I do love a paint pen! I've tried Posca and the Archer and Olive ones. For me the key tests are how opaque the colour is (would it conceal mistakes underneath?) and also how well they layer with other pens (can I write over the top once it's completely dry?) It does seem like Ohh Deer is really struggling as the value of these and the Papergang boxes has definitely reduced. I hope this improves and it's not a sign that their days are numbered......
Which do you find are better out of Posca and Archer and Olive? I agree it feels like the details are lacking big time, I used to feel so impressed with presentation of Artful and now it's quite literally thrown in - not good!
This was always going to be my last box. I was hoping it would leave me wanting more but alas not. I did wonder what they could now bring to the table so to speak and it was not great. It is just lacking some care. Is it, heading the same way as their stationery box.? . I will continue to enjoy watching openings but no more for me from this company. Great opening though and I always appreciate your honesty. Thank you :)
Yes I agree, lacking in care is a great way of putting it and I think as customers we can really feel that lack of care. It's a shame. Thanks for your kind words :)
I feel like the tightest person in the world 😂 i wouldn't pay that much for that box maybe £25 tops.. Love your review though, one of my favourite unboxers😁
That definitely doesn't make you tight, I think it's a fair comment. I don't feel I've received the value even with the discount I had. Oh that's really kind to say thank you for telling me that 🥰
Glad I saw this before mine comes, because what a disappointment 😬 definitely not £40 worth. I could pop to the range and buy all that for around £30 if even that much. And this doesn't even look like a sub box anymore. Just thrown together.
Yes I completely agree about it being thrown together, the presentation is what lifts the quality and makes it feel like a special gift and it just totally lost that.
My subscription ended with the mixed media box. They sent me an email trying to convince me to resubscribe with this box and I was curious to see what was in it. I won't be resubscribing, but I will say the one thing they have really improved on is their tutorials. Before I felt like it was a box of materials with almost no guidance on how to use them, which to me was the whole point of calling themselves an art school in a box.
I got the email this morning about box and couldn’t find contents on the website, I stopped subbing to this and paper gang about 1.5 years ago because the prices were not worth it. You can get about 8 poscas for £15…. They are ripping the ass out of it for £10. Very grateful for your video as I will deffo not sub again to get this. I started on a scrawlr sub again for £20 and it’s basically what you have got above every month
Yessss as soon as I compared to the Posca price I was like damn, that's not good. I like the look of scrawlr and upcrate, but I'm not letting myself get into them until I actually start using the stuff I have haha
@@yolliopensstuffthey had some on discount recently and the price was insane for the quality of stuff in there. Some boxes were £5 and still included a fineliner and a pencil lol. You should see if they have some left.
I actually found your video because ive just received my box and was super disappointed, ive actually emailed them to tell them im not impressed. I wanted to see if others agree with me and its nice to know its not just me who thinks this one wasn't worth the money
Oooh I'd be interested to hear if they get back to you if you feel up to updating me! I found this one mildly better than the mixed media but I am also not impressed.
@@yolliopensstuffI will definitely keep you updated (I will try my best to remember lol). I've been getting them for 3 years and this is the first one I've genuinely felt kinda scammed with. If you take off the price of the sketchbook and the pencil it's effectively £35 for 10 pens and you can get 10 posca for £25 (not on an offer)
@@Danaejoy12345 no pressure if you do forget but I'm definitely curious! Yeah they needed to add at least 5 pens to push that value up, and no black?! I was genuinely shocked when I saw the Posca pens were cheaper.
@@yolliopensstuff I got a response and basically they say they take feedback from customers to improve for the next year they said "we always ensure that the price of the box is less than if you were to purchase the items individually on our website. On this occasion the pens included are a very high value item for the box." So they believe the pens are worth the price paid
@@Danaejoy12345 hmmmm... The fact they can say it'll always be cheaper than THEIR website doesn't mean much does it, because they are probably putting them up for stupid prices. I don't think that's a good enough response personally! Thanks for remembering to tell me :)
What a sad looking box, presentation is key! The highlight is the magazine, the rest is pants. Thank you for sharing, I'm so glad I cancelled my subscription.
22.05 after seeing this unboxing I am quite happy I did not subscribe for the year ~ after seeing the contents from much earlier boxes it does seem not a lot of value in this new box, bit disappointing to be honest.
I do love a paint pen! I've tried Posca and the Archer and Olive ones. For me the key tests are how opaque the colour is (would it conceal mistakes underneath?) and also how well they layer with other pens (can I write over the top once it's completely dry?)
It does seem like Ohh Deer is really struggling as the value of these and the Papergang boxes has definitely reduced. I hope this improves and it's not a sign that their days are numbered......
Which do you find are better out of Posca and Archer and Olive?
I agree it feels like the details are lacking big time, I used to feel so impressed with presentation of Artful and now it's quite literally thrown in - not good!
This was always going to be my last box. I was hoping it would leave me wanting more but alas not. I did wonder what they could now bring to the table so to speak and it was not great. It is just lacking some care. Is it, heading the same way as their stationery box.? . I will continue to enjoy watching openings but no more for me from this company.
Great opening though and I always appreciate your honesty. Thank you :)
Yes I agree, lacking in care is a great way of putting it and I think as customers we can really feel that lack of care. It's a shame.
Thanks for your kind words :)
I feel like the tightest person in the world 😂 i wouldn't pay that much for that box maybe £25 tops.. Love your review though, one of my favourite unboxers😁
That definitely doesn't make you tight, I think it's a fair comment. I don't feel I've received the value even with the discount I had.
Oh that's really kind to say thank you for telling me that 🥰
I got this box with a discount so I only paid £20 but still a bit disappointed to be honest lol 😂 the quality of the pens are a bit eh.
Glad I saw this before mine comes, because what a disappointment 😬 definitely not £40 worth. I could pop to the range and buy all that for around £30 if even that much. And this doesn't even look like a sub box anymore. Just thrown together.
Yes I completely agree about it being thrown together, the presentation is what lifts the quality and makes it feel like a special gift and it just totally lost that.
Totally agree with your comments. Artful has definitely lost that special something. I was so deflated when i opened this one.
It's just thrown together, not good. 😥
My subscription ended with the mixed media box. They sent me an email trying to convince me to resubscribe with this box and I was curious to see what was in it. I won't be resubscribing, but I will say the one thing they have really improved on is their tutorials. Before I felt like it was a box of materials with almost no guidance on how to use them, which to me was the whole point of calling themselves an art school in a box.
Yes that's a fair comment! Though some of the tutorials in this one include black and there is no black pen 🤦🏻♀️
@@yolliopensstuff Oh wow!
I got the email this morning about box and couldn’t find contents on the website, I stopped subbing to this and paper gang about 1.5 years ago because the prices were not worth it. You can get about 8 poscas for £15…. They are ripping the ass out of it for £10.
Very grateful for your video as I will deffo not sub again to get this. I started on a scrawlr sub again for £20 and it’s basically what you have got above every month
Ripping the ass for £40***
Yessss as soon as I compared to the Posca price I was like damn, that's not good.
I like the look of scrawlr and upcrate, but I'm not letting myself get into them until I actually start using the stuff I have haha
@@yolliopensstuffthey had some on discount recently and the price was insane for the quality of stuff in there. Some boxes were £5 and still included a fineliner and a pencil lol. You should see if they have some left.
I actually found your video because ive just received my box and was super disappointed, ive actually emailed them to tell them im not impressed. I wanted to see if others agree with me and its nice to know its not just me who thinks this one wasn't worth the money
Oooh I'd be interested to hear if they get back to you if you feel up to updating me! I found this one mildly better than the mixed media but I am also not impressed.
@@yolliopensstuffI will definitely keep you updated (I will try my best to remember lol). I've been getting them for 3 years and this is the first one I've genuinely felt kinda scammed with. If you take off the price of the sketchbook and the pencil it's effectively £35 for 10 pens and you can get 10 posca for £25 (not on an offer)
@@Danaejoy12345 no pressure if you do forget but I'm definitely curious! Yeah they needed to add at least 5 pens to push that value up, and no black?! I was genuinely shocked when I saw the Posca pens were cheaper.
@@yolliopensstuff I got a response and basically they say they take feedback from customers to improve for the next year they said "we always ensure that the price of the box is less than if you were to purchase the items individually on our website. On this occasion the pens included are a very high value item for the box." So they believe the pens are worth the price paid
@@Danaejoy12345 hmmmm... The fact they can say it'll always be cheaper than THEIR website doesn't mean much does it, because they are probably putting them up for stupid prices. I don't think that's a good enough response personally! Thanks for remembering to tell me :)
Paint pens really do need an epic shake, don’t they?! 😂
They really do! I just didn't have the stamina 😂
Eek. Glad I did not succumb to this box. I hope next quarter is better.
I *think* I have one more left so I hope it's a good one too. Definitely cancelling though😬
What a sad looking box, presentation is key! The highlight is the magazine, the rest is pants. Thank you for sharing, I'm so glad I cancelled my subscription.
You did warn me! I have learned the hard way.
22.05 after seeing this unboxing I am quite happy I did not subscribe for the year ~ after seeing the contents from much earlier boxes it does seem not a lot of value in this new box, bit disappointing to be honest.
Agreed! The company must be struggling as it's not this and papergang that feel like the quality had reduced big time