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Is it just me or is it the fineliners?

1:59 AM, Monday January 25th 2021

So I brought the Pigma Micron Pen pack (01, 03, and 05) from Walmart and used the 05 for the assignments. Though, as time went by, the ink flow has started to get weird for the 05. For some reason, if I drew while holding the pen tilted, the ink wouldn't flow perfectly and it would show the lines looking so dried up, but if I drew while holding the pen in a 90° angle (like, the tip is directly facing the page), the ink would flow perfectly. I don't exactly know if it's me or not, either it's a lack of experience with fineliners, I was suppose to hold the pen with the tip facing the paper, or I'm doing something wrong. I'm sure I was holding them lightly and I wasn't putting the pen down hard. I checked the 01 and 03 pens out and they worked perfectly fine, even when I drew them with the tip tilted.

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4:52 PM, Monday January 25th 2021

Another factor to consider is the kind of paper you're using. Paper intended for dry media (often marketed as "drawing" or "sketching" paper) doesn't play well with fineliners, so we usually recommend the use of standard printer paper.

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7:00 AM, Monday January 25th 2021

Generally felt-tips work best when hold (almost) perpendicular (90°) to the paper. I don't know why it's working better with the 01, 03 when drawing with them at more of an angle. I would recommend you try to increase the angle of pen to paper. It doesn't have to be the full 90°. Try out what works best. Hope it helps.

1:22 PM, Monday January 25th 2021

I see. Though, whenever I try to hold my pen like that, while ghosting or doing the superimposed line assignment, my grip's angle always shift. Like it goes unnotice or sometimes it looks/feels like im holding the pen at a 90° angle and when I execute the line, that's when I notice it.

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