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You know you’ve been sitting on a product too long when it gets rebranded before you review it, huh. The Winsor & Newton Promarkers are good markers — but Copic is still better.
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The Studio Oh! Deconstructed Sketchbook has good paper, a unique canvas cover, and lay-flat binding, but it’s pretty pricey for a A5(ish) size sketchbook.
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Water-based brush tip markers mostly aren’t made for serious business arting, but the Daiso Color Brush Pen is nevertheless a solid member of the category.
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This super generic and indistinct sketchbook from Barnes and Noble is pretty good, actually.
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Due to its first-glance similarities, the large premium sketchbook by Peter Pauper Press was one of the first sketchbooks I picked up in an attempt to find a replacement for the discontinued Punctuate sketchbook.
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Some time ago, Barnes and Noble discontinued its Punctuate brand hardcover sketchbook. I’d feared this day for a long time. Here is a eulogy for my favourite sketchbook, the best sketchbook ever. I’ll miss it a lot!!
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The Daiso Graphoo Calligraphy marker is a double-sided marker with a chisel tip and a brush tip, and there are five sets of two markers, for a total of ten colors. At your standard Daiso price of $1.50 (+tax) a pair, they’re a great deal, but they’re also just great in general.
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Yes, there’s another new Daiso fountain pen. A plastic barrel, cartridge-fill pen at Daiso’s typical price of $1.50, I was especially eager to try it out after the Rosso Bianco turned out to be a rebranded original Daiso fountain pen.
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The “regular” Daiso fountain pen has been in my rotation for a few years now. It’s honestly one of my favourite pens. So when Daiso added a whole tray of new fountain pens, marked at a premium of $5, I was honestly not too inclined. The other fountain pen is still available for $1.50; how much better could a $5 one be?
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The Daiso Fluently illustration marker showed up at my local Daiso a few months ago. They’re alcohol-ink markers packaged in ten sets of two, for nineteen colors total and a blender marker.
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