Layering ink over the edge between two colors will reduce the harshness of the edge gradually, and this is the case even for colors that are very different.īlending is most effective with the brush tips, in part because brush lines have the softest edges. On tests with 300 series Strathmore Bristol board, filling in solid areas causes minimal streaking, and colors blend together very readily. Ink blending with the Promarker Brush is also very good! Ink drawing with Tombow Fudenosuke, colored with W&N Promarker Brush on a sturdy sketchbook page. The alcohol smell of the ink is there, but it isn’t particularly strong, and definitely not overpowering. The markers put down ink at a good rate without being overly juicy, and the flow is steady despite the markers already being a few years old. Ink vibrancy in the Promarkers is great, and ink flow is nice and controlled. This degree of flexibility can be useful for certain effects, but I find it’s more useful for inking tools than coloring tools. Pressing down on the marker can push the whole brush tip 90 degrees from the base. The Promarker Brush’s brush tip is 10mm long and made of a solid, compact felt - but it’s very flexible. This photo has better lighting than the others, so you can tell it was taken on a different day, whoops. Also not good for blending, but it’s nice for small details, as you’d expect. The Promarker’s bullet tip is about 0.5mm and 4mm long. It can be nice for covering large areas of color, but the chisel tip isn’t conducive to blending, which I’m pretty sure is alcohol-based ink’s biggest claim to fame, alongside high color saturation. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ink drawing with Tombow Fudenosuke shaded with W&N Promarker Brush on a sturdy sketchbook page.īoth the Promarker and the Promarker Brush feature a broad, 7mm chisel tip. Strangely though, the flat cap for the chisel end doesn’t seem to seal as tightly, and there’s no click when you cap that end. The seal feels very substantial, which is good for markers not drying out unexpectedly. On the plus side, the the pointed tip cap does seem to close very securely and has a satisfying click. This isn’t really an issue with the bullet tip of the regular Promarker though, and the cap of the chisel tip also doesn’t require precise capping coordination. You’ll end up hitting the brush tip against the the inside sides of the cap a lot, which might damage the tip over time. You have to position the brush tip properly in the middle of the cap, which can be difficult when trying to cap the marker quickly. The pointed cap tapers very quickly into a point and it’s a snug fit with the brush tip on the Promarker Brush. Personally, I dislike this design since the marker will still roll until it hits the roll-stop - and given that this marker is large, rolling its circumference is a significant distance! The pointed cap has a roll-stop on its edge, necessitated by the marker’s cylindrical shape. Tip indicators are printed on the labeling as well. The caps on either end of the marker have a different design to indicate which end has which type of tip: a flat cap for the chisel tip, and a pointed cap for the brush or bullet tip. There are also some on the back side of this sheet. It tires my hand to use the Promarker because of its bulk, and I wish I was exaggerating because coloring making you tired feels ridiculous. Since I rarely use the chisel end, I’m always gripping the marker at its widest point, and it feels bulky and cumbersome in my hand. I’m indifferent to the taper, but this marker is so thick! The chisel end is thinner at 12mm in diameter, while the brush/bullet tip is thicker, at 15mm in diameter. The body is cylindrical, but with a taper, so one end is slightly wider in diameter than the other end. It feels like a stupid critique, but I don’t like the shape of the Promarkers. Winsor & Newton Promarker & Promarker Brush (Brushmarker). As with many other alcohol-marker lineups, they’re likely based on the Copic and Copic Sketch markers, which also have bullet/chisel and brush/chisel tips respectively. It makes sense that W&N rebranded the Brushmarker as the Promarker Brush, since this makes it much clearer that it and the Promarker are the same marker, just with different tips: the Promarker has a bullet tip and a chisel tip, while the Promarker Brush has a brush tip and a chisel tip. These two alcohol-based ink markers round out W&N’s marker collection, which also includes the Promarker Watercolor, which I reviewed when it was simply the Watercolor Marker, and the Pigment Marker, which I also reviewed. You know you’ve been sitting on a product too long when it gets rebranded before you review it, huh. Several years ago now, I obtained several Winsor & Newton Promarker Brush markers (then called the Brushmarker), and one regular Promarker, for free at Emerald City Comicon, as some distributor or retailer gave free product to all Artist Alley artists.
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