OhuhuAlcohol Markers for Artist -Dual Tip Art Marker Set for Adults Coloring Illustration -Chisel &Fine -80 Colors -Refillable -Oahu of Ohuhu Markers

**update** Ohuhu has amazing, if not beyond excellent customer service. They provided me a replacement set of markers at no charge due to some of the issues I was experiencing. I absolutely could not have appreciated that more! Thank you very much for the new replacements. They're definitely a little different from my previous set - more newer and improved. I'll update again if I run into any additional issues, but I think these are going to be absolutely wonderful. They seem to have fixed all the things mine had from a year ago to now.These are good for what they're made to do - color and draw. The cheaper version of your more pricier alcohol-based marker, they are great when you're in a pinch. You have to be very careful coloring with alcohol markers including these. The color, depending on the paper, will bleed very easily. You absolutely cannot color with these on paper that is very thin without it bleeding through the back. When you use thicker paper to ensure the bleeding doesn't go through the paper too much you fall into a trap of the ink bleeding through the paper itself and spreading through the lines you are trying to stay in between. With a little bit of effort and learning on how to color just up to the line instead of all the way to the line and allow the color to fill in itself, they work wonderfully.*tip* when opening the markers twist off the cap carefully, do not pull directly off. This will ensure the ink doesn't leak out from the marker itself. I received this tip somewhere along the line and I'm so happy I did. The very first marker I pulled out prior to knowing I just ripped the cap off like any marker and quickly learned later on that the ink wasn't ready to such force and ended up leaking out a little bit into the cap and down the sides of the tip of the marker. If you gently twist the cap off allowing air flow in slower it will allow the ink to settle without spilling out.I've also included a color chart with each color in the 80 pack in regular lighting and no edits to the color or saturation of color. This can provide you a good look at how the colors match. Most of the colors match the caps very well, while some other colors aren't quite as close. Making this little chart of all the colors plus names provided me a way to see exactly which one actually was the one I was looking for.Each marker has two tips, a chisel thick tip and a small brush tip. Both are wonderful but I find myself wishing there was a bigger brush tip instead of the chisel tip because I find coloring with the chisel tip very awkward. I imagine writing with the chisel tip or some calligraphy would be much easier. However, for coloring I tend to use the smaller tip a lot more but felt like I was wasting ink and time allowing the marker to dry out by coloring larger areas with the smaller tip. It's all about learning how to use the chisel tip carefully to allow the ink to spread to the line instead of going to the line for bigger areas and using the smaller tip for quick fill-ins.

The Ohuhu markers are popular for a reason. I’ve tried several other branded markers, and they were either too dry or they bled through to the other page. The Ohuhu markers have little to no bleed and come in a range of colors. I bought the fine tip, and it’s perfect for smaller details.

I originally purchased this marker set in August 2018 as I wanted to try alcohol markers, but as someone who's only coloring in her free time to relieve stress, become present, and relax, I wasn't comfortable dropping a lot of money on other expensive brands, like Copics. I also wanted to have a good range of colors without "going crazy" in case I didn't like using alcohol markers, and so settled on the 80 set. Overall, I have been very happy and pleased with my purchase. These markers are extremely vibrant in color and have a very good range of colors considering. At first, I did find these markers to be a little streaky, but that can be common with alcohol markers (you just have to do more than one layer, or color a little slower). After coloring with these markers for a bit now, however, I haven't really had any streaking issues. These markers also blend incredibly well. I primarily use these markers in coloring books, which they do bleed through (as most if not all alcohol markers do). Although this was an issue for me at first, I have come to just choose the pages that I really want to color and forego the picture on the back.This being said, I only used the marker set a handful of times a month and was disappointed as in recently trying to use them found that a good chunk of my markers had exploded with ink or dried out. I had made sure to be careful when taking the caps on and off, as well as making sure they were on before putting them back in the case. I wasn't exactly sure what had happened. I decided to email the company on a whim to see if there was any way that I could get those markers replaced, but didn't expect anything as it has been many months since my original purchase. However, after emailing back and forth with a very nice lady on their team, Ohuhu told me they would send me a BRAND NEW marker set free of charge, which I got in the mail yesterday. Although two markers did come in with the same issues, I could not be any happier with how vibrant and inky these markers are.As a whole, although I did run into a few issues with my original set, I am extremely grateful towards Ohuhu as they are a company that truly stands behind their products and its quality, which I think in addition to how much I have really enjoyed using these markers makes them deserve the five stars. If you are someone who's looking for alcohol markers but doesn't want to break the bank as I did, then I would definitely recommend buying this set!!