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Features | Waterproof, Permanent, Refillable, Metallic |
Tip Size | Fine, Medium |
Tip Style | Round |
Ink Type | Alcohol-Based |
Surface | Paper, Canvas, Leather, Plastic, Glass, Wood, Ceramics, Metal |
Skill Level | Intermediate, Advanced |
I’ve seen these chrome pens used by many artists online and finally decided to try them myself. I like them because they really do produce a chrome/mirror effect—definitely different than a silver or gray. I also like that most markers will not write over the top of them (the chrome kind of repels the ink), so creating colored shadows/outlines around them is really effective. I also really appreciate the variety of tip sizes: most paint pens like these only come in a chunky bullet tip, but these have several sizing options, all the way down to the super small 1mm. The big downside to them is that they end up turning gray on pretty much every paper I’ve used them on though. It’s like the finish absorbs right into anything porous and they’ll lose their cool reflective/mirror quality. The only paper I’ve found to really support their full sheen is vellum tracing paper, but that’s not really ideal for most projects. I think that these are most effective for nonporous surfaces like plastics and really dense or coated papers, but have not tested them on enough different types of surfaces to say for certain.