Comments on: Pencil Testing

By: Joey

Joey — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 22:57:04 +0000

Hello all,
I work for California Cedar Products and I have some juicy news for all you animators…along with the Palomino – which is a great pencil for all animators and other artists – we bought the rights to the Blackwing and will be re-releasing it in the coming months! You can get more information about upcoming promotions, sales, and the Blackwing, by following us on Twitter (pencilscom) and Facebook (The Pencil Page). We look forward to getting the Blackwing back out there for all animators to re-fall in love with!

By: OtherDan

OtherDan — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:11:15 +0000

My favorite pencils to are: Ebony, (an actual) black Prismacolor noir, and if I had to use something that erases, the Tombow 4B. Each are slick on the surface, nice to hold and give good darks.

By: Erin

Erin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:41:35 +0000

Ah, how convenient for me! Someone stole my bag of art supplies (nice pencils, pens, everything…guess there’s a blackmarket for worn down 6Bs I wasn’t aware of) and I’ve been looking to replace them. I hope there’s more blogs with reviews as thorough as this one for pens and colored pencils and such.

By: Anthony C.

Anthony C. — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:17:11 +0000

I’m partial to 2b Prismacolor turqoises myself, with the occasionial use of HB for smaller details-and Steadler non-photos for rough skeletal work.

Cool to see so many other “masochists”-I work on Cintiqs and have an Intuos 4-but it’s never better than a punched piece of paper. ;-)

By: Larry Levine

Larry Levine — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:34:41 +0000

My favorite pencil is the Tombow Mono J 4B, nice soft graphite that doesn’t smudge (which is especially important since I’m left-handed).

By: Doug Compton

Doug Compton — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:18:17 +0000

Great to know I’m not the only one still using pencils! Since the Blackwing woefully went extinct I’ve been using Prismacolor Turquoise, usually a 3B or 4B for final lines. Blue Col-erase to rough with. Can Blackwings still actually be found anywhere?

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:54:34 +0000

I’m partial to the violet col-erase pencils. Of all their colors, violet seems to me to have the widest range from a graphite-like texture at light pressure to rich but not-too waxy at hard pressure. It erases well unless you really tattoo the paper, and it holds a point better than most col-erases. I’m not crazy about the color, but for all this pencil does for me, with no smudging, I can live with it.

By: JH Jordan

JH Jordan — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:58:24 +0000

Derwent watercolour – Ivory Black 67.