Yesterday I got this huge batch of samples from
Pentel to test and review, so I guess I will have plenty of materials to blog about in the coming days.
This was the first time I noticed the "
Recycology" label on some of the pens and highlighters which indicates that they are made out of at least 50% recycled materials.
After organizing them, I completed this initial test chart. All of the pens started writing right away without any undue coaxing. The
RSVP ball point pens worked well enough, but I prefer the smoother feel of the
Slicci gel pens and the
EnerGel® Deluxe Retractable 0.7mm metal tip liquid gel roller pen.
Funny how despite having tons of
Pentel mechanical pencils, I never got around trying their block erasers before.
For a quick test of the
Hi-Polymer ZEH-05 eraser alongside the
Boxy eraser, I scribbled some HB swatches on the white card stock that were quickly erased without damaging the paper surface and just leaving a faint trace of graphite behind.
Yesterday I got this huge batch of samples from Pentel to test and review, so I guess I will have plenty of materials to blog about in the coming days.
This was the first time I noticed the "Recycology" label on some of the pens and highlighters which indicates that they are made out of at least 50% recycled materials.
After organizing them, I completed this initial test chart. All of the pens started writing right away without any undue coaxing. The RSVP ball point pens worked well enough, but I prefer the smoother feel of the Slicci gel pens and the EnerGel® Deluxe Retractable 0.7mm metal tip liquid gel roller pen.
Funny how despite having tons of Pentel mechanical pencils, I never got around trying their block erasers before.
For a quick test of the Hi-Polymer ZEH-05 eraser alongside the Boxy eraser, I scribbled some HB swatches on the white card stock that were quickly erased without damaging the paper surface and just leaving a faint trace of graphite behind.
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You are writing so many excellent posts that I am having trouble keeping up! :-)
Took a different "batch" approach to my last few posts. I took all the pictures and sketched all the demo doodles for all of them ahead of time, then did all the Photoshop adjustments for the multiple posts, and finally assembled and edited them today.
It would take me years to eat through all those erasers...the Pentel Hi-Polymer is my everyday eraser.
Which is why I already distributed all of those Pentel Hi-Polymer erasers among my students at the end of their cartooning class last summer. I'd imagine that they saw plenty of use during the school year. While I have a small Pentel Hi-Polymer in one of my back-up sketching kits, I favor foam erasers in my everyday kit.
Oh, and BTW, how do you get all those samples?
A Pentel rep contacted me through this blog and sent the samples for review.
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