Tomio Tsuji’s Blog

Here are a few of the drawing pens and pencils I use.

From left to right

1. Pilot Drawing Pen - DR Pigment Ink
Thicknesses - 01, 02, 03, 05, and 08
Density of black and line integrity is good.
Highly recommended for manga art and technical illustrations.

2.  Uni Pin Fine Line
Water and Fade Proof Pigment Ink
Thicknesses - 01, 02, 03, 05, and 08
Density of black is very good. Line integrity can be dodgy at low pressures.
At pressure line integrity is very good.
Highly recommended for manga art.

3. Pentel 120 A3DX 0.3mm Clutch Pencil - A313 (red clutch pencil)
Vital for artists requiring high detail. If you haven’t used a 0.3mm pencil yet, now is the time.
Highly recommended for manga art and technical illustrations.

4. Pentel Super Fine Point Permanent MF50
Super black ink, but poor line integrity.

5. .35 Rotring Rapidograph
These are normally used when airbrushing over line work. Ink is pricey.
Essential if you are working and re-working artwork and you don’t want the line art to be affected. Used for architectural and technical applications.

6. Pigma Micron 01 0.25mm (cream colored pen)
The waterproof and fade proof ink make it the pen of choice for artwork that is kept for a long time.

7.  Pilot Fineliner
Only good for scribbling.

8. Pental Pen - Green Label NMS50 Fine point Permanent Marker
Very good for large scale sketches.
Recommended.

9. Pilot v7 Hi_tecpoint 0.7 Black (With gold  on black label)
Pure liquid ink and ball ensures smooth drawing.
Excellent for cartooning.
Recommended.

10. Schwan Stabilo Point 88/46 (Yellow and white colored pen)
Only good for scribbling.

11.  Staedtler Radett 528 63 Extendable Eraser
Not bad, but I have another preferred technique for erasing pencil.

12. Staedtler Lumocolor non-permanent  F Marker
Pretty goor for cartooning.

13.  Faber-Castell Finepen 2001 Document
Bit stiff when drawing.
Not recommended

14. Pelican Liner 52 F Fine
Decent cartooning pen.