Spirograph Deluxe Design Set

CUSTOMER REVIEW



The only reason I took off a star is for what I feel was a little deceptive about the description where it says there are 45 pieces in the set, 20 "pieces" are the 20 pages of plain white paper, they literally counted each piece of paper as one "piece". Other than that I like the set a lot. But I bought this for one reason, for use with black paper and gel pens.



I remember when the first generations of gel pens for use on black paper came out, gosh about 2 decades ago, I very quickly thought of Spirograph. I bought a Spirograph set and we tried many gel pens but the first generation of gel pens were not very good. It went from dozens of companies making gel pens and black paper to only a handful. This generation of gel pens has made a great comeback and we see a lot of companies getting back in to the business of making gel pens and black paper. For gel pens on black paper the best are the Sakura 38176 10-Piece Gelly Roll Assorted Colors Blister Card Moonlight Gel Ink Pen Set but if you really want to add to your Spirograph fun I recommend also getting what I call "The Castle", the TEKwriterUSA Gelwriter Gel Pen Set with Pop-up Case, 100-Count (27104-D), it has every kind of gel pen you could imagine and great for every shade of paper from black to white.



For black paper I recommend getting both the Wausau Astrobrights Heavy Duty Paper, 24 lb, 8.5 x 11 Inches, Eclipse Black, 500 Sheets (22321) and the Black Page Journal, Black Cover, 36 Qty/case, you get three sizes, 12 each, I'm guessing around 5, 6 and 8 inch size with about 50 pages each, a fantastic value at less than a dollar a notebook. The notebooks are not lined.



Also if you are in to what I like to call "florescent" art try the light boards and liquid chalk markers. Here is one light board but there are more a little lower in the "Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed" section, Neon Board Features Multi-colored, Flashing LED Lights. The light boards have a bunch of different colors and lighting effects from the most simple, leaving one color on, to multiple color and effect combinations. Seeing how each color of liquid chalk marker interacts with the different color lights and effects is amazing.



(Update)

Sakura has come out with smaller version of the Gelly Roll set that has the best colors for black paper in the set Sakura 38174 5-Piece Gelly Roll Assorted Colors Blister Card Moonlight Gel Ink Pen Set, Dawn Pack, it eliminates some of the darker colors from the larger set. I would also recommend getting some extra fine pens for the more intricate designs on white paper. Some good ones are the Pilot G-Tec and Hi-Tec series, the Uni-Ball Signo series and the Staedtler Triplus Fineliner series.



Highly recommended!