The hunt for the perfect pen and pencil

[@realfingertrouble]

I get iinspiration from switching media types when I get bored, but I agree as a fountain pen obsessive you can just fall down a rabbit hole and the tool gets more important than the art...the best thing is to spend that time drawing, not pondering pens....like if something works, I just stick with it. Grass is always greener but the perfect pen is the one you have in your hand that that moment, as long as it's working. Like several of my favourite drawing tools are stuff for kids - cos they are surprisingly lightsafe and fun to use. Not gojng to look for anything further...who needs to?

[@nigelthain4024]

How true !.. I bought some Pitt Artist pens because I read they were the best, then I bought Pigma Micron because I read that they were the best, then I bought Unipin because I read that they were the best.... Of course, my best pen is the pentel superball bh16 which they dont make anymore... so I dont use it just in case it runs out !... Madness !!

[@3npnak]

I miss drawing with garbage pencil I found on the ground and just focusing on the quality of my drawings. Nowadays I spend 60% of my time thinking about the pen I'm using and why it's too inconfortable or too heavy, 20% thinking about the pen I'll buy next and at best 20% focusing on the damn drawing. Great work on the animation btw. It would be interesting to see you animate your weirder art.

[@TheLupine3rd]

You really made my day, I love everything in your sketcbooks and your incredible sense of humor, thank you for sharing.

[@nochipmunks8692]

I learned this lesson long time ago now I just know that any ballpoint pen can do the job

[@periclesstamatis7549]

Awesome video, subscribed. Although I do think that trying different mediums can be refreshing and you might enjoy drawing with certain things more than others, it is only up to a certain point. Also loved the animation, and the fact that the Pentel Orenz Nero was in it.

[@spiralingspiral72]

Damn this channel this underrated

[@contentsdiffer5958]

My journey has more or less been the opposite. I started out with a disregard for fancy pens, and pretty much considered them all the same. I also suffered greatly from cramps when writing or drawing, so I just avoided it and cared even less for the tools. Eventually I tried some good pens, and it was a world of difference. Of course, there is no such thing as a perfect pen, but nevertheless. I certainly have no regrets, except in that I didn't invest in quality earlier.

[@Yarnooee]

i wouldn't say good mechanical pencil make you better artist or something, but as artist who is enthustically collect many pencil as i can i can say using different pencil does give me more pleasure while doing my practice. its like trying different weapon in video game. it doesn't make you a better player obviously, but it give you a little motivational boost 😅

[@Derek.LeStrange]

I only went out of my way for the ideal dip pen and mechanical pencil and clutch pencil. I had them custom made and to be ergonomic. Any pencil I get from people as gifts are just for display but almost never used unless it's a fountain pen. I am in bliss.

[@jmacscrewg564]

This is one of the most honest videos i have ever seen in my life... GREAT JOB!!!

[@verycd]

A self-reflective person can't be that stupid. Is obsession with art better than obsession with art supply? Sometimes it may even be the obsession of getting rid of obsession that totures us too. I guess it is hard to stay clear from consumerism today even when you seem to live close to nature and can be distracted by many other things. I enjoyed your lecture.

[@Nanakinsz]

Awesome stuffs! I love those Pentel series 200 pencils... I have several in each size, with different colors for lead softness. :) MAD CHEERING!

[@monetspayges-uk8mb]

Hahahaha this video made me laugh a lot, great one! very honest.

[@inlesinlet]

Your conclusion at the end is *spot on!* I used the Staedtler pigment liners for a long time, then I switched to the Uni Pin pens because a friend convinced me they were better since they're cheaper. Well, I tend to use fine liners for squinty detail work, and my grip keeps sliding down the pen barrel. That cheaper and "better" Uni Pin, it *hurts me.* On the other hand, the more expensive Staedtler pigment liner's got a smooth grip that doesn't cause pain, doesn't get in the way, doesn't have me forcing myself to readjust my grip all of the time. It is the better fine liner -- *for me* -- because I forget it's there. And, I really enjoyed your 2D animation :D

[@robertsolem9234]

Every video of yours is amazing and hilarious

[@arnav3133]

I wonder when your channel is going to blow up

[@maxxylander]

Agree!

[@danbolton3180]

Nearly 30 years ago I had a boss that told me not to use any ink color than black, or blue on company paperwork, preferably black! I had borrowed a co-workers green inked pen to finish a report. I promptly searched for the cheapest, messiest black ink pen I could find, and used that brand of pen for my remaining employment(25 years). The pen was a Zebra gel 10. The Zebra gel 10 used to stay wet, smeared, wrote fat, and I think the writing fades to oblivion over time, perfect for company paperwork. They used to get pretty dirty at the plant, so I bought them by the box, and used many. Now I'm more discriminating in my writing implements opting for a finer clean line. I also agonize over losing any nicer pen. The grass is always greener..

[@UNKUHNOODLES]

Best video I seen all year... 🙏

[@joshuapaciorek3356]

You got me hooked brother.

[@craftSolo4011]

I instantly went online and ordered a pental graphgear 1000 but I had been wanting one for a while now... but I felt bad cause that was not the intent of your video... Love the animation at the start.

[@Ashsibe]

It's a very good pencil. I just regret not getting into a stable relationship with one.

[@nathanwashington9784]

This intro has Zelda CDI energy and I absolutely adore it

[@ArtistDaynz90]

I've been through this phase a few times, I'm currently back in this phase lol. Which is why I clicked. I mainly still just use a bic pen or a generic mechanical 0.5. But I still obsess about finding the coolest unique pencils and pens. Not so much about making me better, just a look and feel thing. So in that way, I am still hunting. At this point I'm just taking a bunch of pens a part and making frankenstein pens lol.

[@karigori6415]

Yes! The review we needed.

[@JOSEPH-vs2gc]

All my expensive rapidographs clog, and now i'm thinking of using cheap (but good quality) rollerballs as my main pen. Liners can be too fragile with the felt tip as well. I found a Dong-A fine ball point .3 for less than a buck, and it isn't clogging on me just yet and is doing the job just well enough...

[@waleezeart4295]

That was well thought out, and well said. An honest look at the art supply haul/youtube circus. Thank you for taking the time to present that.

[@RomantistR]

Works full of life

[@sartorst3376]

As a pencil and pen collector I get it

[@SalfordCharityWorker]

Very engaging content, that I shared with my daughter. She hopes to be an illustrator.

[@cutehoney14]

Thanks for making this Video! I have been hoarding/hunting the best Art supply for years now…instead of sticking to one Art media and using it and experimenting with it i keep telling myself when seeing Artist on instagram or KZbin making such lovely and Perfect drawing with watercolors, that this is the one Art media which will Make me better at drawing. Then seeing some other using brush pen and ink, i Want to purchase some ink stuffs cause i like the look of solid and monotone color…the cycle Never end even though i know that this is Not the Case. Like you already said, better or more expensive Art supplies are Not gonna Make oneself a better Artist automatically…😞 also is it kind of difficult for me to Stick to one Art media to use When there are so Lamy out there and Each of them is special and unique in their Own way ✨

[@MrStoyan5]

Lovely intro 😍

[@cutienana92]

more tours of your sketchbooks please?!

[@Voltage343]

I like to use the staedlar mars lumograph black carbon for medium tones and charcoal pencils for darks but I just started I don't like that they're wood but whatever

[@greekveteran2715]

Perfect Pencil for drawing: Pentel Graphgear 500 (0.5mm/0.3mm) Perfect Pencil for edc/writing: Pentel Kerry Perfect Pen doesn't exist but let's give the prize to the Pilot V5 (It's also water soluble!) Perfect eraser Tombow Mono Plastic Perfect kneadable eraser: LYRA kneadable Perfect Pencil Sharpener for an Artist: KUM Automatic Longpoint Perfect Watercolor set for beginners: Van Gogh (12+3 Pocket set) Perfect Fineliner doesn't exist let's give the prize to Uni Pin.

[@bigdoge3599]

🙀Tough Tales from the road......IF I JUST HAD A PENCIL!!!!!! 🦖

[@robinmoulyn3327]

You are voicing for me.

[@anhquan8410]

but I still love my Pentel Orenz Nero :'(

[@Ashsibe]

I find myself marveling at my Orenz Nero so much that I forget that I'm ment to be drawing with it.

[@anhquan8410]

@@Ashsibe Yeah I know expensive mechanical pencil cannot help me draw better but I can't stop loving them >.

[@色勒]

Good take

[@jimwarrong]

Metal takes the heat out your fingers. At least for older people.

[@jonmahashintina]

my spending has lately been motivated by finding ok materials but in bulk. $30 for 5 zebra comic nibs? psh, $20 for 140 antique nibs. 50ml of winsor newton ink for $40? pfft, water down some student grade black acrylic paint.

[@carlpeck6465]

This is me.

[@borareisli2514]

hand solo lol