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Yes, you use a tortillon to smudge the pencil, but it doesn't do it as readily as charcoal. One reason charcoal and I aren't friends.

I knew what you meant about drawing stuff on the mousepad.
I find that rather hard to do. HB lead is roughly about the same as #2 regular lead. though, I would prefer an Empire #2 pencil, they don't make them like that anymore. the lead was able to melt at low heat into a sharper point.
(It boiled as well if you weren't careful. Back awhile ago in school I had a kid nail me in the arm with an Empire #2. I permanently carry the pencil point in my arm.)

Computer art is outside my current scope of skill. But I'm trying!

Actually, drawing with the mousepad and my finger isn't as hard as I had thought it would be....but then, I am not doing anything real complicated...only drawing clothes and arms and stuff that can be used for animation. I have wondered if it would be better to get one of those mouse pencil things for more definition.