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people have been telling me to do one of these for ages now, but i was never sure how to go about it. since no one has ever taught me how to use my markers, i don't know how i was supposed to teach anyone else.
so here are some basic tips for beginners with Prismacolor markers, as well as a few other helpful hints thrown in.Click "download" to get the tutorial.
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Your wonderful tutorial has been featured here.[link]
Thank you for providing the gallery with such awesome Resources.
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Oh wow! Thank you very much!!
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You're right, I've been thinking about it. My Prismacolor tips are pretty much the same but I can do one on Copics.
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Still, there are probably a lot of newer watchers to your archive that missed it and/or the possibility of exposing a newer version to folks that never saw it in the first place.
Knowledge is power! *flies off*
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Thankyou! I feel like I've really learned a lot...starting witht the paper..now of course I'll have to go out and buy some via NOT sketchbook. sigh.
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Fabulous tutorial! Thanks so much. I'm taking marker rendering this semester and need all the help I can get.
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Oh wow, that must be a fun class! *envy*
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Graphic Design is an awesome course. It's my first year.
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I had one graphics class in college, but it only taught Photoshop, Painter and Bryce... the latter two can be fun but are completely useless in the working world!
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Photoshop is the bomb! Never heard of Bryce. What did you study in College?
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Bryce is awful. D: It's a 3D program. I was a Fine Arts major b/c my school didn't have graphic design. :\
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Nope, graduated in 2003, but I am currently taking a graphics class at the local community college.
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It's really basic, and I know all the photoshop stuff we're learning... but I'm there to learn Illustrator and Quark, which come up in a few weeks.
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Kewl! I'm taking Illustrator this semester too. I love it. We are taking InDesign instead of Quark.
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This is fantastic! I just got a very large set of markers for Christmas and this helped me to use them better. Thanks!
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I need me some copics.
They look so cool.
.....other then the fact that you have to sell your soul and first born child to afford them.
D:
...but wouldn't waiting for the markers to dry before another layer make the coloring LESS smooth? Like, more conspicuous? [It's perfectly splendid for those who likethe anime-styles coloring, though. :3]
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NICE! thanx i suck at marker...ing things. this REALLY helped! thanx~!
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I already left a comment, but I just thought of a question to ask you
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Eggshell, light peach, brick white, buff, light tan, goldenrod and sienna brown should give you a nice variation in tones.
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Thank you! 
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I'm the same way with Photoshop, I have to open another image and use the color picker to get the tone I want.
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Lol, I never CG anything, but I know I'd have to xD That's why I don't like painting! I can't just copy the color!
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i have the same problem with traditional stuff, the scanner doesnt pick up all the shading T_T
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Scanners are evil. D:< I can do much more detail in tradtional work but the scanner ruins it all.
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thank you so much~! i just got my markers.. so im a little nervous about using them. but computer paper is ok to use?
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Computer paper is a little thin, the markers will weaken the paper and possibly bleed. I suggest something a little thicker, like sketchbook paper, bristol board or cardstock.
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oh i have cardstock.. thank you so much! x3
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Thank you! This is really helpful, I've been using sketchbook paper since it's just what I had and was wondering why the markers were bleeding xD;;; And I'd never heard of a marker blender before!
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OMG thank you SOOO MUCH!!! I've had a set of 24 prismacolor markers for almost a year, cause i never had anyone point me in any direction on how to use them! THANKS! XD
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Glad to be of service! 
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The bit on shading and how you shouldn't throw away dying pens were really helpful as well as the whole tutorial! ^^ Thank you for making it! ^^
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Beautiful stuff, the colours and the casual styled font make this tutorial very easy to read. Even inside the piece, some of your characters look really good. I skim read the writing, and I found some things you were saying were quite useful to me, even though I don't tend to use markers. Good work, anyway!
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hey not a bad tutorial but i would say never, never use markers on anything but marker paper. regular paper just sucks up those markers too quick. (and you know how expensive they are, hahaha!) i use Graphics 360 100% rag marker paper. much easier to blend too.
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At the point when i made this, I never use marker paper. Now that I have, I love it, and really need to buy some. 
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its like trying to draw on a sponge, hahaha!
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great tutorial, muchos tips. i literally took notes^^ i recently bought prismacolor markers.. is there a reason they write like regular colored sharpies? maybe the paper i'm using? i've tried smooth sketchbook paper, rough paper, computer paper, and both sides of presentation poster boards (glossy/roughnastyside) any suggestions? thanks^^
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Glossy you probably found out is a bad idea, along with computer paper. I like using smooth bristol board myself. There's also paper made specifically for marker use; although I've nevr used it, I've seen the wonderful results *clrkrex gets using it. You'll soon find out that if you work with them fast enough (practice practice) they blend together and get smoother results than you could ever get from a sharpie. Sharpies run out of oomph fast, and tend to get streaky.
At first when I started using them, I wasn't too impressed either. But I found after some practice that my sharpies satrted gathering dust....
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alright^^ thank you very much, and i'll look into the smoove bristol stuff. i'll continue to practice^^. oh! before i forget, the cleary marker for lightening things.. is there a better brand to buy from? or a really crappy one not to buy from? awsome art in the tutorial btw^^
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The only kind I've used is Prismacolor brand blenders. I heard Tombow makes them, and probably so does Copic. However I REALLY recommend NOT using Prismacolor ones on Copics. I did it once and ruined a pic. It looked like I just rubbed chalk or something on the marker, it was awful. :\ But with Prismacolors it works fin... I don't really understand it myself, but there must be something slighlty different about their inks. 
heh, thanks, but most of those drawings are so old now!
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ick, that sucks with the prisma on copic >.< well, thanks for the tips^^
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Yeps! I definitely found this helpful. I use Prismas and Karisma pencils (sadly the latter has been discontinued which frankly sucks <_>
Thanks very much for making this. Will fave cause it will definitely be verrah useful!
~Forest x
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I'm glad you liked it! It's always good to know I could help.
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