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canadafreeze says,

I'm a doodler. I also believe in the importance of the hand written word. I've dabbled in calligraphy, but being a left-hander, traditional calligraphy tools don't work well for me. I like coloured ink, especially purple, and my current favourite is a Uniball Vision, fine tip. When I do script writing, I like a medium point, 0.7 mm. Pentel is decent and not expensive. I like a good pencil, too, but they're hard to find. Blackwing was a favourite, but they aren't made anymore. Interesting question.

illuminatrix says,

Excellent answer, thanks!

marymc says,

DecoColor extra fine when I'm drawing on glass or ceramic. Micron Pigma 03 for drawing on paper.

unknown116 says,

Strangely, I really like the cheap Papermate ballpoint pens. I wish I could do calligraphy, because I love the style and the pens, but I still have yet to learn. So for now, I just get to flow my creativity through a 99 cent Papermate.

illuminatrix says,

Everyone's input is wonderfully welcome, awesome! It's all written down.

And Hieronimo, no worries there. I listened to an interview of Quentin Tarantino recently and what he does is take a dedicated notebook (for one screenplay), black and red felt tip pens (which he alternates at random, just to change what he's looking at) and he hand writes out a whole screenplay, then types up the whole thing "with one finger'. Wow.

This shocked and interested me as much as when I found out that William Gibson wrote Neuromancer on a manual typewriter, never even haven owned a computer by that stage of his life (Neuromancer, the novel that defined the sci-fi subgenre of cyperpunk). Crazy! The human imagination (in all its weird workings) is truly a wondrous thing, magic in all the senses of the word.

illuminatrix says,

Fair enough.

illuminatrix says,

In reference to Hieronomo and IM's preferences, I do like fine sharpies or other oil-based permanent pens but I don't like how they bleed through notebook paper and dab the next page (sometimes) or ruin the usability of the opposing page (always, not that I always use both sides, but I like to keep my options open). Also, if I remember correctly, they start leeching ink onto the paper upon first contact and it ends up looking a little spongey (spiderwebby??), rather than a neat line. Anyways, that's neither here nor there. Thanks for the input.

ba_miracle says,

I used to have a nice Montblanc. It was black thick and well weighted so you didn't need to apply pressure to write, you let the weight do the work.

Prismacolor - With thick and thin ends, (almost) made me feel like I could be an artist.

Bic, roundstick medium, blue - favorite of office supplies.

If I had money to frivolously spend I would get a pearl white Swarvoski pen with capacitive top and blue ink.

Dhani says,

A PIG pen, where I can meet my friends....

illuminatrix says,

I just realized that I very unfairly didn't give as specific of information as everyone else so graciously did. Part of that is because most of my pens are pens I've bought in Japan and I have no idea about their availability. I'll give what information I can, for whatever it's worth.

The 'fude' (calligraphy ink brush) style pen is Pentel Pullman black. The thin felt tip one is .3 mm (I'm pretty sure, but I sometimes get even smaller) Mitsubishi PIN "For Pro" Waterproof and Fade proof pigment ink (water based). I've been a big fan of these types (especially the thin one) for years and years. So precise. I used to write and draw everything with a mechanical pencil (it had a long, twist-out eraser), so maybe this type of ultra-fine precision fits my weird temperament. Now that I think about it, my handwriting used to be extremely small. I just like information density on the page, maybe? I like a bit more space these days though.

Thanks again to everyone for the information. I feel like I'm able to ask Picasso what type of brush he prefers in a sense. Take that as a compliment.