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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

Colorful-Kaiya In reply to ??? [2012-06-09 23:20:42 +0000 UTC]

this is awesome helped alot thankyou!!

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nibbpower [2012-06-08 21:36:28 +0000 UTC]

WHOA.
This is like totally Amazing.
And I was serious about my "totally" tone.
XD

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meo1801 [2012-05-31 09:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Can you draw for meh ? plzz

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meo1801 [2012-05-31 09:04:37 +0000 UTC]

Can you draw for meh ?

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isabelleteo [2012-05-28 04:33:29 +0000 UTC]

Do you do your art digitally? Like on photoshop?

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misskohana In reply to isabelleteo [2012-08-02 22:38:14 +0000 UTC]

She only colors on photoshop. (: She perfers drawing and coloring traditionally .

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LuciLucyLove [2012-05-27 00:32:57 +0000 UTC]

cool

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LuciLucyLove In reply to ??? [2012-05-27 00:31:40 +0000 UTC]

cool. that helped my out alot

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Kana-Chaan [2012-05-25 11:04:36 +0000 UTC]

I have to ask what scanner do you use? Your art comes up so clearly... unless you edit your work on photoshop

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LovEya4evaXD [2012-05-14 00:59:48 +0000 UTC]

I love your attention to detail! I think my favorite thing about this is that you're showing your work process and it really tells how much time and effort you devote to your pieces of art!!!

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hellopyou [2012-05-10 17:07:26 +0000 UTC]

Hey I see you use copic Markers, check out this great listing on ebay 72 set a/b!



[link]

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HikariStudios [2012-05-04 16:24:40 +0000 UTC]

What a great tutorial! Thank you very much!
I'll get a 36-set. Is this enough for the beginning? I never used copics before. *worrying*

Greetings Hikari

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Piener [2012-04-27 16:18:05 +0000 UTC]

amazing!!!!

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MissBunBun [2012-04-27 07:12:15 +0000 UTC]

Hey, what kind paper do you use for the drawing? Thanks!

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wishfullDreamer In reply to MissBunBun [2012-05-01 00:41:22 +0000 UTC]

She uses manga manuscript paper, marker paper (I think copic brand), size usually A3. So much for stalking an idol. :3

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theGREATorange [2012-04-21 18:40:44 +0000 UTC]

so helpful i'm hoping i can get my copic markers soon =v=

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Po-Do In reply to ??? [2012-04-21 02:59:00 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful tutorial. c:
I just bought similar markers to Copic markers.
- The Korean 'Touch' markers, which are pretty much the same thing as Copics I suppose -
-.-

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sasukeluvsme14 [2012-04-18 20:32:58 +0000 UTC]

VAMPIRE KNIGHT!!!!!! <3

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Chungphantomhive In reply to ??? [2012-04-18 02:53:24 +0000 UTC]

This was very helpful

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MangaManiac16 In reply to ??? [2012-04-15 05:15:28 +0000 UTC]

Wow. U R AWESOME!

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yangSMiLey In reply to ??? [2012-04-07 17:02:45 +0000 UTC]

OMgah! This is so good!!!!

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BreakingOnion [2012-04-05 04:03:01 +0000 UTC]

Very well explained and detailed. Thank you for the ideas on patterns and adding little touches (like beads). So awesome!

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anothervampiregirl In reply to ??? [2012-03-25 16:48:37 +0000 UTC]

this is very helpful, thanks :3!

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DogsLikeBones In reply to ??? [2012-03-18 14:15:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks sooo much! I'm a big fan of all your work and this tutorial was great! I just got a set of Copics and this has been reeeeeally useful!

Also, I was gutting myself at Zero's "I R Evil Vampire" XD ... I still am actually!

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Hely17 In reply to ??? [2012-03-18 11:03:29 +0000 UTC]

Can you give me some information about the copic markers?=
you have so many!! i thougt that they were expensive.....

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ProspitFox [2012-03-17 18:49:25 +0000 UTC]

how do you afford so many copics 0.o

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MeymeyBlomma [2012-03-09 21:36:17 +0000 UTC]

Yep... I'm officially amazed...

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Lady-Of-Mars [2012-03-09 20:08:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much. I've just started put with my first set of pro-markers, and this'll be very useful!

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sayukaru [2012-03-01 04:49:23 +0000 UTC]

OMG ur amazing~ O_O I am always afraid to ink because, like you...I am so anal about perfection lol I don't want to mess up an awesome drawing...=w=" practice practice practice...

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GaelicFox [2012-02-29 04:43:27 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial!

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Cowzie [2012-02-20 01:31:53 +0000 UTC]

I looked up Copic Markers, and a 72 piece set was $503 dollars, so I was like: :facedeskforeverplz: But nice drawing!

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celestelovehorses [2012-02-15 20:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really helped me with my shadowing!

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SableQueanVilaya [2012-02-11 15:59:27 +0000 UTC]

Personally, I'm not a big fan of manga or anime. I don't see why its such a big deal

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NikkiGermany In reply to SableQueanVilaya [2012-02-25 19:39:11 +0000 UTC]

then why are you looking up tutorials for it? Just curious...

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sweetiesammy [2012-02-08 16:41:47 +0000 UTC]

YOU. ARE. THE BEST. PERSON. OF. ALL. TIME! this is sooo in creatable. i always loved your work. its the best ever. i would so love to have a drawing session with you! do you use paint? because i am a ninja at painting with oil paints.

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JokerPlus [2012-02-03 17:55:26 +0000 UTC]

this is so helpful omigosh. i ahve copicsand i jsut never used them because i dont know how and now i do weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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cindella204 In reply to ??? [2012-02-01 01:25:23 +0000 UTC]

My Copics are $7 in store and I'm under the US legal working age so I don't have very many... This is helpful though.

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cute-tiger In reply to ??? [2012-01-30 20:01:58 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful, thanks!

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BlueStarForeverDream In reply to ??? [2012-01-15 02:22:52 +0000 UTC]

this Helped alot, and i laughed because i was drawing Zero, and looked up copic tutorial, and there was one of someone inking zero and yuki, thanks for the help c:

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Danni0624 [2012-01-14 12:09:32 +0000 UTC]

what brand of gel pen sells one with white ink cos the oness i know dont :/

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wolfsoul99 [2012-01-09 03:44:15 +0000 UTC]

dear god, you go through this every time you color? WHAT KIND OF SORCERY IS THIS?

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Clockwork-spindle [2012-01-08 17:35:29 +0000 UTC]

Good lordy, however did you get the money for all those copic pens!? I envy you so much right now!

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Inghelene In reply to ??? [2012-01-06 18:59:46 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful.
And congrats on the DD C:

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Yuki07hime In reply to ??? [2012-01-02 16:46:48 +0000 UTC]

OMG I LOVE YOU, I LOVE THIS TUTORIAL AND I LOVE VK. . . THIS IS SO EPIC!!

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KatieTwinkle [2011-12-29 04:48:53 +0000 UTC]

This is so great. Your amazing!

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Ziggyman [2011-12-26 21:05:04 +0000 UTC]

Is nice learn always new things. Thanks a lot.

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Ithinkurqreat In reply to ??? [2011-12-22 07:53:53 +0000 UTC]

Nice! It's VK, right?

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Mishi-Nagano In reply to ??? [2011-12-20 23:47:56 +0000 UTC]

omg!!! this is helpful!! I suck horribly at coloring pictures unless i take like a whole week barely taking breaks except to sleep and then thts only a %70 chance of it coming out good. i see all my friends having amazing coloring and i ask them wat they use, but they get stingy wit theyre secrets and wnt tell me.

Now i must ask, where do you buy them markers???

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soup13 In reply to ??? [2011-12-18 20:06:14 +0000 UTC]

how long have you been drawing? I myself have only been drawing for about 7 years and your drawing skill looks like you have been drawing your whole life *getting all fangirly*. Wonderful tutorial i just got some copic markers

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isketchart In reply to ??? [2011-12-16 16:45:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, this really helped me.

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