I'm the same with fineliners! I used them almost exclusively when I started drawing again, didn't use them for a while, but now am thinking of going back to them!
Regarding materials that I dropped and picked up later, I remember that started drawing with markers because those were the ones I had, besides pencils. I said to myself: "what am I doing with these?" and digged up some old acrylics. However, nowadays, I went back to them. I got different small sets from Edding and Pizzini (two stationery companies), that they gifted me on a convention, and been drawing with them a lot lately. I don't know why we do it, I think that we relate certain tools with certain prestige? It's silly!
I believe that we simply stop using certain materials, either because we want to try new ones or because we think that the material we are using does not fit the illustrations we want to make. In my case, I stopped using fineliners because I thought that they were not the ideal material for children's illustrations. But I believe that this was a silly thought.
I'm the same with fineliners! I used them almost exclusively when I started drawing again, didn't use them for a while, but now am thinking of going back to them!
Regarding materials that I dropped and picked up later, I remember that started drawing with markers because those were the ones I had, besides pencils. I said to myself: "what am I doing with these?" and digged up some old acrylics. However, nowadays, I went back to them. I got different small sets from Edding and Pizzini (two stationery companies), that they gifted me on a convention, and been drawing with them a lot lately. I don't know why we do it, I think that we relate certain tools with certain prestige? It's silly!
I believe that we simply stop using certain materials, either because we want to try new ones or because we think that the material we are using does not fit the illustrations we want to make. In my case, I stopped using fineliners because I thought that they were not the ideal material for children's illustrations. But I believe that this was a silly thought.