naira was asking about the blending stumps i use, and i thought "Hey, why don't i scan the various rod-shaped objects i use to stir my visual flotsam?"
So just in case anyone was ever curious, here's what i use. :D This is literally like everything i need, other than paper. I should have included my One Marker i guess, it's a prismacolor cool grey 30% ...i use that occasionally. I wish i had more markers, liek a greyscale set, that'd be swell.

But yeah, anyway, my toolbox is a duct-taped chequebox, and it fits all these plus a bunch of other pens i rarely use, plus some spare erasers. Traveling light. :3

From right to left (approximately in order of importance):

kneaded Eraser. I use this almost more than i use the pencils :P I like to have one part that is fairly blackened with graphite already, so i can wipe it over a shaded space on a picture and only pick up a very tiny amount of what's there, in order to smooth it out... then i can of course mold other eraser pseudopods to suit my needs. Kneaded erasers are by far the best for my needs (kneads?) and i haven't used any other kind of eraser like... ever. Except for one time when i lost my kneaded eraser and had to borrow a block eraser from someone. Lovely little eraser crumbs! :<

Pencil Menagerie. .3mm, .5mm, and .7mm. the .5 i use for all sketching and some finish work, the .3 i use for a good portion of finish/detail work, and the .7 i use occasionally to add light shading to a large area (which i will then smooth out with a blender.) The .3 has B lead, and the others have HB probably (i'm actually not sure, but that's the most likely.)

Blending Stumps. Two that i use and one loltastic homemade one that i never actually used. I think i made that after i left my old one in Wales and had yet to buy new ones. I leave one end fairly sharpened and pointy, for working in tight spaces... and the other end a bit more blunt for shading larger swaths. When the fine end gets too blunted, i sharpen the bigger blunt end and reverse it. :D

X-Acto knife. What artist would be complete without one?
Mainly used to sharpen blenders, but also on occasion to slice up pictures for rearranging or ...whatever. Or to cut out magazine pieces, hijack planes, or anything like that.

Inking Pens. I've actually come to prefer the prismacolor brand, the ink dries a lot quicker. I mostly use the 005 pen (Though the tip is a bit split and i need a new one...) but the 01 is good for some parts of the inking, and the big Graphic 1 is great for borders and thick outlines. I <3 it. I also occasionally use an 03 and 05 prismacolor pen, but it's not too common.


And that's that :3
I suppose i should mention that i primarily use smooth bristol, both 9x12 and 11x14 ...mostly 11x14, though i am all out of it at present. And then i use 8.5x11 cardstock for 'cheaper' pictures and for sketching, since i have a massive pile of it. It's almost as smooth and works fine for graphite, though when i ink on it the ink bleeds a lot more unfortunately.

I AM SORRY, SCANNER. I will clean you, i promise :c