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Published: 2006-08-08 00:08:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 37180; Favourites: 529; Downloads: 3426
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Description
This is my first colored pencil tutorial for Prismacolor brand pencils.You will need:
Prismacolor colored pencils ([link] )
Colorless blending pencil
Bristol or heavyweight sketch paper
*light table optional
Intro:
This tutorial is for Prismacolor brand colored pencils created in an attempt
to share my personal technique and use of this media. It is for learning
purposes only and may best benefit those with some experience with using
colored pencils. There are several scans below that were made as I colored
a past badge commission. Each will be arranged below in order with a paragraph
to explain what was being done at that stage.
If you find this tutorial helpful and feel it may be useful to others, please add it
to your favorites. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to add them
via comment below the deviation.
What are Prismacolor pencils?
Prismacolor is a brand name just as Crayola and RoseArt are. I was introduced to Prismacolor
markers and colored pencils during college and prefer to use them over other brands due to
the softness of the pencil and its high blending ability. There are several pros and cons to
Prismacolors; While the colors are very rich and blend best with a colorless blending pencil,
you may be aware that this brand is also very expensive and if too much pressure is applied
the tips can break easily during use. I feel that if taken care of like any variety of art tool,
a set of Prismacolor pencils can last many years under average use.
^^ Enjoy
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Comments: 155
^^ Thank you, that makes me happy to hear ^^ 
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You have no idea how awesome this is....thank you SO much for posting this. It will help many who do not have all the luxary of tablets and the newest Photoshop programs....like me....TT-TT
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You're very welcome ^^ I had been hoping it would be useful to everyone else who likes using colored pencils. I hope you have fun with it!
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It does...and I have noticed that you do not color your inked'penciled sketches but instead make traces from them. That is really nice and different. We never really see anyone doing that.
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that's awesome. Are you sure you wanna give away your secrets though? ^^
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^^ I think these secrets are ok to give out, there's gotta be atleast one person out there who has done theirs this way. There's just one secret I can't give out with the tutorial, and that's actually doing the strokes.
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^^ I figured as much...i'm no fabo artist, but if I was, I'd be keeping my trademark techniques under wraps too.
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With the light table you use does it shine bright enough for you to see through heavy weight paper, like smooth bristol? I'm looking in to getting one but I'm not willing to pay like $50 for one that doesn't shine bright enough.
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well I didn't have a sheet of bristol to test it out on but I put a sketch onto my light table and layered as many sheets as I could before I couldn't see the sketch easily. I used the paper I do my badges on, which is heavyweight but not as heavy as bristol. I can layer about 6 sheets of my paper on it before I couldn't see the sketch anymore, roughly 3cm thick. I'm going to say that from memory, I did use bristol over a sketch on my light table and had no trouble with it, so I am 98% sure any light table will be able to shine through smooth bristol. I should probably pick up a pad of that anyways 8D
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K thanks, now to save the money and wait for a 50% off cupon ^-^
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Where can I get blending tools for colored pencils?
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[link]
[link]
You can also find them at craft stores such as [link] (Jo-Ann fabrics)
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This is so helpful. :3
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I'm happy you feel that way, thank you! ^^ 
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shows another reason why i cant do art
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I will do you sexual favors if you buy me some prisma colors so I can use this lol ; ; ;; ; ;;;
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W00t!!! 
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Thanks so much for this, Guyver! I've been putting off coloring a few things lately, but this has really inspired me to try a new technique. I bought a handful of those blender pencils about a year ago and hardly ever use them, but I'm gonna go try them out and see what comes of it :3
Thanks again! Hope you're having a good time in NY.
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Yay! I'm happy you feel that it may be of help to you
If there is anything new that comes to mind that I may have left out of the steps feel free to ask me anything. I'd like to see what you get out of the tutorial
I'm have a great time ^___~
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Sooooooo very much handy 
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Thanks for the fave! I hope you have alot of fun with this
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I've tryed it today... I haven't prismacolors (i have to go out with my actual ones before... it has no sense to trash pencils only because the mark isn't Prismacolor 
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your technique = SEX so pretty but i dont have that kinda patience prolly why my stuuf looks like crapo but anywho maybe its somethin to do while high i dunno ill try it some time ima need one of those tables tho hehe.
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Thank you
I think I paid $20 for the table - I think.
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yea i cant sit there for 5-6 hrs even tho its well worth it i guess,FL sucks when it comes to findind art supplies i have to drive all the way downtown to find a good art supply store, its crazy.
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Nice tut, IΒ΄d like to get some of those pencils now...
Where is my money? Oh I see. So itΒ΄s back to the screen and use GIMP
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Yeah, the price is pretty high but I'm still using my first set from 3 years ago so you don't have to worry about the price versus quality. You may even ask your family to all go in on a set for you for Christmas, 7 people throw in 10 bucks per person or offer some commission specials
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Absolutely amazing. You know how much of a fan I am of your work n.n And this will come in SO much help, seeing as I am trying to go more into real media using my prisma's.
Question though.. I have a colorless blender and I never seemed to get much out of them. How exactly do you blend the color? Like, hard srokes or soft ones, or perhaps in circles or going with the fur direction? Its possible I'm just pressing too hard or something... XD
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I figured some people would like to see how I do it, to get rid of some of the mystery. And since I'm not a very good one on one teacher online, this might be better
I don't do hard rapid strokes (that sounds bad 
If I can, I might try to create a low res and small sized video showing the strokes
but nonethless, I hope you have fun with the tutorial ^^
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wow thats really useful! thanks a ton! I am always looking for new tips! I appriciate it!
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You're very welcome, and I hope you have alot of fun trying it out
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I sure will ^_^ ur welcomes!
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that is soooooooooooooo helpfull
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This is awesome, indeed. I would never have thought of using the light table, or tracing over the sketch x_o Must try sometime...
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It's really allowed me to fix a crappy anatomy mistake or two without botching an entire drawing I like 8D
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Thanks for the great tutorial, this is extremely helpful. I've been looking for a new way to color with pencils, I'll definitely try this method.
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Don't mention it ^________^ have fun!
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Finally a tutorial that is actually useful! Not just "draw your thing, ink it, then shade and you're done k?"
I will definitley try this method on my next pencil piece, thankyou for making such a great tuorial
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Thank you
Hope you have fun with it ^____~
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^__^ you're welcome, hope you have fun with it 8D
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*took lots of time to read carefully* man, so detailed! I don't think I have a set way to work, actually I think I color a different way every time, which probably isn't good, but if I went more by this I think I could do a lot, lot better. I think this will help a lot of people if they take the time to properly follow the steps.
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It took me a couple of hours to write all of that, and then I had my bf look it over from a fresh perspective (he hasn't used them before). I don't believe coloring a different way everytime is generally a bad thing. Switching up your routine is good, unless your aim was to learn through repetition.
I just figured my tutorial can show others how I do it, and they may like to work the way I do and hey, they may even throw in their own extra spice. Now when it comes to digital coloring...I start into it differently every time XD
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gasp!
*sucks on leg*
finally, the secrets are revealed!
*takes notes*
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lol.... you gave me a hickey
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gyee hee.
be glad i didnt accedentally bite a leg off...o.0
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This is great! This is exactly what I needed (I want to start using traditional media a lot more here but am still just learning how to), thanks so much for posting this here!
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