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ursulav is an artist. Who is lucky enough to be married to someone who understands artists and their various crises.

I am currently having an Art Supply Proto-Crisis of the sort she's describing, where there's a supply that I Must Have Right Now that may or may not solve my problem. It's only a proto crisis because, while it may solve my problem, it's for the Rising Stars of Manga entry and if I *do* solve the problem, it's going to make the other 15 pages look bad, so it's getting put on hold until next week.

The problem? My Micron .005 pens are useless before the ink supply runs out because the nib splits and gets hairy and leaves a much wider line than I want. I'm thinking of trying a Rapidograph pen in the smallest size I can get. They're expensive - $25-30 - but they're refillable and in a few months I'll have more than paid for it through the savings on Microns. I've got a Tachikawa manga pen that I really like, but it doesn't get the lines thin enough for the, er, thin lines.

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I've had VERY bad luck with rapidograph pens; the three that I tried ALL leaked and were pretty much useless. I've since gotten rid of them. What I do with my 005 microns is I'll keep a new one handy for when the nib on the current one goes, and then I'll just use the old one for the thicker lines. *shrug*