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Copic Marker Tutorial
Published: 2006-08-14 00:43:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 165987; Favourites: 3215; Downloads: 1648
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Made with the image drawn for Kitten on RagnaInfo.net, one of the winners of my auction, which is a very long and complicated story but anyways.I was asked to take in progress photos of my marker work and I decided to just make a tutorial out of the photos. This is the first tutorial I've made like this for deviantART and it took a full 4 hours to put together, so I hope people like it and I would love to have some feedback. The image is of Kitten's huntress Kari Evelyn.
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I got my markers from either the Japanese import bookstore Kinokuniya, online ordering, or from various anime conventions where Copic sets up a booth. They're a bit difficult to get a hold of, unfortunately.
Have you ever worked with watercolor? Using the colorless blender is like working with watercolors after you've wet the paper first. The concept is the same and the results are similar as well.
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i use watercolor pencils
but i haven't added water to them in over a year lol.
they're my greatest fear XD
yeah, i can see where you're getting at with the similarities.
hm, i was looking for copics at Michaels.com
and all they had was Prismas.
idk if that's any better than copics or not.
and i don't think i'll be allowed to an anime convention any time soon -sigh-
i really want to experiment with them
but maybe i should practice more with colored pencils and watercolor first
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You could try dickblick.com, but I'm not sure if they ship internationally.
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Maybe i missed it if you wrote it in the tutorial but whats the name/number for the pink on the belt xD ^_^" i only have ONE pink marker and its just way too dark for any pics i want to color >_> i need more Copics xD ^_^"
AWESOME TUTORIAL BTW!!! really easy to understand plus the drawing kicks ass!! xO
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Wow this tutorial is really good! And its easy to understand too.
Do you have alot of Copic colours?
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Thank you very much for the tut. I just got a set of Copics for a Christmas gift today and was completely lost as far as how to use them correctly. This was a very useful walkthrough.
*faved*
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Thanks for the tutorial!
I understand more than I did before now, thanks to you! (:
But I've still got a few questions, cos I'm new to this kind of colouring method.
What kind of paper do you use, and what is the number of the colourless blender?
It's be very much appreciated if you could tell me
Happy holidays! <3
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The paper type and the colorless blender (0) are all listed in the tutorial. : ) The paper type is in the first paragraph/block, I can't recall it off the top of my head... XD
Glad to be of help!
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Oh.
>< I am so sorry!
Thanks again! 8D
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OH WHOOPS. D:
Sorry I didn't see the type of paper you've written there earlier!
I was too excited to see a tutorial at last
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amazing! ^^ I'm buying some copics for christmas (happy holidays! ='D) and decided I should probably learn about what I'm buying before I use them. xDD
So thank you for the tutorial! Great drawing by the way. ;D
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I was going through the copic tut. and I thought my brain
was going to die on me. Ur tut. saved me!
soo easy to understand~ Arigato!
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so much help! thanks a lot!
I just got my first copic sketch markers a few days ago and have been getting as many tips as I can.
thank you!
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your tutorial is very clear so that it made me understood how to draw with copic...
GOOD JOB!!!
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Thanks a lot, and I'm glad this could be useful to someone! : )
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oh my this is beautiful! maybe i will buy some copic markers some time!
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wow this is really amazing .... im just so amazed by it . if u dont mind i would like to use to pose . the charatcter would be totaly different but i like the pose so much so if i would kindly have ur pormission
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Go ahead. : ) I'm glad you asked before you went ahead and used it! Link me to your finish product if you have the time, I'd love to see~
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thank you so much for the permission and yes i shall link you the final piece
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thank you for making this tutorial!!! :glomps:
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this really helped me i was so confussed on how the markers should be used or in a way work and i havent used them for a while and when i did i got pissed cuz it didnt come out right but thank you this made things so much easier
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Well I'm glad this tutorial was of help to someone. : ) Enjoy~!
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This is wonderful! I just got some copics yesterday, and I was all excited about using them, but nothing came out too well. So tonight I'll use this when I try again!
Thanks so much!
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One day I'll own more than 4 Copics and do good like this 
I have a .3 Copic multiliner. It is genius
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Thanks, I needed this for the future. 
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This is really useful for fellow marker artists like me who can't find any ref material on marker techniques. Thanks muchly. X3
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Yes! tahnk you for this tutuorial!
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Thank you for this. Its very well done and informative
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I have a question....what is the white marker called? I just barley started on copics XD:;;;
Also...the blending marker...do you really need it..or will the markers already blend together?
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In the first paragraph, it says the white marker is "0 Colorless Blender" -- that's the exact text printed on the Copic Marker. As to whether you need it or not... think about like watercolors. If you want your watercolors to blend in a wash, you'll need some water put on the canvas first. It's the same thing with this method of blending colors with Copics. However, if you don't plan on leaving any white spots, the colors will directly blend into each other. However, for me, when I'm coloring skin, I always end up leaving some spots blending into the white of the paper, so the colorless blender is essential for that.
Hope that helps!
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I think your tutorial is great, i've only just started to use copics and draw manga drawings, i'll go through you tutorial again later when i have my pens with me and try some things out, thank you!!!
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this is the best copic tut ive seen, ya know.
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Awesome tutorial ^^
Thanks, it really helped out a lot, wasn't sure whether to really go into markers or not.
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Very nice tutorial. I just need to actually BUY some Copic's now, but they're so damn expensive!
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This is really helpful! I've been experimenting with my new markers a lot, but it's great to read up on other people's methods
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I understand what you mean by the ink to outline with bleeding. -_- It was not pretty. I'm ordering the Copic Multi-liner but my question is do you use the Multli-liner to outline the eye lashes? I used the Copic Marker black to do this and when I wetted it with the colorless to shade the eyes it started to bleed.
Also thanks agian for the tutorial. ^___^
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Actually eyelashes and other thick portions always end up bleeding... just a little. I always use the Copic Multiliner to outline everything that I color in Copic marker... It's considerably less noticeable with the multiliner and I don't know HOW some of my friends manage to pull it off with Sakura Microns, because 80% of the time those bleed all over the place for me.
BUT here's a seeeecret trick:
I ink lines little less thick than I would like them to be, finish coloring the entire image, and then go back and re-ink over the parts where there was some smearing or otherwise try to cover them up and add additional line weight. In the end it might look a little sloppy up close, but the overall image isn't ruined by some bigass smudge.
Hope that helps and if you have anything else you want to discuss, feel free to bring it up with me! :3
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This is so helpful!! I just got copic markers and I cant wait to use them. But of course I wanted to make sure I knew how to use them and use them correctly. Thank you so much!
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Well, just remember that there's no "correct" way of using markers, so don't be afraid to experiment! This tutorial just outlines some tips that I use while I am coloring, but it's important to develop your own style. : ) Have fun!
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Wow. I love this.
It's all helpful!!
Thanks!!
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Hi
I hope you aren't angry but I kinda like the way you drew noses and eyes in this tutorial..I started drawing mine like that too..If you don't like me drawing like this, I can change the style (I'm changing the noses anyway)
This tutorial is 100% great and this was really helpful..I've used it for many copic drawings..mainly the face shading. Thanks, Billie.
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This is very helpful. Now just to get more markers
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thanks for putting this up;good work.
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