Spectrum SPECN-C-MSET5 Noir Colorista Set 5 Markers, Multi-Colour, 5-Piece

ScrawlrBox introduced this brand to me. I found the markers to be brilliant for drawing as they included a fine point as well as standard point which makes drawing less time consuming and overall neat. As a student taking Art & Design this is very helpful along with the price which is very reasonable for someone who will require a few repeat purchases over the course of a unit. Anyway I thought to try a few different colours as I only trialed 2 and they worked the same as the others! Something that is really appealing and handy is the fact that they work so well on most surfaces and do not go blotchy when coluring in large areas like other markers! Definitely something I will be buying regulary!

I have used many brands of markers and theese are OK. Not the best but good enough .

Not bad, but colour range is restricted.

Fantastic fun with these colours in conjunction with the pads but also blending out the colours, great customer service !

Love these felt pens. Can be blended too which is fun!

Only had these couple of weeks and already run out

good product

These markers aren't as good as the Spectrum Noir System markers but they are still pretty good. The ink is a little muted in my opinion compared to my other marker sets but sometimes that can lend a less cartoonish look to your work depending on the subject. I have attached a picture, the yellow flower in the bottom right corner of the picture I coloured with First Edition markers, all of the other ones on the page were with the Coloristas, the ink is not quite as crisp but they still blend reasonably well. I'm not a massive fan of the design, especially the lids with the silly grooved design round the top it makes it very difficult to slip the lids off with one hand, and the barrel is just a little larger than what I find comfortable, which makes them harder to control for me. I like the idea of the bullet and fine nib, but find the fine nib on these is a little bigger than I would like. That being said they are reasonably priced and a good beginner set to start out with. The colour range is very limited which is a major drawback for me. A cheap hack when learning to blend is to put something like a magazine with a glossy surface under the paper when you are working on it which will help the ink to sit on top of the paper better and not dry as fast as normal. They will bleed through so don't use them for colouring books unless you don't want to use the reverse side of the page. I cannot comment on them in terms of drawing or sketching because my speciality is colour and texture, stick men are about the limits of my drawing abilities lol.. Would recommend these as a good first set but would urge you to consider Trimcraft First Edition markers which are far superior in my opinion.