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Creature-of-Habit88 In reply to ARTG33K74 [2014-02-05 18:45:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
I must admit I have to respectfully disagree. I've been using sharpies for a decade now and all of my old work looks just as it did when I first drew it. And even if in another couple of years the color faded I have digital copies so its really no loss for me. And personally I've had more issues with professional markers then with sharpies. 

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ARTG33K74 In reply to Creature-of-Habit88 [2014-02-05 20:52:43 +0000 UTC]

That's surprising. Are you sealing the surface with anything? I am looking at mine drawn on artist papers in an over 20 year time frame and the change is major. My boyfriend has seen changes in autographs in his sports card collection in the 5 - 10 year range for Sharpie ink but some as low as 3 years. Weirdly enough, I have Crayola marker on the same papers just as old and it has maintained its colors.  

You are correct, most if not all markers have terrible conservation. They are not pigment based; the colorant is more like a dye and even if they can legally call themselves acid-free there is no reason to think markers -especially alcohol based markers - will last outside of India ink or pigment based.

I use Sharpies for digital work because of the convenience and the original has no value for me / is getting tossed out after I scan it. I quit using Sharpie in all physical media work for sales or trades for collections because of the low quality of the ink. I had called the company and all of my concerns are justified in that they say themselves there is zero conservation value to the ink. It's a shame, too. I like the nibs a lot. 

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Creature-of-Habit88 In reply to ARTG33K74 [2014-02-05 21:36:25 +0000 UTC]

Na I don't put anything over my pieces I just stuff them in old shoe boxes. Well at least the lose leaf pieces that aren't in a sketchbook. Hehe. I don't have all of my art work on hand because most of it is still in my parents home but I was curious about what you said so I took a look and I have a few pieces from 4 years back the color hasn't changed at all. 

I only use Crayola products in coloring books. I would never use them in any work I would submit anywhere on the web. They just don't work for me. They way I color things just isn't possible with Crayola products.
I'm just guessing here I am by no means an expert in any of this but it may be the paper. Cause I know sharpie ink tends to bleed years after use on regular old computer paper. Which is why I switched to Bristol in the first place. Well that and the fact that I wanted to be a professional artist at some point so using "grown up" paper seemed like the logical next step. And I've never had any problems with Bristol. I also use Bee paper and looking at the those pieces done 3 years ago the color hasn't changed. And the only trouble I had with that was the use of a Mexpy brush marker and believe me I haven't made that mistake a second time. Hehe. 

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Creature-of-Habit88 In reply to Quaddles-Roost [2014-01-30 08:23:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  

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