Hi /ic/, I'm looking for some Christmas gift recommendations

That depends on how open he is to trying new materials, but a set of pastel pencils and some nice paper would be a good bet.
Or if he likes pens, get him a fountain pen and bottle of ink and tell him to stop being a pleb.

If you want to play it super safe, just better graphite pencils and a nice sketchbook. If he's a hipster, a set of Palominos and a Moleskine. Or for actually good materials, some Hi-Unis/Tombow Monos and a Hahnemuhle/Fabriano/Stillman & Birn sketchbook.

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some of those nice squishy gray erasers because everything else sucks.

>>2769834
If he only has used pencils then maybe getting him a small set of watercolours would be nice. You can buy a few small brushes and either some nice pans or some small tubes. Then get a watercolour Moleskine sketchbook with it.

It's a bit more interesting than something like "nice" pencils which don't really feel all that different from normal ones especially if you are an amateur.

Also a Pentel brushpen is a fantastic gift. Everyone seems to love them.