It feels like the pigment to binder ratio is off. Like the mass tone is what you would expect the midtone to be. You already compared them to inktense. I can imagine especially the block form would seem similar. But curious as to how similar they might be to Neocolor II artist crayons. Your description almost kind of sounds like a water soluble wax binder like those have.
I love neocolor II. My fav watercolor pastel. No these didn’t really remind me of those. They can be watered down too thinly. They really remind me at this point of a mixture between Gansai, and Inktense blocks.
@@gabriellaritaart Hi. I can definitely understand why one wouldn’t like them. I am still on the fence, but will have made my mind up by the time the review is released.