I'm going to show you the tools that I use.
So, this is a Pilot Color Eno pencil and it is what is called a non-repro blue pencil,
and this is what a lot of architects use.
It's not something that most artists start with.
In the industry, there is people are pencilers and then there's the inkers.
Now, I'm unique in my field because I actually function as both.
Because of my line work,
it's very organic, it's very flowy.
So, over the years that I was working as an artist,
I decided that I would become my own inker because a lot of times when you have an inker,
they have their own style and then they go over your artwork.
Basically, erasing what you've done and drawing their image on top,
and because of the nature of how I draw,
which is a lot of flowy lines, a lot of hair,
that sort of got erased and I never really feel it complemented my art very well.
So, I think when I was maybe three years into the industry,
I switched on how I did things,
and that's after I found out about this pencil.
The beauty of using the non-repro blue is that it is your under drawing,
and they call it non-repro blue because it does not scan.
So, once you scan your image,
if you scan it in grayscale,
the blue pencil is invisible and it's just
really neat and not a lot of people know about that.
So, it almost eliminates the use for an eraser.
If you don't have this,
you are more than welcome to use a pencil.
I'm going to actually draw with a pencil today because
the non-repro blue pencil is really difficult to pick up digitally.
I mean, that's the purpose of the pencil,
is that it is invisible ink.
So, it doesn't really register that well on camera.
So, for today's lesson,
I'm going to use just a Pentel pencil,
mechanical pencil, and we're going to do that today.
But when you're drawing this,
if you'd like to draw the way I do,
normally you just go ahead and get your non-repro blue and just work on it at home.
I work on a 180gsm Cougar paper,
it's almost a poster paper.
I pick it up from PacBlue Printing,
and you can go into your local printer,
and I really suggest that you find a paper that you like working
with because an artist tools are very important,
but they're also very individually.
What I like to use works for me,
and I've learned this over the years that I've been doing comics and drawing manga.
But for yourself, if you're first starting out,
you want to get your tools together that make you feel
comfortable and make it easier to draw.
So, these are my tools.
I've got my white eraser,
this is a massive one because I do erase a lot,
and then there is a brush,
and a lot of people ask me what's the brush for,
and it is to wipe away all of your pencil shavings or your eraser shavings.
So, it just keeps it clean and you don't use your hands,
which have a lot of oil in them,
so they'll smudge your work.
To avoid that, I've got my brush,
and you can get just like the cheap brush.
I happen to really like the feel of this one,
so I've had this one for years. There we go.
I'm not a fancy artist,
so I don't have a lot of really expensive pens.
I work with what I have,
and that's these guys.
I worked with BIC pens,
it is my go-to pen and it is just your average everyday pen that you find everywhere.
I love it because the way and when I draw with it,
it actually resembles a pencil and I can adjust the thickness really easily,
which makes this my favorite thing in the world.
I also have a Pilot G-Tec,
and this is for when I want to do really solid black lines that are thin.
So, because the BIC pen, like I said,
it does the harder you work with,
you press the darker your line to the lighter,
but this is a very solid black line.
So I use this when I want to do some outlining.
Then, I've got my Sharpie pen.
Again, it's really inexpensive and I use the fine tip,
and this is for when I want to do a solid line but a little thicker than the G-Tec.
Like I said, you're going to have a whole lot of materials,
and this is my pencil case,
which happens to contain a lot of various pens.
I've got super thick Sharpies,
I've got pen tipped markers.
Again, it doesn't really matter what you work with as long as it works for you.