HOME | DD
cartoongirl7 —
Copic Marker Tutorial I
Published: 2008-06-23 02:58:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 535348; Favourites: 15411; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description
PLEASE FULL VIEW!
FINISHED PRODUCT: [link] (Scroll to the right half.)
Maybe one day when I'm crazy enough, I'll make a tutorial on the left half of that picture.
Copic Tutorial II: [link] HOLY FREAK THIS TOOK WAY TOO LONG. I thought I'd take a nice, relaxing break from my chaotic Anime Expo preparations and have a go at my first tutorial, but nooooooo...this thing is more stressful than an actual drawing.
But seeing that I'm a PS newbie, I'm pretty glad that I was able to at least compile all this together. I guess I picked up some bits of Photoshop knowledge over the year after all. Would be sad if I didn't.
People have been asking me to do a tutorial for a long time now, and I apologize for taking next to forever to get around to it
The thought of making a tutorial always intimidated me since I have like 234012938 WIP pictures to choose from. But I finally got it done 
Compressing 15 painful hours of sweat, cursing, and flinging objects into a 670×7637 pixel tutorial is no easy task. I'm kind of sad that I had to cut like 30 pictures (about 8 steps) off from the walk through. The thing is flippin' ginormous as it is, so I couldn't make it even larger D: And excuse my random doodles. I went a little nuts on the commentary too -_-;;
This is a thank-you gift for all of my watchers and friends online, and hopefully it'll be of some use to those of you who are starting out with markers :>
FAQ's
"Where do you get those markers? How much are they?!"You can get Copics at local art stores (if you're lucky), and definitely online. Aside from a Japanese bookstore I go to, Kinokuniya, I also order them from online at [link] . THEY ARE NOT CHEAP. They can cost from $4.50 to $6.50 each, so shop smart :>
"What paper do you use?"Manga manuscript, A4 size; I prefer Copic and Manga University brand. You can find these online too.
"How did you learn to draw like this?"Lots of trial and error and lots of practice.
EDIT:
Um...holy crap. Another DD?! I never even dreamed of getting the first one. Thank you =AdigunPolack for your suggestion and kind words, and ^znow-white for featuring it! I appreciate it very much!
Related content
Comments: 1505
Another thing what is the difference between copic and prismacolor markerS?
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
WOW thats amazing! so 72 markers hmm how much did that cost?
Nice tutorial I shall try it when I buy some copic markers.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Where did you get the paper from?
Is is available online?
I can't seem to get a decent brand of marker paper anywhere.
Thanks!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Super Amazing and helpful! Thank you so much!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wow. I've been thinking of getting a few Copic markers lately...Now when I do, I'll definitly be using this tutorial as reference for practicing.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Yaay, you've given me inspiration to get my markers out and color!
xD
Sadly... I'm one of those "lucky people" with a local shop that sells copics... the problem is that I'm too scared to drive there. D: One-way streets are evil.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
ah sorry! i thought this was drawn by someone else . i didn't look at who drew it! sorrry!!
BUT
still
OMG this is CRAZY good
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
wait woah you DREW THIS?!
since when did you become so GOOD?!
but isn't that the same picture that someone else drew before?
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Such a useful tutorial... and your art is amazing 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
holy crap your tutorial is fricken awsome hi five bows at feet
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Wonderful!!! Copic Markers are so awesome, i'd love to get into them ... But they're so expensive.. i think i might just stick to pencils for now =3
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
AMAZING ....god i feel like your stalker........bye!!!!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I have one question when you start inking do you trace on a different the paper? Because one is a white colour and the other is a yellowish colour.
Great tutorial ^^
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I think it was the different lighting in each picture... in the commentary it said "erase carefully after inking" and that she's crinkled paper many times from erasing "ferociously.."
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
true, but she could trace with pencil then ink, but your probably right ^^ thank you for answer my question
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
First off, I'm salivating over how many markers you have @.@
Secondly, thanks for the tutorial. I'll be sure to use it when I can blow mass amounts of money on those markers x.x
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
One the better, if not best, tutorials I've seen here!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Awwww, I want some copic markers, toooo... *Sobs* Better fav this tutorial for when I get some. XD *Favs*
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Thank you so much, this tutorial was very helpful. Now I can use my own copics little better.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
how do u order these pens, and pay? online
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
If you can find a store close to you and don't mind if you have to drive far, then you can buy them from a store. A good locater if you live in the US could be found on [link]
otherwise, you'll have to buy online. I buy from [link] using money orders (checks that you buy using the amount of cash that you have to send and an extra fee).
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
did u get the book from the same place like how to draw the manga books, and where can i find the paper?? will any art paper do the trick like sketch book paper?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Uhm... I personally don't feel that any paper will do, I've gotten copic sketch markers recently, and I've discovered that using sketch paper means that the copic colors will bleed a LOT if you use paper and won't blend as well... but I suppose it's always to the preference of the artist. if you want to use any type of paper you want, go for it.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
lucky XD i wants them markers too ^_^ but i must wait maybe i be as good as you too :3
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Hmmm.....You said at the beginning that you use copics and prismacolor markers. As a prismacolor user myself, I'm just wondering--do you personally use prismas the same way as copics? They have a much smaller brush, so large areas are hard... >.>
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
omg. so much hard work... ^_^ truly a a master piece!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I love this tutorial! the picture is AMAZING. and can I just ask...how do you actually make a tutorial? hehe ^.^
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I just bought some Copics and >.> I only have the 32 set... do you think I would be able to do anything with those?? by the way this is an awesome tutorial, I will definitely use it when I get more markers to work with~! 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I thought I'd leave another comment congratulating you for the DD! 8D
You really deserved it for making such an in-depth and helpful tutorial!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
How do u learn how to do all this?
I cant shade for goodness sake...Could u help me do up the colouring? My pic I want for colouring is the display pic. Thanks. 8D
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Can you get these markers in box sets or do they come by themselves?
-Miki
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
By themselves? I think its sold individually....N btw, I've move into a new acc....Discussions for furthur stuff...link : [link]
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
OMG!! how can you draw sooo gooood??
it looks amazing and beautiful at the same time *o*
and how long did you train til you could draw so good?
and were can you buy copic pencils?
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Oh... This is the tutorial I have dreamed of!
Who cares if it's long, to me the longer, the better.
This has been extremely useful, thank you!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I've always been too hesitant to try markers on my line art...but maybe now I will try. Thanks for making this tutorial, it's great!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
OMg Omg Omg Omg no way no way I can never draw anything like that ever in my whole interlife but maybe a few years of drawing.... but I don't buy stuff like that first I don't know how to shade the hair at all ....>.>;; and I can't buy those stuff at all D: but thanks for the turtorial aswome artist keep up the awsome incredible work mate!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Happytreefriends7I,
Its actually quite easy to draw people. Never think it's hard, it just takes a lot of practice like BurningRoses says. It's like drawing an apple or a car, it's basically all shapes... for example. the head is an oval, the thigh is a narrow rectangle.....draw what you see. observe.
You can read up on a bunch of tutorials how to draw people or how to draw the human anatomy 100 different ways but the best way really is to practice on your own and then eventually you'll see how the human body is structured.
Buy a magazine and draw the people in it... draw the people around you...
I used to be really into Marvel/Wildstorm comic books when I was younger and I would actually copy the drawings from the comic books for practice. haha. They weren't really good but it helped me see how professional illustrators drew people. My favorite comic book artist then and still now is Jim Lee, I think seeing how he drew helped me in some ways. I even drew a lot of anime as well (sailormoon, ranma... etc.) Then eventually I start drawing more realistically, like portraits...
By what I see on your deviantart page, you already got the talent. if you intend on drawing people keep practicing... don't get frustrated. Pretty soon you'll draw like a pro.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
very beautifully done ... ive been thinking about buying a copic set and this really showed me how the colours go down well .. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is very helpful indeed! And inspiring too! Thank you for making this!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
*sigh* u draw so well, if only i could do people
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Perhaps you should check out tutorials on drawing people and clothing first and work up to this one if you feel that way?
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
mmm yeah but i can't draw people no matter how hard i try, i already checked out every tutorial i could find, in and out of this site
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Well... it takes a lot of practice... This is how I drew when I was 11 ->[link]
And this is how i'm now able to draw due to a lot of practice -> [link]
(I'm 15 right now)
So yeah... it takes time.. but i'm sure you'll be able to do it..
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
<= Prev | | Next =>