Prismatic markers

The only "Prismatic Marker" I have ever heard of is the plastic reflectors that you use for driveway markers.

I don't recognize that particular brand name or type. One thing to be concerned about with markers is that most are dye based and many of the dyes are fugitive. That is, they will bleed over time. Perhaps not in the first week or month, but give them a year and they spread.

Perhaps you were told Prismacolor pencils? They are a medium soft wax colored pencils. Not the hard type, but not as soft as crayons. You can get them at art supply stores. Get the round type, not the hexagons (they are harder). After sketching, seal them with acrylic spray, etc.

A bit of searching found a fly-tying site that stocks "prismatic markers" . Looking closely at the image, they are Prismacolor brand but not the pencils, instead they are double-ended wet markers.

According to the Prismacolor site they use alcohol-based dye ink.

Thanks for the replies.

Prismacolor, not Prismatic, looks like for what I should have been searching.

I am hoping to limit the bleed by outlining with a pyrograph.

If that doesn't work I shall pretend that's what I was intending and pass it off as Art.

BillR

Thanks for finding this. So, they are in the art marker busines now, too. It is very likely that those dyes are fugitive, so be careful. Now that I think of it I recall seeing some of my students using these. I preferred another brand, using xylol/alcohol. Art markers are intended for sized paper. We left the caps off overnight so they'd dry out some and wouldn't be so juicy. That gave them the ability to blend and gradate. To each, his own. Dan