Copic Marker Types

Copic Wide Marker (Large oval)

 

Were introduced to the North American market around 2002.

Wide markers come in 36 colors

Empty markers are available to fill and make your own custom blended markers.

Their firm chisel nib is about ¾” wide and calligraphers love the optional extra broad calligraphy nib.

The nib is so large that they use ink very quickly.

Come with a matching various ink refill bottles.

Refilling is easy as the little U-shaped notch in the body near the nib is exactly the size of the top of the various ink bottles.

Useful for special effects using the blender solution, filling in large areas, and great for backgrounds.

Easily create your own custom papers and simple patterns.

Not the best choice for the main marker style because the nibs are too large for coloring details.

The color range is limited to some of the most popular background colors, as this is what they are intended for.

Easily add other colors or swipe across your page in squiggles to create neat backgrounds.

 

Copic Ciao (round)

The Ciao marker is pronounced chow like the Italian greeting.

The Ciao marker was developed about 10 years ago. It was developed because the makers in Japan had gotten great feedback about the super brush nib in the sketch markers because artists had fallen in love with them, but felt the sketch markers were too expensive.

They have the identical nibs to the sketch marker and are available in 144 of the most popular colors. They are intended as a beginner marker.

One of the great features of this marker is that they have a special child-safe cap with small air holes in case a child accidentally swallows the lid they will still be able to breathe. This feature is perfect for mom's with young children or teens with young siblings. The cap also has an inner seal that prevents air from entering the marker.

Be careful when putting the cap back on the chisel end as the seal can snag on the nib and spilt the tip.

Because of the cap features, this means that the numbers cannot be printed on the top. But there are plenty of ways to put the numbers on the top with small stickers.

The only difference between the Ciao marker and the Sketch marker beside the caps is that It is also the marker that holds the least amount of ink. Also, there are no empty markers available to mix your own colors.

While Ciao markers are not intended for airbrushing, you can modify your airbrush system.

 

Copic Sketch Marker (small oval)

 

Released over 15 years ago and with that move, they revolutionized the fine art markers.

They are the most popular of all the Copic markers

Are available in 358 colors and come out with more colors every year.

If new colors are added to the Copic spectrum they will e featured in the Sketch markers.

Empty markers are also available for you to fill if you want to create your own custom blended various inks.

It comes with one end that feels like a brush – saturated, flexible brush called the super brush and never frays and lasts a long time. This brush allows you to spread high-quality Copic inks onto paper in a smooth paint-like way.

The other end has a medium broad nib which is a firm chisel tip perfect for airbrushing or coloring large areas. This tip is only slightly smaller than the broad nib in the Copic Original marker.

You can swap out either nib and replace it with a firm, medium round or fine nib.

You can also cut a slit in the chisel nib and use it for perfectly edging paper.

It holds the second most amount of ink and if you use this style for airbrushing you will have to fill it sooner than with the Copic Original marker.

 

Copic Original also called just Copic Marker (square)

 

It was the first style to be created over 25 years ago.

They are most popular among architects, product designers, calligraphers, quilters, scrapbookers, and journalists.

They come in a square body design

It  has the most customizable style with the option of 9 different nibs. If  you don’t like the standard nibs you can swap them out for:

• Calligraphy nibs
• Brush nib (not to be confused with the super brush nib found on the Sketch and Ciao markers)
• Superfine nib
• Round nib
• And any of the other custom nibs

You can get an empty marker and mix your own inks to get exactly the color you want, as well as the tips you need.

You can easily remove a cap and fasten it on the other side.

Color is printed on the end of the cap

Come in 216 colors.

The original also holds the most amount of ink

Colors in small areas

Good for altering background papers, ribbon, embellishments, and airbrushing