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Mikael Bergkvist
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Posted: 2025 September 07 at 8:33pm \| IP Logged \| 1	post reply

Neal showed me how he was holding the pen to be able to draw without tiring his hand when doing a lot of work. Is this a particular craft thing? Do you know if Kirby had a similar ’trick’? Do you?

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John Byrne
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Posted: 2025 September 07 at 9:54pm \| IP Logged \| 2	post reply

Every artist is different.

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John Popa
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Posted: 2025 September 08 at 2:28pm \| IP Logged \| 3	post reply

I saw a video recently of Mike Grell who can switch hands when one gets too tired!

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Posted: 2025 September 08 at 3:04pm \| IP Logged \| 4	post reply

I had a (now deceased) friend in College who was ambidextrous. It was fascinating to watch him bounce his pencil from hand to hand as he drew.

(I have not once experienced my hand getting tired from drawing.)

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Mikael Bergkvist
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Posted: 2025 September 08 at 6:24pm \| IP Logged \| 5	post reply

I had a bump on my index finger, resting my pen on the joint when I drew and eventually it made drawing difficult. I had to learn to hold the pen differently. I guess its a different journey for every artist.

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Josh Goldberg
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Posted: 2025 September 09 at 12:46am \| IP Logged \| 6	post reply

I had a (now deceased) friend in College who was ambidextrous.

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That's awesome. I tell you what, I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

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Dave Kopperman
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Posted: 2025 September 09 at 7:22pm \| IP Logged \| 7	post reply

This typo on a Pen & Ink group I follow on FB sums it up nicely:

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Peter Martin
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Posted: 2025 September 09 at 8:31pm \| IP Logged \| 8	post reply

QUOTE:

I tell you what, I'd give my left arm to be ambidextrous.

A less humerus situation than I'd like.

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