Category Archives: Tutorial

Guest Tutorial: Creating Patterns with Colorless Blender by Kristy Dalman

Kristy Dalman is the talented owner/artist/designer of Some Odd Girl digital stamps. She has teamed up with Melissa Andrew (Melissa Made) to start Created from Color, where they will teach online Copic classes. Registration for their first class is now … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: Coloring Hair by Brandi York

This week, illustrator Brandi York shares how to color realistic hair with Copics. Enjoy! Rendering realistic hair with Copics is not especially difficult with a little practice. Copic Sketch markers, with their brush tips, are ideal for rendering varied line … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial – Airbrushing Comics by Jayleen Weaver (Marker Guru)

Comics creator Jayleen Weaver (Marker Guru) runs Gurukitty Studios with her sister. They’re self-described as the craziest little comics and animation studio to ever try to hash out a living. She’s been kind enough to share a bit about skills … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: Acrylic Skins by Colleen Schaan

Papercrafting designer Colleen Schaan is one of our Design and Education/Instruction team members, and this week she’s sharing a unique project that utilizes Copic Various Ink. Enjoy! While I like to use my Copic markers to color images in the traditional … Continue reading


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Color Spotlight: B66

Welcome to our Color Spotlight feature! Every so often we’ll showcase a different color and give ideas of color combos that will work with it. Marianne’s Note: When I mention a color combo whatever color I put first is the … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: New Year’s Project by Sharon Harnist

Papercrafting designer Sharon Harnist is one of our Design and Education/Instruction team members, and she’s back with us again this month to share a New Year’s project that utilizes several Copic products and a great background/custom paper technique. Hello, I’m excited to be back … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: Marbleizing

In this week’s guest tutorial, mixed media artist Bianca Mandity shares some tips for creating marbleized paper with Copic Various Ink. Enjoy! When I was in school I learned how to marbleize paper traditionally using a chemical bath. I loved … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: Reflections by Brandi York

In this week’s guest tutorial, Brandi York shares some tips for creating reflective objects with Copics. Enjoy! Reflecting objects are difficult to render in any medium.  With a transparent medium like Copic Markers, you need to be thinking a few … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: ‘Tis the Season by Debbie Olson

Papercrafting designer Debbie Olson is one of our Design and Education/Instruction team members, and this week she’s sharing a Christmas card project that utilizes several Copic products. Enjoy! I am happy to be able to share a paper crafting post on the … Continue reading


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Guest Tutorial: Visual Journaling by Jackson Root

This week’s guest tutorial is by Jackson Root, a talented illustrator in Southern California. Enjoy! Visual Journaling The importance of keeping a sketchbook can never be emphasized enough. If you can get in the habit of sketching every day, you … Continue reading


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