Let's talk about your art supplies...

[YellerDog]

Hm..

Pens: Crow Quill Nibs + Speedball Inkwell for natural lines, Koh-i-noor technical pens for well, technical lines.

Paper: Any cold-press Bristol or Watercolor paper works just fine for finished inked work. For sketching, I go with a recycled-paper sprial-bound sketchbook. (i prefer the off white paper look to bleached... easier on the eyes for taking notes). For animation bond, any thin white paper will do; I punch my own registration holes with the school's equipment.

Clay: Super Sculpy for ceramics, Van Aken and Sculpy III for claymation.

Text: An old 1950's Sears Forecast 12 typewriter for fun, Photoshop for serious.

Markers: Prismacolors, though I'm looking seriously at some Tria's; time to upgrade to alcohol-based.

Paint: Currently experimenting around with various acrylics and mediums.

[Ashen Victor]

pencils - an executive style zebra .05 mechanical. ain't nothing finer. has a nice weight to it, and it's not light like the generic zebra mechanicals you can find in any chain pharmacy.

color pencils - i've got a set of 40-something by prismacolor that i love using.

paper - i'll use almost anything, but i prefer the surface have a smooth texture. it works best with my light, sketchy touch and doesn't smudge on me all that much. bristol for pieces i want to look nice. for my sketchbook i use a refillable one. i can take out my pages when i'm done and put them into an accordian folder for easy storage. no more mess of having multiple sketchbooks lying all over the place!!!

pens/markers - micron and sharpies. i use a dual ended sharpie that's fine on one end and thick on the other. micron pens for finer details of course (just wish they didn't die out so quickly).

paints - watercolors and sometimes liquitex acrylics. i've got oils too, but i hate using them. don't really use paints though, i prefer color pencils.

brushes - no preference, but i've got a bunch of them.

misc. - cheap ass click eraser or a kneaded one, whatever's in front of me. triangle, t-square, plain non-slip metal ruler, a circle stencil, and some other supplies i don't remember right now.

[loki]

paper-nothing spectacular I had been using a hard bound Strathmore sketchbook but I dont like the binding of the book sometimes it gets uncomfortable with the riged covers. Also its a bit cumbersome in tight spaces. So recently its been generic 8.5x11 printer paper. though ill usually transfer to bristol board for finished peices.

pens-rapidographs .5,.6,.25, sakura microns for finishing and various ball points for sketching and generally fucking around.


pencils Mars Lumographs the heavier leads (5B) have been in use most recently. I usually start with something lighter (b,2b,hb whatevers sharpest). mechanical pencils I dont usually like but I do use them on bristol board.

[rama]

i like sketching with sharpies.

[mrdandy]

Pencils: 2B, 2HB Staedler
Paper: Printer paper (cheap and durale)
Inking: Adobe Illustrater 10, Photoshop 7
Coloring: Photoshop 7

Once I get a Cyntiq tablet, my work will be 100% digital! Bwahahaha!

[Dolemite]

First off, let me say - post yo' stuff fool!

Yeah, several people have been bugging me to post stuff. Like many artists, I'm shy about sharing my stuff...but I'll get around to scanning some stuff soon, honest.

I need to get a new set of markers. Copic looks great, albeit expensive. I remember back in NY seeing a cool set sold by Pearl. I'd be interested in finding other reputable brands.

Are you talking about the Pearl in East Meadow on Hempstead Turnpike? I go there all the time, I work just 2 minutes away from there. Anyway, Copics you can order direct from Copic's website, and I believe that they have a small but growing list of stores in the U.S. that are now carrying their stuff. Another good brand is Sanford's Prismacolor double-ended markers. Each marker both a broad and fine end, and are of a really high quality. They're not too expensive, either. Here's a link to them on Pearl's site: http://www.pearlpaint.com/drawing-an...r-markers.html

[bahn]

sorry. i was too busy drawing to realize you responded.

stop being shy. post.

[AaronChance]

Two tablets, a 6x8 at home and a 5x4 on the go, and Painter 8. Both tablets are the ordinary kind and not the fancy 'draw right on a screen' kind, though I plan to get one of those or a tablet notebook computer someday. I haven't touched actual paper in months and I don't think I will ever again. It would be less limiting to break my fingers instead.

[JM]

I use whatever pencils I happen upon first, HB lead. I also have a .07 Mechanical Pencil (with HB lead of course). I sketch on cheap sketch books, & do my comissioned drawings on crecent board.

Brushes, Cheap - Mid priced, because I paint a lot, & my technique (or lack thereof) is pretty brutal on the brushes. Paints, I really use what ever comes my way. I have been having good luck with catching estate auctions of old people who painted, so I have TONS of assorted oils(I call them my Dead Lady Paints) for super cheap. You can't beat $10 for a 30 pound box of oil paints. Plus the old folks usually have a lot of cash, so they buy the good stuff.
For my Acrylic paints, I really like to use Golden when I can.

I have vowed to never buy another canvass again, you can build huge canvasses for so much cheaper than the store bought ones, & you can make them the size you want rather than modifying your images to the sizes available at the stores.

[Drewbacca]

yeah. where can you get that "spray on gunk", anyone have the official name for it? fury?

Any good art store should have it. Just ask for the protective spray for pencil work.

I don't know if it would work well on white paper, but bristal and illustration board works out fine.