Hi friends, today we are going to look at the new brush markers from Artify. They are one of the latest in a long line of Copic competitors bringing alcohol bruhs markers to the market at a very low price. A copic sketch marker is about $8 now and an Artify brush marker runs between .55 and .77 cents. That is a tiny fraction of the price. Let’s see if they are worth it in todays video.
I received the following sets for review (affiliate links used) 108 Brush Marker set of Assorted colors and the 24 Skin tone set.
Product details: The markers have a matte white rounded triangular barrel with a plastic numbered color chip on each cap. They have a brush tip on one end and a chisel tip on the other. No color name on the barrel and the caps do not stack on the other end. These use the same marker body as the Arrtx Alp, Old style Bianyo markers and Altenew Markers, and probably others. The color-coding system match Bianyo, Altenew, and Caliart markers. They range in price from .55 and .79 per marker depending on the size pack. They come in a nice, sturdy carrying and storage case with dividers to make it easy to separate the color in blending families.
Pros:
- Low Price
- Nice case
- Blends and layers well
- Nice assortment of colors
- Includes swatch card
- Color chips are pretty accurate
- The barrel and caps feels high quality (thick, matte plastic) and is comfortable to hold.
Cons:
- Inconsistent placement of chisel tip (you will want to pull some out and reseat them)
- Fiber brush nib (not foam rubber Japanise tip like Copic)
- There are some duplications between sets but also unique colors in each set meaning you would need to buy all sets to get all of the colors but you will have doubles this way of some colors. There were 3 duplications between the skin tone and 108 sets.
Bottom line: These are great for the price. I would compare the quality of the nibs with Ohuhu. On their listing, they say their nibs are higher quality and not reversible like Ohuhu but when I pulled the nib out of the clear marker it looked to be identical. I had hoped since they made this claim, that the markers would have the rubber tip but that is not the case. You could however replace them with the Altenew nibs that are better quality if they run out. *You can refill with Altenew alcohol inks as well if they carry the color. Altenews range is smaller so not every color will be available but it’s nice to know that’s an option. Overall I think they are worth it for the price and the carry case is very nice. I love it when a company sells a product in useful and reusable packaging.
That’s all I have to say on this “copic dupe” what do you think about them? Let me know in the comments below and til next time happy crafting!