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i just use staedtler/pilot/edding drawing pens in about five weights. i have a sharpie but i've no idea how the fuck you can do anything refined with them! MG gots the skillz, so I'm flattered indeed. However, while I love it in his work, I'm not into his themes (tattoo/skate/graffiti culture) for what I do. Not yet anyway. I just like portraying ordinary objects in a certain way.
A few people have said about it being Giant-esque, that's what led me to look at his work at first. I'd been drawing like this for a while. I'm into being exact but thinking carefully about the weights and organisation of lines, which I suppose gives a certain character. I don't think that precise drawings have to be dry or devoid of 'art'.
Actually, scratch that- edding liner pens are wank.