I use sharpies for most of my sketches and cartoons. they are so versitile and last longer than most pens.

I was using these pens but found out they dried up quickly if you left the cap off for a couple of hours.

A long time classic for vandilizing mens rooms and outhouses.

Although they don't last as long as I would like and they tend to bleed, I would not be able to live without my Sharpie markers.

I love the fact that they've come out with so many colors and the ink seems to look much smoother on many different kinds of paper than alot of my other markers.

I enjoy the crisp black lines. Especially helpful in making an optical illusion. However, on some types of paper the edges get blurry. Smooth paper with little to not tooth is the best.

I use fine tip sharpies for demo in art and cartooning classes I teach. The black line shows up, and can have some expressive qualities. I like the extra fine point better than the ultra fine point, and sometimes use it for illustration on bristol or illustration board. I tell younger students not to press to hard when using the pens. The ultra fine s too delicate for most of them, and for me, I find it bleeds too much. The tips will wear down, and you need to keep the cap on, but that is the nature of the beast.

Sharpies, can't live without em!

this are the best pens ever!!
love it

this is the pen i use to sign all my works. permanent and clear.

I use them for some of my art they make great black lines without having to go back across them to tighten up grey spots!

I believe anyone who is anyone loves sharpies. If you know me then you know i always have a bag of them in my purse. They're fun to use. and Easy to trace with.

This is one of the faster drying pens and rarely has any issues with smudging.
The fine tip also holds up well over extensive use.

you can't go wrong with wrong with a sharpie. it's hard to catch me with out one

Is it me or is it now cheaper to buy Sharpie markers say now from 5-10 years ago? Maybe it was just College supply store markups, but I couldn't tell you.

There's no topping the quality of Sharpie Black on just about any medium, including fabrics. In my experience, it does the best on med- to high-gloss paper surfaces and transparencies. It dries the fastest and doesn't smudge. And I've never seemed to have one slowly dry out on me. It would always go from dark and wet, to ...... nothing at all, which I actually appreciate. Nothing burns out the quality of an illustration worse than a half-ass ink job.

Yess, yesss, if you leave the cap off it goes dry. Uh-huh, like all other markers et universal. At least the caps work. Try this experiment. Go to a dollar store, and buy a set of colored markers. Take them home, and see how many already don't work!! Their caps are still on!!!

Sharpie's seemingly only dull point is their lack of color blending ability or color diversity. For these, Pantone still ranks high. Where Pantone fails is where Sharpie succeeds: in price, coverage, and ink life. Pantone markers run about $4-8 each, and dry out sooner. Pantone markers also seem to cause much greater contact highs in a much shorter period of time. Not good to feel loopy after working on a last minute poster for a conference meeting. :-|

A little tip on how to keep their tips. Only draw with the pen straight down for details. When filling with ink, angle the marker for a broader stroke and turn occasionally. This will sort of sharpen the tip. This advice works pretty well with any art medium including pencils, charcoal, pastels, and Asian Calligraphy brushes. So it's a good habit to get into.

I have been using sharpies for years for drawing. Short of ink, nothing beats the really black black you get from a sharpie.