My hardcore pencil sharpening skillz

ArtsyFartsy · Jun 2009

One time I sharpened a pencil down so much I couldn't even see it anymore.

It really offends me when they use inferior quality wood...I take it personally....,and i'm very good with a knife.

Vitor · Jun 2009

damn...

Ferg · Jun 2009

Looking for contracts on anything. A-Nee-Hting!

you spelled a-nee-thing wrong

killingpeople · Jun 2009

awesome. dig those blades too.

Marine · Jun 2009

if you were hardcore, you'd file your nails so they're razor sharp and use those to sharpen your pencil

JohnnyRaptor · Jun 2009

cool photo

ArtsyFartsy · Jun 2009

Marine wrote: »

if you were hardcore, you'd file your nails so they're razor sharp and use those to sharpen your pencil

I have been looking for new things to sharpen. Any excuse to avoid doing some actual work.

Paul Pepera · Jun 2009

fuck the pencils, what's that a drawing of??

whats_true · Jun 2009

pansies use 2B's

Andreas · Jun 2009

Whats the brand name of the pencil at the top? Been searching for where I can buy those online for ages.

gaganjain · Jun 2009

Eraserhead wrote: »

fuck the pencils, what's that a drawing of??

Same here....:poly142:
Nice skills...Don't know what more you can do with blades..i am scared :poly122:

hawken · Jun 2009

well I can't say it's not entirely pointless

ArtsyFartsy · Jun 2009

Blenderhead wrote: »

Whats the brand name of the pencil at the top? Been searching for where I can buy those online for ages.

http://www.plazaart.com/products.php?page=5994&a=3&dept=7&manufacturer=7024

Turqoise Sanford. Which is a Prismacolor brand. Prismacolor makes some seriously inferior products, and this pencil is no exception, though i do find myself using it a lot. The biggest issue with it is, that it is marked as a 3B but it is very hard and a lighter grey. I'd say it is closer to HB. The other pencil is a Staedler Lumnograph which i think is a much better product. I have the full line of Staedler, and their 2B and 4B have the richest and softest blacks I've found. The 8B gets kinda waxy and is closer to a crayon. Not a big fan of that. Never found a true 8B. I've heard true 8B is so black, when looking at it the white of your eyes turns black.

I've tried every brand of pencil and graphite i could get my hands on, and there's no consistency and reliability between any of them. Just get what works for you.

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The drawing underneath is nothing special. It looks like there's more there than there really is.

Sharpening your pencils to this degree serves a very useful purpose. First it creates a better bond between you and your materials (Love the Paint:poly127:). Second, it forces you to draw with very light and steady strokes. If you press too hard with the pencil you will break the tip, so you're almost forced to use the weight of the pencil alone and build up the surface slowly. Can't get my tablet to do that.

00Zero · Jun 2009

lol, but the points, theyre not even sharp!

seforin · Jun 2009

you take your pencil porn OUT of here sir!

stimpack · Jun 2009

2B. good choice sir! the shaving is a bit rough tho. b/c your using that full hand held box opener, your going to get those big chunks taken out. If you just hold the blade itself, and shave gently, you will get a smoother gradient and a stronger end product to draw with

whipSwitch · Jun 2009

fine grain sandpaper works wonders...

Ruz · Jun 2009

whats the point:) I used ti work with an architectural geezer who actually drew tech illustrations by hand with a pencil very much like that. bit longer and slightly thinner though

ArtsyFartsy · Jun 2009

I use sand paper for the tip sometimes. The tip is more sensitive and it needs to be patted down gently. The shaft is more rigid and I go over that one with big heavy strokes.

I think thicker overall seems to make a better impression. With a thinner tip you have to spend an hour trying to accomplish what the thicker pencil does in two minutes.

Rens · Jun 2009

2b .. psssss, i use 8b

JesterBox · Jun 2009

Rens wrote: »

2b .. psssss, i use 8b

Double Psssshh...

rawkstar · Jun 2009

you could just get a few of those solid graphite pencils, make ur life a whole lot easier and you can probably use the sides for much thicker stroke than u'd get with any of these.

jouste · Jun 2009

i'm in total agreement on those turquoise sanford pencils, they are absolute garbage. as far as pencils go i only really use 2h or 4h cause the leads so hard they last longer and you don't have to sharpen them as often.

ever try one of these bad boys?

they rule when dealing with nubs of pencils. i love mine.

My hardcore pencil sharpening skillz

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