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Published: 2010-09-21 07:24:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 4276; Favourites: 244; Downloads: 187
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Haha~ I tried to use my markers.Key word: tried xD;;
Yeah, it's just some random girl. Borrowed the pose from a photo, changed the hair, clothing and face. I got lazy and didn't want to mess it up so that's why she's got half an arm.
There's one mistake/goof-up on here that bugs me, but I won't say what it is. I wonder if anyone else notices it??
So, this is a combo of Copic markers and mostly Prismacolors. There's also some white paint where I went splatter-crazy, and some silver paint on her bracelet. There is actually some pretty iridescent blue paint on her dress too (on the shiny parts) but the scanner didn't pick it up T_T
I might try to take a photo of that laters~
Forgot to mention~ this is drawn and colored on smooth 9x12" bristol board.
Blond girl © me.
You are not allowed to reuse my art~! This includes cropping, editing, or doing anything else to it without my permission. Respect the artist by respecting the art. Thank you.
Some other original girls~~
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thanks~~ your avatar is cute too ;D
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Those are... sort of like clothes, I guess... O///O FTW!
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It's a dress, so yes it's clothing~
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Sorry, it looked sort of like it turned into pants. My bad
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thanks ;D
I wanted her to just be happy and carefree~
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I gotta play with my markers some more, tho I only have about 8 different colors of Copics so far~
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It's outstanding at the rte your work is going ^-^
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Y-o-u~A-r-e~V-e-r-y~W-e-l-c-o-m-e~! °3°
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thanks~
I gotta do more pics with my markers :d
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I'd say so. :3 Sooo pretty.
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Thanks ^^
I need to get more markers so I can try out more color combos~
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Thanks ^^
I wish I had some more markers though~ you can't mix them like colored pencils.
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That's true about the marker/pencil thing. On the other hand anime artists all insist on using Copic Markers- which are not bad but I always preferred the Tria Pantone markers (expensive as they are).
It's interesting- they do have coloured pencil WATERCOLOURS. I would experiment with those if I had any skills with a real brush at all but since I don't I'm staying digital! (Though I suppose I could learn with practice).
Can't get the colour range though with pencils that I can get digitallly.
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I have a set of 24 Prismacolor markers, which work pretty well. But I like the brush tip of the Copics more than the chisel tips of the Prismas. Plus, it might just be the set I have-- but the colors just seem so DARK. I've been purposely buying Copics in lighter colors to help balance things out. I don't know if I've seen the Tria markers at the store before or not... Only 2 stores around here carry the Copics to begin with, and only one of those places takes coupons (which is where I go xD)
I have a TON of colored pencils, so I can get a lot of colors there. but it's a lot more time-consuming than markers.
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I may have to break down and buy me some copic markers one day just to play around for "giggles". But I do all my stuff digitally now once I scan in the original pencil. So not sure when I'll do that.
Tria markers are based on the Pantone Colour Matching System- colours that easily reproduce in a four-colour process (CMYK -- I have a background in this). Tria markers are also $5 apiece- you can get ink refills for $8 that will let you refill a single marker several times. But eventually you will still need to replace the marker or at least the tips.
I believe Tria is also alcohol-based. And they have an inking marker that is water-based or something so that the colour markers don't smear the "illustrator" marker and visa versa.
What gets me about CMYK btw-- it's a 4 colour process (what your standard inkjet printer uses, no duh! lol!), cyan (c or process red), magenta (m or process blue), yellow (y), and black (k), And it actually has a much smaller pallette of colours than RGB! Always wondered how the heck that works anyways! lol! OK, I'm being "geeky!" lol! (I earned a certificate in Desktop Publishing years ago- was going to go into printing, but...)
I've used Tria and Prismacolour together- to compliment each other's respective colour pallettes. I had to go to Tria markers though for more realistic skin tones- Prismacolour just doesn't have them to me.
I still got my old markers- haven't used them in years. Wonder if they still work? If they do I may mess around with Copic a bit- but as expensive as Copic is- they are thin, so I imagine they run out of ink rather fast?
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I usually use RGB colors so I don't even know about CMYK
I think Copics are alcohol-based too (they smell like it), as are Prismacolor.
I haven't used my copic markers enough to know how quickly they run out~ but they seem to last a long time. I had bought my first pair of them like... 4 or 5 years ago. They sat in a box the entire time, stored horizontally. And when I brought them out just a couple weeks ago, worked fine. The majority of the Copics I have are lighter colors, since the Prismacolors seem overly dark and saturated in comparison. I have about 4 different copics for skin colors, plus a light pink, blue and lavender. I have a couple of gray tones too.
I still like coloring digitally too-- the whole aspect of ctrl-Z is all too appealing, and not applicable in traditional media~
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You may not use CMYK but your printer does if it's 4 colour! Sometimes it's why colours may not quite match between the screen and the printed page as CMYK has a limited colour palette. CMYK is thousands of colours, RGB is millions. Go figure!
I forget which are which- one was solvent-based the other alcohol. Prismacolor to Tria. I forget. Tria definitely is- I remember how fast the ink dries if you spill it while trying to refill those markers with new ink. I used to buy a bottle of refill ink for each marker- It's $5 for the marker nd $8 for the refill kit but it's like buying several markers. but the tips can still go shit over time and it doesn't matter- and considering Trias have 3 tips (wide, medium and fine) it's those fine tips that sometimes dry out beyond repair- it's easier just to spend $5 for a new marker. I don't find this problem on Photoshop! No refilling colour or tips that wear out.
I haven't touched my markers in over a year. I'd have to see which ones still work. But yeah I would look for the skin tones like that on the copics.
I am so glad I have that 20% discount card at that art store. Means $4 for a marker instead of $5! But they always put the prismacolours on sale so I can't use my discount card on those! :-P
I agree- the "undo" feature is a definite thing markers seriously lack! Last time I drew with markers and screwed up I had to go ahead and finish my work and use Photoshop to "fix" the booboo later.
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it's a really good maker coloring job and the character is very cute!
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wow! very nice, I just started with markers as well but my result is much worse. I still need to grab the tecnique.
When you say that you used white paint, what kind of paint do you mean? thanks
about the guf, I think that it could be the position of the head, if the face is completely frontal and horitzontal it should be exactly centered with the neck, I think it should be a bit more on the left.
Great work!
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I used acrylic paint, with some water blended in so it wouldn't be so thick. I just mixed them together on a little palette (or a plate would work), then flicked the brush bristles against my fingertip. An old toothbrush works well too. (Obviously one you wouldn't use again, lol) Make sure to put down some newspaper or something because it will go all over!
No, her face is about where it should be. The model had the same positioning of her neck and face. Her body is turning to the side, so that's why the neck is where it is. The lil' goof I had was with the coloring, but I won't say where ^^
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oh! thanks for the detailed description, it helps, I will try sometime. If it is in the color I cannot find anything, it must be really tiny. Hope to see more of your markers stuff
cheers!
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No problem~ I saw the technique for the splattering in a tutorial somewhere on the site. She had said poster paint works too. I used acrylic paint since that's what I had- and both are fairly similar anyway. Oh another thing-- if there's parts of the pic you DON'T want splattered, I covered it with sticky notes, just torn into the shape/size I needed. I didn't want much splatter on her face, so I covered that area.
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major oopsie? the only one i see is her dress somehow defying gravity, but i suspect that's not what you meant
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How is her dress defying gravity?
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with a slit in the side like that, the back part of the dress by her left leg should fall towards the ground somewhat, since there's nothing to hold it up against her on the cut edge. instead, it acts like it's glued to her body.
if that explanation makes no sense, wrap something around your waist (a towel should work, if you fold back the extra material and hold it) so that it covers like that, then strike that pose in front of a mirror, you'll understand
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Yeah I suppose that's true, but the material of her dress is pretty thin, and if she's moving to the side like that (as her hair suggests), the dress could be moving that way as well. Or, we can just say it's the magic of anime/manga clothing ;D
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the second choice sounds acceptable
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eh i can't see the mistake either,must be something really minor.you say the scanner didn't get the iridescence? well that's too bad,i'm sure it would have looked great.well the dress still looks ok and she's got a funny face there haha
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Yeah the iridescent stuff actually looks kinda green-ish in the scan, which bugs me. Luckily it's not that bad (I played with the colors and contrast a bit after I scanned it)
But yeah the lil' mistake i was worried about isn't too noticeable on this size of the image. in the full size when I scanned it, i thought it looked horrible. I had tried to cover it and that just looked even more odd xD; The model I worked from had both eyes open, but her hair in this pic wound up in her face, hence the right eye being closed ;D
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