A solid second place of the markers reviewed here. Almost tied for first. The brand itself is very familiar to me from my early days as a graffiti writer. Pentel makes all sorts of markers, including the wider ones that used to be commonly used for small billboards and adverts by grocery stores and similar …
Just like with copy paper, there’s no shortage of sketchbook options out there — prices range from just a few euros to thirty-something. Personally, my pain threshold is around 15 euros. I try to buy my sketchbooks from the same stores where I get my fineliners, if possible, which naturally limits the selection I’m reviewing …
There’s a reason why Molotow Blackliner is the first brand I’m reviewing. First and foremost, they’re the markers I’ve used the longest — pretty much since they became widely available in Finland. Before that, I used whatever fineliner I could get my hands on, without giving it much thought. But back then, I didn’t sketch …
I’m not that picky about these. As long as the color of the paper is correct, the paper is acid free (doesn’t yellow) and it is smooth and thicker than regular copy paper (80g/m²). Especially with sketchbooks you don’t want the black ink bleed through the pages below. And when scanning the sketches to the …
Most of the markers I reviewed have water based ink, some are alcohol based. Even if the latter, they are very neutral in smell. I mostly use sizes 0.5 – 0.8 for drawing, but for filling in the larger areas I naturally try to use the larger ones, 0.9 – 1.2. I also noticed that …
The first review on this site will be about computers. After that it’ll be more about pens and such. But, yeah… I’ve used a lot of computers since I’ve been doing web and graphic design since 2000. At work, I’ve always used whatever my employer provided at the time. For personal use, I always built …