It's funny, I see a lot of product reviews out there for high end gadgets and such but not too much for more humble stuff...case in point art erasers!
The folks at Sakura who make the Micron pens that a lot of us comic types use, gave me some of their SumoGrip erasers to test drive at San Diego Comic Con this year. I put them to the test that weekend and have been using them since and have to say I like them. They seem to be a bit stiffer than most erasers which works well for me in erasing detailed areas. I sometimes even cut the tip of an eraser to specific shape to get into a small area...yeah I know, weird.
Most comic artists just want a couple of things from an eraser. First to get the paper clean and second to not fade the black ink line when we go to erase the pencil marks on an ink illustration. A lot of erasers are pretty tough on the ink line and after erasing you end up with a grayer line than you want. Sometimes you even have to go back in and touch things up. I for one, don't fill in the solid black areas until after I've erased the line art so the black will stay nice and black for this very reason.
I am happy to say that this eraser does both jobs well.
They come in a bunch of different shapes and sizes and I have found the refillable pen holder model to be super handy, and I keep it with me with my traveling art supplies.
Oh yeah, and they're black which is bad ass ;)
Check them out the next time you are in an art store or you can order them online.
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