How to make an Apple Pencil YouTube video comments have us in stitches

YouTube is full of inspirational how-to videos, many of which are a brilliant resource for artists and designers. Others can be a little, well, questionable. So when we first saw this How to make an Apple Pencil video, we couldn't resist finding out which camp the tutorial would fall into. 

The video, by Hannah Pengilly aka PengoArt, which has already racked up an impressive 1.7 million views, shows the artist grab a standard-looking ballpoint pen, remove the ink and spring, cut a cotton bud in half and insert it in the end of the pen nib, poke some aluminium foil in the body of the pen case and reattach the nib. The video then switches to her using the new 'device' to draw on an iPad. 

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Kerrie Hughes
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Kerrie Hughes is a frequent contributor to Creative Bloq, and was once its editor. One of the original CB crew, Kerrie joined the team back in 2013 after moving from her role as staff writer on 3D World. Since then she's written regularly for other creative publications such as ImagineFX, Computer Arts and Digital Camera World. After a stint working for the police, Kerrie is back reviewing creative tech for creative professionals. 

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