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Your Pens
Ok, hands up whoever did a double-take at that title.
Post a picture of your favorite pen/pencil then a list of what you use day to day and why you like them.
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My main pen is a Yoropen Executive, makes writing large amounts pretty much painless. Also lets left handers see what they're writing and stops smudging. Ink smells really nice too. If you're doing exams or a lot of writing, you have to try one of these. They make an all plastic version which is much cheaper.
Other than that:
Muji 0.38 Ballpoint - Keep it with my notebook.
Rotoring mechanicals - Used for drawing, wouldn't have bought these if they weren't crazy cheap in a sale.
Muji eraser pen - Really good for small stuff.
(Tablet) Wacom Bamboo - Just the right size for my monitor, need to use it more.
Does anyone know of a good gel pen? I heard Thaed likes them but my experiences are rather smudgy (left handed, remember).
I'm going to put in a big order on Jetpens some time and wanted people's thoughts on a good all purpose sketching pencil, a good fine/extra fine permanent marker and maybe a left handed writer to top the Yoropen.
Post a picture of your favorite pen/pencil then a list of what you use day to day and why you like them.
====Start ====
My main pen is a Yoropen Executive, makes writing large amounts pretty much painless. Also lets left handers see what they're writing and stops smudging. Ink smells really nice too. If you're doing exams or a lot of writing, you have to try one of these. They make an all plastic version which is much cheaper.
Other than that:
Muji 0.38 Ballpoint - Keep it with my notebook.
Rotoring mechanicals - Used for drawing, wouldn't have bought these if they weren't crazy cheap in a sale.
Muji eraser pen - Really good for small stuff.
(Tablet) Wacom Bamboo - Just the right size for my monitor, need to use it more.
Does anyone know of a good gel pen? I heard Thaed likes them but my experiences are rather smudgy (left handed, remember).
I'm going to put in a big order on Jetpens some time and wanted people's thoughts on a good all purpose sketching pencil, a good fine/extra fine permanent marker and maybe a left handed writer to top the Yoropen.
Comments
All of my classes will accept work in pencil, but not all of them (mainly math) won't accept work in pen. So a few years ago I said fuck it and just bought a whole shitload of these things when they were on sale before the school year, and I've been using nothing but these ever since.
All in all, I'm not a big pen fan. My handwriting is piss awful, so I constantly have to erase and re-write words or letters to make them look neater and more readable (well, and I'm OCD with some of my schoolwork). Erasable pen sucks, and normal pen leaves me to scratching out too many times and making my work look a lot messier.
I use the pen for jotting down notes during classes, writing letters and in my journal.
Fountain pens are great since you can write swiftly, barely touching the paper. They also greatly improve you orthography.
While not necessarily for everyday use, when it comes to inking pictures, I find that there's nothing better than Copic Multiliners. It's not just the various sizes of the pens, it's the fact that they're very consistent, it dries quickly so you don't have smudging issues, and from my experience they're water-proof.
I often use a Pilot Precise V5 as well. I'm currently trying out a Sakura Micron pen for different things, since I heard it mentioned on Friday Night Party Line.
Bic Velocity. Simple. Cheap. Disposable. I destroy pens.
Does this one count?
For drawing, I prefer a 70lb weight paper due to its inviting texture and slightly firm stiffness.
I use one of these for all my penciling needs.
I usually use a Uni-ball for most of my pen needs. It's so much better than crappy BIC pens.
Anyway, for REAL pens:
That's really all the writing I do.
For pencils I'm happy with any sturdy pacer... They've gotta be sturdy though. Sooo many pacers are plain flimsy, blegh.
For a while I used the Foray Gel Retractable Rollerball Pen. It is ok, but out of the 12 that comes in a box, 5 are always defective, and since I write a lot the ink was gone in less than a week.
Right now I am using a Lamy Charcoal Safari, and I am enjoying it a lot
*Okay, I realise that's probably not a technique anyone else in the world uses/recognises, ahaha. Example here.
I've always been a Pentel RSVP pen fan. I like the look and feel. The twirling and spinning is perfect.
As for mechanical pencils, I like using the cute ones you get at the cutesy Hello Kitty stores along with mechanical erasers, however my overall choice is the Paper Mate PHD pencil. It's bulkiness makes it really easy to spin.