FINDING THE BEST FINELINER - Testing 20 Fineliner Pens - Pigment, Watercolor & Markers Test

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  • Hello! Today I'm testing 20 fineliner pens to find out which ones that and most pigmented and works the best with color pencils, watercolors, markers and so on. Hope this will be helpful!
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  • @nerdecrafter
    @nerdecrafter Před 5 lety +436

    This video is so helpful! For both experienced artists as referrence, and beginners like me!😍 thank you for this!

  • @SoCraftastic
    @SoCraftastic Před 5 lety +160

    This is such a great reference video! Thank you for all the work you put into the comparisons. I'd really like to try Prismacolor & Copic. For now I've mainly only used Micron & Faber-Castell.

    • @AlottaBoulchit
      @AlottaBoulchit Před 5 lety +2

      SoCraftastic Copic liners have been my go to liner for the last 11 years! I LOVE them! They're definitely a good well-rounded liner!

  • @mmpkao
    @mmpkao Před 9 měsíci +8

    For me it is the Copic Multiliner SP. Feels sooooo good! And it is even ecofriendly.

    • @MaxDeVoe
      @MaxDeVoe Před 2 měsíci

      Was ecofriendly. Copic is not selling the replacement nibs anymore.

  • @Miko-xx7vu
    @Miko-xx7vu Před 5 lety +178

    Do this video with brush pens PLEAASEEEEE

    • @ashleym.556
      @ashleym.556 Před 5 lety +8

      She said at 16:47 that she already has one in the works! :)

    • @Sana-oo1to
      @Sana-oo1to Před 5 lety +5

      I've heard that the pentel pocket brysh is good.

    • @dovalayn
      @dovalayn Před 3 lety

      @@Sana-oo1to it is!

  • @pkchutrainer
    @pkchutrainer Před 5 lety +14

    Can't wait for the brush pen video! I almost exclusively use them when inking my art.

  • @ariweaver1543
    @ariweaver1543 Před 5 lety +29

    This was really cool to see!
    Just a thought on the eraser test: maybe the cheap ones use a black dye but the more expensive ones use black pigments. I'm not an expert on the science behind all the art supplies, so this might be totally wrong, but it was just an idea that occurred to me. :)
    Thanks for putting in so much effort to test all these! I really enjoyed learning about them, and I have a few that I'd never heard of before but now I want to try. ^^

  • @ellajazz4861
    @ellajazz4861 Před 5 lety +6

    I recently got a uni pin brush pen and it’s amazing to use ! most videos like this are usually centred around bullet journaling so to see a video like this that shows the results with alcohol markers was really helpful 👍😀

  • @nightmarefanatic1819
    @nightmarefanatic1819 Před 5 lety +24

    Y'all. Y'AAALLL.
    If you're looking for cheap pens to use with markers, and you meet these 2 criteria, I'm about to be your best friend.
    You need to live in the US.
    You need to live near a store called Five Below.
    OK. So Five Below has an arts and crafts section and sometimes they carry a no name brand of artist pens. They come in 9 different nibs, 2 a piece, so that's EIGHTEEN PENS FOR FIVE DOLLARS.
    I bought some, figuring they would be good pens to practice lineart with, and despite doubting the ink quality, I scribbled over my swatches with some alcohol markers after they dried.
    NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT OF BLEEDING. NONE. The lines are still as crisp as they were before the marker was added.
    The only downsides, which are minor, is there aren't any super duper fine points, the smallest being 0.2, and they are only in black.
    BUT dude, FIVE DOLLARS FOR 18 MARKERPROOF PENS. THAT'S INSANE.
    Just tested them THEY ARE WATERPROOF TOO.

  • @philarmstrong5687
    @philarmstrong5687 Před 4 lety +3

    This video is exactly what I was looking, very detailed and informative over a large range of pens, but does anyone else love how she says light fast?

  • @Nasreenart
    @Nasreenart Před 5 lety +77

    Before I even watch this video I will say, I will name my first child Unipin, I am such a unipin advocate. I have the need to convert everyone to Unipin. I have been using it for about ten years now and have tried all the fancy liners and yet no pen does it for me like uni!

  • @alexab7096
    @alexab7096 Před 5 lety +4

    Thank you SO much. This is incredibly helpful, and I love how thorough you were! I've been having eraser and smudging issues with my fineliners lately, and I have literally no idea what to use anymore! Thanks again!❤

  • @raven-chan7859
    @raven-chan7859 Před 5 lety +5

    Love you!!!!!!
    Edit: thanks for the like Kattvalk! My friends are really annoyed with me at the moment cause I’m always talking about how great your channel is!

  • @evelyn21.06
    @evelyn21.06 Před 4 lety +1

    I'm using the unipin fineliner for basically everything (bullet journaling, drawing etc) and it's actually my favorite fineliner so far. I also have the unipin brush pen and it works like magic! Definitely recommend it

  • @SilverMoonArtz
    @SilverMoonArtz Před 4 lety +2

    I checked this out to see if there’s was any better liners than what I was using (Prisma Premiere and Copic Multi) as I have very tried anything else and I was happy to see that they preformed very nicely in comparison to the others, so I know what to stick with. The trick with the prismas is to make dead sure that it’s dry before using markers over it. Great video!

  • @Leelz247
    @Leelz247 Před 5 lety +1

    Prismacolor is by far my favorite, I love the set of four with various widths and nibs that they sell.

  • @min_says_h3110
    @min_says_h3110 Před 5 lety +4

    In my opinion, I think that the best I've ever used were Premiere and Micron. They have nice line work and watercolor base and maker base still looks great with both fine liners. That's just my opinion tho, I really don't use color in my work often but when I do they pass amazingly. Hope someone relates lol

  • @BE_Art
    @BE_Art Před 5 lety +2

    Yay! Spectrum Noir is my all time favorite ⭐⭐

  • @yuna6705
    @yuna6705 Před 4 lety +2

    I have the Staedler pigment liner and have no problems with them

  • @Littlewings1211
    @Littlewings1211 Před 4 lety +1

    I would always enjoy videos like this, particularly of coloured pencils. I love my Prismacolor Premiers and my Faber-Castell Polychromos but they are super expensive so it would be fantastic to find some that are up there with regards to quality but is way more budget friendly.

  • @ruturajmakwana5602
    @ruturajmakwana5602 Před 5 lety +3

    Amazing video 👍🏻 😃
    for fineliners, specifically I was looking for water test ...
    Thanks for sharing 😀🌟💫

  • @roisinhogan2566
    @roisinhogan2566 Před 4 lety +2

    This video is super helpful I'm a bit of a beginner and had no idea what pens to get :)

  • @BlueJtee
    @BlueJtee Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you for testing all of these out! Huge help seeing the different types of test it really helps me as a mixed media artist

  • @hawahawalol
    @hawahawalol Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you. They are useful for different purpose

  • @kiiri._.chan.
    @kiiri._.chan. Před 5 lety +2

    Really cool video! Good idea to compare the different fineliners. Well, my favourite is the PITT artist pen from Farber-castell. I bought it and automaticly felt in love😍

  • @stevenuniverse2252
    @stevenuniverse2252 Před 5 lety +1

    I only have the Copic multiliners, but they work great for me and I'm glad I own them!

  • @gwensevegney7876
    @gwensevegney7876 Před 4 lety +6

    I use the Staedtler pigment liner for my drawings (If you wait until the ink is completely dry is does super good with markers) and this was super helpful!

  • @jcherry875
    @jcherry875 Před 5 lety +1

    Tbh the stabilo one is perfect if you consider the price. It's just a thing everybody in germany has somewhere laying around and it does pretty well most of the times.

  • @pbasswil
    @pbasswil Před 9 měsíci

    Great test. I'll speak up for water-soluable: Some of us _want_ their fine-liners to bleed some tone with water - I use a water brush to draw shading out of my b&w drawings.

  • @TashSucksAtGames
    @TashSucksAtGames Před 5 lety +2

    My heart rate increased at the mention of the Rotring pens :D I used to use Rotring rapidograph pens a lot, they're very good, but a bitch to hold, since you have to keep them mostly perpendicular to the paper.

  • @kumudjain7212
    @kumudjain7212 Před 5 lety +45

    Are you doing inktober?

    • @danielm.8293
      @danielm.8293 Před 5 lety +6

      Kumud Jain yes, she is posting her drawings on Instagram

  • @aprilgracecabangal2062
    @aprilgracecabangal2062 Před 5 lety +21

    12:02 Unipin is my favorite fineliner OwO

  • @Amanda-mt2hx
    @Amanda-mt2hx Před 5 lety +2

    For the brush pen comparison video you should add in the Sharpie brand brush pens and the Crayola Artist series blending brush markers. They both come in one color pack and it comes with not very many colors either but they are really cool, I prefer the Sharpie brush pens for line work and calligraphy in my bujo because the ink isn’t alcohol based and the brush tips are small and crisp, I love them and wish they came in more colors because they came in a really well made carrying case and unlike normal sharpies they don’t bleed through, they don’t really even ghost on the thinnest of paper. But the Crayola blending brush markers are actually alcohol based and the brush nibs are really flexible, it’s impossible to use them for anything other than coloring and putting blobs of color down because the ink spreads a lot giving it a very blurred effect. I haven’t tried to blend any colors together yet but I’m sure it will be pretty easy despite not having enough colors to do it with.

  • @catman6089
    @catman6089 Před 5 lety

    even though I've personally been using prismacolor premier fineliners for the past 5 years, I was surprised at how well it did on all the tests.
    In my experience, the prismacolors smudge a little with alcohol markers, even when dry. I'm staring to wonder if I somehow ended up with a set of fake or defective pens...
    Not surprised at how well it did with the pigment test! Those things are definitely some juicy pens!!

  • @duck1590
    @duck1590 Před 5 lety +2

    Thank you for this really helpful video! Have you ever used a Tombow Fudenosuke as a brush liner? The hard tip one with the blue barrel can be used as a fineliner but you would probably love the fact that you can also get various thicknesses! And it works amazing with both watercolour and alcohol-based markers. I just don't know if it's lightfast.
    Now that I think about it, maybe I've already recommended it to you. 🤔

  • @MetalMouth6963
    @MetalMouth6963 Před 5 lety

    I love the steadtler triplus fineliner for taking notes lol. I love fine point peas

  • @karls_idols
    @karls_idols Před 5 lety +2

    I'm not sure if you knew that the Arteza liners are water soluble so that's why it dissolved in the watercolour :3

    • @Abrahamic.Design
      @Abrahamic.Design Před 5 lety

      Yeah, I use them specifically to dissolve them into small streaks of color.

  • @JennaGetsCreative
    @JennaGetsCreative Před 5 lety +1

    Very interesting! I did a similar video with all of my fineliners (except Staedler triplus. I forgot about it.) a couple weeks ago, but you've got a lot of brands I don't, and I've got a few you don't, so this was interesting to see. Staedler pigment liner is my #1 favourite liner in general, BUT Copic multiliner does better with markers when I'm too impatient to let the line art dry.

  • @anitadavidson1249
    @anitadavidson1249 Před 5 lety

    Thanks so much for doing such a varied comparison. I am just beginning to use fine liners and find your work during this test invaluable! So very good to have you back after taking September off!

  • @Saakuchin
    @Saakuchin Před 5 lety +2

    I've been using the Staedtler pigment liner, the Prismacolor Premier and the Rotring one for years, having no problems with either watercolor or alcohol based markers... Unless I use marker paper, where most fineliners won't do very good 😂If you do one testing them on different types of paper it would be great! It's been an informative video, now I know some other fineliners that I could buy! I'll be waiting the brush pen one!

  • @irisgraeber2684
    @irisgraeber2684 Před 4 lety

    Thanks! Very helpful as I want to watercolor and sometimes use markers.

  • @pokekasper9207
    @pokekasper9207 Před 5 lety +4

    That is a big amount of fineliners, i use the rotink one
    You are really one of my biggest inspirations.
    Love this video😄😄
    (Rotring is what I meant😅)

  • @megann1416
    @megann1416 Před 5 lety +2

    I started using the STA brand about the start of this year and I think they’re okay. I’ll definitely try them with watercolours after seeing this xD

  • @maverickmayhem6409
    @maverickmayhem6409 Před 2 lety

    Looking for a liner...you saved me a tone of time! Thank you

  • @artbymurielle
    @artbymurielle Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for all the work you've put into this video. My current fineliners are almost out of ink, so I'm looking to buy new ones. Now I know what to look for.

  • @Gabbycapo
    @Gabbycapo Před 3 lety

    Thank you so much for this video!!! I have been wanting to buy some fineliners that work with alcohol and water and this helps a ton.

  • @akinmytua4680
    @akinmytua4680 Před 5 lety

    I am amazed at how well the sharpie performed

  • @ghostyprince
    @ghostyprince Před 5 lety

    My fave is the edding one, I always used that brand and I love it! They're not too expensive either where i live. And I had mine for months now (to be fair I don't use it every day) The 0.7 tip one might better at the streaking test cause it has a thicker nib.

  • @gosiamalaczek
    @gosiamalaczek Před 2 lety

    Thank you so much!!! It was very helpful!

  • @tonyb83
    @tonyb83 Před rokem

    Very helpful, thankyou. It would have been much better if you included testsfor how they felt when using them. For instapnce how smoothly the nib move over the paper, was there much friction between the nib and the paper, how much pressure was needed to get the ink down on to the paper, how well did the ink flow from the nib to the paper, and so on

  • @springdawnstudio
    @springdawnstudio Před rokem

    Thank you for such a helpful video! I came here as my sakura pigment pens bleed really badly in watercolour paint.... I will try STA next. x

  • @perlnebula972
    @perlnebula972 Před 4 lety

    I use M&G Signme Pigment Liners and they're 100% waterproof after drying. Really good to use with watercolour pens.

  • @nayara8285
    @nayara8285 Před 5 lety

    Thank youuu I really needed some fineliners, now I know which are the best

  • @mechiomochi7048
    @mechiomochi7048 Před 3 lety

    My mom got me some prisma color fineliners! I love them so much 💕

  • @Applefablestudio
    @Applefablestudio Před 4 lety

    Thanks to the video for good reference. I decide to try Uni Pin Fineliner as it was the most affordable of the others. (Edding was hard to find)

  • @aartadventure
    @aartadventure Před 5 lety +1

    Really comprehensive. Thank you!

  • @TedTheTree
    @TedTheTree Před rokem

    Good video, I would say that I use brush & ink for the solid black areas of my drawings so the pigment section is not that important to me, it's also a tip really;

  • @dablackparade
    @dablackparade Před rokem

    ive been looking for a good liner to use with watercolor thanks for this video! :D

  • @Littlewings1211
    @Littlewings1211 Před 4 lety

    This is great! I have 3 main sets of liners (as well as a few single ones from Scrawlrboxes); the STA ones you have here, Faber-Castell Pitt Artist's Pens and Pigma Microns. I was doing a similar test of them all recently so that I could make a little card to slot in my pencil case with all my fineliners in to remind me which pens work well with various mediums. I found something really weird though - I tested them, as you did, with water and with alcohol markers and then thought about water based pens/markers so I grabbed one of the Faber-Castell Albrecht-Duhrer watercolour brush pens from the Scrawlrbox a couple of months back and tested them on that. It was a nightmare. Every one smudged so badly and dissolved in the pen's ink. It even discoloured the brush nib on the watercolour pen too and I had to spend a long time drawing with it onto clean paper so that it would run clean again.
    Of the ones I have though I think I have a good mixture of ones that work with water and alcohol markers etc. I was pleasantly surprised by the STA ones as I had very low expectations for such an obvious knock-off, but they were great! The Microns are my newest so those tend to be the one I grab right now and I am enjoying them a lot. Same with the Pitt pens, no real complaints at all.

  • @Emily-bd2vb
    @Emily-bd2vb Před 5 lety +1

    I use prismacolor liners and copic liners

  • @riotjohnson889
    @riotjohnson889 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for doing this! I know it took a lot of work and resources

  • @kerstinlenz6480
    @kerstinlenz6480 Před 5 lety

    I love this type of videos!
    It's so chill to watch and i like that it's longer then your usual Videos. (Sorry i'm not that good at english)

  • @YLTxoxo
    @YLTxoxo Před 5 lety

    Can’t wait for the brushpens!

  • @robynfish6056
    @robynfish6056 Před 3 lety

    Thank you!! I needed this more than you know!

  • @LAHIBRIDA13
    @LAHIBRIDA13 Před 3 lety

    I have both the stadeler pigment and triplus. I use the triplus more with color pencil art

  • @AlottaBoulchit
    @AlottaBoulchit Před 5 lety

    I wish you had actually tested the lightfastness of each pen. I know some say lightfast but it still would have been nice to see all of the pens and the amount of fading that would happen with the same amount of exposure to sunlight.
    I'm quite impressed by the Arteza pens. I heard they were water based so I assumed copics would eat them up too yet they seemed to hold up well!

    • @Kattvalk
      @Kattvalk  Před 5 lety

      Sure but that would be a test I need to do when there’s more sunlight and when I have more time, I guess you have to leave the ink in the sun for quite a bit to see any difference. But it’s a good idea for a future test!

  • @aduckinlingerie
    @aduckinlingerie Před 4 lety

    This is great but I’d like to add that when I burnish with color pencils over the Sakura micron pens
    (It’s not significantly but definitely noticeable if you look closer at the drawing

  • @ericmack001
    @ericmack001 Před 4 měsíci

    Awesome video. Thank you

  • @VFlyArtAndDanceStudio
    @VFlyArtAndDanceStudio Před 4 měsíci

    thanks, super helpful

  • @BlueBaeChai
    @BlueBaeChai Před 5 lety

    This is v helpful, the chart is very well laid out.

  • @greekveteran2715
    @greekveteran2715 Před 6 měsíci

    Pilot V5 = The God of pens!! (great for writing and sketching,water soluble versatility and many colors!) Pentel Graphgear 500 0.5mm (Best pencil for drawing, when it comes to linework, nothing comes close) / Pentel Kerry (Best edc pencil for writing) Pilot 803 = Best Fountain pen! . Pilot E95s = Best EDC Fountain pen. Koh-I-Noor 5340 = Best lead holder for sketching + the most versatile pencil in the world! Faber Castell TK4600 = Combined with Graphgear 500 0.5mm, they make THE best drawing set! (Tip: remove the clip on TK4600, it improves it's ergos and balance, a LOT without sacrificing precision! BEst Vintage LEad holder: Kohinoor 5616 = (Great for sketching or drawing).

  • @vovchuks
    @vovchuks Před 3 měsíci

    Thank You!

  • @lindacsmith13
    @lindacsmith13 Před 5 lety

    It's a surprise that when they smudge they still hold up in the water/marker test. cool

  • @WART374
    @WART374 Před 2 lety

    Well researched; most informative - thank you.

  • @user-zc5cw5fe8r
    @user-zc5cw5fe8r Před 3 lety

    I think I’ll get the Copic one, art line, plum chester, or Fabre castell

  • @eyachouaieb2102
    @eyachouaieb2102 Před 4 lety

    Thank you soooo much for making this video. It's really helpful.

  • @sangeetajadhav296
    @sangeetajadhav296 Před 2 lety

    Very very helpful...thanks a lot ma'am

  • @AnimeSpinCycle1392
    @AnimeSpinCycle1392 Před 4 lety +8

    You’re doing God’s work thank you for this review ;w;

  • @excelsiusprime
    @excelsiusprime Před 4 lety

    STAEDTLER are my favorite

  • @yukisurvived9320
    @yukisurvived9320 Před 5 lety

    I used much of them, i really hope to see yu have fun forever 😺😺

  • @TOODAMNSLEEPY
    @TOODAMNSLEEPY Před 5 lety

    I used to do lineart with a stabilo point 88 now I use a pigma micron and sometimes i use my stabilo point 88

  • @leeryq8510
    @leeryq8510 Před 5 lety +1

    I used to use sharpie to line my art... yikes! I used sketch paper too and it bled really bad... thank god I know what art supplies to use now!!

  • @demon6937
    @demon6937 Před 3 lety

    uni and micron are the ones I've used and worked for me so far. I wanna try copic but seems expensive.

  • @bigboyanimation3799
    @bigboyanimation3799 Před 4 lety

    I have uni pin and i'm satisfied with it because is cheaper then rotring pens and its waterproof because i use watercolor

  • @SkywalkFPV
    @SkywalkFPV Před 6 měsíci

    Interesting! I wonder if most of the fine liner inks could also withstand the use of paraffin oil? Since that is the solvent used for oil based color pencil drawing blends. Any thoughts?!..

  • @Aboni-rw7uy
    @Aboni-rw7uy Před 5 lety

    I have that blue pilot drawing pen and I love it😌

  • @MalamikArt
    @MalamikArt Před 5 lety

    I picked up a couple P4's from artsnacks as i find them to be fair, and it was a fairprocess but they will prompt you a could times to give them a review afterward.

  • @paigeneil8618
    @paigeneil8618 Před 5 lety

    Would have loved to see how they go down ontop of markers or watercolours

  • @pathikbiswasvisualart
    @pathikbiswasvisualart Před 4 lety

    Thanks for sharing

  • @thestrawberrynugget
    @thestrawberrynugget Před 4 lety +2

    I know this is a bit of an old video, so you probably won’t see this but just in case you do, how long did you wait for the dry lines? Love ya~

  • @Soaphiatm
    @Soaphiatm Před 5 lety

    I wonder if prismacolor changed their formula. I tried them when I first started art and found they didn’t work with alcohol or erasing well. I’m glad they work well now!

  • @snowball_from_earth
    @snowball_from_earth Před 5 lety

    I feel like the cheaper ones have ink that is more liquid. Which makes it fade less, but also feather quite a bit if you're too slow.

  • @rken100
    @rken100 Před 6 měsíci

    wow what a cool video

  • @luisbito8391
    @luisbito8391 Před 4 lety

    artteza yo lo veo como el mejor de todo para su precio es fantastico gracias por ensenar ahora se cual comprar por que en mistilos de dibujo nesecito un negro oscuro los que tengo seven como otros tonos en eso medi cuenta lo negro que es fantastico ahora puedo comprarlo

  • @sangeetajadhav296
    @sangeetajadhav296 Před 2 lety

    Superb...

  • @mariashadows1328
    @mariashadows1328 Před 5 lety

    You should give the sharpen fine tip PEN. Its got diffrent ink and its my personal favorite! :)

  • @christinemuller3526
    @christinemuller3526 Před 3 lety +1

    Hello! Great test! Would you be so kind to tell me how long did you let the fineliner dry for the alcohol marker test? And what paper were you using? Thank you very much

  • @spiinbg2608
    @spiinbg2608 Před 4 lety +16

    Most people: uni pin dries in 3 seconds then it will not smudge
    Kattvalk: no

  • @scarletqueen8889
    @scarletqueen8889 Před 4 lety +1

    this helped ! thanks a lot~

  • @revelhilary
    @revelhilary Před 5 lety

    I use Edding all the time they’re not super expensive and they’re really good

  • @wodnyrak
    @wodnyrak Před 5 lety

    Thank you so much for this test! I tend to be heavy-handed both with my sketches and the erasing afterwards, so the ecco pigment fineliners I use fade a lot. Next time I will just buy the cheap stabilo one ;P