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Anthony Frail
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Well, my curiosity came from the fact that I had bought a few pencils and
was really unhappy with the line they produced. I decided to see what a pro
uses... turns out, it's actually a little soft for my tastes!
I ended up going with a 2H and might be leaning toward a 4H.
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Glenn Brown
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Neal Adams has been showing pages from an as-yet-unpublished new Batman story at conventions recently. As I studied the pages up close I was blown away by his rendering technique. Out of curiousity I asked him what grade of pencil he used on the pages...not because I sought to discover his "secret," but because I appreciated the rich and lush tones. Neal reached into his pocket and retrieved a yellow Dixon Ticonderoga #2...
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Andrew Burton
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I've heard of other artists using just standard wood pencils as well. I believe the #2 pencil is an HB hardness lead.
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Glenn Brown
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Yup, a #2 is the same as an HB.
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Martin Redmond
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Anyone tells me they can draw with either Eagle or Buffalo brand pencils, I won't believe it.
Edited by Martin Redmond on 28 January 2009 at 3:27pm
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Lee Painter
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2H is kind hard and doesn't allow you to zip around the paper enough in my opinion.
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John Byrne
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I've heard of other artists using just standard wood pencils as well.
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I have alternated over the years between wooden pencils and mechanical.
When I shifted to drawing more and more with the side of the pencil, rather
than the point exclusively, I found that a mechanical pencil -- the same one
I had used at the very beginning of my career -- served me well.
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Steve D Swanson
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I like 5h myself because it holds a point really well and I don't have to sharpen it as much. And it helped fix one of my bad habits; pressing too hard and I find the knowledge that it will engrave the page if I'm not careful keeps my hand loose.
Mechanical pencils should work for me but I just don't like them for some reason. They keep a point well, never have to be sharpened and produce a nice consistent line but those few seconds when I run out of lead and don't realize it until I notice the lack of lines on the page ruins it for me.
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Joel Biske
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I have alternated over the years between wooden pencils and mechanical.
When I shifted to drawing more and more with the side of the pencil, rather
than the point exclusively, I found that a mechanical pencil -- the same one
I had used at the very beginning of my career -- served me well.
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JB, when you say mechanical pencil.... do you mean a lead holder? My difference being a lead holder takes long sticks of 1/16" or so thick lead, and needs to be sharpened (depending on your usage) vs what I'd call a mechanical pencil. Takes small thin (.3, .5, or .7mm lead)
Sounds to me like its a lead holder... One I imagine you don't really even need to sharpen much... if at all!!
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John Byrne
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To me, a mechanical pencil is anything that's mechanical, pencil shaped, and
holds a lead! Some are fine point, and take thin leads, some are not.
Distinguishing something as a "lead holder" instead of a mechanical pencil
seems odd, since a mechanical pencil. . . holds lead!
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Chris Geary
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I've always know what some call a 'lead holder' as a 'Clutch Pencil', and what is called a 'Mechanical Pencil' as a 'Technical Pencil'. I was told off in art class for using a Technical Pencil as they weren't 'proper pencils.'
But then the same art teacher said that comic art wasn't 'proper art'. So what did she know?
Since then I've made a point of using a Mechanical; with the Rotring Tikky being my favourite. Now I switch between that and a Clutch. Depends on whether I want my pencilled art to be scanned or not.
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Erik Larsen
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I use a standard #2 pencil as well. Anything softer is a mushy smear,
anything harder digs in the paper, slows me down and makes erasing next
to impossible.
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