Category Archives: Tutorial

Guest Tutorial: Bridal Illustration by Brooke Hagel

May 1, 2012

This week, New York City-based fashion illustrator Brooke Hagel shares her bridal illustration process. Enjoy! Hello, I’m Brooke Hagel, a freelance fashion illustrator with two successful Etsy shops, Brooklit and BrooklitBride, that I run from my home based in New York City. The vast majority … Continue reading →

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Guest Tutorial: Coloring and Shading Flowers by Sharon Harnist

April 17, 2012

Papercrafting designer Sharon Harnist, one of our Design and Education/Instruction team members, is back this month to share her tips for coloring and shading roses with Copic markers. Flowers and botanical images are my favorite things to color and one of the most requested tutorials, so today … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Blue Hair by Brandi York

April 10, 2012

This week, artist Brandi York gives us details on coloring the blue hair of her goblin character. Enjoy! Last time, we covered unusual, fantasy skin tones with our little goblin.  This time, we’re going to look at her blue hair with ringlet … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Goblin Illustration by Brandi York

March 20, 2012

This week, artist Brandi York walks us through a fantasy illustration with Copics. Enjoy! For today’s demonstration, I thought I’d let my geek flag fly a bit and do a rendering of my World of Warcraft goblin, pushing myself to … Continue reading →

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Guest Tutorial: Architectural and Technical Sketching by Jackson Root

March 6, 2012

This week’s guest tutorial is by Jackson Root, a talented illustrator in Southern California. Enjoy! Architectural and Technical Sketching with Copic One of my favorite things to do on a Sunday morning is to go out exploring in the neighborhood, … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: Spring Tulips Card by Debbie Olson

February 28, 2012

Papercrafting designer Debbie Olson is one of our Design and Education/Instruction team members, and this week she’s sharing a card project that utilizes several of the 12 new Copic colors. Enjoy! Welcome! Today I wanted to share a tulips card in … Continue reading →

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Tips and Techniques for Using Colored Multiliners

February 22, 2012

Copic-loving comics artist Jayleen Weaver (Guruubii of GuruKitty Studios) shares some great, practical information on ways to use colored inking pens. Multiliners come in a range of colors for a variety of applications. See how she uses them, below: Materials: Copic Multiliners … Continue reading →

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Guest Tutorial: Coloring Curly Hair by Brandi York

February 7, 2012

This week, illustrator Brandi York shares how to color curly hair with Copics. Enjoy! Curly hair. We all have tried it at one time or other. At some point, we all become tempted to just draw a bunch of squiggly … Continue reading →

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

January 31, 2012

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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Guest Post: Art Paper Testing with Copic Markers by Colleen Schaan

January 24, 2012

This week, Colleen Schaan shares her technique for testing paper to determine what works best with her artistic style. Enjoy! Traditional marker rendering ranges from using large areas of color with streaking to show motion, to smooth gradient blends and … Continue reading →

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