What I use are Prismacolor Premier markers, Sakura Micron pens, Faber Castel india-ink pens. If you can be a supplier for them, start carrying sakura jelly-roll gel pens :)

We have all those in stock except the jelly-roll pens.

I'm putting in a order for those right now. ^.^

GellyRoll pens are epic. I always run out of/lose my white ones. They are essential to my art!

Wow...my "Tools of the Trade" panel at last MFM would have been really good for you guys. We discussed all sorts of this very thing. I'll give ya a list of what I see the most of and it might be a good starting point.

Copic Sketch and Prismacolor markers
Prismacolor and Derwent colored pencils
Micron pens
Faber Castell pens, pencils and markers
Bristol paper/board
Cardstock (pre-cut in different sizes is great)
Laminating sheets for heat laminators
Badge clips
Prismacolor pencil sharpeners
Erasers

Something interesting might be to make up "sets" like for color work with markers or colored pencils, charcoal, chalk, oil pastel, etc. You could even custom design the sets for each person.

Btw, yes, I need to make an order from you guys too. XD

Prismacolor markers
Pigma micron pens
Faber-Castell brush pens
Lead for mechanical pencils (personally I use .9 blue or red, but most people use .5 or .7)
9x12 Bristol (smooth)
Sakura Jelly-roll white

I also use dry pan watercolors and tube gouache. Koh-i-Noor makes a 24 pan twist together paint set that's cheap and ideal for travel paint. See here: http://www.threadsofimagination.co......;ItemID=koinor I use mine constantly. If you carry paints, I'd recommend some simple brush sets too.

Mostly things what've been mentioned already; micron pens and the like - though I do prefer .7 Pilot Color Eno Soft Blue lead for my pencil and I have a devil of a time finding it.

Hopefully I'll be seein' ya at FWA, eh?

I wouldn't use this since I have pretty set formats for my badges worked out.
If you sold badge making sets for artists. Like a vinyl sleeve, of X size bristol board insert already made, and a clip. So all an artist needs to do it make the badge.
Sell in a package for the right price I'm sure some artists would find useful in this community.

As for supplies I'll use it all depends on the cost for me. I'm always shopping for Copic refills, new copic sketch nibs and Faber-Castell pens (especially the various ink colours than black)

Prisma's were already mentioned, but how about Verithins? I like those because they're a lot less waxy than the standard ones.
Reeves coloring pencils/drawing pencils
Staedler Erasers
wire bound sketchbooks
sketchbooks w pockets

Oh very cool! :) Colored micron pens, extra erasers, hand held pencil sharpeners, and pencils of different hardness are always handy!

OH also white gel pens! :>

I frequently run out of white, black, and blue indigo prismacolor pensils, at cons.

I use Copics - maybe if you carried some refills of common colors? Hm...other than that...colored pencils (especially black!), laminating pouches, badge clips, inking pens (I use Faber Castell Pitt pens), gel/glitter pens, bristol paper. That's all I can think of right now, I don't usually run out of stuff at a con cuz I make a list of what I need way in advance, but those are some things I can think of an artist needing.

=3 Mrawr well I use faber castell colors (not prismacolors since brazil makes fabercastell stuff and I live next to them X3)
the thing I run out most of the time is the black pencil color, white pencil color and gray pencil color (maybe its just me)

but the thing we traditional artists love are inking pens, of all kind of them, I love my 0.05mm one, other people like 1mm ones

what else, uhm white ink pens (to give shinny effect on sketches or colored stuff)

(this is mostly me btw) glue bars, since I use plain paper I always end pasting my works on hard canson paper =3 but not many people do that so yeap

mechanical pencils for sketches, mechanical erasers (we love them)

avoid at any cost chinesse or japanesse imitations, no matter how cool looking they could be (keep in mind I said imitations) they always broke or end being totally useless

there are special stuff that are japanesse, like inking pens for mangas and stuff, but again, imitations are the things you should avoid.

portfolios to keep our works safe, thats soemthing we lack here in my country x3

I wish you all the best of luck on your noble business bencher, with small time businesses closing done left and right before they could stand a chance, especially in this economy.

Staedtler pigment liners instead of the sakura ones. ;) And copic reflills! Heck, I'd buy those if they were well priced even though I don't do color at cons anymore, just for the convenience of taking them back home with me instead of ordering online and having to pay shipping.

I'd also suggest selling sketchbooks. Not for the artists, but for the commissioners, I often get asked where they could buy one!

I've been struggling to find page protectors for any size larger than 8.5 x 11. A lot of artists I know work larger than that, and we have to purchase enormously expensive portfolios to put larger work in, but finding the sleeves sold separately is nigh on impossible

Well, for me, I always could use more Bristol board. I use Strathmore smooth bristol board, usually I buy them in the 9x12" pads, but if they came in just individual sheets (handy for at a con), that'd be cool! Or even Strathmore ATC bristols (2.5 x 3.5") for art cards/ACEOs. Again, smooth bristol board for that, but I'd bet other artists would love the other varieties that the ATCs come in (vellum bristol, watercolour, illustration board, etc.), along with the ATC envelopes too, OR little ziploc baggies to keep them safe from getting wet.

Conbadge holders and conbadge clips! The typical 3x4", vertical or horizontal, or even ATC sized conbadge holders. Having clips sold separately can be handy, especially if people laminate their stuff instead of putting the badges in holders, and they might run out of clips ;)

Speaking of lamination, either offering a lamination service, or having lamination pouches available (NOT the self-stick kind, but actual hot lamination pouches) can be handy too. I've had to recently start keeping my lamination machine home cuz I just have too much stuff to bring, but I need *some* conbadges laminated because they're larger than average and are shaped.

I use Prismacolour markers for the most part, Micron Sakura inking pens, gel pens. Having a supply of those available would be handy :)

And I love the idea of having blank sketchbooks available, not just for artists but for anyone! I have at least 3 or 4 people every con, coming to my table and wanting a commission, but they have no sketchbook, either because they had forgotten it or it's their first con and they didn't know how handy they could be at getting sketches from their favourite artists. At last FurFright, I worked with a sketchbook in which I literally fell in love with the quality of the paper! I loved it so much, I wrote down the URL: http://piccadillyinc.com/products/sketchbook The paper in most sketchbooks, my inking pens just seem to HATE them, and they showed signs that they just wanted to curl up and die, going so far as actually looking like they were running out of ink and dying. Not for these books! My ink went on smooth and clean, and didn't smear when I erased my pencils. My markers didn't bleed over my lines, and barely even bled through the other side. Personally, if more people had these kinds of sketchbooks, it would make working in sketchbooks much easier :) The paper is thick and smooth, texture-free. Really nice stuff! Heck, I'm tempted to get a sketchbook of my own from Picadilly, and I don't even use sketchbooks! XD Wire-bound sketchbooks are God-sent. They're so much easier to work in then regular-bound sketchbooks, and I can just fold the sketchbook behind itself and work on whatever I need to do and they take up less space.

Cool! :D

I do most of my stuff digitally nowadays, but it's always nice to have extra sketchpads (in various sizes) around. I usually use the Strathmore brand.

Graphite replacement tips for technical pencils, erasers and a pillow to scream into would be appropriate. ;)

I don't bring a lot of supplies to cons. Micron Pigmas and Bristol board are always good and pretty much it for me.

But I've heard good bound sketchbooks tend to be in demand, someone always forgets one!

greetings

Salutations! And thanks for the watch.

What about the furcon  megaplex megaplex? I am crossing my paws when I type this, but I am planning on attending that furcon.