Copic Marker Demo 2

It's another Copic Marker demo from yours truly! I appreciate the huge response I got from the previous one! Now that I know there's a demand for this sort of thing, I'll have to submit more videos. I'm very busy, though, so if it's not as frequent as you'd like, please know I'm doing my best!

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• copic
• markers
• amy
• hadley
• calgary
• expo

[JOKERmutt]

wow ^^ i love your technique, the whole thing was enlightening. i mean i ive never used copic marker before but ever since i was little i hated markers. always leaving behing ink marks on the secnond page and whatnot . lol needless to say i had a grudge against them.

um question though. how did you color the smaller detail without going out of the lines, even with the smaller brush? just super concentration or something?

[amyreederhadley]

@JOKERmutt Thanks! Yeah, I guess I just try hard not to go over the lines. It's not easy; sometimes I do go over and you just can't see it.

[HippoKissez]

you work so fast, when I shade I have to keep putting blender coats down to get that blended feel :(

[amyreederhadley]

@HippoKissez I've tried the blenders but they seem counterproductive, like they leave watermarks and stuff.

Have you tried color copy paper? That's why I use it--it's the least streaky.

[visyoual]

wow!! YOUR HANDS MOVE FAST!! jk. This is the first movis ive seen of yours... very nice work. Did you do the linework yourself also?? In your opinion, do copics surpass prismacolors as far as ink and nib qualities?

[amyreederhadley]

Thanks, and yeah, the linework's mine. I haven't tried prismacolors, but I know they're drier and I like the wetness of Copics.

[MuffinMunchER94]

actually, if you explore the anime and manga genres more [which you won't be inclined to do if you don't like them XD] you'll find that each artist definitely has their own feel. compare the mangas death note and fullmetal alchemist. they are undeniably very different in style.

yeah, there's definitely personal twist and feeling very well incorporated into the genres, but it's hard to tell from an "outsider" stance. x]

[spencergt3]

do you have a deviant art account?

[DinosourousRexx]

That is a beautiful picture:)

[11hoodles11]

that is so fantastic, I try to draw, but failing that, I at least love to color with Copic Pens they are the best markers I have ever used...so much fun,

[FieryPuPdoggy]

Why that is amazing ^^ I love your technique, and specially how you made the frames cB

My dream is to be a mangaka in Japan, I have my own manga and stuff, and I loved to learn a bit from this since I'm still noob-ish ^^~

Do you have a deviantart account? :3

[RhiaNorth]

@shadowcatluvver22 They've never smudged for me, even though I have very limited experience with them. They dry very quickly, which makes it hard to color evenly, but you get the hang of it if you keep trying.

[queenofsheba1000]

do you have a deviantart

[l0n3lysk8er]

I love copics because you can pretty much just use one marker to do all sorts of shading, and the refills are like 60 dollars worth of markers just for 5-6 bucks o:

[VivianAndLozo]

@Ambidextrous224 You can use Strathmore Marker Paper. It's SUPER thin though. It doesn't bleed at all for me. You just have to have something underneath the paper your coloring on. If you don't then the marker will go through to the next page.

[shadowcatluvver22]

just curious, since copic markers are so wet, do they smudge a lot? i mean i try not to drag my hand when i draw, but i tend to anywho, so i was just wondering if they smear and smudge. also do they dry quickly? or does it take several minutes to dry?

[FragmentsofXion]

X____x you are amazing..