Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush 90 colors set, Brush tip marker pens, for Professional and Artist, coloring, drawing, calligraphy, lettering, Made in Japan

I waivered for about a year to buy these... I had all the different color options (12, 24 etc) in my cart at one time or another. I decided to buy the 90 color pack because I was able to mix and palette up colors so I could make many different colors.I spent part of that year thinking I am just going to buy an inkpad collection from one or many of the different companies around the web. I thought about it, nearly pulled the trigger and each time honestly chickened out because I don't have a lot of space to store 100 ink pads (and potentially reinkers)... but I want all the things and all the colors.I was really waivering and decided I am just going to try the pens, see if they work as described by a bunch of people that inspire me around the art-card making-o-sphere. They may be good, they may be great and if they aren't I haven't spent a ton of money on water based markers like I did with copic/alcohol markers that I really never use because ... well... the colors are meh to me (and it's the color range I have not the quality of copic... not not slamming copic here).Over the weekend of delivery I used in about four different ways (watercoloring, direct coloring and blending, coloring directly on stamps, drawing directly onto paper and blending with water from behind). To say I am thrilled on the easy use would be an understatement. Saying I am disappointed in myself for waiting to buy them? Obvs. Using as watercolors was a delight and so incredibly easy and will probably be my preferred use. They palette up on a watercolor pallete like a dream, I even used wax paper right out of the gate (and it worked ok but the swatch dried quickly... which is totally understandable, I just couldn't wait... I needed to try them).I am absolutely thrilled with these.The brush tip is very fine and for me and my use easy to control. I found this weekend, at first blush, that I like the feel of the brush tip much more to my liking than the bullet tip / chisel tip of the copics that I have (which I know are replaceable but in my mind not worth the money).The color range on the 90 set I have is wide enough that I don't have to mix colors to get something I want. I love the grab and go ability to just get the color that I want. I don't really have to swatch the colors either since the bottom of the pen has a bullet dot that really is enough of an indicator to me.I did mix a few colors yesterday to see how they would react and they did pretty well... I wanted a salmon color and a pink and orange mix was close enough for the test. It was fun to try and easy to mix up with a quick spray of water and swirl with a paintbrush.The ink colors to a moistened watercolor paper really smoothly and layers like a dream.They have the potential to stain a photopolymer stamp I found but a stamp cleaner solution will do a good job of getting most of the ink off the stamp if that is something that matters to you... sometimes residue is bothersome for me and makes me sad on certain stamps so I tested that. Make sure to clean them right away with the solution if you want.They are fun to work with, have great hand feel and really are very useful with some imagination.Glad to have these pens at my use now... I can't wait to see what I dream up. These are totally worth it.

These are, very simply put, the best watercolor brush pens I've ever used. The colors are vibrant and spread beautifully with a water brush. Unlike other brands i've used, the original brush mark made by the pen disappears almost entirely after working with a water brush and the color is so concentrated that a little goes a very long way. The point on the pens is extremely fine so you can make very fine lines if necessary. Like all watercolor brush pens, they can't replicate everything you can do with traditional watercolor but what they can do, they do extremely well and they are so versatile that you'll find all sorts of ways to use them that you CAN'T do with traditional watercolor. I'm not an illustrator but I imagine they are particularly useful for illustrators which makes sense since the Kuretake Zig line of products is largely aimed at cartoonists and illustrators. I have the 90 color set but there are 120 colors in all, if you want, at a price that, considering what you get, seems extraordinarily reasonable to me. There are also smaller sets if the the 90 or 120 color sets are beyond your budget. The colors blend easily so you could go very far with a smaller set. I can't say this strongly enough: these pens are fabulous and they exceeded my expectations which, having purchased many Kuretake products over the years, were already pretty high. My only complaint is that, as always, the shipping was a bit of a mess because Amazon has still not figured out how to ship art supplies (I've completely stopped buying paper from Amazon, no matter how good the deal, because it always arrives banged up and bent at the corners). The box they come in was completely mashed and I've had to tape it together to make it usable. Fortunately, it was just sturdy enough to protect the pens so, ultimately, everything was OK.

Absolutely the best of watercolor brush pens. Real brush tips and the pens are full of juicy, rich color. Blend beautifully with water and you can add a lot of water for "color lifting." Colors blend together seamlessly. Can also go back over and reactivate with more water.The brush tip enables you to lay down a thin line or turn it to lay down a larger wash. I use them on 300 gsm watercolor paper to achieve the heavy water blending and lifting. Also can be used in journals with thinner paper. Coverage is superb.Expensive, but you really do get what you pay for. Look for sales on these. If you can get them for roughly a dollar apiece then grab it! They are worth so much more.Highly recommend!Just an edit: These are not markers. They are brush pens. Very different! They are like painting with a brush versus drawing with a marker.

I was SO glad to see that Amazon had this brand of markers in a huge pack for such a good price. The store I’d usually go to to buy these sold them for $4.50 a piece.. I absolutely love this brand of watercolor markers compared to any others that I’ve tried. They have vibrant colors, are super buildable, easy to blend, aren’t super dry (I usually keep them top down so they don’t dry out anyway) and over all are easy to use as well. I definitely recommend this brand out of most.