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These are the supplies I use to draw with! Mostly in my sketchbook, but sometimes I will use some things on final paintings.
I use non-photo blue, rose, and carmine red to sketch. I usually will use carmine red to sketch paintings because I already use red for underpainting. They are also erasable!
This is a dual sided watercolor pencil. I use it to do quick study sketches. It took me a long time to discover that it was a watercolor pencil, but it makes adding shadows into a quick study super easy.
I bought these because I liked the packaging, and I thought it was funny that they are Mitsubishi. They're actually pretty good pencils!
These are just fancy graphite pencils. I've found that they're not that different from other pencils like the Mitsubishi pencils. They're more of a flex than anything else.
These are my favorite pencils if I am working only in graphite. I tend to skew towards the B-grades especially 4B and 6B.
I use any paper I can get my grubby little hands on. Some of my favorites to draw on are the Moleskine sketchbooks, MUJI notebooks, Hobonichis, and Field Notes.
I'm not too picky about the erasers I use. Usually, I will keep them around for years. Currently, I am using a bicolor Milan 6030 and a General's Tri Tip. I've had these two erasers for about four years now, and I use them more often than the erasers on the ends of my pencils.
I will be picky about sharpeners. I have had so many issues with so many sharpeners, but, so far, the best I've used is Milan Extension eraser or a German-made brass eraser. I think Staedtler?
Pens are my one true love. I have lost count of how many pens I have collected over the years. I tend to lean towards gel or rollerball. However, I do love a gooooooooood fountain pen here and there. I wish I liked the Lamy Safari more though..
I use pens mainly to sketch and write with. They never appear in any final work of mine. I have pens specific to specific paper like I only have a handful that I will use in my Hobonichi planner. I also love wider pens, so my faves usually aren't Japanese pens which tend to be thinner.
I mostly get these for the weird colors! They look great against the black pens I use.
The ultimate Hobonichi pen. I've never had a blue or red pen be nearly as good. I have been HUNTING down the perfect dupe. So far, no luck.
Great rollerball with ink closer to fountain pen ink. Not that remarkable, though. I just use them a lot.
I love these! They are great, cheap fountain pens. I get the medium nibs because I like em thick.
An artist staple. They are waterproof, and I thiiiink alcohol proof? My fave is the blue PN one.
My absolute favorite fountain pen. Glides nicely and is the perfect size to do comic lettering on 11x17 paper which is where I first saw it used. In college, I had a comic teacher, Paul Fricke, who used it to letter his Troll Lords comics.
I don't paint traditionally very often, but these are the supplies I use when I do.
I like to mix many medias together to achieve a particular look. I don't remember how this process came about, but I know many other gouache painters do the same things.
I am not a huge fan of using watercolor on its own. I used to all of the time, but nowadays, it's for underpainting with one or two colors. Because it's just underpainting, I use student quality paints. This includes Cotman and whatever store brands I got on clearance. I put them in a cheap, plastic foldable palette and pray that they don't crumble in there.
My love. If you have never heard of gouache, people often describe it as a mix between watercolor and acrylic, but even that doesn't describe it that well. Imagine a creamy, delicious paint that dries down matte. I love it, and I wish I could eat it. Cheap gouache tends to be chalky, so I'd invest in some nicer ones. They don't work well in a watercolor palette, so I recommend keeping it in the tube and squeezing out what you need. They are soluable, though! So if you use too much, don't worry. You can still use it. Just get it wet again. This isn't true for the Holbein Acryla gouache, though!
I use multiple brands, but I started with the Arteza 50 pack. This is the only cheap gouache I'd reccomend. Daniel Smith and Holbein are even more tasty with beautiful pigments.
I use countless brands of colored pencils. Crayola, Prismacolor, Caran d'Ache, Utrecht, etc. They work amazingly on top of gouache and/or watercolors.
I use these in both sketches and final work. They are wax pastels that are watersoluable. The Neocolor Is are NOT watersoluable, but also pretty good. I love to use these in multiple layers or to finish off a gouache painting.
For final work, I like to use Strathmore or Canson Bistrol. If I'm feeling extra fancy, I will use Arches Coldpress Watercolor paper.
Digital is my primary medium, and I use my 2022 iPad Pro the most. Sometimes, I'll use Adobe Illustrator just for vector, but most of my work is raster in Procreate. I've done my college work, client work, etc. on this. I love it. And of course, I have the Apple Pencil Gen 2 to go with it, and a simple case.
I got a free 2019 Macbook Pro through my college, and it's still perfectly functional. I do have some limitations which makes me consider getting an iMac. I want to be able to do motion graphics which I cannot do on this little guy. However, it has gotten me very far despite it being an Intel chip in an Apple Silicon chip world.
I keep this around just for funsies. It has that crunchy, low quality look that makes it feel moody and nostalgic. I got it free on a free stuff shelf in college. Surprisingly, it worked perfectly. Couple of dead pixels on the censor, though.
Similar quality to the digicam in low light, but if given the right amount of light, this looks very nice. There's something about it that captures light in a way that feels of its time. Photos with it just feel a bit warmer? I have a hard time describing it.
I haven't done too much to it other than follow Ken Rockwell's guide for this camera. I also put a Tiffen Black Pro-Mist 1/8 filter which adds a nice haze to lights.
I'm not too picky about what I use for headphones. I mainly use my Airpods Gen 3 or my Razor BlackShark V2 headphones for my PC. Specifically the 2023 headphones because of the microphone that can make you sound like a radio talk show host. It's lots of fun.
I really like this machine. It's a rotary pen with a long lasting battery. I think I have two batteries? I can't remember. It's really easy to wrap up and easy to use. I've used it for 5 hour tattoo sessions on myself, and the only issue I had with it is that it gets kinda warm. I feel like that's expected, though. I don't have the pedal that goes with it because I can't justify spending more on a hobby that I don't do too often.
I use multiple ink brands. The black I use is Dynamic, and I love how rich it is. I also have many colors from World Famous, Intenze, and Eternal Ink. I have yet to use colors on myself because I am not that good at packing ink.
I use exclusively the Peak Triton needles specifically RL9 and RL3. I love having semi-thick lines with pepper shading. I've tried mags for shading, and I did not like the look. I should invest in some mags to practice ink packing, though.
It's hard to list everything I use to get myself and my space sterile. By far, it was the costliest part of getting my supplies. Gloves, dental bibs, cord sleeves, seran wrap, skin prepping supplies, etc. I learned about what supplies I needed from professional tattoo artists online.
For printing stencils, I have a pretty cheap Phomemo thermal printer with stencil paper that goes with it. I use skinmarking pens to line up my stencils. To prevent my stencils from budging, I use Stencil Stuff. It is much more sanitary than using deodorant like a lot of old school tattoo artists do.
I use Recovery Derm Shield to keep my tattoos clean and to help with the healing process. It's the same thing as Second Skin, so it works by replicating a scab basically which makes the tattoo heal better. I follow the instructions and keep it on for 24 hours then switch to a new one that I keep on for a week. After that, I keep my tattoos clean and moisturized with a vegetable glycerin soap and unscented lotion like CeraVe.
