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 depends on how much training they got, but that’s one of those habits they train out of you when you work w/ illustration, drafting, etc. You do ‘stretches’ or pen exercises before you start working to get your muscles ready for work. They break you out of your habits and proclivities. 

Also nerds who work with writing utensils, you tend to develop habits around your tools, so guys accustomed to using crappy stuff that’s really stingy on ink flow probably end up being the types that leave tears in the paper or something, if I guessed.

https://i.poastcdn.org/b121ebc266f7885d915a5dda9d4ae00ffadb2bbfe254d295b6aa00920eb844b0.png 
 you know, I really should do those too, being a self-proclaimed arteest and all

But I always forget 
 they help a lot when you’re trying to break out of your routine. Then again I only did my stuff in physical media, IDK what’s up w/ digital, I don’t think any of it really applies all that much