Abby HowardInterview
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Adapted from Abby Howard's interview on Uses This, published 18 March 2014. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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For the pens, I tend towards Microns, which are a little pricey but well worth it for the line quality.
I use a Mustek A3 2400S, which is the most affordable high quality oversized scanner, capable of scanning up to 11x17.
Sometimes I use color, which I always do digitally (colors don't scan well), and for that I use a Wacom Cintiq 24HD, which is one of the pricier tablets.
But if you're looking for a more affordable tablet of the same quality, I've heard excellent things about the Surface Pro 2, which is far more portable, as well.
Design
I use regular old Photoshop, and usually I only have to rotate and adjust the levels so the darks are darker, but sometimes I have to clean them up with the eraser tool and fill in big black areas.