A pen.

Sakura

Some artists online rave about these. I don’t really get why. I assume they’re great for cartoons or certain styles? But for my needs, they’re just… fine. They get the job done — no complaints there. But once dried, the ink on thinner paper isn’t deep black — it’s more of a dark grey. And …

Markers

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 …