Get the skin-tone Ohuhu set and stop thinking about it.

For school, the smart move is an Ohuhu 24-piece skin tone set — it has dual tips, a good range of shades, and it won’t make you cry when a marker walks off.

You don’t need to custom-build a set. Just buy a set that’s literally labeled “skin tone.” Ohuhu, Arteza, and Copic all make them, and they’re all dual-tip. The big difference is price and ink. Copic is the expensive professional option — great if you’re an illustrator, overkill for school. Ohuhu and Arteza are the sensible picks.

Pay attention to the two tips. Skin-tone sets often come with a brush tip on one end and a fine tip on the other. That’s ideal for school projects: the brush end is great for coloring faces and hands smoothly, and the fine end handles small details like eyes and hair. Some