TLDRI’m a professional artist and these brush tip (and the bullet tip option) Sharpie Creative Acrylic Markers are the best markers and paint markers I’ve ever used. These are comparable only to Posca (paint PENS with roller balls, not Acrylic Markers), but they’re more accessible, a better deal and the better choice for general population versus Posca or literally any other brand.I am a fine artist who went to MIAD. About 15 years ago my search for fine tip acrylic paint markers started. My medium of choice was acrylic paint on canvas, and sharpies on everything else. Years ago I searched and searched hoping Sharpie would have an acrylic option. They didn’t.This is when I discovered the Japanese company Posca. They hadn’t made their way into US art yet. Now Posca are sold in public non speciality art stores such as Blick across from MIAD. Poscas are amazing, however they are not “markers” they are “paint pens”. So Posca have a little roller ball in each pen and are full of actual paint which you need to shake and shake to activate. They also require significant dry time (the Poscas).I was out grabbing some groceries and I always make a walk down the stationary isle. I literally stopped in my tracks and gasped upon seeing “Sharpie Creative Acrylic Markers”. The ones at the market were “bullet tip” which is the usual standard. I bought them and came home and tested them in my sketchbook. Holy crap was I floored by the quality, the saturation, the lack of dryness, no need to shake, how smooth the writing felt, the entire lack of bleeding and the ability to layer colors!! The color is so saturated I was floored that the ink didn’t at all bleed through the paper. Even Posca does if you do too many coats/layers/passes of the marker.After falling in love with the bullet tip, I was excited to see they had a “brush tip” style. This is the only way you’re going to get very thin crisp paint lines with the ease of application of an extremely high quality marker. Although this review is for the brush tip version, I am also speaking of the bullet tip since I bought those first and I feel the information is extremely relevant.Don’t ever buy “normal” markers again (I know I won’t!), and I am very serious. With all my years of creating art and testing supplies, the performance and value for the money is absolutely amazing. I have a lot of Crayola because it’s an amazing high quality brand (for simple needs) and I have a lot of Prismacolor, however I will never buy Crayola markers again (probably not even Prismacolor again tbh), or any marker really.These are perfect for crafts, marking boxes, coloring books, making signs, kids crafts, wall drawing, detail painting, professional projects, comic inking, illustrations, and really literally anything you can think of. Just remember if it’s not a “typical” surface you will need to do a coat or spray of sealant (clear coat spray; matte in my opinion. Or you can use my secret favorite, painting plain Mod(ge) Podge as a finishing coat). Remember there are bullet tip and fine tip. Bullet will be great for actual marker uses. The brush tips are great for fine lines, writing, detail work, calligraphy and things like that.I always get messy full of paint with Posca, the flow of actual paint can be strange or too much at times and the need to occasionally *pump* the tip leads to pools of paint if not careful. However, with either style of these Sharpie Creative Markers my hands didn’t have paint on them after, and if any paint does get on you or somewhere you don’t want it, simply wipe away with a damp cloth. Acrylic paint is very forgiving.One last thing, for some reason the quality of the black brush tip I got was not as good as any of the others. It was the only one I was any type of not impressed with. It seemed to be a paint saturation issue in the tip. And honestly I imagine if you shake these that will distribute the ink inside the marker. The brush tip style does seem to have some sort of shaker mechanism inside, I wasn’t positive if this was a feature because some when shaken didn’t make a sound. This probably just means I need to legitimately shake them, which is a non issues, especially compared to Posca.Buy them, give them a try, they are really nice.