I did this marker tutorial a couple of years back because I had fellow artist asking me for tips. So let me say that I've never had an art instruction in my life, and everything that I know is self-taught so I'm not an expert on how to draw or color. I've only been coloring with markers for a little over a year, and what you see in my gallery is all the experience I have so do not think that this is the only way to do this. In addition, I'm going on the basis that you have some kind of experience in coloring or shading.
Okay on to the good stuff on I'm going to start the coloring process on this pic with the hair. Usually I don't do the hair until the end of a pic but I thought I'd start with something easy to follow. Now I personally use Prismacolor markers (cause they're alcohol based and they where the most available to find when I was looking for a set
) so colors might not correspond with other brands. Starting with the top left I placed a base color of #5-Scarlet Lake, now with the hair it's best to use the fine end when messing with the tight areas cause the bigger end lets out too much ink which would cause unnecessary bleeding . You want to use a steady amount of pressure in a tight circular motion, but don't push down too hard or you'll more than likely get an uneven color.
Now the next one to the right I began to add shadows with #151-Raspberry after you do that you will notice a stark contrast in the two colors. To remedy this take the Scarlet Lake again and go over the Raspberry, this works best if the colors are still wet on the paper so you'll have to work quick if you're using alcohol-based markers. This rule also applies to two layers of the same color.
On the bottom left, I added highlights with a white color pencil. Now most animation works well with white pen or marker but this pic required a more subtle tone.
Finally I blended the pencil with a blending tool (a.k.a. napkin
) and added another layer of shadowing, but this time I didn't blend it.
Well that's the end of the 1st part of the tutorial. The rest will be posted as they come.
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