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Old 06-06-2012, 07:24 AM
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I just found a huge 100 cm long calligraphy brush on sale on ebay uk and it is really incredible, 17,5 cm long hair with 6,5 cm horse hair diameter! WOW
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Old 07-08-2012, 03:13 PM
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I like the Rotring Rapidograph for small stuff and Micron Brush for larger fill work...
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I used rapidographs with I illustrated in the service back in 73_75 then once in college I started to use quill nibs. They have me the freedom of veried with line and the since of free flowing line instead of illustration.
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Old 10-01-2012, 12:28 AM
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I've been using a Koh-I-Noor RapidoSketch 0.25mm. I've found that as long as you use it regularly it doesn't give too many problems, is easily refillable and cheaper to replace than the Rotring pens if it does stop working altogether.
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I started with dip pens (still love them!) then moved on to Koor-I-Noor Rapidograph; got the set of 7 and use them all! (That 6x0 is a booger to keep flowing, though!)
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I use the reliable Prismacolor Premier Fine Line Marker of all sizes. I would only use the 005 to shades/crosshatching though.
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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I use rapidographs sometimes, and Copic Multiliners, but also dip pens.
What the dip pens lose in portability they make up for in easy cleaning and choices of ink. And expressiveness, I think.
I inherited a lot of nibs from my wife's grandfather and have tried most of them (there are hundreds)
The one that stands out for me lately is an Esterbrook 6 Textwriter.
According to Wikipedia Carl Barks (a Disney artist) loved the Esterbrook 356.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterbrook
I have some 356s and they are good, too.
I also like the Gillott 1066

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Re: What kind of pen do you use?

I believe I posted before that I loved the Esterbrook 048 Falcon nib. It's an excellent nib, but I've now moved over to using an Esterbrook 256 School Oval Fine nib. It is just beautiful. It's allowed me to be even more expressive than ever.
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