Drawing Tools Recommendation

I personally love reading about what pens, sketchbooks, tablets, etc. my role models use to draw their illustrations. That's why I thought about showing my art tools as well, maybe it will help someone who is looking for a suitable pen or wants to start digital drawing themselves.

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Black pen on wooden table with green leaf

Analog drawing

Pentel GFKP Japan

I'm still learning how to use this pen, but I love the wide variety of strokes I can create with this brush pen

Blue water brush pen with a cap on a wooden surface

Pentel Japan FRH

This Brush is always filled with water, so that i can quickly color a drawing with watercolors.

Yellow pencil on a wooden table with a green leaf.

Caran d'Ache Yellow

I use it to sketch before I draw in ink. The brightness of the lines allows the ink to stand out better. I can also remove the sketch better digitally.

A blank spiral-bound notebook on a wooden table next to a green leaf.

BAM4U Sketchbook

This sketchbook is great for including a little watercolor too. Sometimes it draws up too much ink, which then makes the lines thicker than I want. However, I am very happy with it, also because it is ring-bound.

Open watercolor paint set with multiple color pans and a paintbrush.

Daler Rowney Aquafine

It’s my current watercolor set. Is highly recommended as a travel set. I'm also a fan of the strong colors. A great starter set.

Six Sakura Pigma Micron pens with beige bodies and silver caps on a wooden surface next to a green leaf.

Micron fineliner

In all possible thicknesses. Brings variation to the shades of my ink drawings and lasts a long time.

Gray Touch Twin brush marker on a wooden surface next to a green leaf.

Touch Twin Marker Grey

For quick shading. I like that it is a warm gray, but that is my personal preference. This way the images don't feel so cold.

Japanese calligraphy pen on wooden table with green leaves

Tombow Fudensuke Brushpen

My travel brush pen. A slightly harder brush, but I still get a variety of stroke thicknesses.

Mechanical pencil on wooden table with green leaves

Pentel Graphgear 500 0.5

My favorite mechanical pencil. I like the weight and how the balance of the pen is.

A blue pen lying on a wooden table next to a green leaf.

Pentel Clic Eraser Blue

Super practical eraser, because it is in the shape of a pen, I can erase specific mistakes and have great control.

Faber-Castell kneadable art eraser in a plastic case on a wooden table with a green leaf nearby.

Faber Castell kneaded rubber eraser

Is malleable and therefore very universally applicable.

Digital drawing

Tablet with abstract purple and blue swirling pattern on screen, silver-colored casing, and a visible camera lens.

Apple IPad Air

Slightly smaller screen, but cheaper than the Pro Version. It has always been my drawing tablet. It's absolutely sufficient and I've never had any performance problems.

Apple Pencil 2nd Generation

Combined with the iPad, everything I need to draw for hours. I've never had the pen's battery run out.

Procreate

My absolute favorite drawing software. Has everything I need. I only use another software for the final finish.