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  • I swap between gel and ballpoint depending on what I feel like using at the time. That said, I think ballpoints are generally better. In my experience gel pens run out a lot quicker and tend to bleed into the other side of the page since they have thicker lines. Also they smear easier and take longer to dry. There’s a reason ballpoints are the de-facto pens, they’re reliable and have the least downsides of any alternative. Also really cheap and last a very long time. There’s a lot of garbage ballpoint pens out there but if you find a genuinely good one I think it can flow as smoothly as a good gel pen.

    I tried a fountain pen once and my experience was similar to yours. It feels “exotic” but just has a lot of downsides and is easy to mess up your paper with them. It’s probably good for people who have fantastic handwriting or like drawing and want to control ink thickness on the fly.















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    2 months ago

    There’s still good stuff occasionally but the anime industry has produced a lot more trash this past decade. There was an article that explained exactly why but I can’t find it.

    Basically, the anime industry is falling apart on itself. Harsh deadlines and low pay means everyone is rushing everything and prioritizing quantity over quality. Even the most popular anime like Jujutsu Kaisen have had controversies on how they abuse their staff.

    Also the reason most animes have a similar artstyle is to make it easy to onboard new animators and hire freelancers. If everything had a different style it’d be difficult to train animators to keep it consistent.