COPIC Alcohol Sketch Marker, 0, Colorless Blender

Cheaply made! Not worth the money. Cute but uncomfortable and they already look years old and Ive only worn the twice.

Perfect for artist.

Says maroon but definitely a brow marker. Not returnable either.

Nice product

Shipping was a little slow, but I recieved the item working and undamaged. Works great and color is accurate

Love copics! Best in the industry. Received in a timely manner and the ink is fresh! Thank you.

The Copic 0 marker is a sketch marker with no pigment, just alcohol. If you wonder why you want this and not just a bottle of rubbing alcohol, its because its the type and strength. Copics use 77% Ethyl alcohol, and the normal rubbing alcohol commonly available is 70% isopropyl. You can still get interesting texture effects using isopropyl alcohol, but best go for the highest percent you can. Higher percentage = less water. The use is for colorless blending of alcohol markers, but if youre thinking blend a blue smoothly to an orange, it doesnt work that way. I tend to use the lightest tints in a color family as a blender between family shades, and different brush strokes to blend two dissimilar colors together. Its good at adding slight touches of a color to an area through transference though. Its also good to fade a color to the background (white) of the paper, but be careful which colors you try that with, as it can make irregular edges. Unless you want that, then its cool. The first time I tried blending (incorrectly!) it didnt do much, and I made a face at the marker and set it aside. The second time I tried it, I used it to add texture to a solid area of dark brown leather armor, giving that part of the drawing a beaten weathered look. It. Looked. Awesome. Then, I went a little crazy. I hit up the bottom edge of a cloak, giving it a spattered travel worn appearance. I added pattern texture to a drawing of clothing, and touched careful highlights to spots where I wanted to indicate a shine. You can also use it to sort of flick color that has escaped an area back into line, but this takes a bit of patience and luck, but you can clear areas of your picture of errors made with colored Copics. Think of that as a cleanup technique for minor errors, and not so much a correction tool for major errors, though I once coaxed a 1/2 drip stain back in line. I tried using a non porous palette to smear ink from a colored pen and pick it up with the tip of the blender to make delicate shading without needing a bajillion of the palest Copic markers (unless you need the actual markers for larger areas), or pick a little ink up by touching the blender tip to an inked marker tip and transfer it to a small area to blend in. I think I need more practice at this, but you can use it to combine two colors as well - again, in small areas. Even if you never use it as a blender, its worth it for the texturing alone. I dont think Ill do leather or fantasy characters without it.

Pen arrived dried out (both tips). Attempted return, but says that this item is not eligible for return. This is not a happy customer.

This is a nice blender but wasnt quite what I expected. I am going to have to look up some tutorials to learn what I am doing wrong.

Perfect for my needs.