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David Revoy

@Splig Hey, thanks. It's difficult to directly go on paper with a ballpoint pen. It feels like I'm less at half the skill I can do on computer, or with solid pencil fondation guidelines. But if you look closely I often use a white correction pen (especially when a line really waste a face (eg. on the saxophonist, on same double page than the pen test); and I often roll the ballpen point very tilted to get extra thin line and draw a silhouette prior to darken lines. It's a hard training 😺

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splig

@davidrevoy ive never thought to keep a correction pen handy :0
but ya ive also only used ball point pens in my sketchbooks for p much my whole adult life (tho i never post anything .-.)
i like the way you described the sneaky sketch method; zebra pens are my fav in that regard...

lately ive switched to fountain and brush pens, which makes it even harder to grapple with the inevitable busted ass sketch lmao

David Revoy

@Splig I tried brush pen (pentel type, but a old one, maybe I have to find a more precise one) and fountain pen and I was like "Nope! I can't operate this way" 😆 But I miss a bit of thickness to my lines and generosity. I never tried Zebra pen, maybe a brand that is not implemented well in France; a lot of Bic, Reynolds, Pentel, Stabilo, Staedler, Faber Castle here. I'll try to purchase one and try it ( oh, I checked them online: ink gel, cool).

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