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  Leadholders and the things they doNov 30, 2011 1:58 AM PST | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Bonus art day! Erased attempted sketched layouts for today's page on both sides of the paper. This one on the back survived; it's an okay sketch I think, but it just wasn't quite right for the situation (like why would her head be tilted and apparently stuck in a jet stream?) ('Cause it's dramatic, that's why! =p):
 
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Since last Monday I've been using a Staedtler Mars Technico 2mm Lead Holder to draw the comic before applying ink (much more graphite to erase!), and although this exact branded model isn't listed at the otherwise encyclopedic leadholder.com ("The Drafting Pencil Museum"), you can see hundreds of other leadholders from all over the world there, from those of the modern day to the very first (which was also the very first pencil of any kind! According to the leadholder.com history page, this first leadholder/pencil was "described in print by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner in 1567.") And you can also get all kinds of info about how they work, how they're made, how they're used, etc. Apparently the leadholder heyday was eh maybe in the '50's or so when they were in vast use in mechanical drafting; lately they've started to be replaced by thinner mechanical pencils and, of course, computers. Hopefully they will still be around in some form for eh the next 50 years or so, in case I ever need to replace mine. >_>
 
 
 
 
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