Rapidoliners / Rapidograph
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- grafiske
The Rapidoliner (.25) which happens to be my favorite pen in the universe, has been discontinued.
The thing is ultra precise, ultra fine, and perfectly black. (Microns are like 85%)
I know that Rapidograph makes refillable ones, are those good? Can you travel with them?
Anyone use a pen similar to this?
- grafiske0
CMON!!!!!!
- horton0
i like cheap disposibles that i can trash on different surfaces as they get old.
have an old set of refillable rapidographs and staedtler marsomatic from college days.. always get airbubbles and having to clean and refill often, too fussy for what i'm doing these days.
- Redmond0
I'd like to know as well since I started inking my illustrations. Microns aren't black, they're grey. So when I scan they aren't perfect black so adjusting them in Photoshop thickens the line weight more than I want it to. It sounds superficial but it's pretty annoying when you want thiny details.
- acescence0
i used to be obsessed with those rapidographs with the little plastic cartridge that snaps on. they were a pain to clean because if you bent that little filament at all it was toast. that, and once you shook it too much and it started leaking, the ink would just keep oozing out.
ooze.
- grafiske0
Yeah! You cant store it upside down ever, and esp the thin tips break off and then you are screwed.
BUT the line quality is superior to any pen I have ever seen.
and I have the same issues with scanning. shit is practically VECTOR quality.
- horton0
you should adjust your scan preview contrast prior to scan to eliminate grey with losing your line weight in PS.
or just convert to bitmap (everything 50%+ equals black) then back to greyscale if required.
or just loosen up and buy cheap dispossible pens :)
- czawada0
I have a nice set of Rapidographs which are more than likely clogged with ink sitting in a box somewhere.
I'm sure the set cost me over a hundred bucks at one point.
- grafiske0
good tip on the line weight!
I have tried many a pen, and none compare. It makes me cry, on the inside.
- Redmond0
It's probably no good for straight line drawings but I bought a crow quill hunt #108 this week end and I find it's pretty cool to work with. I didn't expect it to have such line variation or control.
- gramme0
booze.
booze.