Art supplies

haveabamboo • 28 April 2016 at 4:42 AM

Supplies I have (most to least used):

-Zig Mangaka Flexible (Medium, Fine & Medium brown)
-Sakura Pigma Micron pens (0.1, 0.05, 0.8)
-Pental Watercolour (24 colour set)
-Signo uni-ball pen (white)
-Finecolour Sketch Markers (172, 173)
-Zig Calligraphy pen (2.0)
-Zig Clean Colour Real Brush (skin colour)
-Zig Clean Colour (skin colour & brown)


I know that Copic markers are used by a lot of artists. Are they really worth it? And if I were to buy them, which skin colours should I get?

By the way, I want to know what you guys have and maybe we could trade knowledge of arts

sky • 9 July 2016 at 3:55 AM

@haveabamboo

I definitely recommend getting Copic markers, to me I really enjoy drawing with them. Great shading, and doesn't look patchy, has a really nice fine brush tip. If you were to plan on using them in a sketchbook, I recommend getting the Crescent Rendr sketchbooks, no bleed through whatsoever.

Right now I've been sketching practice and fun little doodles in a MUJI sketchbook, you can get them off Amazon in packs for a considerably low price. Their pages are thin, so pen and markers may bleed through, but it's basically like a school notebook kind of thing: not too fancy so it takes the pressure off of trying to draw nicely. Just a great way to plan out rough sketches.

Other materials:

- Copic Marker Copic Opaque White Pigment 30cc Jar
- Uni-Ball Signo Broad Point Gel Impact Pen White Ink
- Sakura white gel roll pens
(If you couldn't tell by now, I really love using white pigment)
- Pentel Arts Portable Pocket Brush Pen
- Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink Bottle, 14ml, Gold
- Pilot Color Eno Mechanical Pencil Lead
- 72 Set A Copic Markers
- Crescent Rendr Sketchbook
- Moleskine Art Plus Sketchbook (3.5x5.5)
- Pentel Graph Gear 500 Pencil + (0.3, 0.5, 0.7, 0.9 lead refills)
- Prisma Premiere Colored Pencils Set 48