...john...i was curious about the tools you currently use for pencilling....they are.....(A)what type of pencil?....mechanical type,or lead holder?....etc....(B) how hard or soft is the lead you prefer?....and (C)do you work directly on the page or do a rough and lightbox it?.....anyway these are my pencilling questions...best,brian postman.....

Mechanical pencil, Staedlet-Mars 200-HB lead, right on the page.


But to paraphrase Joe Sinnot, "it's not in the pencil."


JB-)

...thanks,john....brian....

Hey Brian,where did you disappear to after Spider-Woman and that Captain America annual you did?
I remember you did a Marvel Team-up and then you were gone.

But to paraphrase Joe Sinnot, "it's not in the pencil"
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Maybe not, but I'm heading down to my local art store to buy me a Staedlet-Mars Mechanical pencil with a 200-HB lead right now.

Maybe I'll never draw like JB, but at least I can draw with the same pencil!


Edited to get the technical details right now that I'm back from the art store...

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Hey Melissa,

How far along are you in your art? Ready to try your hand at penciling a full comic? Send me some samples - I've got a script at AIT that's waiting for an artist - and that goes for all of you!

Best,

Mike O'Brien

my local art store to buy me a Staedlet-Mars Mechanical pencil with a 200-HB lead right now.


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Ask for Staedtler-Mars, then, so you won't sound as dumb as me!

JB are these the drafting pencils with the thick lead and metal sharpner in the "trigger" at the back?

Cheers,

Rod

Mike - I'm pretty basic, if I ever get any good I'll be sure to give you a call, but mostly it's the excitement of using the same gear (which is as close as I'll ever get I reckon). It's not like it's something I'm working hard at, and I've not had any arts training.

JB - Yep, noticed that was a typo myself, right after I copied your words in my post. Didn't think I'd mention it though....

Rod - the pencil I bought was as you described. Don't know about JB's. The 200 is like the gauge of the leads (or it may be the colour?), I thought it was the pencil, but the pencil series that fit those leads are numbered in the 700's.

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If the links work properly here is the type of pencil

http://www.staedtler.com/e4wstaedtler/staedtler/com/eng/home.nsf/?Open&DirectURL=7EE3F8A12F9500D6C1256A930031CDC4

and the leads for it.

http://www.staedtler.com/e4wstaedtler/staedtler/com/eng/home.nsf/?Open&DirectURL=113FD9D4E2D31867C1256A930031EA42

I've been using one of these for 22 years now and it's still going strong. The Germans build their pencils to last it seems.

-- Robin.

See my portfolio online at
http://www.soulmateproductions.com/Pages/folio/folio.html

When my dad was working as a commercial artist/illustrator he always used this pencil.

In fact I just checked his old supply carousel and he still has a 780, no lead in it, though...

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Good Judgement comes from Experience
And Experience comes from... Bad Judgement

Weren't you an editor at DC, a long time ago?

And just to remind everyone -- I'm using a Staedtler-Mars pencil because that was what the store had in stock when I needed a new pencil last December. For much of the last 50 years the pencil of choice in the Byrne household has been a Faber-Castelle!


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....frank its always great to have someone remember your work....yes,i pencilled for marvel about 20 years ago (including the last 4 issues of spider-woman...until her death)....what happened???.....JIM SHOOTER....remember him?....i was told he liked my drawing,but he didnt care for my storytelling....so basically they cut me off....anyway after that i was kind of down on the whole biz.....since then ive done mostly commercial work like storyboards for tv commercials...heres a link for some of my current comics type stuff (old and new)...and my contribution to the dave cockrum auction... http://www.art4comics.com/postman.htm by the way,lately ive been using a .07 mm mechanical pencil called PENTEL 120A3DX (blue) to pencil with...thanks,brian.....

So Jim Shooter is to blame yet again!
Sorry to hear that Brian.I thought you had the makings of a good comicbook artist and I wondered where you went.
Thanks for answering that question for me.

......i wonder what happened to that jerk?.....shooter....i know he was working with other companies,then i heard he was trying to get the backing to buy marvel!.....apparentely,he couldnt get backing because of his "reputation".....brian.....