50-Count Shuttle Art Dual-Tip Art Markers w/ Case Expired

I got these during an earlier sale. I like them a lot, they don't streak as much as my prismacolor markers do. Also for anyone wondering, there aren't any duplicates in this set.

One of the videos on the Amazon page showed how it does on a coloring book and it looks like it bleeds through the other side of the sheet. Didn't look like it bled on to the next page, though.

Also, one of the pictures at the top near the description suggested thick paper.

Hope this helps.

Artist here. I own copics, prismacolors, and several generic brands like this one. Alcohol based markers bleed hard. For coloring books, they will definitely bleed and just keep bleeding through several pages the more passes you make. To prevent this just use a sheet of paper that wont bleed like thick cardstock or a magazine cover under the coloring page you're working on.

The whole idea of alcohol markers is that they take longer to dry and can be blended- with other colors, or their own, creating color without the hard edges that plague other marker varieties. You can get beautiful gradients of color if you know what you're doing. No, these wont be comparable to copic markers. There is a reason they cost so much less. Copics have one end that is soft, easy to maneuver, and lends itself to blending very easily. These will have cheap hard tips. However, if you're just using these for coloring books and will stick with solid colors- yeah, you probably wont be able to tell the difference much.

That said I bought these and the reason is an important one-Alcohol markers are cross compatible! If you plan to use these for artwork I highly recommend getting a copic brand colorless blender. It will essentially blend these to the color of your paper, increasing the range of color you can get with these exponentially. Cheap sets like these are a great way to expand your range of colors- a difficult thing to do with copics alone with their $6-$10 price tag a marker. Another note about copics- they sell ink refills for about a $1. They're long term investments in that way.