Comment on GOOD PENCIL CRAYONS/CRAYON BRAND? by Mayvi
I use quite a mix of pencils, mostly Prismacolor/Karismacolours, Caran D'Ache and Faber Castell's Polychromos so I can only comment on these. I think out of the lot, my Caran D'Ache ones are my favourites.
I find the prismacolours a little too soft and waxy and whilst I really love my Polychromos ones (I only have a few) I sometimes find the leads a little too hard and so they don't blend as easily as (say) the prismas. But the Caran D'Ache ones seem to be totally in between. They're not the cheapest of pencils (but as far as I know they're less expensive than prismacolor) but I have a set of 18 and that is absolutely plenty of colours to use for any picture.
They are my favourites because the leads are soft and blendable enough to be easy to work with but not so waxy that it shows up on the paper, and the leads also seem to be strong enough to resist breakage (I've dropped my pencil roll with them in from short heights and they're not suffered any ill effects as far as I can tell, which my prismas have). And the colours in the 18 set seem to be a good enough range that I don't really feel the need to purchase a bigger set.
So hopefully this might help you a bit
I find the prismacolours a little too soft and waxy and whilst I really love my Polychromos ones (I only have a few) I sometimes find the leads a little too hard and so they don't blend as easily as (say) the prismas. But the Caran D'Ache ones seem to be totally in between. They're not the cheapest of pencils (but as far as I know they're less expensive than prismacolor) but I have a set of 18 and that is absolutely plenty of colours to use for any picture.
They are my favourites because the leads are soft and blendable enough to be easy to work with but not so waxy that it shows up on the paper, and the leads also seem to be strong enough to resist breakage (I've dropped my pencil roll with them in from short heights and they're not suffered any ill effects as far as I can tell, which my prismas have). And the colours in the 18 set seem to be a good enough range that I don't really feel the need to purchase a bigger set.
So hopefully this might help you a bit
it did, thanks 
(is that haku in your avatar :3?)
(is that haku in your avatar :3?)
Oh I'm glad
Ah I love spirited away! But no, it's my (as of yet unnamed dragon character) - [link] (it was done by *happypuppy000)
Ah I love spirited away! But no, it's my (as of yet unnamed dragon character) - [link] (it was done by *happypuppy000)
Ohhh! I see.
Sorry about the mix-up .__.'
Sorry about the mix-up .__.'
Ah no worries at all! Like I said, I love spirited away and my inspiration I think came from that film as well as a few other places
On a side note, I had a quick look on Amazon and these are the exact ones I have:
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As an example of what I did with those 12: [link] It says in the description that i used prismas but in reality I did the base rust/orange colour with 2 prismas then the fur detail, eyes and background with my Caran D'Aches as the prismas were a little too soft for me to do hard detail strokes with
On a side note, I had a quick look on Amazon and these are the exact ones I have:
[link]
As an example of what I did with those 12: [link] It says in the description that i used prismas but in reality I did the base rust/orange colour with 2 prismas then the fur detail, eyes and background with my Caran D'Aches as the prismas were a little too soft for me to do hard detail strokes with
I love spirited away as well One of my faves.
Thanks for showing me an example!
I really appreciate it!
One of my faves.Thanks for showing me an example!
I really appreciate it!