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There just isn’t much to praise about Graph’it B brush markers. The brush tip is Bad. The ink, ergonomics, and design are all below average. The price is just so-so. The fine tip is cool and might’ve been cooler if the ink wasn’t as bleed/feather-prone, but it doesn’t save it.
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One of Copic’s advantages over newer competitors is its 358 available colors. Most other brands have less than half that. Well, here comes Sketchmarker touting a ridiculous 400 available colors… but how’s the actual marker?
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As super cheap alcohol-ink markers, ArtSkills Permanent Markers are fine. I don’t think the target demographic (kids) would consider these an upgrade though, especially when there are only eight colors and they smell real bad.
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Blick Studio Brush markers are some of the lowest-cost Copic-alternatives out there, and while performance isn’t as good as it could be, it’s great for the price.
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Aside from the brush tip, the Blick Illustrator Marker is fine. Good, even, given their price. I can’t let that brush tip go though. It’s so bad!!
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The short answer is unequivocally yes. The long answer is, as always, “it depends.”
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The Tombow ABT Pro is a solid marker. It has a nice, familiar form factor for Tombow Dual Brush fans looking to upgrade, but…
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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 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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The Marvy Le Plume is a disposable, alcohol-based ink marker with a single flexible felt brush tip. Marvy now also has a newer line of Le Plume II markers, but these are not those!
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