copics take some getting used to -- and boy-o those fumes! do a couple of coats of color to get the best look, otherwise youll keep getting that grainy look. These are also awesome for using over each other, the inks mix nicely on the page. Try it!
Yay brush pens! Do you have one of those fancy ones that can be refilled? I hear theyre awesome, but Ive never actually used one...
Its possible copics don't smell as bad as the Tria's I use (which have that permanent marker stink), so you might not have to worry about them killing all your braincells!
its been a looong time since ive used copics.
Having good paper for markers is pretty awesome since your markers dont run out all at once. I like using bristol board a whole lot too.
I've never been much of a marker person (as my construction-heavy pencil work will attest) but I've been trying to find copics around here in Dubai for my cousin to use. No luck so far... I guess I'm going to have to mail order them.
I can, however, fully attest to the awesomeness of brush pens. They have a learning curve, but it's a fun learning curve, and the results always have character. It took a bit of time to drop the habit of wielding it like a fibre tip pen, and relaxing and doing more sweeping strokes. Works well on larger papers, but you'd be surprised at the range it has, from big fat strokes to tiny cross-hatching.
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Nice!
The feet are solid!
What are you using to ink? Are you doing the shading in pencil?
I use pens to ink (Copic multiliners). But I'm learning - I just recently brought my first brush pen! Haven't really used it yet, though.
The shading is done by Copic markers, it looks like pencil in the picture because my current marker paper makes the result a bit grainy.
Whoo, art-nerdery!
copics take some getting used to -- and boy-o those fumes! do a couple of coats of color to get the best look, otherwise youll keep getting that grainy look. These are also awesome for using over each other, the inks mix nicely on the page. Try it!
Yay brush pens! Do you have one of those fancy ones that can be refilled? I hear theyre awesome, but Ive never actually used one...
I have one that came with three cartdriges. It was fun to put the first in and see the white brush slowly turn to black...
I first used Copics on regular printer paper, so I got used to a silky outcome at first coating. But boy was that a waste of ink!
I haven't noticed the fumes, though... Does that mean I am already beyond helping?
Its possible copics don't smell as bad as the Tria's I use (which have that permanent marker stink), so you might not have to worry about them killing all your braincells!
its been a looong time since ive used copics.
Having good paper for markers is pretty awesome since your markers dont run out all at once. I like using bristol board a whole lot too.
I've never been much of a marker person (as my construction-heavy pencil work will attest) but I've been trying to find copics around here in Dubai for my cousin to use. No luck so far... I guess I'm going to have to mail order them.
I can, however, fully attest to the awesomeness of brush pens. They have a learning curve, but it's a fun learning curve, and the results always have character. It took a bit of time to drop the habit of wielding it like a fibre tip pen, and relaxing and doing more sweeping strokes. Works well on larger papers, but you'd be surprised at the range it has, from big fat strokes to tiny cross-hatching.
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