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Fixing Marker bleeds tutorial
Published: 2007-03-09 07:37:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 78805; Favourites: 1248; Downloads: 879
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NO PHOTOSHOP NEEDED!
Hopefully people who use markers may find this of some help. It takes practice to get markers to work well in your favour, although even the best of us will get marker ink bleeding over our inking lines a little.
I put this tutorial together to show you how I tidy up minor bleeds in my marker peices without taking it into photoshop. True, you can use a computer program to tidy up the scan but...I happen to like the original to look nice and clean as well, and want to rely on the computer as little as possible (some people don't even have programs like photoshop, which makes things even harder for them).
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ASKING ME ABOUT THE GEL PEN: I REALLY can't help you out on where to buy them, as I don't live in America/UK/Australia ect, and I don't know of online sites either. All I can tell you is that I like to use the brand of Gel Pen called 'Hybrid', if you want to use that kind, you need to research where to find it yourself. :3
EDIT: The webpage changed their layout, in any case, there are some white gel pens that can be bought here: [link]
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Comments: 221
Thank you for the tutorial! I've wanted to learn how to use marker better, and thanks to you, I know some secrets of the pros. x3
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for some reason DA isn't letting me view this deviation :S
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Thank you for tips! I'm a beginner so I tend to make quite a few mistakes, and I was never good with computers too, this really helps a lot! thank you! ^^
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I've only just begun with markers and have to fix the bleeding on the computer... I'm totally getting a gel pen though.
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lol and I felt like cheating when I use white gel pen to cover up bleeding XDD
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i can never find white gel pens anywhere! It's always some other color lol! Thanks for this tutorial~
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i ended up finding my white gel pen at Blick.
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o.o really that's where i went, i guess they were out at the time. I guess i'll go check again XD
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I donno, they must have been cuz there were tons of them when I went. I got 2 pens
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I never relised you used markers. I see your stuff on youtube ALL the time. Great help by the way. ^-^
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Which gel pens do you use? The link is broken! D:
x3, Thanks for the tutorial though, I'm an epic noob with Copics, so they bleed a lot when I use them.
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I love you tut. The finished copy is very energetic. 
-Miki
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Can you make a tutorial on how to shade with markers. I tried. I failed. I asked my cousin (She usually knows everything... XD). We failed together. C:
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so u colour in ur work.........with markers? jeez. i couldn't do that if i tried! u should post a tutorial on how to colour things in ^^
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Extremely useful! And I also don't really like to use Photoshop so much!
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Haa. If only I knew this when I had my copics.
Now I'll have to go buy some more. :3
Great tut, very helpful!
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Wow, that's a great tutorial. Just wish I had enough confidence to use pens to colour instead of coloured pencils, then they'd look as vibrant & amazing as yours!
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Great guide, I wish I'd thought of that when I was trying to learn to color.
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Wow!!! I've already found this useful!!! Faving this!!! (Congrats on the Daily Deviation, by the way!)
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Congrats on the Daily-D!
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I use coloured pencils a lot; what d'you want to know?
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how to fill in the colors more, to make thaem more vibrant... you can see in my drawing, a lack in that...but when ever i push the pencil down harder, the page rips or i get streaks in my drawing...
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Afraid not, sorry. :< I don't use them as much as they're usually only highlighting tools. I think the best bet if it's an issue like this (falling over the lines) is to try and rub out some of the pencil and then apply the next colour over the top, though you will still get some colour mixing. White Gel Pen can also be used over pencils like PrismaColor ones, though because they are waxy, you will keep having to un-clog the gel pen a lot. X3
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thax, i'll try that some time
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I need a white gel pen....I got ten different colors alreaydy, but al of them has glitter in them, not a problem though, they are pretty usefule anyway and pretty...but a white one is what i need...
Good tut, thanks!
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I can't believe you didn't use Photoshop for that! How did you get the colour so smooth and flat?
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I just used marker. :3 It takes practice, but they're great for getting a smooth, flat colour with traditional media.
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(This may answer your question, hopefully)
The markers used are called Copic Sketch markers. I have a few of them, so I can tell you that yes, they really do look that smooth on paper. They're very expensive, but obviously very good markers. If you're serious about non-photoshopped artwork, you should try getting some!
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Thankyou so much for the help! I might start saving up- do you know if they're available over in England?
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You probably won't find them laying around in a store, because they're Japanese specialty markers. 
[link]
Good luck!
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This is going to be very useful, I can feel it. I have alot of friends who complain they can't color between the lines, and no doubt this'll help them with that problem.
=]
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