Category Archives: Manga

Guest Tutorial: Taking your Comic Art to the Next Level Using Copic Multiliners

In this guest post, Copic-loving artist Alex Heizer explains how to use a range of Multiliners in various nib sizes to create patterns, texture and tone in your comics. Check it out! Recently, reading a collection of popular Japanese ghost … Continue reading


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Line Art Download – #Copic4K

Wow, what a year! Thanks to help from our faithful friends and followers, we finally reached our goal of 4,000 followers on Twitter before 2012! Remember when we hit the #Copic3K mark and gave away FREE line art to color? … Continue reading


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Featured Artist Paigee Rohrick

Paigee Rohrick is a 16 year old artist from Vancouver BC.  She has created an interactive application called PaigeeDraw that teaches aspiring artists how to draw manga characters through step by step instruction and tutorials.  We met her in person this year … Continue reading


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Beginning Coloring Classes at Anime Expo

Marianne Walker is the North American Copic Product Specialist and a freelance illustrator. She has been working for Copic for over 10 years, and has taught drawing and coloring classes for many years. She is the author of two books … Continue reading


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Anime Expo Artists

Manga art by Aiko

Manga art by Aiko

Manga art by Aiko

Manga art by Aiko

Manga art by Haruka

Manga art by Haruka

Manga art by Haruka

Manga art by Haruka

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Kaoppe

Manga art by Ran

Manga art by Ran

Manga art by Ran

Manga art by Ran

Manga art by Shuji

Manga art by Shuji

Manga art by Sourei

Manga art by Sourei

Manga art by Souta

Manga art by Souta

Manga art by Tsukudani

Manga art by Tsukudani

Manga art by AikoManga art by AikoManga art by HarukaManga art by HarukaManga art by KaoppeManga art by KaoppeManga art by KaoppeManga art by KaoppeManga art by KaoppeManga art by RanManga art by RanManga art by ShujiManga art by SoureiManga art by SoutaManga art by Tsukudani

These are works by artists we have featured at past Anime Expo conventions. They are all working artists in Japan and sponsored by Copic, but most don’t have a web presence. All works are used with permission.

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Illustrator Marika Herzog

I received a twitter message last week from German illustrator Marika Herzog (aka demoniacalchild) letting me know she had some new work up on her deviantART page. She’s been using Copic Markers a while and has a lot of skill … Continue reading


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Artist Skaffs Book Signing

If you are in the New York City area Tuesday, September 22nd, then be sure to check out this event. Skaffs creator Luke Feldman will be doing a book signing and demonstration at Kinokuniya at the Avenue of the Americas … Continue reading


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