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Kevin Tuma
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Oh I see..thanks Marcus.
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Carmen Bernardo
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My experience showed me that using Pelikan India ink was best for finished art on Bristol boards, while markers (I prefer Micron or some other brand with a strong black ink) do well with thinner sketch or drawing papers. Whenever I used a brush, a #2 was good for most linework and a #4 for filling in large black areas. In finer details using India ink, I prefer fine crowquill pens.
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Marcus Kelligrew
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You welcome, Kevin. I like the Pelikan, as well but it is hard to get in the US. I used to use the Micron pens but I switched to the Pitt pens and they seem blacker and less apt to fade. For crowquill, I use a hawkquill #107.
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John Byrne
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PITT pens are also refillable, tho not actually made
to be. Twist off the end cap, and you can drip in a
new supply of india ink*, coaxing several extra weeks
(or even months) of life out of the pen. Basically,
until the nib gives up.
*Be careful doing this! The ink will blob out of the nib
end when the inner repository is "full".
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Marcus Kelligrew
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Great idea ! Thanks!
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Martin Redmond
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I haven't inked much. I bought a Raphael #3 and found it to be incredibly responsive. In the sense that it's easy to control it's width. It's hard to explain. When I buy ink, I try it out and make sure it's black. Apparently, this isn't important, but I enjoy having my originals a true jet black. Most black inks are really a grey.
Edited by Martin Redmond on 05 February 2007 at 9:54pm
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