1. Before You Start: What You Actually Need
The non-negotiables: a compass, a ruler, a pencil, and an eraser. That’s actually it for most designs in this list. If you’re going to ink: a 0.1 Sakura Pigma Micron or Staedtler Triplus fineliner for detail, and a 0.3 or 0.5 for bolder outlines. For dot mandala work: dotting tools or paintbrush backs dipped in acrylic.
Draw your guide circles lightly. Really lightly. You’ll be erasing them after inking, and heavy compass marks leave grooves in the paper that show through
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