Tombow51527 Irojiten Colored Pencil Dictionary Set, Seascape, Set of 30. Beautifully Crafted Wax-Based Colored Pencils with Enamel Finish

Got all 3 collections, one by one. I love those tones, pencils are sharp, lead don't break. If you love only soft lead, buttery pencils, then Irojiten is absolutely different) they are even not HB, I think they are near H or even H2.I am professional artist and pencils collector and those magic boxes are my favorites. I show you some artwork made with them.

I have wanted these for a long time but I put off ordering then because of mixed reviews. I wish I ordered them sooner. They are great pencils. One of the things I like most if that they have very unique colors. They are a harder pencil, but they are not too waxy. They layer beautifully. If you are looking for a soft waxy pencil like Prismacolors, these are not the ones you want. I have both and I find they both work well in different ways. I find the Tombows to work well on the kinds of paper prismacolors don't do as well on. Tombows are nice for sketching or coloring detail like hair were you want to see the texture. Some people complained that some of the colors are too light, that is the way they are supposed to be. It is not that they don't have enough pigment. It's just the pigment is light. I used the light grayish tones to color some botanical pictures and I love how they came out. The box is cute but I both love and hate it at the same time. I like how they are divided into groups. It is fun to color with just one book at a time but sometimes I want to use all the pencils. It can be a pain to look through the boxes to find what I need. I plan on buying the other sets soon. I will probably end up putting them in a slotted pencil case, still keeping them in book order.

Soft, rich, beautiful colors! And for the pricem you get lot! These colored pencils are really pleasant to use, and I always considered myself a strict Prisma fan for their performance, looks like these might be my next go-to in my travel case. The cores are sturdy and sharpen pretty well with most sharpners but I'd recommend a Derwent one. Definitely worth it.

Perfectly fine pencils. They sharpen nicely. With normal pressure, they aren't super pigmented, but more pressure does give a deeper color. Big bonus is that these colors are fairly unique. The packaging is cute (but unnecessary IMO)- my set does have the color names and numbers on the pencils.

These are good pencils, but they are subdued colors and some people might not like that. I love them as first layers and these are of course the Seascape set so I use them quite a bit in ocean settings. Some of the colors are quite unique and subtle.Some people complain the lead is too hard but I had no problem with that and I do use both wax and oil pencils.They are not the best at blending but if you find the right 'mate' you can get some good results, e.g., they didn't work to well with my FC Polychromos or Blick Studio pencils but they blended nicely with some old Bruynzeel pencils that I bought recently on Ebay.

Bought as a gift for a friend. It comes with many different color shades and tones. Very happy with my purchase!

These pencils are so strange and I mean that in the best way! They are not your typical wax pencils, much less…..waxy? Not sure how to describe it exactly but they are a pleasure to use, though I do think there is a small learning curve at first. The main thing for me is- the colors. 100 colors in total make up the entire Irojiten colored pencil collection (at least so far) and the palette as a whole is so unique and different than your typical artist/high quality pencil sets. I have a couple inexpensive (but great nonetheless) sets like Black Widow:Dragon and Indra: Morandi for example that are made up of unique colors, but in terms of more common/well-known sets: on the more costly side by fabercastel m bc, prisma, derwent….and budget-friendly sets from castle arts, arteza, brutfuner, artix, etc. you won’t get those typical/classic color palettes with these. And for that reason, among others, coloring with these is a breath of fresh air, truly. Beautiful.

If you like to blend your pencil drawings - these are the pencils for you. They are available in many different colorways and there is also a set for drawing faces. The colors go from brights to grey shades - and the best part is that you can create limitless combinations. They are different from other pencils and they age well. My first set is more than 10 years old so I'm very excited about my most recent purchase! The packaging is also unique - You will enjoy these pencils!

Beautiful pencils!!Unfortunately the lovely packaging was spoilt by the vendor who stuck a local label on it and ripped it off, ruining the sleeve holding the set of boxes.

No llegaron mis colores y no tengo una explicación razonable 😔, nadie te dice por qué no llegaron solo los cancelan

Love it!Very happy with these colored pencils. They are soft, smooth and I use them in my coloring books, to have a pastel look.

I am not an artist but do enjoy adult colouring books, and have a variety of coloured pencils, including cheaper ones like The excellent starter Crayola pencils, and more expensive ones like the soft and vivid Derwent coloursoft pencils, and my lovely Faber Castell ( FC) Polychromos Pencils. However much though I love the FC, there have been some colours I've struggled to get from them. I bought these because they looked so beautiful in their boxes, and the colour range looked gorgeous. The pencils themselves certainly feel 'silky' in the hand and are lovely to hold. The writing on the barrel is silver, and this sometimes makes It hard to read the name of the pencil colour on the barrel if the light isn't very good. In the end I bought all 3 sets of these - 90 pencils in all. It's taken time to process my thoughts about them. The first thing was that though the boxes looked lovely, they were impractical kept like that, so added the pencils into my Derwent Hold-All pencil case alongside the Faber Castel Polychromos ( the FC have solid coloured barrels, unlike the Tombow Irojiten which have the pencil colour at the end of the barrel). The Irojiten expanded the range well, and complimented it. I was especially keen on the cherry red, as whilst FC do a ton of reds, personally they invariably seem either more orange, or purple tinged, whilst the Irojiten cherry red is a very definite 'red'. The pencils themselves are slightly longer in length than the FC, but also have a slightly thinner core. Some lay down beautifully smoothly, like the mustard and the olive yellow, whilst others feel quite 'scratchy', like the tangerine orange. Most seem to lie in the middle though. It was the feel of them laying down that gave some hesitation about them at first. First attempt was a page from Joanne Basford's book 'Secret Garden', using a mix of Irojiten and FC pencils, and after a hesitant start really started to settle to using them. It's taken a bit of perseverance but I really love them now because they give that desired extra colour range. The quality isn't quite up there with FC, but it's absolutely fine overall. They layer very well, and also with the FC. They sharpen to a great point ( I use a KUM metal sharpener) and though there have been a couple of breakages, these have been minimal. The pigment seems good too, though am aware there are questions over how lightfast they are. Overall in fact I tend to reach for them first. However if was buying again, I wouldn't bother with the last box set, in internal box colours of fawn, grey and mustard, containing volumes 7 ( fluorescent colours - just no point, personally don't use them), volume 8, very pale tones ( too pale, just paler versions of those in the other sets like in volume 1) and volume 9, the dull tones - with the one exception of oil yellow which I've used a lot ( think it can be bought on line as a single pencil from open stock) , haven't really used the rest as much. If only able to afford one set would go for the first set (vol 1 - pale tone, cream outer wrapper; vol 2 - vivid tone, green outer wrapper; vol 3 deep tone 1 - pale blue outer wrapper). Incidentally there are no blacks or whites in any set.Having bought several sets now will post this review for each but add different photos. The final comment is that they are a lot of fun, and I'm really enjoying them. Will certainly buy them again and have bought sets now for friends.PS have added a brief colour swatch showing some of these Tombow Irojiten colours (TB)alongsidewith Faber Castell (FC) colours, plus a selection in my pencil case, also with the FC, (in a Derwent Hold-All case) , and the first page done where both were used together.

Great coloured pencils. Love the different tones you don't find in other brands. The pastel colours are beautiful. I have ordered the other two sets too!