that is a really good question.. i had to go check.. so AP seal is on the box and on every single individual bottle of colour.. there is no CL seal.. only other warnings are: do not use for anything other than drawing, do not leave within reach of small children, do not put in mouth or eyes, be sure to close the cap after use
@@Creative-Soul oh every color has the AP seal? That's really good to know, thank you! The official ACMI art site indicates that some of Nicker's colors have the AP seal and some have a CL seal but I couldn't find any information about specific colors. So that really helps!
@@litost6564 yes on this set AP is on every colour.. but they do make other types of paints so maybe some of the others don't.. i will try and find out..
well the manufacturer's website in Japan did not ship to UK, so i found an e-bay seller in Japan that had highest ranking reviews and ordered there.. if you want i can look up the name and let you know..
@@Creative-Soul ah I found the same one. Might just have to wait till I go, something awful about paying £200 for £100 paint (36 set) finding keeping in London has the 24 set £150
@@0Apes0 i know what you mean.. but i really wanted them and couldn't find them anywhere else.. choosing keeping didn't even have them in their shop back then.. i have also bought a different set since then.. a designers set, which is supposed to be better quality or better lightfastness or something but in smaller tubes rather than jars.. from amazon.jp 😉
no.. it isn't.. it is exceptionally pigmented and mat and designed to be photographed.. as it was created to be used for hand drawn animated movies.. so once photographed and turned into digital images they are preserved by the animation forever.. but the original image and paint itself was not made to last and will fade.. though i can't say how long exactly it might last before it fades and i know different colours fade at different rates..
i do believe you're right.. that is now after having used them for a while.. but as i ordered them directly from Japan, i did not see this anywhere on their website.. and in all the excitement of trying something new to me, there were just enough small differences that set it apart from normal gouache that made me question it.. like the density of the paint, the fact that it dries exactly the same colour as in the tub, which no other gouache does as well as how quickly it dries, quite like acrylic, which it obviously isn't.. but now i understand that these were all adjustments made to the paint to suit it's purpose for animation.. and I really enjoy these paints.. and even if they are essentially gouache they are still unique in their own right and not at all like any normal gouache you can get from any other brand..
While quite similar to gouache, there are still differences to be had with poster colors. I do like to take more than five seconds to research similarities and differences between art supplies when learning about something that is new to myself. Perhaps this five minute video can help demonstrate how they differ. Hope it helps! :) th-cam.com/video/rl1cKhzoais/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cyh4lpEjO_jHaquD
@@missjazzamuffin13 Thank you for the link.. that was really informative!! i kind of went by feel on figuring out how they're different.. and watched some vids on how professional anime artists use them but it didn't occur to me to look up specifically how they are different.. so i really enjoyed that vid.. :)
It’s closer to gouache paint then acrylic because you can reactive the paint.
yes, you're absolutely right!!
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Can you tell me which colors have the AP seal? And which, if any, have a CL seal or any other kind of caution labeling?
that is a really good question.. i had to go check.. so AP seal is on the box and on every single individual bottle of colour.. there is no CL seal.. only other warnings are: do not use for anything other than drawing, do not leave within reach of small children, do not put in mouth or eyes, be sure to close the cap after use
@@Creative-Soul oh every color has the AP seal? That's really good to know, thank you! The official ACMI art site indicates that some of Nicker's colors have the AP seal and some have a CL seal but I couldn't find any information about specific colors. So that really helps!
@@litost6564 yes on this set AP is on every colour.. but they do make other types of paints so maybe some of the others don't.. i will try and find out..
Interesting❤
Where did you order these from?
well the manufacturer's website in Japan did not ship to UK, so i found an e-bay seller in Japan that had highest ranking reviews and ordered there.. if you want i can look up the name and let you know..
@@Creative-Soul ah I found the same one. Might just have to wait till I go, something awful about paying £200 for £100 paint (36 set) finding keeping in London has the 24 set £150
@@0Apes0 i know what you mean.. but i really wanted them and couldn't find them anywhere else.. choosing keeping didn't even have them in their shop back then.. i have also bought a different set since then.. a designers set, which is supposed to be better quality or better lightfastness or something but in smaller tubes rather than jars.. from amazon.jp 😉
Would you say this paint is lightfast, archival?
no.. it isn't.. it is exceptionally pigmented and mat and designed to be photographed.. as it was created to be used for hand drawn animated movies.. so once photographed and turned into digital images they are preserved by the animation forever.. but the original image and paint itself was not made to last and will fade.. though i can't say how long exactly it might last before it fades and i know different colours fade at different rates..
@@Creative-Soul Thanks for taking the time and the information
@@romelmadrayart you're welcome ☺
Nicker poster colours are literally just gouache; they even say so on their website. It would have taken 5 seconds to find that out.
i do believe you're right.. that is now after having used them for a while.. but as i ordered them directly from Japan, i did not see this anywhere on their website.. and in all the excitement of trying something new to me, there were just enough small differences that set it apart from normal gouache that made me question it.. like the density of the paint, the fact that it dries exactly the same colour as in the tub, which no other gouache does as well as how quickly it dries, quite like acrylic, which it obviously isn't.. but now i understand that these were all adjustments made to the paint to suit it's purpose for animation.. and I really enjoy these paints.. and even if they are essentially gouache they are still unique in their own right and not at all like any normal gouache you can get from any other brand..
While quite similar to gouache, there are still differences to be had with poster colors. I do like to take more than five seconds to research similarities and differences between art supplies when learning about something that is new to myself. Perhaps this five minute video can help demonstrate how they differ. Hope it helps! :)
th-cam.com/video/rl1cKhzoais/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cyh4lpEjO_jHaquD
@@missjazzamuffin13 Thank you for the link.. that was really informative!! i kind of went by feel on figuring out how they're different.. and watched some vids on how professional anime artists use them but it didn't occur to me to look up specifically how they are different.. so i really enjoyed that vid.. :)
That’s just gouache