Copic Ciao 12 colour set reivew!

Above shows the flexible brush tip which creates such a great variation in line width.

I scored this 12 pack for $60! Which in Australia is pretty crazy i went to my local independent art shop expecting the usual brands but they had two of these! I've had this set for a few weeks now and still amazed by their ability to blend.

In the pictures below I tried to show how they are packaged, so secure in an acrylic transparent case with end separators which seem like they wouldn't be of much use but make it a lot easier to store these markers you can take one or two out without the other markers moving or falling.

The top swatch set of  each colour shows the brush tip and how it looks applying light, medium and hard pressure, allowing a large range of strokes which is great for tattoo style designs and anime.

Top row of the green colours is the brush tip and the bottom row is the broad tip used on the three different main sides.

Using the brush tip to blend colours.

Top: Blending purple and red. Middle top: blending red and yellow using orange to assist the blending. Middle lower: blending red and blue. Bottom: blending yellow and blue.

Back of the paper used for these swatches even on 200gsm paper the back clearly bleeds through the paper, so DO NOT use Copic markers on the back of important paper! Remove paper from your art book or paper stack and use on a clipboard or dark desk.

I did not take my own advice and marked my desk permanently if this happens on a wooden surface it can be lightly sanded back sometimes even may need to be lacquered. 

After using Copic Ciao for blending for about two weeks even my lightest colour shows no discolouration from the other markers ink.

My yellow Promarker was used for blending with a red Promarker and is now permanently discoloured.

Blending of Promarkers is possible but doesn't produce and nice of results, considering they are almost the same price I would much rather own Copic and Copic Ciao