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Marker test
We had thunderstorms this afternoon, so I turned the computer off and played with the Copic markers I got at A-Kon instead. Did I mention that? Copic had a booth set up in the exhibitors' hall and sold markers for $4.75/each, instead of the $5.95 they are at full price.* :D And they gave me two free markers - I dropped almost $100 on them as this year's Big A-Kon Splurge.
And I've played with them and learned that I still don't have enough colors. I guess that's the way the world works.
Anyway, I also got a pad of marker paper from them and a How To Use Copic book, which for once actually turned out useful.
I decided life was too short to ink in that background, so you just get Koumyo and the butterfly.
Anyway, the scanner does a better job in scanning this kind of paper than it does the translucent stuff I'd been using before, although it's still not good and emphasizes the contrast between teh individual colors that's more blended together in real life, and I still did a bit of adjusting in Photoshop and threw a tint on to unify the colors.
* They're more expensive than Prismacolors, but they're refillable and you can buy new nibs, so over the long term they're a better deal.
And I've played with them and learned that I still don't have enough colors. I guess that's the way the world works.
Anyway, I also got a pad of marker paper from them and a How To Use Copic book, which for once actually turned out useful.
I decided life was too short to ink in that background, so you just get Koumyo and the butterfly.
Anyway, the scanner does a better job in scanning this kind of paper than it does the translucent stuff I'd been using before, although it's still not good and emphasizes the contrast between teh individual colors that's more blended together in real life, and I still did a bit of adjusting in Photoshop and threw a tint on to unify the colors.
* They're more expensive than Prismacolors, but they're refillable and you can buy new nibs, so over the long term they're a better deal.
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The colors work well. Nice and subtle.
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1. go over the area wiht teh colorless blender first, to get it wet.
2. working quickly so that it doesn't dry, but not so quick that you get really streaky, color in the area with the lightest color. In general, if you're not going to go over it with another color, color it in, then go back over it wiht the same color, which will smooth out most of the streaks.
3. take the next darkest color and go over the darker bits that you want to do.
4. take the lighter color again and go over the darker color, which will iron out its streaks and blend it better into the lighter bits.
5. get the *next* darker color and do those bits, then take the second-darkest and go over it. And so forth.
6. try to color in one direction, so that the streaks that do show are all going in the same direction.
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Seeing all these art posts always makes me want to try new stuff. *cries over severe lack of art supply stores out in the boonies*
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And the paper is the other important thing - you can do marker on lots of paper, but they all react differently to the ink.
And I need to get a refill for the colorless blender - one of the tips on the marker is dried out completely and I expect the other one to dry out Any Day Now, especially with the way I abuse the hell out of it.
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Have I mentioned how much I have been enjoying your art test posts? I have been enjoying the hell out of your art test posts, and they are very inspiring.
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The paper makes a *lot* of difference, too, because they all absorb different amouns of ink, so you'll get different results on different papers.
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I find that if you approach the Copic markers in an unconventional way, you can get some interesting affects.
For example, anytime you color with one of the dark grays and then color over with another dark color (like a deep blue or purple), something interesting happens. The blue or purple shows up just barely, and the gray color changes so that it only shows your more bold lines of gray.
I did it on accident once while trying to make a really dark purple, but then I did it again another time to give a shirt a little bit of texture.
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