Tag Archives: Technique
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
Guest Tutorial: Christmas 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 Christmas card project that utilizes several Copic products. I’m honored to be back with you this month, to share … Continue reading
Using Grays to Color Black Areas
Have you ever tried to color something you wanted to look black, so you color it with black and it just looks bland and bad? You’re not alone. Lots of people have this problem and hopefully I can help your … Continue reading
Color Spotlight: Y17
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
Color Spotlight: E33
Welcome to our new 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 … Continue reading
Blending & Special Effects
To do this tutorial, you will need a blank image photocopied onto good paper, and 4 Sketch or Ciao markers: YG03 Yellow Green, Y15 Cadmium Yellow, YR04 Chrome Orange, 0 Colorless Blender Click Here to download the black & white … Continue reading
Opaque White Tutorial
Copic makes a thick white paint, called Opaque White. This is great tool to add final touches to any work. When working with markers, it is usually best to start light and go dark, mostly because it is easier to … Continue reading
Color in Light and Shadow
Light and dark We use shading from light to dark as a way of helping describe the three dimensional shapes of things and their location in space in our picture. Our eyes can detect over 50 values or shades from the … Continue reading
Cross Hatching Part I – Multiliners & Pen Sizes
Copic’s inking pens are ideal for basic line illustrations. Between the disposable Multiliner and the refillable Multiliner SP, there are 14 pen sizes: 0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.35, 0.5, 0.7, 0.8, 1.0, Brush Small*, and Brush Medium, F01, … Continue reading
Cross Hatching Techniques Part II – Basic Technique
Cross Hatching Techniques Continued: Cross-hatching can be very simple or very tricky. Here are some more pointers and techniques to help develop this skill. The tricky part of cross-hatching is keeping a steady hand. Start by drawing short lines. Don’t … Continue reading
