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Copic Marker Tutorial I
Published: 2008-06-23 02:58:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 535353; Favourites: 15411; Downloads: 0
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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!
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Comments: 1505
Kinda wanted to forward this from SuGaRLesSCaNdY
"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."
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This is a great tutorial very easy to understand. I just purchase a set of copic markers this year and I'm still trying to teach myself to how use em'. I'm very amazed on how you color with them.
I would like to know where you can purchase this Manga University Manuscript paper? Is the paper translucent? Is the Copic Manuscript translucent as well?
I use Bienfang Graphics 360 at the moment for rendering and now I need a marker paper that is more thicker. Hope to hear from you soon! Ciao!
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Ugh copics are soooo expensive but it looks like the're worth it I'll have to get me some once I have more money ^^
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They do look worth it... I bought like... 3 of them and they're being shipped to me very soon... =3
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lol you know there good when someone buys just 3 XD
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Yup... =3 It's because I also bought two multiliners and now that i look at it... i bought 5 of them... O_o'
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Yeah but still lol. Good thing I'm gettin a job soon so I might actually have some money XD
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Thank you!
I am hoping to get some of these markers now.
Even though i use the computer for most stuff.
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qmqzing it helped me out sooo much
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They sell Copics at KinoKuniya? O_o Who wouldve known, I mean I always pass the pen section and marvel at it and then just go to pay for my items. 
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Here are a few questions i would love to ask you:
are all your markers one sided?
are all of them brushes?
do you have any 3 sided ones like Triart markers?
does your ink run out really fast?
will the ink dry out if you dont use them for, say, 3 mths?
please reply~ i have markers but i am worried about collecting more of them.
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All of Copics are double sided. I use Copic Sketch, which has one chiseled end and one brush end. I don't have any Triart markers, but I do used to use Prismacolor (which are also double sided, just no brush end).
The ink actually lasts for a pretty long time, but it depends on how often you use it. For example, I got my first set of markers two years ago and most of them are still working just fine. The ones I use the most (ie, skin tones and grey scale), I had to get a replacememnt for. The ink should not dry out as long as you keep them out of the sun.
Hope that helped
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thank you! (i love you xDD )
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Do you think prisma color work just as well, or are the copic better?
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That is amazing! I love this drawing!
I'd love to have copics too 
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why my markers aren't that precise?!?!
I mean look at this--> [link] staying in the lines is so diffucult even with the small end of the Copic X(
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So I have a question, did you draw it strait onto the manga paper? Or did you sketch it out on something else first?
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I make rough drafts on regular printer paper and then draw them again on manga manuscript
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All freehand? O_o No tracing paper?
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Haha yeah, I don't think I even have tracing paper
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Wow! I have very much respect for you!
Not many people take the time to answer comments. Thank you so much!
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Great tutorial. I've just started working with copics, i'm still getting the hang of it. Is there any advice/help you can give on eyes? Mine never turn out how i'd like... lol
~Ashes
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this thing is huge....BTW nice tutorial I suck realy bad and ish getting copics son I'm not rich either the only way I could ever phisicaly get something that expensive is Christmas I didn't even get a computer until 1 year ago. sorry for rambling you are probably too busy anyway well hug until your next drawing 
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Thank you~
My friend just got me three copic markers, and they're all really dark..
but i still love the effects copics in general give off.
I'm not used to their tip though, do you have any tips to not let the ink err.. bleed into the image too far or anything? 
If I ever get more copics, I'll be sure to try out the techniques in this tut.
Thanks again
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I like looking at this tutorial... even though I don't actually have copic markers to try this out... =3
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*Stares at your pen pile* Good god.. Th.. The pain D: So much munies. This is fantastic, though. <3
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JUST WHAT I NEEDED FOR SERIOUS. I love you!!!!
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This was a great tutorial!! I already have about 25 copics, but I'm gonna go out and buy the skin colors you used...getting them soemtime soon, hopefully. This was so helpful, thanks for the help (even though it wasnt even directed towards me XD ) BUT YEAHH THASNKIES IT WAS HELPFUL :'D
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Waaa~ I love your art so much and this tutorial was awesome because I got to see how you colored things. x3;
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this is so very helpful! <3 it inspired me to finally color a piece right now 8D my characters are actually all wearing black, so i was wondering which markers you used to do the black on the suits?
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Thanks! I'm glad it helped
For the guy's suit, I used N7 for base and N9 for shadows and Black 101 for the darkest areas :>
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omg -hugss screen- >w< this is awesome.
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Oh this was a bless for me. Can you say what kind of paper is best for copics? Do I have to buy that superexpensive paper?
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Regular printer paper would work just fine so if you don't want to spend extra money, you can just stick to that :>
I use manga manuscript paper (Copic and Manga University brand), which are sold online and at some Japanese bookstores if you have one near you. They come at about $5 for 20 pages or so
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Thank you : D I'm using printer paper but, clors are going trough the paper. So i'll make a trip to a local bookstore soon :-D
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awesome friggin tutorial!!!
this is gonna really help me {once i get some markers...}
ive tried 2 stay away from markers..heheh...
but now i might try some out
whats a good, low-priced placed 2 buy markers??
cuz on a 13-year-old allowance, i dont get far...
lol
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Wow, thanks this really helped- I can see a real improvement in my coloring
Dont worry, I didnt steal all the techniques on tere, just like the three layer thing, I'm still no where near as gd as you tho lol,
And i still suck at doing fabric but oh well
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that helped sooooooooooo much!! thanks!
hey, won't the gel pens actually smear the ink?
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Nope, the Copic ink stays in place. It's kind of like dabbing white acrylic paint over the marker, except the gel pen ink is just slightly more watery. Don't worry about smearing- I've done it plenty of times and it's fine :>
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that's awesome! thanks
so it's Copic pens? i should look for those xD
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this tutorial is AMAZING! it helped me out a lot! thanks so much for putting this up!
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Thank you for this beautiful tutorial!!!! I hope to buy copics soon, so this will really help. Thank you so much and your art is lovely. ^^
~KK
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This is beautiful.
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This is exactly what I've been looking for!!!
I was lucky enough to get copic markers for my birthday, but since then I have let them sit and collect dust, since I have no clue how to use them "professionally"...haha.
So thank you very very much!
You may think this tutorial is too long, but this is perfectly in depth and gives the perfect hints to learning how to master these things...hopefully now I won't be so afraid to use them!
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this is wonderful!! my what a collection of copics you have : )
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