The project poster is due tomorrow and the title needs filling and then outlining, which normally means two pens whose colours never quite match. Twin-tip fixes that with one barrel: the broad end lays down the block, the fine end goes back over the edges and the small lettering in exactly the same colour. Twenty-four is enough range for a group project with three people colouring at once, and enough that nobody has to wait their turn for the red.
— The Ghalyh team · How we pick
Good for
School and university project posters · titles, lettering and mind maps · colouring that needs both scale and detail
Not for
Smooth skin-tone blending — that's what a dedicated alcohol marker set is built for. And any marker can strike through thin paper, so slip a scrap sheet under the page.
Specifications
- Set
- 24 colours, two nibs on every pen
- Nibs
- Broad end for filling, fine end for detail
- Care
- Cap both ends after use — an open nib dries out
Questions people ask
Are these the same as alcohol markers?
The useful thing here is the tips, not the ink: two nibs in one colour means your fill and your outline match. If the goal is seamless gradients and skin tones, a dedicated alcohol marker set is the other tool.
Can a child use them?
From school age, yes — on paper, with a scrap sheet underneath. Marker goes through a thin page onto the table below, and that's a longer conversation than the drawing was.