Spectrum NoirIllustrator (12Pc) - Sketching, Pack of 12 , SPECN-IL12-SKE

My son loved them, just what he wanted

My son has just started using markers and feels these meet his needs at the basic level

I'm not personally a fan of the hexagonal shape of the barrel, and the brush in my opinion is flimsier than others like Windsor and newton, however they are all full of ink and very vibrant, easy to use. I'm also in that one per cent of alcohol marker users that like chisel tips to cover more space, but for the majority that don't like chisel tips you will prefer these over most sets as they have a brush and a fine point.

Good

I was very excited about getting this set as I thought they would be a really nice range of pastels. I was wrong. The two blues are very lovely, but all the other colours are pretty terrible. The two purples that seem to be pastel are this gaudy bright purples, and one of the pinks looks like a highlighter. The two yellows are pretty much identical in their tone, and so are the two 'peach' colours, but they look way more orange on paper.I was very disappointed by this set and honestly found the brush tips not even close to a brush tip whatsoever. The brush was rock hard, with only the very tip actually bending. That being said, the brush tips were frayed. The Sunshine yellow was frayed when I got it, the rest frayed very quickly after the first time I used them, and I have only had them for less than a day.The inks are very very thick, so you won't have an issue with laying on the colours. But they are a bit too heavy, and will bleed a lot (i.e. if you're trying to paint within lines, you probably won't be able to as it will bleed as it dries, it's very very wet). This however does make blending very easy, so I guess there are pros and cons to this and this depends on personal preference. I'm giving it two stars because I thought the ink lay down was pretty nice and blending was good. Everything else about it was not great, especially with just how low quality the nibs are. These don't compare at all to the W&N Brushmarkers I have which can actually be cheaper than the Spectrum Noir Illustrators.

I was so disappointed as these sounded like they’d be good. Arrived today and when I’ve tried to use them they are almost dried up and barely any colour comes onto the paper. Not worth wasting your money on!!!

Molto soddisfatta, già li conoscevo e questa confezione ha la giusta varietà di colori, la punta a pennello e morbida, due tonalità per colore, ottimo per le sfumature, l'altra punta molto utile per i tratti di precisione. Unico appunto da fare il colore passa un po' sul retro del foglio ma per l'uso che ne faccio io la cosa non disturba....

For my first walk into markers I loved these. I was able to dabble and get some lovely work done with just being a novice with them. I had bought them so I could participate in inktober. I know that they are refillable, which was a reason I bought them. The other reason was that it has a cohesive colour story. The colors do work really well together, and when you get all the packs, they do very well at working together. The nibs have enough give to not make you worry when using them. Though, i would still suggest trying to be light handed a little. I have not seen any frying ro splitting on the brush nib. And I used them several times. I did notice that you will need to turn the marker, which I tend to do naturally with all writing/colouring objects, as one side will start to get a little dry as you work.

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Prodotto arrivato nei tempi stabiliti. Utilizzo questi pennarelli per la colorazione delle timbrate nello scrapbooking e sono perfetti per creare sfumature.

The colors are vibrant and don’t leave streak marks even when you apply one layer before an adjoining one. They do have a weird smell underneath the alcohol one, but I love these so far and you can see the application in the image, smooth and no trouble layering. There is no blending with these markers though except it’s the pad. Since you can’t blend with this you can’t get any colors beyond what you see here so hard to get darker colors even with layering