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Published: 2006-04-13 18:35:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 39421; Favourites: 749; Downloads: 5380
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I don't know how to submit these towering tutorials very well, so bear with me here. If there is something terribley wrong about it, let me know and I will do my best to fix it.

Ok, I did this many years ago so I don't quite work this way anymore and I don't like how it style bites on [link] kind of art, shame! But, since people do keep requesting this (all three people), I figured I could throw it up for a while. Regardless of the un original style, I feel it has good information about using colored pencils on black paper and interesting ways of applying the medium. Most of the text is the original draft I had up years ago, I edited what typos I could find and added this and that for syntax. Once again, this is not how I work anymore, but I hope it helps people, truly I do!

If I have this in the wrong category, please let me know. I can't make it much smaller, so sorry about that. This isn't graphically impressive or anything, the font is ugly, the color choices bad, but...forgive me? <:3 One bonus is a new step that i found was not in the original tutorial.

The opening I had:

"In the following tutorial I will show you how I color dolphins. I use colored pencils, mostly Prismacolors, but also Verithins, Spectracolors, and Derwent. Perhaps later I will create a tutorial using other mediums, but not for now. In this tutorial, I will try say what color I am using, its serial number, and what kind of paper. An important note!!! Although I will say what strokes I am using and how I am layering, you must have at least a basic know how of colored pencil techniques to be able to correctly follow this tutorial. I will attempt to define the various terms used but if you have never used colored pencils before (coloring maps in school does not count), you should familiarize yourself with them before attempting this tutorial. Also, you cannot follow the tutorial with Crayola, Rose Art, or other such low quality pencils. Well, you can, but not if you want to achieve the same results."

I think that covers everything! Please feel free to advise me on I could better present this (graphic design aside).

Edit: I still missed a million typos. *facepalm* How come I don't see them until after uploading, despite having read through it, twice!?
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Comments: 63

That-Green-Monster [2013-05-15 03:59:37 +0000 UTC]

i can't full view this for some reason :c

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vantid In reply to That-Green-Monster [2013-05-15 15:00:03 +0000 UTC]

Hit download image. c:

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That-Green-Monster In reply to vantid [2013-06-18 08:48:41 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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KheeKhee [2013-02-24 16:54:30 +0000 UTC]

couldnt see anythang,is it my problem?

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vantid In reply to KheeKhee [2013-05-15 15:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Hit download image. c:

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KheeKhee In reply to vantid [2013-05-15 15:16:32 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU

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pan-loves [2012-11-27 13:55:07 +0000 UTC]

This is so amazing!

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Ellofayne [2012-06-21 02:02:25 +0000 UTC]

this is SOOO AMAZING!!! I had no idea that this was colored pencil at first, I am SO impressed an love you

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Lorna-RoseFoX [2011-05-21 19:39:04 +0000 UTC]

Bwee can't wait to try soon as can afford the media xd

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cindajean [2011-04-22 18:13:11 +0000 UTC]

That is so cool. I can not wait to try it out.

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spiritfoxhound [2011-04-20 13:07:19 +0000 UTC]

I fav'd this a long time ago knowing it was great, and I knew one day I would try it out. But now that I finally want to give it a try I can't access the tutorial because full view isn't working for some reason. Do you know the reason behind this?

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vantid In reply to spiritfoxhound [2011-04-20 16:18:30 +0000 UTC]

You have to hit download to view it. :>

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spiritfoxhound In reply to vantid [2011-04-20 23:20:38 +0000 UTC]

Good deal.

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Piece-of-shet In reply to spiritfoxhound [2011-04-28 00:38:00 +0000 UTC]

Fail xD

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Alexiel-chan [2011-01-07 01:41:32 +0000 UTC]

Colored pencils are very hard for me to use, so this was very helpul. Thank you!

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shikame [2010-08-17 18:03:57 +0000 UTC]

Great tutorial I did some art using it Thank you!

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Weeblez [2010-07-09 20:37:48 +0000 UTC]

it wont work for me o.O...which sucks, cuz it looks promising... DOLPHIN!!!!

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sunnyray13 [2010-04-06 02:32:20 +0000 UTC]

... Simply astonishing.

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KawaiiNekoMiMi [2010-03-17 22:44:32 +0000 UTC]

The pic is so cool I mistook it for a photo when I first saw it. Job well done!

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meus-dilingo [2009-11-26 02:26:53 +0000 UTC]

this was so helpful thank you for making it.

I have been drawing for some time but sealife is a new frontier for me,but this dolphin looks like a good place to start!

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Canyx [2009-09-18 22:29:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making this tutorial. It helped A LOT : )

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MissMurderFish [2009-08-05 03:30:48 +0000 UTC]

Amazing.
Now I just need the skills and confidence.
>.<

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ToxicBrilliance [2009-06-27 08:39:51 +0000 UTC]

what a great tutorial!
BTW, I have a question: Can watercolors work on walls?

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vantid In reply to ToxicBrilliance [2009-06-27 20:22:42 +0000 UTC]

I....don't know I don't use watercolors....I use colored pencils.

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ToxicBrilliance In reply to vantid [2009-06-28 18:29:29 +0000 UTC]

OH yeh, sorry I got confuesed ><"
So can colored pencils work on walls?

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ToxicBrilliance [2009-06-27 08:39:41 +0000 UTC]

what a great tutorial!
BTW, I have a question: Can watercolors work on walls?

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K-llisto [2009-06-10 23:57:24 +0000 UTC]

aww great! i`m using this for a painting i have to do, for the coloring! that`s a great tutorial!

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11arich [2009-05-13 02:51:06 +0000 UTC]

WHOAHHHH!!

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SwiftstarDawn [2008-12-28 19:37:27 +0000 UTC]

This looks great, but but I can't see it DD: Might just be my computer, I'll try later

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xCREATIVEx [2008-05-24 03:35:17 +0000 UTC]

You are the master!!!

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kittycat5121 [2007-04-15 18:01:58 +0000 UTC]

Your style is soooo nice, and very unique. Well done.

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TokioHotel-Lover [2007-03-27 20:09:39 +0000 UTC]

This just awesome

Thanks for sharing this.
Am sure it will be really useful

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EcaterinaToutok [2007-03-18 15:37:10 +0000 UTC]

I love this tutorial and used it to draw a dolphin (it does not look EXACTLY like yours, but at least I tryed..) [link]

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ravenclawxwhitewolf [2007-02-23 02:12:37 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely incredible, you're really good with this black paper! Is it just any regular black paper, like construction paper? Or are there special sheets you use?

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vantid In reply to ravenclawxwhitewolf [2007-02-23 05:28:49 +0000 UTC]

There are different brands of art paper made for dry media use. The ones I tend to use are Strathmore or Canson, both of which are readily availiable from most all art stores or craft stores.

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ravenclawxwhitewolf In reply to vantid [2007-02-23 11:14:10 +0000 UTC]

Well then, I'll just have to swing by Michaels or some artsy store, and pick up some paper. Thanks for the advice, I really appreciate it!

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veinweb [2007-02-02 15:53:21 +0000 UTC]

woooooo-huuu... thats soo helpfull! i cud keep my art aducation within yr tutorial... just now i learned more than i did for the past 4 years!

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noara [2007-01-19 01:45:43 +0000 UTC]

oooooo really awsome tutorial!! ^^ i cant afford to get all of the different blue colors and stuff (i have the basics in prismacolor) all i got was the 12 pack lol and a few off colors like orange and grey....i also have derwent.....and crayola.....i wondered if i mix em all if it would work almost the same way???

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vantid In reply to noara [2007-01-27 08:35:59 +0000 UTC]

Crayola has too much stuff in it, wax or binder or something, for them to be much use. The Derwents might work though! I think they are harder than Prismas. Experiment!

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noara In reply to vantid [2007-01-27 17:04:04 +0000 UTC]

lol ah ok i got like half of the prisma ones so far they never sell most of em seperately but im only missing like 2 colors so it should be ok

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vantid In reply to noara [2007-02-03 01:00:30 +0000 UTC]

You can look on ebay and sometimes people sell seperate lots of them, usually a bit used, but somethin's better than nothin's :> If you can, save your money and get teh whole set of them, I got my whoel set on ebay for 60 dollars, plus shipping.

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noara In reply to vantid [2007-02-03 02:19:08 +0000 UTC]

oooooo yea i think i might d o that (i can get em for half off at the Michael's crafts stores lol) they have like 40 to 50% off coupons all the time

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cowmoocher [2007-01-12 02:25:44 +0000 UTC]

one of the few decent colored pencil tuts

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night-wolfe [2006-11-24 19:02:05 +0000 UTC]

so black paper huh..ill definately have to try this. im a big prismacolor person and i've always been looking on how to improve. i like this alot

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skullmage550 [2006-10-18 20:42:00 +0000 UTC]

I am going to try this sometime!

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DuncanMcNicol [2006-08-25 00:49:22 +0000 UTC]

great tutorial

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vantid In reply to DuncanMcNicol [2006-08-25 02:01:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^_^

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ArtOfTheChicken [2006-08-19 03:11:36 +0000 UTC]

wow i love this tutorial, your dolphins and color used are beautiful excellect work

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loiter [2006-08-11 08:39:29 +0000 UTC]

wow this is amazing and helpful +fav : )

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ShadowVester [2006-05-05 02:28:24 +0000 UTC]

This is a great tutorial. I tried it out and I just can't get the water reflections to look right, but I had fun trying it out

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