I Tried to Buy Every Paint Pen in the World

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  @The_Song_Of_Storms_Ao3 · 6 months ago

  An artist with the methodology and organization of a Scientist/Statistician <i>and</i> thoroughness <b>AND</b> integrity on this level..Sarah, you&apos;re the G.O.A.T. of art supply literacy on social media. Thank you for the sincere effort to help us find the mediums and products to create!

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  @lemin_gremlin · 6 months ago

  I think it’s funny how I watch these videos not just absorbing info but intensely rooting for my favorite brand like it’s the Olympics

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  @aussiecrafter · 6 months ago

  Your passion and dedication to finding the best is always astonishing. I truly hope paint marker brands are taking notes while watching this.

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  @themadowl9224 · 6 months ago (edited)

  I honestly don&apos;t watch your videos for the art or the art supplies - I watch them to see the process of you explaining how you go about doing large scale projects. It&apos;s something I struggle with horrifically and I&apos;m always looking for guidelines to help me, but due to neurodivergence and disability most rigid structures just don&apos;t work for me. They never teach you how to figure out your own structure either. I find seeing your brainstorming in the beginning and the failures and how you deal with them incredibly useful.<br><br>Edit: I know that it isn&apos;t necessarily art related, but I would love a video showing just how you structure and plan projects. Even if it&apos;s more chaotic than it appears on camera. I think so many creative people struggle with that, but it&apos;s something we all have to do.

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  @ssavaart · 6 months ago

  Wow, Sarah. WOW!

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  @Potassiumkloride · 6 months ago

  So I&apos;ve actually never really had an issue with my poscas leaving puddles of paint unexpectedly, and I didn&apos;t realize that was a common problem! I think the secret people might be missing is that you usually only need one or two pumps to get the paint flowing, even on a fresh marker, and then if you let gravity take over the paint will eventually flow down the nib on its own. Pumping it a whole bunch makes the process faster by forcing way more paint into the chamber than it needs, which forces paint to travel down the nib faster, sure, but also results in an overloaded chamber, meaning it&apos;s likely to overflow past the nib and make a mess. Letting it soak the paint up at its own speed can be a pain in the butt and take a minute or two for fresh markers, but once the nib has paint in it it shouldn&apos;t need very long to reactivate with a single pump if it&apos;s been sitting for a while. You&apos;ve just gotta be patient. <br><br>Also, fun fact: Poscas are blendable! You just need to lay down the colours you want and then use a wet paintbrush to create the blend while the paint&apos;s still damp (note that ymmv depending on what surface you&apos;re using them on). Additionally, Poscas do eventually become waterproof, but I&apos;ve found that they have two different stages: dry and cured. Even once they&apos;ve dried to the touch they can be reactivated with water for a while after, depending on the temperature/humidity you&apos;re working in, and you can get an effect similar to reactivating dried gouache. They only become truly waterproof once they&apos;ve cured completely, which takes at least an hour or two, in my experience.

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  @OsitoGrizz · 4 months ago

  Am I an artist? No. Do I own art supplies? No. Do I plan on someday becoming an artist? No. <br><br>Did I watch your entire 45 minute long video. YES!

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  @KizulEmeraldfire · 6 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULtDA3CRe94&amp;t=26">0:26</a> — &quot;I think I have the answer… and it&apos;s not what I expected.&quot;<br>DID <b>CRAYOLA</b> COME OUT <b>ON TOP??</b> :O

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  @oliviastratton2169 · 6 months ago

  You&apos;re a hero! I&apos;ve been thinking about buying a paint pen set, but have been overwhelmed by the options.

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  @girlyygirll · 5 months ago

  Now we want &nbsp;gouache colors😂😂❤❤

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  @anab3325 · 6 months ago

  Small note: I’m pretty sure Karin was the one to develop the automatic system that was then adopted by all the other brands, including sharpie. They were the first to introduce brush automatic paint markers, created a craze and everybody then imitated them 😅

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  @yanal1022 · 6 months ago

  I suddenly remember that alcohol marker battle from jazza. Started of as organized and shopping and calm. and suddenly : I WILL BURN THIS WORLD EITH MARKERS

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