The biggest problem with going to conventions is … going to them 
Since we’re going to be having a MegaGear booth at Anime Central this year, it just makes going to Acen that much more… complicated. 
Oh, it’s fun in its own way, but i still have 2 comics to finish this week and i am already feeliing the pressure of our ‘gotta be on the road for Chicago’ deadline on thursday.
In my usual quest for some kind of pen that i’m comfortable signing and drawing with, i picked up a few more pens to try - the Uniball Vision Eliete isn’t bad, the Statler Liquid Point 7 is ok… I really like the Uniball Signo Gel Grip pen - too bad its a Medium point, thats too thick for me to draw with. (sigh) I’ll just have to stick with the big box of Sharpie Extra Fine point pens. Bleah. I’m learning to hate those things Someone took one of my beloved Pilot G5 pencils at my last signing (a yellow one (sniff)) so i’m kinda loath to use any of my normal pencils anymore. I guess it was bound to happen eventually. Kinda wish they hadn’t taken it, tho. Oh well.
Gotta get back to comicking. Need to get fridays script nailed down and get cracking on the drawings for wednesday. Whee.
- pirotunes: - Big Muff - Poppy’s Song -
Don’t kill yourself trying to get everything done on time. I don’t think most MT fans would (really) mind, or be surprised, if the need for another DPD came about this week. As much as we’d all like to see the storyline progress, today’s DPD reminded me of how much I enjoy spending the day in Photoshop with your art.
Of course, seeing that art posted to fredart in addition to new MT strips, would be a plus.
As Thresher say…
Whatever you feel comfortable with Mr Fredrin! I hope you have an enjoyable time! Wish i could be there, but i’m stuck in the UK…
I got myself the same kind of pencil you sell on megagear that you used to draw the first three years of MT (the pen-looking lead filled one). It’s great because there’s no worry of bluntness etc, and I feel i’ve got alot more control and precision with it. Also great for fine shading.
I think what the above said is true, but deadlines are important to you at them moment it seems. Anyhow, you don’t need us to tell you what to do. It’s just ideas though.
I hope you got my e-mail or something, I know your busy though so nvm.
Best of luck on the next few days and on the trip!
I will be at Anime Central this week on saturday! ^_^ will be wearing the ninj4 hoodie, and lanyard/bell!
noooo I cant go to Anime Central! T_T Which sux big time cuz Chicago is only an 1 1/2 hour drive from my house! *sniff* The DPD pic is cool tho. So…yeah…lol I am gonna draw Piro!!
Beware…my style is 180 degress from your’s…:O
Hi Fred.
I’ve been using “Penstix technical markers”, manufactured by a company called Alvin (from Austria). I really like their 0.3mm marker, it has a cone shaped plastic tip that gives a nice variation from thick to thin depending on the angle.I think you might like it for doing signing sketches on glossy material like the posters. Alvin also makes an almost identical pen with a metal tube surrounding the plastic tip (like the sharpie extra fines) that is also quite good, and might be more durable for your purposes, though it has a little less “life” in it’s line quality.
I’ll bring some by your table at ACEN. Oh, have you ever tried the Sakura brand pigma-brush? Sort of a bamboo brush-meets-marker kind of thing. Nifty.
R.
p.s.
The first kind are part #3013-EEF, and often available in retail art supply stores in Ann Arbor. The second variety are part #4013-EEF, and might only be available by catalog.(Yeah, I ordered the wrong kind online. That’s how I know so much about the part #’s.) Sadly, they are made of fairly cheap plastic.