CopicCiao, Alcohol Markers, 72 colors, Dual Brush Tip Art Markers for Artists & Creators, Permanent Blendable Sketch Markers for Coloring Drawing & Illustration Art - Set A

Absolutely love my ciao copics. I am not an artist by any means...and use them for my coloring books. I find they are wonderful as they don't leave any streaks on my pages. Only gripe I have about them is the price and sometime the tops are very hard to remove. Also the pinks I was hoping for in this group are not really pink, more of an apricot shade. I guesss I will have to look on YT and get knowledge on what pinks work best when shading and buy them open stock if I can.

These are truly the very best markers that I have ever used. I tend to do a lot of manga art and these work amazingly well for that purpose, as well as for landscapes and basic colouring. I am impressed with how easily they blend together and how fine of an area you can work with using the super brush tips. I don't have that much experience using the other tip, as I tend to use the brush tip for most projects.None of the markers are dried out in the least and the ink goes down smooth and is quite vivid on the page. This set includes a colourless blender, also dual ended, and has a nice variety of colours, particularly the greens, blues and greys. There are also a good selection of flesh tones in this set.I love that you can replace the nibs on these pens and refill them so many times by buying the corresponding in refill, (between six and eight dollars usually.) These are so versatile and easy to use. The caps have little bumps to stop them from rolling off of your desk when you are using them and the barrel feels nice and solid in your hand when you are working with them. The packaging is great and they all arrived undamaged and nicely wrapped in shrink wrap.I can certainly see why they are a bit costly, but in my opinion, you get what you pay for and these were worth the expense. They also arrived quicker than what the shipping estimate said, so I was happy with that as well. If you are a professional artist, these will be a worth while addition to your art supply collection.

I was a little conflicted about whether I should give this product 4 or 5 stars. I went with 5, and here's why. These markers are top notch when it comes to blending. The brush tip makes feather blending results so beautiful and vibrant. If you are a beginner with alcohol based markers, I strongly suggest buying a cheaper brush tip brand so you don't make the same mistake I did. I was new to markers when I bought these and wasted almost all of the ink trying to figure out how to get the best results. Buying a cheaper brand will allow you to get a feel for the techniques needed to get the results you want. Once you've decided you like them, they are so worth the money, especially since they will last you a lifetime since they offer replaceable nibs and ink refills. The reason I almost gave these 4 stars is because most of the ones I received seemed to be near dry fresh out of the unsealed package.

I was very skeptical about paying this much for markers. I am an artist and also enjoy adult coloring books but could not see paying this much for "just markers". However this is a good starter set for Copics and it provides a range of wonderful markers. You will immediately see the difference. There is no streaking, very little bleeding and the ability to blend. They are head's above regular markers and probably too good to just "waste" on coloring books but since this is what I bought them for they are doing a wonderful job. You can't use them on books that have double sided images as they will bleed thru but I find they bleed less than Prismacolor markers (both thru the paper and over the lines). I found that there is much more control to these brush tips whereas Prismacolor Premiere markers may actually leak outside the lines a bit if you press too hard. These are just a bit better - but the Prismacolor does tend to offer some darker colors and the two different brands seem to compliment each other well. Neither Prismacolor or Copic will work on those coloring books with very fine lines. The brush tips simply are not that small but there is nothign wrong with mixing marker and fine tip, colored pencil and gel pen on a single design. If you want to know what the fuss is about buy one or two of these and you'll be hooked into buying a set.

This was my first time using the Copic Ciao markers and I was very pleased! I'm used to using the copic sketch markers (which I prefer), but as you may or may not know, they are about double the price of these markers. Therefore, I searched for a cheaper option and these came up. The same great ink and great blending for a cheaper price (due to the less ink and different shape I suppose). It came extremely well packaged and was brand new. I tested out all the colors for you guys to see as well! I'm loving the color options in this set, it has basically everything you need! I created this Rick and Morty fanart only using this set and it definitely did the job. The only thing I would complain about with these markers is that they are not easily organizable by color as the numbers are not on the lids like they are with the copic sketch^^