• Tape for affixing string to paper.
  • Faber Castell "shades of grey" brush pens.
  • Tombo Brush Pens.
  • Putty for making paper stick to the whiteboard.
  • Stencils for making shapes more consistent.
  • Lots and lots of whiteboard markers.
  • See-thru tools for drawing straight lines.
  • Good for making lines right angles.
  • Xacto Knife for cutting paper.
  • Pencil - you know.
  • Binder clip for holding paper together.
  • Sharpie - all illustrations are done with a sharpie.
  • Pencil Sharpener.
  • Eraser for removing errant pencil marks.
  • Thread for our high tech animations.
  • Scissors for cutting lots of paper.
  • Figure for figures. For now, taking a break.
  • Whiteboard

Common Craft - Tools of the Trade

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A collection of the supplies we use to make the videos.

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  1. Choconancy1 67 months ago | reply

    Have you discovered www.dickblick.com for pens? Best prices on Tombos. Plus I found a set of markers called "global colors" for a variety of skin tones as I try not to have all my people be white!!

  2. Kris Krug 67 months ago | reply

    mmmmmm

  3. lneuma1 65 months ago | reply

    Not that Tombo's brush pens aren't great, but your colors come out substantially darker that they need to onscreen as video, IMHO.
    Maybe it's the crappy paper.

    I used to be a certified art supply snob, and to some degree I still am, but one day someone foisted upon me a supply of plain ol' Crayola markers, and I have never gone back! Crayola folks fall all over themselves producing an unbelievable array of color palettes and shades for every need at a fraction of the price per pack, and they last damn near forever. I have even drawn on cars with their some of their markers, had it last three days, and easily wiped them off. Go to a Walmart, Walgreens, or Hobby Lobby and take a test run.

    P.S. I DON'T work there! I just have to draw and color in really fast!
    www.crayolastore.com/product_list.asp?SKW=DRAWMARKERS

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