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Marker Tutorial Pt.1 Hair
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I'm posting this is because people would always ask me for tips on how to color in markers. Now I've never had an art instruction in my life and all I know is self-taught, so I'm not an expert on how to draw or color by any means. I've been coloring with markers since the start of 2005, and what you see in this tutorial is the way I colored back in 2006, and since then I’ve found many different ways to color, depending on the type of picture you’re doing. So don’t think that this is the only way to use markers, but it is a fairly good all-around way of doing it. In addition, I’m going on the basis that you’ve used markers or have had some experience in shading or coloring at some time in your life. ^_^
Okay on to the good stuff on I'm going to start the coloring process on this pic with the hair. Usually I don't do the hair until the end of a pic because you can cover up any bleed over from coloring the skin, but I thought I'd start with something easy to follow. Now I personally use Prismacolor markers (cause they're alcohol based and they where the most available to find when I was looking for a set ^_^) so colors might not correspond with other brands. Starting with the top left picture I placed a base color of #5-Scarlet Lake, now with the hair it's best to use the fine end when messing with the tight areas cause the bigger end lets out too much ink which would cause unnecessary bleeding . You want to use a steady amount of pressure in a tight circular motion, but don’t push down too hard or you’ll more than likely get an uneven color. And you want to start with the lightest color and move to the darkest.
Now the next one to the right I began to add shadows with #151-Raspberry which is slightly darker after you do that you will notice a stark contrast in the two colors. To remedy this take the Scarlet Lake again and go over the Raspberry, this works best if the colors are still wet on the paper so you’ll have to work quick if you’re using alcohol-based markers. This rule also applies to two layers of the same color.
On the bottom left, I added highlights with a white color pencil. Now most animation works well with white pen or marker but this pic required a more subtle tone.
Finally I blended the pencil with a blending tool (a.k.a. napkin ^_^) and added another layer of shadowing, but this time I didn’t blend it.
Well that’s the end of the 1st part of the tutorial. Continue on to the next one where we’ll start working on skin tones.
Okay on to the good stuff on I'm going to start the coloring process on this pic with the hair. Usually I don't do the hair until the end of a pic but I thought I'd start with something easy to follow. Now I personally use Prismacolor markers (cause they're alcohol based and they where the most available to find when I was looking for a set ^_^) so colors might not correspond with other brands. Starting with the top left I placed a base color of #5-Scarlet Lake, now with the hair it's best to use the fine end when messing with the tight areas cause the bigger end lets out too much ink which would cause unnecessary bleeding . You want to use a steady amount of pressure in a tight circular motion, but don’t push down too hard or you’ll more than likely get an uneven color.
Now the next one to the right I began to add shadows with #151-Raspberry after you do that you will notice a stark contrast in the two colors. To remedy this take the Scarlet Lake again and go over the Raspberry, this works best if the colors are still wet on the paper so you’ll have to work quick if you’re using alcohol-based markers. This rule also applies to two layers of the same color.
On the bottom left, I added highlights with a white color pencil. Now most animation works well with white pen or marker but this pic required a more subtle tone.
Finally I blended the pencil with a blending tool (a.k.a. napkin ^_^) and added another layer of shadowing, but this time I didn’t blend it.
Well that’s the end of the 1st part of the tutorial. The rest will be posted as they come.
This pic is a copy of the cover art for Tenjho Tenge Vol.8 and was only used as reference material for this tutorial and as a challenge for my coloring ability. All ownership goes to the creator Oh Great!
Okay on to the good stuff on I'm going to start the coloring process on this pic with the hair. Usually I don't do the hair until the end of a pic because you can cover up any bleed over from coloring the skin, but I thought I'd start with something easy to follow. Now I personally use Prismacolor markers (cause they're alcohol based and they where the most available to find when I was looking for a set ^_^) so colors might not correspond with other brands. Starting with the top left picture I placed a base color of #5-Scarlet Lake, now with the hair it's best to use the fine end when messing with the tight areas cause the bigger end lets out too much ink which would cause unnecessary bleeding . You want to use a steady amount of pressure in a tight circular motion, but don’t push down too hard or you’ll more than likely get an uneven color. And you want to start with the lightest color and move to the darkest.
Now the next one to the right I began to add shadows with #151-Raspberry which is slightly darker after you do that you will notice a stark contrast in the two colors. To remedy this take the Scarlet Lake again and go over the Raspberry, this works best if the colors are still wet on the paper so you’ll have to work quick if you’re using alcohol-based markers. This rule also applies to two layers of the same color.
On the bottom left, I added highlights with a white color pencil. Now most animation works well with white pen or marker but this pic required a more subtle tone.
Finally I blended the pencil with a blending tool (a.k.a. napkin ^_^) and added another layer of shadowing, but this time I didn’t blend it.
Well that’s the end of the 1st part of the tutorial. Continue on to the next one where we’ll start working on skin tones.
Okay on to the good stuff on I'm going to start the coloring process on this pic with the hair. Usually I don't do the hair until the end of a pic but I thought I'd start with something easy to follow. Now I personally use Prismacolor markers (cause they're alcohol based and they where the most available to find when I was looking for a set ^_^) so colors might not correspond with other brands. Starting with the top left I placed a base color of #5-Scarlet Lake, now with the hair it's best to use the fine end when messing with the tight areas cause the bigger end lets out too much ink which would cause unnecessary bleeding . You want to use a steady amount of pressure in a tight circular motion, but don’t push down too hard or you’ll more than likely get an uneven color.
Now the next one to the right I began to add shadows with #151-Raspberry after you do that you will notice a stark contrast in the two colors. To remedy this take the Scarlet Lake again and go over the Raspberry, this works best if the colors are still wet on the paper so you’ll have to work quick if you’re using alcohol-based markers. This rule also applies to two layers of the same color.
On the bottom left, I added highlights with a white color pencil. Now most animation works well with white pen or marker but this pic required a more subtle tone.
Finally I blended the pencil with a blending tool (a.k.a. napkin ^_^) and added another layer of shadowing, but this time I didn’t blend it.
Well that’s the end of the 1st part of the tutorial. The rest will be posted as they come.
This pic is a copy of the cover art for Tenjho Tenge Vol.8 and was only used as reference material for this tutorial and as a challenge for my coloring ability. All ownership goes to the creator Oh Great!
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19.10.2009 22:45:48
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I'm sorry I didn't even know you had commented on this pic till I read the description in the realism pic that you colored.