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Need to ask, what are some good pens for drawing. I'm hoping to buy a set. General, white n' black with the main colors. What's a good brand?

Ps, I couldn't decide where this belonged as far as the right board. So... Put it here for anything and everything >_<'

O.o whoa... i know, like, nothing about art pens. I tend to stay with colored pencils and graphite.

And I think this should go in the art board.

I use inking pens on my sketches before transfering them to the comp, or at least I used to. 0.1,0.3,0.5,and 0.7 Staedtler pigment liners are what I use, though I've taken to just using the pencil more and more.

i hate inking....
hm.. i use a Faber castell 0.7 pencil, a normal drawing pencil F and a 7B pencil.... never found a 9B pencil in hometown.. same with better pencils and sketch board

Alright, these are the pens I use:

* Micron Pens: these are sort of a standard, in terms of inking pens. They produce good quality lines, and a lot of artists use them for inking comics and other artwork. They produce a consistant line-width all the time, which might not be good if you want to create variable line widths. In terms of usage, they are pretty easy. They don't take a lot of practice to be able to use them effectively. However, the ink runs dry often, and the tip can break if used to hard. Comes in a variety of pentip sizes.

Quality: 4/5
Durability: 3/5
Difficult: 1/5
Price: 1.99/pen
Line width: constant

* Millenium Pens: These are similar to Microns in a lot of ways, producing a constant line width. The ink is a little lighter, I believe, but it doesn't tend to smudge as much as the microns. They are harder to find, and a little harder to get used to, but not much. The tips tend to break as well, but the ink doesn't dry as easily. I suggest this as an alternative to Microns.

Quality: 4/5
Durability: 4/5
Difficulty: 1/5
Price: 1.99/pen
Line width: constant

* Faber-Castell PITT artist pens: A little more "fancy," as far as inking pen go, in my personal opinion. The black inking pen set comes in three different line widths: S, M, L. This offers less variety, but these pens are able to product variable line widths individually, and are thus good when used correctly. They require a little more work to get used to, as the ink can run. It also comes with a brush-tipped pen, which can further take advantage of line widths.

Quality: 5/5
Durability: 5/5
Difficuly: 3/5
Price: 5.99/pack
Line width: variable

All of these are felt-tipped pens, except for the one from the Faber-Castell set, which is brush-tipped. I rarely use fountain pens, but i know that they have a difficulty far beyond that of a felt-tipped pen. A lot of professional artists take advantage of fountain pens, as they can be a powerful tool when used correctly. Currently, I ink all of my work digitally, using my tablet.

thanks Tom, heh, I didn't think you would be the one to awnser my question becuase of the fact you used a tablet for everything. Guess I was wrong though ehh? Thanks a bunch. By the way, I found out that you can use a tooth brush and white in for a splatter effect that's good for water effects, can't wait to try it, but I'll have to since I have nothing to try it on... comfortably...

Oh yeah, I also though this went in art but it said to post your art work and not questions on how or what. And the Faq? Like I said, Tom uses a tablet, didn't think he'd be able to help much. Heck, I even though media for a moment since I'm looking into the pro work that ends up on Tv. Nulled that out though since it isn't actualy media in it's self.

Not exactly a "pen" perse... But it is a writing utensil, so think it would fit in this thread.

I'm curious as to what the name of the pencil is that's blue and is good for sketches that get scanned, as the lines don't show. Secondly wondering where I could find one, and how much it may be.

Thanks in advance.

They're called "Non-photo blue pencils" usually.

http://www.artsuppliesonline.com/catalo ... ta_id=1532

There's one of them. You may also want to look up prismacolor non-photo blue pencils.