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tavington — Prismacolor tutorial PART 1

Published: 2009-01-27 18:39:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 9117; Favourites: 103; Downloads: 803
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Description The file size is pretty big! Sorry about that, but I just had so much to say!
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This is the step by step guide to how I coloured the piece “Love is Chaos, Beautiful...”

Anyway, here's PART 1. Dealing mainly with the nature of the pencils I use.

PART 2 will consist of the background and planning a composition.

Let me know what you think! Is it helpful at all?
if it is, please fave and comment! Thanks!
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Comments: 44

Miguel2010 [2013-10-30 19:06:08 +0000 UTC]

Simply awesome! Thank you for sharing.

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tavington In reply to Miguel2010 [2013-10-31 15:06:45 +0000 UTC]

Most welcome!

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deep-dark-eyes [2009-09-09 10:04:32 +0000 UTC]

awesome . not only because of the joker *harhar*
I'm planning on using prismas soon for the first time so this is a huge help for me what to watch out for

tanks so much !

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tavington In reply to deep-dark-eyes [2009-10-04 11:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Great stuff! You'll have to show me what you come up with!

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Sofera [2009-04-05 04:42:52 +0000 UTC]

Love it! Love it! Hope to see more!

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tavington In reply to Sofera [2009-12-21 11:51:13 +0000 UTC]

Yeah there is a Part 2 now!

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Sofera In reply to tavington [2009-12-21 22:40:04 +0000 UTC]

Cool Beans

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meus-dilingo [2009-03-01 16:24:54 +0000 UTC]

this is great! i'm a big fan of the movie too!

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tavington In reply to meus-dilingo [2009-11-22 22:31:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I think I love the Joker and The Dark Knight a little too much!

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meus-dilingo In reply to tavington [2009-11-23 13:14:48 +0000 UTC]

lol

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morbid-little-girl [2009-02-03 02:44:11 +0000 UTC]

careful, the colorless blending pencil is addicting

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tavington In reply to morbid-little-girl [2009-02-15 13:00:44 +0000 UTC]

That it is, but I still prefer my White!

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Kota [2009-01-29 05:00:45 +0000 UTC]

Helps me realise I cannot do what you do XD

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tavington In reply to Kota [2009-01-29 07:28:20 +0000 UTC]

It's just practice!

Well, mainly, and the skill to have the patience with these things!

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Kota In reply to tavington [2009-01-29 11:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Prolly why I chose photography, I don't need much patiencem. Except for when I get an idea (i.e Love The Stomach) and then never get to do it...

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tavington In reply to Kota [2009-02-01 19:18:56 +0000 UTC]

Try it, you'll be amazed what you can achieve.

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Kota In reply to tavington [2009-02-04 16:14:43 +0000 UTC]

I might try and draw again... My drawing just end up as squiggle faces XD

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rockedgirl [2009-01-28 19:54:27 +0000 UTC]

arrrgh!! *faint*

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tavington In reply to rockedgirl [2009-01-29 07:29:01 +0000 UTC]

Is that arrrgh good or arrrgh bad?

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rockedgirl In reply to tavington [2009-01-29 10:27:06 +0000 UTC]

guess... = DD

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CharmingCrobat [2009-01-28 02:18:35 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou so much fro this! I just got my frist set of prismas, switching form crayola, and I'm sitll getting used to them . This helps alot, thankyou!

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tavington In reply to CharmingCrobat [2009-01-28 07:19:04 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, it's surprising how different the Prismas and Caryolas behave on paper. I'm glad this helped you anwyay. I guess now you know what to expect from them!

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CharmingCrobat In reply to tavington [2009-01-28 21:08:15 +0000 UTC]

Yes, thankyou again!

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scenceable [2009-01-28 01:52:30 +0000 UTC]

wow this is so intricate and well done! very insightful.

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tavington In reply to scenceable [2009-01-28 07:19:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I try to help and speak in a clear, understanding manner

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kaian [2009-01-27 22:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for uploading these! These are great resources. I love Prismacolors, and I'd like to try your technique! I usually start light and then layer in the darker shades, so I probably end up wasting a lot of lead. But your colors and shading are always so beautiful and bright, and I'd love for my colors to turn out that soft! Thanks again.

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tavington In reply to kaian [2009-01-28 07:20:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! If you use some of my tips or techniques from the tutorial, drop me a link so I can see your new work!

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kaian In reply to tavington [2009-01-28 15:14:57 +0000 UTC]

Of course! ^_^

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hyenacub [2009-01-27 21:27:52 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I like this...I like Prismacolors too but it's tough to work with them. This has some good tips!

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tavington In reply to hyenacub [2009-01-28 07:22:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! So glad it can be of some use to you!

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hyenacub In reply to tavington [2009-01-28 07:39:53 +0000 UTC]

I hope so! Though you might want to mention in the artist notes that full view won't actually get you the bigger file; they need to DL it. It might save you answering the same question over and over.

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tavington In reply to hyenacub [2009-02-15 12:37:32 +0000 UTC]

No, it's ok I think people know!

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hyenacub In reply to tavington [2009-02-15 23:43:28 +0000 UTC]

Oh probably, just figured I'd mention it. : )

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Ellygator [2009-01-27 21:01:50 +0000 UTC]

Amazingly detailed and informative! A lot of stuff I just didn't know.

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tavington In reply to Ellygator [2009-01-28 07:23:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Elly.

I just write what I know and what I've found as big differences between the pencils. What will suit one artist, may not suit another however, so I have tried to include information about 3 different kinds of pencils. I hope it will help you a bit anyway!

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xTutsiex [2009-01-27 20:58:32 +0000 UTC]

Its incredible how much effort and time you put into this!!

Really love the outcome

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tavington In reply to xTutsiex [2009-01-28 07:24:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I was off and on for 2-3 hours on it, scanning in sections and stopping and starting my colouring. But it was a fun, "teachery" diversion!

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xTutsiex In reply to tavington [2009-01-28 23:05:58 +0000 UTC]

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InkHyaena [2009-01-27 19:44:32 +0000 UTC]

My mind boggles at how detailed this is! How long did this take you in all to complete?

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tavington In reply to InkHyaena [2009-01-28 07:26:17 +0000 UTC]

A few hours easily, minimum. I was scanning bits at a time and taking my camera out for a few snaps too. I loved putting it all together though!

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JuliaMadrigal [2009-01-27 19:04:10 +0000 UTC]

oh, I like it ^^

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tavington In reply to JuliaMadrigal [2009-01-28 07:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank yous!

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Ackslawsin [2009-01-27 18:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Text is a bit on the small side.

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tavington In reply to Ackslawsin [2009-01-27 18:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Download for full version, it is legiable.

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