I used a pencil like this , we called them grease pencils, when I was getting my photography degree, you could make a contact sheet of your negatives and circle the shots you wanted to print, or make marks about how you would print the pictures for editing purposes. It would write on glossy paper. I read that it doesn't scratch surfaces and can be removed so maybe that is a plus.

I'm pretty sure half the comments are all like "back in my day we called these grease pencils", thereby leading me to believe that that's their official name, and Dermatograph is just a brand.

My friend is an engineer and he uses pencils like these during his work!

I grew calling these 'china pencils'. They're used for marking China, glass, & ceramics. I think my dad might have used them in his job as a film stripper in printing too because I remember him having black, white, and red at least. I used them in school over 20 years ago to doodle on the old blue denim-y fabric binders we had back then. The shading was very cool. I also used them later to mark laminated travel maps when I'd go out. I got a new set of rainbow colors a couple of years ago just to have in the house for misc things and arts & crafts. Definitely a neat art supply to have around & play with.

The point of those writing on plastic / glass / metal / film etc. Is not that they write well on those surfaces, but that they write without damaging the surface and can be removed. Like marking the size of a piece of glass or marking film for select images / printing instructions. The string thing is so that you can keep writing without having to get pencil shaving on your work surface, it's the glass / film ew to a dry erase marker.

They called these grease pencils when I was a kid. They would write prices on canned goods at the grocery store.

I used this type of pencil in microbiology laboratory, to mark glasses and what is inside them, so you dont end up having a mess of bacteria, fungi and other micro beings.

Here in Florida we call them grease pencils, and we used the in the fast food place I used to work at. We would write on the metal for quick easy notes (schedule changes or speacial orders) and would erase the message easily.

My "old person" memory of these is it's always an orange one, with a piece of yarn tied to the end, and the yarn is tied to a clipboard, which is holding a chart of some sort in a plastic paper protector, and then you can mark off the chart (bathroom cleanings? seating chart?) with the dangling pencil.

Honestly the cats that Kasey draws should be a whole merch line because they are so frickin CUTE. ( I would buy all of these if there was a merch line for them) :)

I have always had white and black handy - you’re correct in that they are kind of “work tools” more than art supplies. I use them to write on boxes, items in warehouses, etc. You did a beautiful job with them though and I’ve never seen the colourful ones before.

I used to have those when I was a kid, dumb me pulled it all until the end.

I used these in my oil painting class they are called grease pencils but my art teacher use to call them oil pencils we would use them on canvas to sketch up the painting they didn't react with the oil paint like graphite would and we would normally use these before painting to start up the sketch before we layed any paint down

I use them to sketch for oil paintings. Because they’re oil-based, the sketch will kinda vanish & not react with the paint like graphite would.

When I worked in a car parts factory we used these to label and sign off on the parts (mostly metal). They are much more vibrant on metal than they were on the plastic you showed. But how you used them on paper looks lovely 😍

My professor called these China markers! He said that they originated to write on the bottom of porcelain ceramics in China a long time ago. I’ve never seen them in colors other than black before so this is neat! We would use these for drawing warm ups in class. :)

I love the concept of those pencils, but I would honestly sharpen them anyway to get finer lines, just like you did! Didn't you show a similar eraser once? I feel like that's something that makes more sence to me! The drawing is super cute!

These look fun but also not fun at the same time hhaha.

It's sunny today and Kasey just uploaded, Today is a good day

I LOVED these pencils when I was a kid in the 70’s

Back in the Day, we called these "grease pencils" Edited: industrial-technical teachers used to use these to mark projects or processes. Or on windows. I found them helpful to write grocery lists on the inside of my windshield so I didn't forget. Plus driving around with "toilet paper" on the inside of your glass is a novelty. Scrape them off with a razor.

I like using mine for gesture drawings and bold lines. They act as a resist to water based things so u can get some pretty cool effects. Some thrift shops use them to mark prices on items. They are really easy to wipe off of glass and china. Ive always known them as “china markers”. Mine came from my grandpas drafting supplies. Also i think my father in law uses his to mark glass and plexiglass before he cuts in his woodworking projects.

I really like how solid the color lays down on the paper.

The black ones, I used when studying lithography in my printmaking bachelor. We use it to draw on stones with grease aka grease pencils. They exist in different thickness and how light/dark you can draw with them (like regular pencils). It's a very fun art supply and the pencil form is a waaaaay better material to work with than the grease crayons.

I don’t have money yet every time someone shows me a new art supply *I WANT IT*

In hand clinics, a place for rehabilitation for hand and arm based injuries, these pencils are used to draw the outlines of custom splints! They are bright which makes it easy to follow for cutting. Also the splinting material is put in warm water baths which temporarily makes the material more malleable for cutting and shaping directly on the patients hand/arm. So these pencils are good for withstanding the dips into water as well! It's cool to see products used differently though, and I love how vibrant your creation is! 😍

This remind me of "Master crayón", they are for industrial things.... Marking metal (notes, #, lines for cut...), floor tile, writting on concrete, wood... In middle school art class we used i don't remember what for.... Maybe some water resist craft....

I recently got a couple of these in a scrawlrbox and they suggested using them with watercolours because they'll resist the paint. I haven't experimented as much yet!

When people pull the strings *IN* the art shop before purchase though 🤬🤬🤬

My dad had a few of these in his wood shop and my grandpa who was an architect had them. I've seen them used a lot in construction to label metal and glass with measurements and destinations. They're useful because they can write on most surfaces.

Aren’t these just a ‘Grease marker’ or ‘china marker’ 🤔they have a couple names but that’s what it looks like it is plus based on the description…. Does anyone know?

we actually used these exact pencils in every science lab class I had through high school, college, and internships when we have to label glassware or whatnot, but we've always referred to them as grease pencils, and really the only benefit to using them is they don't smudge or get washed off with water or handling when used to label, say, a test tube or whatever

My grandpa was a photographer for our local newspaper and would use grease pencils to mark on photographs to show what parts would be used for publication. After he retired, he kept them around for carpentry. They’re really handy for certain purposes (like you can use them underwater if you’re repairing a bridge or something) but I used them as a kid to sketch with and yeah, they are not great for any illustrative purposes lol

Wow never seen pencils like that before.The illustration turned out great!

We used these pencils a lot for life drawing classes in college. I've seen others say it already but they're mostly known as grease pencils and to me they always had that consistency of an oil pastel. The paper peeling part of them came in handy if you're working say in public and don't want to carry a lot of supplies. I think they were made with the intent more for putting notations or marking on items while also being easy to remove less so of being something to actually draw with.

I love sewing. It’s a hobby that is now turned into my job. And I use those pencils to mark any part of the fabric to know where to cut, what not to sew and all. It’s pretty easy and I don’t have to sharpen them. In my case it’s not necessary to do but u used them on paper which is different so. Lovely drawing u made btw!

Kasey : we are using these new pencils!! Me : **flashbacks to my second grade**

Oh my animator parents had a lot of these! I used to scribble with them all of the time, but whenever I tried to pull the string I would just pull it off. Ah, memories..

We use dermatograph as an eco alternative for highlighters when we need to study or draw on our books or notebooks. You can put the peeled paper on the compost or on the potted plants as you further use the pen. It is much better than the palstic exterior of highlighters that can't be reused or recycled. 😊

I love using the white on black paper! I also use them in my kitchen for writing on glass jars for storage.

the unwrapping can be really good for woodworking or anything where you gotta mark a hole. for art purposes maybe they can be used to draw onto plastic figurines, but just like with watercolor pencils it's gotta be with a porouse plastic for better gripping or using a sealant. these pencils are made so they are easily removed.

My dad is a mechanic and he also works on his house a lot and he uses these a lot to writer on metal, wood, and plastic pipes and things like that just to quickly mark things down, so I have seen these types of pencils a lot during my life!

We used these a lot in my plastic arts college, mostly for sketchbooks but also combined with other mediums such as coal, conté pencils, dry pastels, and oil pastels. If you liked them I highly suggest trying oil pastels. Also, grab a black if you can, its a very satisfying black medium cause its very deep and flat!

"at this point you might say... Kasey has lost her mind" i knew that a while ago

Grease pencils! We used them in chemistry to label beakers and flasks, and they were easily cleaned off the glass, so it's probably made for removal!

We had these in schools. The projectors we used were mirror light ones and the transparent plastic sheets we used worked very well with these. We only used white since it casted a shadow anyways.

We used these to mark times on hot coffee pots or the lids of the hot coffee cups, they work really well when they are heated up. I'd also draw little characters on the pots when I was bored. We mainly used white. When they get dirty or mixed with other colors( accidentally ordered black ones and tried using them too) we would dip them in hot water and wipe them off.

My dad told us how they used these back then (Germany in the 80s) when he served in the military in a base where they observed the sky for planes etc. In the place where nowadays there would be a big monitor they had like a big glass window where some poor guys had the job to constantly write down and update all sorts of data with these grease pencils for the others to see. Backwards of course as they did that from behind the glass. And erasing all this was a whole workout. Tbh I find this concept kinda funny :D

When I worked at a coffee shop we used these to mark the glass coffee pots so we knew when they were made and when to make a new pot. My dad also used them in his job as an engineering draftsman!

Ooooo the texture got me in loooooooveeeeee 😍

Hi Kasey! I think the string, as well as the use upon diff surfaces, can be summed up more from a business practical sorta' perspective. Here in Canada, I've only known them as "grease pencils". They have been present in all fast food environments I've worked in. The string is very practical, in that fast food environments are generally fast paced and hectic. To be able to quickly remove a strip of paper, and to not have to worry about finding ANOTHER object (a sharpener), makes the string SUPER useful. Like, as a barista at Starbucks who needs to label drinks quickly during a rush, while understaffed.... super useful. The pencil itself works very well on more.... textured plastics, as well as plastic/glass which is holding hot liquids. So, it's very practical to use when labelling the holding time of 2omins on a fresh brewed pot of Tim Horton's coffee, it's used frequently to label burger wraps (generally a wax type paper), Tim Hooton's coffee cup lids (which is a more textured plastic, as opposed to the very smooth plastic you used in your video), etc. And the pencil's don't transfer easily onto fabric, so they're good to keep stored within one's apron pocket for easy accessibility. I've never thought of these pencils to be used in an artistic fashion, and find the concept super interesting. With the more practical side to these pencils touched upon here, I think you could explore using them more in an artistic way in a future video! If you choose to of course.

My grandpa uses theses for glass, wood, and metal working. He uses it like you said in the video, to make marks for cutting and stuff. It can also be wiped off of the surfaces so after you cut your lines can be removed.

I've used these pencils for environmental fieldwork a lot! They're not made for artwork (what you made looks amazing btw) but are great for marking things down on various surfaces and the string is useful because pencil sharpeners are small and can easily get lost if you're outside, especially in wooded/wetland areas, or even at construction sites and stuff like that.

I remember I’ve used them quite a few times in our craft class, my classmates used the pilled off paper for cheating ... what a funny memory ha! btw: they’re used for sewing. My mother stills using them

My dad was a magazine editor. In pre-digital times, he always had a few red and black grease pencils in his office. I think he used them for making notes on glossy photos and stuff like that. When I was a little kid, and had to go to his office with him for some reason, he would just hand me a stack of paper and a bunch of office supplies to do art and crafts with while he worked.

we use these at tim hortons to write on coffee lids. if there's a lot of orders, we use them to write if the coffee is decaf, one cream, etc

in Australia when first learning to write at school they were called chinagraph pencils. they were used on a clear plastic sheet over a worksheet to trace letters, numbers, words etc, and were easily erasable, so we could perfect our handwriting

You unlock a childhood memory. In Mexico that 'wax marker' (marcador de cera) was the official to evaluate the quizzes and tests, the use was ONLY for teachers. The red was so popular.

I was introduced to this by my parents who are architects and I absolutely love the saturated and flat colour you can get (similar to crayons). But you don't get the sticky and smudge-easy finish so I prefer them to crayons. It's texture is more like wax - which I love.

you are very inspirational , i just like seeing you draw and hearing your voiceover as well .

In art school we called these China Markers (not markers from China, but for making marks ON china, as in porcelain) and they were used for life drawing and rough sketches. They were bold but imprecise and non-eraseable, so you were forced to make large decisive strokes that are vital to shorter 30 second to 3 minute poses. The pull tab made it easy to "sharpen" quickly while working, it was seen as similar to using charcoal or conte.

My mom always had these in her toolbox, I loved them as a kid

I use to have theses as a kid, and they are forever part of my childhood 🥺

3:03 unintentional pun.. love it

In pharmacy we call them China markers (like for writing on porcelain) and we use the black one to block out patient information on old prescription bottles and other sensitive information. The string is helpful in a fast paced environment where you might not have a pencil sharpener and the blunt tip is more useful for blocking out large amounts of information with one solid pass

I do stage tech for theatre and we use these a lot! Very good for writing on electrical/gaff tape to label things

The blending lends itself to a storybook quality in your work! Very cute!

I love the animation idea with the yellow base and the face on the plastic 😁🥰

That rainbow blend is beautiful 🥰🥰

OOOH I like how the artstyle goes with the song I love that!

I was a fashion design major and they recommended the white ‘Chinamarker’ a lot. I still use it for highlights or sheer fabrics in my art. It’s just like those pencils Kasey used

we always used these pencils on our beakers in chemistry labs! we labeled everything that was glass with these in college 😂

Yep, grease pencil is what I call them. My dad was a civil engineer, and my mom was a mechanical engineer back in the 80’s-90’s so as you can guess I was exposed to all sorts of these weird marking tools lol my dad did all hand drafting, and I absolutely loved watching him. My mom used them to mark mistakes. I vaguely remember seeing the plastic sheets over drafted images so they could mark up stuff without interfering with the original. Before computers were a major part.

I remember these! During elementary art class the teacher told that these are for lining the lines when you've finished drawing so the line will look bolder, the string can be a problem if not pulled correctly though

I used to play with these when i was little, my grandma used to use it at their work (for labelling, i believe)

I used these on plastic/metal when I was in manufacturing. Mostly to mark measurements and cut lines

Wow. I love how the drawing came out

i loved the way you blended them

Hey Casey - I was just using my China Pencils. Chaw. 'Bout 2 hrs. ago. 1) I was using them with: KOH-I-NOOR Tri-color Magic Pencils, from Amazon. 2) And my water color, no wood, bargain color pencils, from Amazon. 3) I did leave the Japanese highlighters, from Amazon, alone this time. But highlighters are excellent for basecoat's; as we know. 4) On sheets of printer labels for CD's. From Goodwill. 5) After coloring with all of these low budget art supplies, I created collaged "Evolution". 6) FYI: For a temporary tattoo with the China Pencils, dab some baby oil on the skin first. These are a big hit at partys. 7) Love your videos. 8) Love your content & commentary. 9) And, your fingers are perfect. They create swell art. 10) Evolution is necessary. 11) Blessings. *8).

That ant running in the beginning: EEEEEEEEE TO CUTE

I really love that Kasey is exploring new mediums but I really miss her watercolor videos :(

We use these pencils at the coffee shop i work at, we use them to time our coffee pots. They work so much better on warm surfaces

I used these in my beginning lithography class in college! I used them mainly on an aluminum plate. Drew on the plate, did some black magic litho process and bam! I made a ton of prints.

I have used these for years on glass… they also work on pebbles and rocks 🎨💜

I use to make signs and we used these all the time to mark plastic so we know were to cut and place vinyl. And multiple colors help for all the different color plastic, metals, glass, some wood I have used it like MDO. They whip off easily with water that is why we use them. (Some of the guys I was around would make plastic with the same color so they didn’t need to whip it off)

I've seen these used in laboratories to mark glassware and make notes without damaging things like beakers, test tubes, petri dishes, etc!

used these in theater tech to write color names and numbers on lighting gels/sheets! very useful to not damage smooth surfaces

My Dad's a mechanic and uses these to mark gear positions to make putting stuff back together a little easier

oh damn... my art teacher used to tell me to line drawings with these pencils and we called them "glass pencils". i haven't seen them for a while so it's really cool seeing someone use them!

Kasey: Let's make some sort of a rainbow order Me: That's rainbow? I really like the pigment of the pencils though.

I work in a medical lab where we use pencils like these to label glassware (tubes, stain baths, hemocytometers, slides, etc) for counting and differentiating blood cells in patient samples. Adhesive labels are too difficult to remove cleanly and quickly, so china pencils come in handy.

bc they’re oily they’re great for kitchen lithography where you use it to draw on aluminum foil and then do a bunch of steps to print the image onto paper!

3:04 "It's a heart, but it's very HEART to see"" 9:02 "The rosy cheek of the little cat, it's just, so PURRRRfectly-" okay I'm done lol

we actually have these at home--! me and mom use it as a highlighter (bc we cant read 🙄), and this is the first time ive found out that you can use it this way

correct me if i'm wrong, but i think one of the reasons for the peely sharpening design is to save the lead ? when you sharpen a pencil, you lose little pieces of the lead because you're shaving it into a point, but if you peel back the paper, you get to use the whole lead without losing any in the sharpening process !

In the fashion industry, these pencils are used to make markings on garments to make notes of where to move a pocket to or where to put a new seam. I've never thought about trying them on paper

My figure drawing teacher called the pencils China Markers. He encouraged us to use them when sketching models because we couldn’t erase and they have a wide range of tones from deep rich blacks to very light grays.

Omg I had a white one this whole time. I loved it i never knew what they were called. I'm so excited to go buy some

I used to work in printmaking studio. This pencil is really cool for printmaking. I used to draw my stencil with the pencil to create texture on a print it's kinda fun.

I used these pencils a lot in animation classes because they worked great for quick, rough jotting and didn't take long to peel. We called them grease pencils!