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PENICKart In reply to ChristianDiBari [2011-07-07 14:02:32 +0000 UTC]

I really love that thing. For me it always seems to start out slowly - the flow I mean - then it really gets going after a few minutes, sometimes almost too much, but that's what blotting paper on the side is for. I keep extra strips of bristol laying around to use for that. Go back to the actual page for the Blackcat drawing (I assume you're seeing this on your message page) and look at the response I gave to the post above yours - I gave a bunch of links to brush pens that I actually think are worth a damn. Not many out there that are.

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PENICKart In reply to Weidel [2011-07-07 13:59:51 +0000 UTC]

It took me quite a while to find some pen brushes that actually felt and acted like real brushes. Here are the other ones, plus a new link for the one I already linked to. I use all of these in equal amounts, each for different types of things.

Here's the one I already linked to: [link]

I love this one just as much. It's smaller and is great for faces and whatnot: [link]

This one is good but I find the flow to be a little constricted, which makes it great for dry brush effects: [link]

I have a set of the top row of these brushes but they're all very similar. One of them is enough and like the brush pen above, it is great for dry brush effects, but with a bigger brush tip: [link]

Lastly, I recently tried this one out and use it a lot as well for general inking. It has a very fine tip but can get really fat when you need it to: [link]

There are a few soft felt tip brush pens that are okay for awhile, but the tips inevitably wear down and make them useless to me. They end up not being worth the expense in my opinion, but if you want to try one, I suggest this one: [link]

These are all from the Jetpens.com website, which was a great discovery for me. I grew up using real brushes and ink but I'm lazy now and don't like all the clean up.

Hope this helps!!

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Weidel In reply to PENICKart [2011-07-07 15:52:44 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic Mike! I've been using the Faber Castell PITT Pens which are great but they don't last that long. Nice tip and flex, you get great feather effects out of them but the ink isn't as as black as I'd like it to be. I use Microns for fine details and faces. I can't rely on the PITT for that unless I'm working on a bigger drawing. When the PITT Pens are on their way out, they're awesome for drybrush textures.

I'm with you though, I am getting tired of the brush clean up. I don't think I'll ever abandon the brush, It would feel wrong to drop it all together it's an art unto itself that I will always struggle to master. I want a brushpen for the workhorse kinda stuff and fills though.

When I see guys like Gabriel Hardman and what he can do and so quickly might I ad; it make me want to quit inking altogether, SO AMAZING!

Thanks for the suggestions I'm going to order some this weekend.

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PENICKart In reply to Weidel [2011-07-07 23:03:08 +0000 UTC]

I have a ton of the Pitt brush pens but felt that they didn't emulate a real brush very well. The tips wear out quickly and now that I use much better brush pens I realize just how bad of a tip they actually have. I use the Pitt Big Brush to fill all my blacks, which I really like. I used to fill a lot of blacks digitally but it helps me to see the page more clearly when I fill them on the actual page. I can make adjustments right there instead of later. The Big Brush allows me to fill my blacks almost as quickly as I would digitally. Very handy little toy they've come up with there.

Good luck experimenting with the new toys. That's something I never get tired of.

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