Okay, okay, i'll tell you the whole story. Ya boy Sciz here was sitting up on his computer,
trying to find some thumbnails (you know for that video making thing that i do
every week for the past 10 years or so?) Yeah, that. Anyways, i came across this picture here.
The picture itself obviously isn't that remarkable, but it was the link hovering
over the picture that caught my eye. If you hover over that image on a google images search, it will
link you to this site: artlimitedmag.com. And if you're unfortunate enough to click that link, it
will take you to this horrendous, deadass article that we are going to be talking about today.
Yes, today we're going to be going through the top 10 graffiti markers for 2021,
whatever that's supposed to mean. Now, as much as i don't encourage people to focus
negative energy towards other people's work in general, i wanted to address this article,
not necessarily because it's bad (although it is) but, it's because these art limited
mag people make it very very clear that they don't have a flying...
clue what they are talking about. And that's not only clear given the crap that they spew in this
article, which we're about to look at, but it's also clear from the rest of the site as well.
These people cover every topic under the sun from best scrap booking pens to best watercolour
brushes. In other words, this is an article written entirely by people who are not graffiti
writers or graffiti artists in any capacity! I'm going to look over here on my computer for this,
but you can even tell by some of the pictures throughout the article that they've used
that they don't write, because it's like they think THIS is what graffiti writers do like.
And it's actually legitimately a big problem when you have people who don't know what they're
talking about creating content like that because it spreads misinformation. And that
misinformation can lead newer writers astray in the graffiti community, and damage the integrity
of the graffiti community! And that is the real reason i think we need to talk about this article,
in depth, today! And don't even get me started on how criminal it is that they're monetizing this
article. But, without beating around the bush, let's just dive straight in and take a look at
each of the top 10 markers for graffiti that these guys are choosing to include in this article.
Okay, so number one here the Krink k55... okay. The first thing i'll say about this, right away,
is that i can prove just from a quick glance that they didn't care what they put on this list.
And i know that because, number one, i know how site monetization works; number two, i know how
the amazon affiliate program works; and number three, i know exactly what graffiti products are
available on amazon. I know these things because it's part of my job here on youtube to know that,
and also digital marketing type stuff was sort of part of my degree as well. But, basically,
if a graffiti product here wasn't available to purchase on amazon, it was not getting included
in this list, and that's because of how the amazon affiliate program works. The site has
these links saying "view on amazon" and if you were to click any of those links and then buy
a product on amazon that's available, amazon would pay the owner of this website a certain
commission. So, basically, amazon is paying people to direct traffic to their website,
which results in sales. So, right off the bat, you know that because of how this works,
you're going to see a lot of Krink products on this list, Molotow products, Montana products,
and you definitely will not see products that you can't buy on amazon. And that means that On the
Run is going to be totally left out, Grog is going to be totally left out, any products actually made
by actual graffiti companies, such as Artprimo, Block by Block, even Bombingscience, for example,
will not make this list. And i know we're still just on number one here, but that's why this list
is already entirely biased and sort of totally worthless in that respect. But anyway, number one,
the Krink k-55 is on this list. Krink is the type of brand that people either really love
or they just never go near the stuff. If there was a Krink product that i would have guessed to
be on this list, it certainly wouldn't be the k55. But i can't really say there's anything wrong with
that choice alone. I don't know. What do you guys think? Maybe drop a comment and tell me if that's
one of the top 10 markers you would put on a similar list. I have a feeling it isn't, but i'll
let the community decide. Number two, the Sakura solidified paint solid marker, as they're calling
it. A very reasonable marker to be on this list actually. Not too bad so far (for a biased list.)
Let's see what they have to say about it though. The brand Sakura has created solidified permanent
paint to be packed inside a small and portable marker to replace large paint canisters what
this in no way replaces spray paint... continuing on it is said that the paint made by sakura dries
out within a few minutes and stays permanently on drawn surfaces once it is dry. i am totally
into its unique twisted mechanism that will keep the solidified paint fresh whenever you reach out
for the marker. huh? When being graffiti drawn with... the paint in this marker is non-washable
and cannot fade out like regular chalks... Oh god. Okay, so i guess this is a good time to bring it
up, um clearly the person who wrote this article does not speak English, and most likely just put
the whole thing in a google translate and made that the article. That's i guess fine, although
nothing they say makes sense in the article. But what isn't fine is everything that they are trying
to say! Number one, this is in no way designed to replace the spray paint cans! The Sakura...
i i don't need to explain this right? Like you guys -
you guys get it. And also, it's like this guy thinks that Sakura is a chalk, which to me signals
that the people who did write this article have probably never used most of these markers and mops
in their life either. And, again, it just reinforces that they just needed something that they could
throw an amazon link to, but maybe i'm being hard on these people; after all the first two choices on
this list are actually sort of reasonable, so let's see what else there is in here. Number three, four,
and five are actually quite reasonable as well, but everything they say about them makes it abundantly
clear that these were just the first results to come up when you do an amazon search for
graffiti markers. For example, for the pack of six Molotow one4alls, the 2mm nib size
that is, they say, "this this acrylic based paint provides strong resistance against uv radiation
and weather impacts for a high level of opaqueness on your artworks." I'm sorry, but do they think that
graffiti writers are using these little 2mm nib markers outdoors? Like on walls?
Let me ask you, when when was the last time you left the house with some some 2mm
uh one4all markers to go hit up some tags you know? And this next part here really just confirms
that they have no real clue what graffiti is. It says, "you are capable of applying this set
of Molotow paint markers on multiple surfaces like paper, wood, stone to instruments, Christmas
decoration balls and animated figures etc." ...It's not that they're wrong but, Christmas balls?
Also i found it kind of funny that they put as a con for these one4all markers that, "Molotow
has been creating the finest paint markers." That's a con? With number four, the writer of the article
makes it clear that they think the people who make Markal b paint sticks, like this one, they make it
clear that they think the brand that makes these Markal b paint sticks is, get this, B Paint Stick!
They say, "this paint marker from the brand b paint stick performs without hardships on icy wet," blah blah blah
blah. The brand is Markal! The brand IS Markal! In that same section they make it sound like there's
only six colors of Markals. which again that's, i think that comes from them just doing a bit of
amazon research and never using these before, but there's actually about this many just just for
clarification. Actually, there's more than this, i don't actually have all of them. For number five
on the list, they have the Krink k-60. I'm sorry but if you want to see what the community, in general,
thinks of the Krink k60, these are the majority of comments written on my review of the Krink
k60. You can check that video out in the corner in the cards if you want, or in the description. For
number six they have the Montana acrylic paint marker. I haven't actually used this one so i'll
give them a break on it, because it's really hard to read this much gibberish. So let's just move
on, shall we? For number seven they have the 4mm size of the Molotow one4all markers.
In the description it says, "the paint marker is recognized as one of the best tagging markers."
This might sound like something i already asked about, but when was the last time you left the
house to do do a few tags and brought one of these with you? It's almost like they were running out
of uh products on amazon. But number eight, nine and ten on this list are where it just gets sad. Number
eight is the Krink k-42. That's just something that's never been on anyone's list of top graffiti
markers. And, you know, they really did dig their own grave if you read some of the sh- that they wrote about it here.
It's like they went out of their way to make it clear that they haven't used some of these markers ever. And worst of all, number nine and 10 here are penguin art supplies dual tip
paint pens and tulip graffiti fabric markers. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and just say that i'm
not that out of touch with what's going on in the graffiti world and say that those probably should
not be on this list. But we haven't even gotten to the best part yet, because there is a frequently
asked questions section! Please tell me your soul breaks as much as mine did when i read
some of this. "What are the most trusted graffiti brands? Krink, Molotow, Sakura, tulip, b paint stick,
penguin art supplies and montana are recognized as reliable brands." Oh yeah, i was just thinking i need
to pick up some new stuff from b paint stick and tulip that's that's, you know, the brands i get from
this graffiti stuff - oh and i forgot penguin art supplies. They're also what i was gonna get, yeah. (#sarcasm)
Next question, "where can i get it? Here are the most reliable places to go and grab awesome paint
markers at reasonable prices: Home Depot, Amazon, Costco, Walmart, ebay, lowe's and Best Buy." It's
just so sad. And i think this section really just sums up how out of touch this whole [ __ ] show
is. They seem to have absolutely no knowledge of brands like OTR, Grog, Dope, Ironlak even,
no knowledge of places like bombingscience.com or artprimo.com, graff-city uk, oinkartltd, whatever
the one that - spray planet - the Montana one, just to name a few. And just to top it off at the bottom
here they have a fake ratings graphic, which says 12 out of 13 fake people gave them a fake five
stars out of five and one fake person gave them four fake stars out of five, so now they have 4.9
stars out of five on their fake ass article. It's not hard to figure out that it's fake because
there's nowhere to actually rate it yourself. They didn't really cover their tracks very well there
to be honest. lol If you are curious about some of the products in this video that actually are related
to graffiti, i have reviews on those, which i have linked below in the description for you as well as
in the cards in the corner. I can even put links to the actual graffiti products that are worth
picking up legitimately. Full disclosure, i use amazon links as well when i'm reviewing products,
but only if they're reasonable prices that are similar to other sites. And if you ever do click a
link to amazon which is in my description and buy something from there, it does go towards supporting
the channel, which i appreciate greatly, of course. Amazon usually isn't the cheapest place to buy
like singular graffiti markers or mops, but they do actually have some okay prices on some packs
of stuff; specifically the ones i can mention are the Markal b paint sticks and the Sakura ones. If
you buy like the packs of 12 that they have there, it's legitimately the cheapest place to buy them.
The bottom line is, whether it's a graffiti site or even a small creator like me, please make sure that
you're actually supporting the graffiti community when you go to buy your graffiti supplies. Let me
know if you guys want to see my list of maybe top 10 graffiti markers that i would put on a
list like this. Also i'm sort of hosting like a voting tournament on the community section
of my channel page! So if you do want to vote on which graffiti mops and markers are the very best,
head over there and participate! It's a little bit of fun, gets everyone voting, everyone's involved,
and then we can have different markers face off and stuff like that. Feel free to check out some
of the other graffiti reviews i do here on the channel, or any of the other graffiti
related series. After all, we have well over 300 plus graffiti videos here on the channel
for your enjoyment. I hope i will see you over in one of those shortly, and until then, peace!