Advice for any beginner who wants to buy those. at first you should try the cheapest available alcohol markers to see if you are comfortable with alcohol markers or you like other types of colours like pencils or water colours and if you are comfortable with alcohols but never bought a brand before i advice not to buy more than 40 in the first try because you maybe don't like it or get bored or you don't use them all and if you don't use all of them they will dry after a period of time. after you try it and get comfortable with it you can buy a bigger set and a bigger one until you find what you like the most