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UPDATE: BLAAAAAAACK!!!!Colors so far. I am convinced that mias had a horrible magical accident as a child that caused his hair to oscillate wildly in color, which he currently hides with some such hair dye but still shows through to a degree. This explains why it is impossible to tell what color his hair ACTUALLY IS. This would also apply to elias if he wasn't such a slimeball.
He'd probably tell you it was the color of a raven's wing.
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Holy crap! You're good! O.O Do you have any tips on shading? I'm awful!
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i have a lot of tips on shading....anything more specific you want to know?
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um.. do you paint? how do you shade with acrylic paints?
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if you are wanting to learn to shade, I would recommend purchasing the book Color and Light by James Gurney. That's probably one of the best painting resources I have come across.
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thank you very much. Do you know of any places I can find it for a cheap price?
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By the way, where do you buy those markers? I know my friends tend to use prisma color markers, but I'm curious about other kinds too. Could you get them someplace like Michael's? I haven't really done much coloring by hand, so I'm fascinated.
=^.^=
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Wow... This is just incredible! I saw the line art too. I'm so jealous!!! And you are so good with color!!!
=^.^=
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let me ask u a question.. u . if u see my work i only based on three mediums .which is black, red and white
and ink...but what kind of markers do u use to create the even colour .. i want to do that for some works but i havent been able find them... so what kind of markers would u recommend to do a complete colour job???
thanks
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well my mediums are indian ink,black pigment markers, and red pigment markers ... take a look at my work u can get an idea.... but if there is imk or special handheld brushes to colour per say the skin .shadows among other colours .. i cant seem to find it .. or the ones ive seen doesnt do it for me
tell me if u need more info.
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I would use a brush to fill in your black areas since it seems that your marks look rather sketchy. You may also want to consider scanning your line art and using a computer program to increase the contrast so your lines look very black, then add the red. It seems like you are just having trouble getting your blacks completely black and your whites very white.
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yeah i know ..my computer is rly slow
the real images are not like that since i take my patience,
but my scanner is rather lame ... what programs would u recomend . i know of corel painter. outodesk sketchbook pro.
also adobe ilustrator.. but im aware of how the image turn out after scanning and im not happy ...none the less i thank you for ur advice from an artist to another and also for ur time in reading this letter
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i would get an old version of photoshop....7 or cs1 since theyre cheap/free
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i wouldent mind paying ..but how can photoshop improve my art... is there a way outline my drawing ..bcause u see my tablet is coming soon ..since i ordered it ..but yeah thanks
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its not that it would improve it, its that there are certain functions within photoshop that you can use to improve the visual quality of something completed by hand as it is displayed on the computer. Im sure you know that oftentimes scanning or photographing a picture completed by hand and then putting it on the computer can change the way the original picture can look (because of the way scanners use bright light to capture an image, it can wash out dark blacks or make smooth color areas look sketchy and weak). Using photoshop can correct a lot of these errors.
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ok thanks.. well i got to get a photoshop and learn to use it.
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Oh man it's awesome. ALSO I MISS CHATTING WITH YOU.
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I'm loooving the shadows on the skin.
Hnnng this makes me want to break out my copics like burning.
What paper do you usually use, by the way?
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canson smooth bristol
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I like how the colors r blended! I think my head is gonna 'splode while i wait for the finished product . what kinda markers do u use?
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copics m'dear. ALL DAY
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WHAT. Inked. By. HAND????? WHAT???? My jaw literally dropped. My awe has no words.
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I cannot believe your marker skills! The vast array of colours that you build up. *shakes head* This is already looking so gorgeous, I am so excited about the finished result! I can't believe you are doing this for me, its so wonderful and heart lifting. I can't thank you enough for making me feel this way when I see your art. I feel like I should be paying you for this! I'll definately want to buy a print of this when its finished.
And thats the wonderful thing about black hair, it can have any tone it wants but I adore what you have done for Mias and Elias. And I love Elle's blush too!
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oh hey wow selling things....*hides in closet*
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One , is what paper you are using , and two what multileners are you using , and three is what are those blue tones you use for the shadows..I always use LavederishGray but that's too dark for me e___e
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maybe if you told me which person you were most interested in i could be more specific
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I'm using canson smooth bristol with copic multiliners, although this particular drawing i reprinted the lines onto the bristol since i had to correct some errors in the original lineart. I can't really say which colors exactly I used for the blues in the flesh....I really used a lot and did a lot of blending! But I can say that the b90s (1/3/5) and bv20s (0/3/5) and RV 93/95 are helpful. For mias and elias though I used a lot of blue greens layered over red and red violet colors, which became neutral with a slight bluish/reddish tinge depending on the strength of the colors. Overall I would recommend printing out the copic marker color chart from copicmarker.com and putting the colors you have on that and then just become more familiar with color theory so when you blend colors you get the effects you want. And lots of practice. And looking at other marker work.....
hope it helps!
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Wow , doesn't canson bristol suck the ink from your markers ?
Also my printer can never print on thick paper XD , it always jams
Oh okay..I see.
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Well, the paper is thicker, so it does use a bit more ink, but I've been using bristol on almost all of my drawings and it is better because it absorbs the ink into the fibers and allows the surface to remain wet longer so you can do more wet into wet blending (the key to those flawless blends!!) Dont worry about how much ink you are using. Most often you need to lay down more to even get your areas smooth, and copics last forever anyway (especially the sketch)
For the printing I just go to my nearest printer and take the paper with me...this also helps because I can print the drawing larger so I don't have to worry so much about bleeding with all my psychotic masochistic details
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Well my copics , I have only had for a few months and half of the skin colours are alreayd dried out 0.0
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