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>>2713298
Ballpoint pens are super popular for sketching so I'm not sure how it classifies as underrated.

The main disadvantage I guess is that they are not archival from what I hear.

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>>2713298
>ballpoints
>not using a $1200 fountain pen

>>2713298
get yourself some PITT brush tips. That is the ultimate in stroke control. Faber Castell sells disposable pretty cheap online. Or I have to agree with ^ this guy. Fountain pen for the win :D

>>2713298

I love drawing with erasable ball point pens (we call the crossword pens here). They feel like a cross between gel pens and regular ball point.

>>2713310
>tfw ever since I used felt tip pens, ballpoint pens feel slippery as hell
>realize why it's called ballpoint now

>>2713517

Zebra >>>> PITT

>>2713557
>realize why it's called ballpoint now
Because it has a ball at the point?

>>2713847
I've had two zebras and I'm finding the flow really dry.. I'm going to order a fude thing with the refills next, i can't move the zebra brush at any speed without getting poor results

>>2713298
ballpoint pen lover here, I can confirm ballpoint isn't that underrated, the whole Peter Han following as well as Scott Robertson and other designers like to use em a lot (normally the Hi-tec), they normally go by higher quality ones, Kim Jung Gi also uses ballpoint a lot (not as much as he does his penbrush thought)

>>2713310
I think ballpoint has a ton of disadventages compared to other mediums (i don't think there's something such a perfect medium anyway)

to name a few:
>You can't draw vertically with your ballpoint, sometimes it also doesn't work horizontally so you can't work on hanging pieces.
-Can't be refilled so you get a small amount of inks to chose from (is fucking hell to find a pen that is ballpoint but isn't gel and comes in brown for example, anything besides blue, red and black really, I guess green is also kinda common)
-On the ink thing, since you can't refill em the ink they come with might likely be either not waterproof or not alcoholproof, if not both.
>Worst of all enemies, Ink blobs.

>>2713506
with fountain pens you get a fixed value while with ballpoint pens you can get a big range of value, so you can sketch with them easily.

more on this: https://youtu.be/9srD5CxeOWU?t=15m52s

I like both anyway, but ballpoint is just so inexpensive that is not even fun.

oh and on the weird artist mediums, I don't really see many people painting with Casein or India Ink outside of chinese painting.

>>2713298
While we are on topic, has anyone ever finished a pen?

>>2713298
>biro

bongs get out

But yes, ballpoint PENS are the most superior art device invented to this day.

>>2713964
HAH no. They always find a way to ascend long before that happens.

And while we're on topic, how many pens have you stole/found vs actually bought yourself?

>>2713298
Jerry is that you?

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php/46842-BallPointPenArt-Jerry-Stith

>>2713298
someone tell me which pens to get at the Blick art store

I can never tell which ones are good, and I'm scared that an expensive one might let me down. I'm just looking for longevity here.

>>2714098
You got the wrong guy, friend.

>>2714046

The Inventor of the ballpoint PEN was "László Bíró" hence Biro.

>>2713964
I have a graveyard of uniball signos
They're not ballpoint though