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bmpmp3 · 3 years

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i really wanna draw with thicker mechanical pencil leads more often because i like how it makes me draw larger than I do with 0.5 mm lead BUT the problem is that the buffalo branded 0.5 lead i’ve only been able to find in the far back corner of a pharmacy for 1 dollar is the most wonderful material for sketching ive ever used and i dont know how anything else can compare

#its hb but its got like. the softness and smoothness of b lead. but the eraseability of h and hb #its a little brittle (not as brittle as like. whatever lead i bought from dollarama when i was 12 is tho)#its a little brittle so itll break every once in a while if you press hard #so its not the greatest for writing hard or like. final rendering drawings. but thats what i LIKE about it!!#i think the brittle quality of the lead makes it draw so smooth down on the paper #so you dont need to press super hard so its still easy to erase #my sketches are ephemeral. they are gone once i line. they need to be ERASED #(unless i like em lol sometimes i keep a few sketches as they are)#(most of the time they are too visually incomprehensible to be useful for anyone but me tho)#(i sketch with the intention of making guidelines first and making a visually appealing product like. 47th)#(just the way my workflow had evolved over the years)#but man. i have never been able to find lead as simultaneously smooth and pigmented yet easily eraseable since #but i also. want to draw in .7 lead. maybe even .9 #i wanna draw bigger!! i dont know if its obvious but most of my doodles are like 5 x 5 inches at most. many smaller #you can see the paper grain in a lot of them. thats not a thing i added in post. thats because i use canson xl mix media paper #which while pretty smooth it still has a decent amount of texture. albeit a fine texture #but you wouldnt know its so fine because ive been drawing too tiny!!!!!!#where will i find a good .7 lead. where will i find one with the erasability of hb but the softness of b #also i am aware about how terashits per gigafart this entire tag section looks for those who dont use mechanical pencils. im so sorry

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