Hi-Tec-C Pens
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- luckyorphan
I don't expect most of you mouse jockeys to have an answer, but what the heck...
I'm looking for a good resource for a box of Hi-Tec-C pens. Not the basic Pilot versions you get in the states—I need the real deal you get from Japan...like this:
Bought a couple of boxes of these when I was working there, but that was almost 10 years ago, and my last one ran out.
0.25, 0.3 or 0.4 mm are all acceptable.
Any help?
Or, if anyone has any advice on a US-based replacement, I'd be happy to give one a test-drive.
Much obliged.
- sublocked0
TOKYU HANDS
- SteveJobs0
like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Hi-Tec-C-Gel…
- SteveJobs0
or any of these?
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw…- ...bingo. There's one on that page that'll work. Thanks SJ.luckyorphan
- -kappa-0
Are they that good?
- Have yet to find anything better. But anything's possible.luckyorphan
- co20
Don't forget to pick up one of these too. http://www.kickstarter.com/proje…
- Tempting, but those designers on film drive me bonkers.luckyorphan
- I don't think they come with the pen.co2
- ********0
yeah, whats so special about these pens
- uncannylikeness0
- Yeh checked there...most of the sizes I'm looking for in black are sold out.luckyorphan
- luckyorphan0
To answer a couple of questions above...
The pens are simply the best thing to happen to sketching since the kneaded eraser, in my opinion. They allow hyper-precise, flawless scribbling at a microscopic size. It's like drawing with a rigid, steel hair, with ink that never disrupts, and a tip that never stutters.
I was a character designer in animation in a former life, and these pens were the standard for creating the perfect line. Their control and reliability are unmatched.
Today, as a creative director, these pens are essential for developing logos at a very small size (two-inch square), comping rapid layouts and throwing together all kinds of decent-looking ideas for quick review.
If any of you are considering a career in which drawing plays a part (assuming all of you are, since you're on this forum—though it shocks me at how few designers know how to draw or paint), I'd advise picking up one or two and a brand new sketchbook, and using them daily until either the sketchbook or the pen runs out. You won't regret it.
Draw.