cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20925524

I’ve had the Staedtler Noris Jumboand love it for drawing. I just purchased the Staedtler Mars Lumograph Jumbo and wanted to test the differences using the pencils in Atelier.

Here’s a photo of the results.

The columns are:

L - Light pressure lines

H - Hard pressure lines

T - Tilt/attempting to shade lightly

X - Crosshatching with various pressure

The Mars is soft feeling like the Noris, which I like. But I found that I could not get as light a pressure /line with the Mars as I could with the Noris. You can see that in the photo too.

I think I’ll stick with the Noris for art, but will add the Mars to the rotation for note taking.

  • MSids
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    2 months ago

    I have both and thought for sure they were the same thing in a different color. The website lists the specs for both regulars and both jumbos combined.

    The nibs in the regular sized ones are the best I’ve used, and seem to wear much slower than others while still giving a nice resistance.