What are /r/BrushCalligraphy's favorite Products & Services?

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Check out The Calligrapher’s Business Handbook. It walks you through exactly how to price your items. There’s a method of figuring out your hourly rate, adding on for taxes and materials, and then converting that into a per item price.

https://www.amazon.com/Calligraphers-Business-Handbook-Policies-Lettering/dp/1545300496/ref=nodl_

I also really liked Panic Free Pricing by The Happy Ever Crafter. It also walks you through pricing items in a similar way and has tons of actual examples of what calligraphers charged. The guide is quite long and comes with videos but is pricey. I bought it when it was on sale so it might go on sale again.

https://thehappyevercrafter.teachable.com/p/panic-free-pricing/?affcode=254428_tixfyqie

The key is you actually don’t want to under price your work because you think you’re not good enough. That can hurt the calligraphy community as a whole because people think calligraphy services should be cheaper than they really are.

Those look like the ones I have. Amazon link for reference. I'm not sure if you have the same ones, but those are absolutely bristle tipped with individual brush fibers (you can kind of see closeups in the Amazon link of the tip). They are extremely unlike either Tombows or Ecoline markers. These are what I think you are talking about, the Clean Colors with the standard felt tip. I don't own them, so I can't attest to how similar they are to Ecoline markers.

I know you said you can’t be trusted with scissors, BUT... if you’re going to be doing a lot of smaller sized work, you might be pleasantly surprised at how user friendly paper trimmers have gotten to be. Fiskars makes a really nice one that cuts paper up to 12”x12”, has a self-sharpening blade, measuring grid (premarked for 4x6 and 5x7’s) and a groovy mechanism that ensures a completely straight cut. It sells on Amazon for $21. It will cut up to 5 sheets of regular paper at a time but can also handle stuff like card stock. Fiskars 152490-1004 SureCut Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer, 12 Inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0038F1A0S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bP.CDb5F34YYF

Hi! I can’t speak for the quality of those specific pens but I think Pentel is a good brand. I can say that their sign brush pens are very nice quality. I got mine from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EN0HCH6/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_sXXUDbPVEZ6T6

These are different than the felt markers because these are basically smaller brush pens.

I purchased them on amazon

Tombow 56429 Fudenosuke Color Brush Pen, 10-Pack. Hard Tip Fudenosuke Brush Pens in Assorted Colors for Calligraphy and Art Drawings https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HY5DQKD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_zCxYDbNRY7PNT

Copic has a marker paper that’s pretty useful (no-bleed), kinda thick, cardstock-like. They aren’t gridded or anything though. But very travel friendly. here ya go!

Clarify please. Are you talking about the Pentel Aquash brushes? Or the Pentel Color brushes? Or neither?

my supplies came home today! I bought some tombow dual brush pens in the muted tones; they write really well and less thick than the ecoline pens. Try it out! 10 pens pack at ~$16 per pack. I think you would like it very much.

Tombow Dual Brush Pen Art Markers, Muted, 10-Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JVB8FCY?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf

White gel pen by uni ball.

3 pens for $5 - great for accent shadowing effects and beautiful in colored paper.

Uni-Ball UM 153 Signo Broad Point Gel Pen - White - Pack of 3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KK6X7CW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_giPpAbN5GH2Y8