn't give a high tech look though like the markers
Pigma Micron 03 or 05 first, then thick them lines up with Pilot Signpen and/or Sharpies.
Prismacolor Pens- using the 30% and 70% gray first for shading- then blending with colors over it.
Depending on scale of drawing, and on what kind of paper- must evaluate that first before choosing weapons of choice...
layout: sanford col-erase blue & carmine red
ink: staedtler permanent lumocolor F, M, S, & B, staedtler pigment liner 0.1-0.7, pigma micron 0.1 - .07, le pen, pentel sign pen
color & tone: prismacolor grey tones,colors & blender
to ink i just pick 2 or 3 pens; i like the staedtler F
pentel sign pen for layout and most sketches
v&c "stylist" for fine lines
PITT or Pigma-Micron brush pen, Kohinoor NEXUS for sketching
AD and TRIA markers in assorted colors.
I would highly recommend "Le Pen", they are super cheap, fun to use, come in some interesting colors, and fit real well into a spiral bound sketchbook. maybe im only saying that because my office supplies them and i can take as many as i want as often as i want...
Delvis, my old office stocked LePens and they are my favorite - but I can't find them anywhere! Will have to start buying in cases off the internet I suppose - I'm tired of using Sharpies.
I can't ever stick to any one pen for any length of time. It all goes in cycles, continuously finding new things to draw with. I don't do many finished renderings but for sketching I have recently adopted construction pencils for their flat led enabling different line thicknesses from one pencil on the go.
I don't understand the question
Chartpak AD markers are great and give you some good bold color. They are especially nice when adding some colors to a sketch over trace paper. Highly suggested and long lasting markers.
And they smell SO NICE.
Micron + Chartpak.
All of them.
6mm graphite leads and charcoal sticks on canary yello trace or GTFO.
Buts that’s too messy for office use. Fountain pens and 0.7mm graphite. Oddly, the same I was using 13y ago when this thread was first created.
This is probably a very unpopular opinion, but I can't stand graphite. I hated pencils even as a kid. Also never been fond of yellow trace.
Them be fighting words. Pistols at dawn!
i'm with you, yellow trace looks old and dirty for no good reason. graphite is fine, but i make too much of a mess smudging it. various micron, staedler and japanese fragrant ink pens for everything
I think it's because I'm a lefty. Smudges everywhere.
flair paper mate. Anything else is just a crutch.
Only the REAL flairs I get shipped from the UK - the "flairs" sold in the US are trash.
chartpak or you suck