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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
very helpful tutorial. i have yet to work with markers, and was irked by the bleeding factor. this is really very helpful. thanks!
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very informative! i'm always screwing up my marker art, so this'll help me a ton!
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very informative! i'm always screwing up my marker art, so this'll help me a ton!
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Heck if I could color with copics to save my life @_@
Lol, but I'll definitely keep this tutorial in mind the next time I attempt it. :3
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Wow, that's very usful.. I always mess up with copics ^^'
I'll try that white gel pen :3
Thanks for this tutorial! It's very useful.
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thanks ^^ this helps me so much since im a being to try to you makers. how many makers did you use to the skin tone and the outfit? or in you layer?
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My friend loves using markers, and I can't for that bleed effect (i'm so bad at it), but THANK YOU for making this!! I love how you don't use photoshop. I thought you did at first (until I saw the process you did in your art). You are very talented.
Thanks again! ;D
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this is really really helpful! ^^ nice one!
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this may become handy... I don't use markers but if i find out i 'm gonna givve it a try i know how to tidy up the bleeding
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Bah. Can't get copics nor find the white gel pens here...
-is a sad panda- ;.;
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Wow, it's amazing how you colour your work... I should maybe try it one time, 'cause I don't have Photoshop, and my pencil crayons just don't look good. Thanks a lot for the tutorial! It'll probably help if I start colouring with markers! Well... I still need to get the markers for it...
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That's really spiff! Do you think that copics are better than prismas for this kind of art? Because using the two, I have actually liked prismas better. What aspect of copics make you use them other than anything else?
XD I just use white out for highlights. lawl
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Prisma are my least fave out of all 4 brands of markers that I use. I rate Copic and Tria the top on my list easily (plus, refilling them saves a TON of money, unlike Prisma which require you to keep buying more markers...what a waste. XO).
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Hm, that is true, but for some reason I really like the way that prismas blend. I dunno, I haven't been using either for too long, and I haven't used anything but Copics and Prismas as of yet, because I never hear a lot about the others, but well...
Also, you can't find Copics where I live, only prismas and those are limited. XD I do want to try the others though...
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Woah, this is fantastic! Thanks for making such a good tutorial-- I always worry about that when using my copics. <3 [faves]
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wow thanks! i have dis problen very often with my chartpak makers
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Thank you for this tutorial! Maybe now I have the guts to use markers!
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Sweet! I've been thinking about trying out markers so this may be of some use later on!
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One of these days, you're gonna win the Nobel Prize for being so awesome! <3
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Just a quick note:
You can find Gel-Pens in Wal-mart, for the US and Canada, and K-Mart in the states. Just go to a store that sells virtually everything, and you can probably find them.
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I almost never work without a computer... but I love to see these types of tutorials regardless! Gives a good feel for how the 'character' of a piece arrives.
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Ohhh, this is interesting! I might have to try and discover markers one day and keep this in my memory. Although...I don't think I have the mental capacity for markers D:
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hehe I already do all of those things *sneaky*
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Very helpful O.o wowie, makes me want to start doing this again XD
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This tutorial would be useful if I ever got far enough drawing a picture to ink it but its a good read anyway
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I find this really helpful! Most helpful tutorial you've done so far X3 I have markers too and tried practicing marker coloring, but what bothers me is that the way I stroke my markers. Everytime I overlap a stroke on a colored surface (which doesn't need to be shaded) the color gets darker even though you don't want to, which destroys the image D:
tell me in short, how you stroke your markers :3 you can't escape, I'll try asking >XD
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I work really fast with my base layers - moving the marker while the ink is still wet. If it dries up and you brush over it, it'll add another 'layer' and thus get darker. The trick is to work fast with wet marker ink.
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oh I see :3 I'll try to get used to it X3 thanks for the tip! <3
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this is really heplful! i despise those cursed bleeds *shakes fist*
^^ wow, now i wanna go find my markers and start drawing
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nice tut, Kai! marker bleeds can be such a hassle, but we seem to come from the same school of thought: I HATE having a messy pic and then cleaning it up in Photoshop. not even altering the color...it feels so wrong ;-; I want to enjoy pics in person as much I enjoy them on the computer.
but enough about that. so true, gel pens, darker colors, and ink pens are a life-saver!
oh and one more question: CAN U LYKE DO A MERKER TOOTOORIEL COS I WANA LEARN HOW 2 DO TEH MAERKERS DO 1 NOWPLZTHX
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OMG! DEED YEW, LEIK, NOT REAED'ED MAH STUFFS BEFORE, BEYOTCH? AH SAHD NEEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWWWW! XP
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BUT I WANNA MAKE MERKER DRAWLINGS LYKE U SO I CAN B FAYMUS ON TEH DEVIANTARTZ!
CAN WE B FRENDZ?
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That was awesome. Cleaver tricks. And you just got to love those Copic markers.
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Absolutely fantastic! *Instafav+'s*
Ive been thinking about getting some markers for a while now, i definately will now!
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wow! do u have a tutorial 4 actually coloring w/ markers yet? I'm too lazy to look and mum is yelling at me for even being on da CPU |D (i'm kinda grounded cuz my phone battery ran out half way through a five hour concert o_o)
AWSUM TUTI! At 1st, I was like : 'wow! nice PS skillz' then i read the thingy and was like 'huh? ... wait, it's not a PS piccy =0 LE GASP!'
I applaude ur brillness
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Sorry, the actual 'how to use marker' kind of tutorial I refuse to do. 
besides, there's a million 'how to use markers' tutorials out there already. X3
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understandabible X3 but i still love the tutorial 8D
(still applauding ur brilliance: 
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ah! you save me so much time with this! thank you very much
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This is great Keysha!!! Kudos to you.
I might be getting some Tria markers tomorrow if they're in the craft and paint stores here, so this helps me heaps! Thanks!
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DAYYUM i cant believe thats marker..@_@ so amazing~
wonderful tut to
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Thanks for making this! And for the pen tips. ^^ Now maybe I can start using markers and coloring off of the computer again, without worrying about having to start over whenever I make any small mistake.
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