This is a pic of the various markers I use for roughs and sketches.
Tombow, Marvy, Copics, Tria, Prisma, Pitt Brushes, Japanese brush pens, etc.
I have another setup for color pencils, templates and various inks (iron gall, india, sepia, metallics, etc.).
I was at an antique shop in SW Florida back in the late eighties when I
saw this old tin Coca Cola box tucked in a shelf with a bunch of other things.
When I picked it up, it made this rattling sound but one can tell it was almost full.
I carefully opened the box and saw over a hundred pen nibs. All unused.
They've lasted for some time and these are what's left of that box.
It was for sale for ten dollars. Today one nib cost more than a dollar.
Only a fellow inker will truly understand the joy in this discovery!
Here's a shot of how the black ink markers are separated by brand and nib size.
The Staedlers, Copics and Microns are on the left in their smaller groups.
The Sharpies are on the right. These are all working markers-
however, the Sharpies tend to dry out much quicker if you use them and put them away.
So I tend to go thru a bunch of these.
