What pens do you use for drawing cartoons?

by Leah-Admin on Thu 22 Jul - 5:16

I find I go through pens like the clappers.

I use Faber-Castell Pitt Manga pens

What does everyone else use?

by cartunes-r-us on Thu 22 Jul - 8:13

I use old-fashioned dip-pens [I bought the holders in the 80s, but they're still fine!] with metal nibs: these last ages if you look after them. I use 3 different sizes [one for doing thick borders]. Inks for me come in bottles.

Abit of a nuisance having to keep re-loading the nibs, but for a polished finish, this is the business [also works out cheaper]. Nibs do take a bit of getting used to, and the first time was a bit of a nightmare, but in the long run this is a good bet.

by DaD O Matic on Thu 22 Jul - 13:18

Hi all. I use an HB pencil to sketch and magna pens #3 &4.

by Simon Lake on Thu 22 Jul - 23:45

I've tried them all. You can't tell me jack shit about pens. You may be surprised at what I eventually settled on. WH Smith OHP (That means Overhead Projector pen I think). It doesn't matter anymore if they are permanent or non- permanent. They only cost a quid as well. I've even been known for nicking just the black one out the packet when there aren't any separate one's and walking out lol. I normally try to get 3 black one's at a time though.
http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=30586161

by grantw on Fri 23 Jul - 8:29

Any fine-liners like Edding or Staedtler using uni-pin at the moment as only £1.50 ish in Rymans and I had a dip pen..but who knows where it went!

by elektro on Mon 2 Aug - 19:44

When I was still drawing things traditionally, I used a set of Copic Multiliners and they did the job well. Of course, I went strictly digital last year.

by Simon Lake on Tue 3 Aug - 12:25

Good Man.

by haydnlock on Wed 29 Dec - 9:09

Pernament Markers, Like the ones Rolf Harris used on his cartoon shows....... Classic. I wonder if we can find links to the shows on You tube.

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Idea processed....

Found an interesting website.
Nostalgic.

http://rolfscartoonclub.co.uk/video/

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