Markers question??

[gasmask]

Hey i have been practicing with markers alot lately ( prisma) and i was wondering if anyone has any tips at getting better or know of any places to learn/ tutorials....i have been to fengs site but thats about it. thanks alot

[whitejake]

http://pretty.rydia.net/tutorial/markers2.shtml

[Sammy]

Markers are great man.. but one thing to remember is that less is more...

it's always good to get a set of cool gray markers.. (or warm whatever your preference)
use the basic 10. (the lightest) to lay downa sketch.. it's so light that you can see it.. but when you're finnished you wont see it at all.. then you can start inking... from there work from light to dark .. unless you want to acheive a strong contrast then start with a dark tone and fill in the lighter areas later..

also with markers remember that less is more.. don't go too overboard.. because the great thing about markers is that it goes really really fast , you'll feel like you haven't done much work and start adding more when truly you've done plenty

get yourself a white colored pencil and go in after you're done and fill in highlights.. edges that are closer to the light source.. and whatnot.. for more effect after the white pencil use some whiteout and fill in majore highlights

good luck

[chukw]

here's how I do it.

I ink up my drawing, keeping the lines open and without major shadow areas. Make a copy- plain ol' copy paper works for me. Wouldn't want to screw up the originals, right? You can always start again on a new copy if you fudge up. Thinking of where you want our light source to be (Low? High?Off to one side?) start to paint in the shadows with a 40% marker. Stop. Flip the paper over. Can you see forms beginning to emerge in the ink bleed-through? Keep at it, beginning to venture into 60% and 20% until you can see the picture, on the back, without the lineart getting in the way. Then you can continue to scuplt and model the forms using whatever gradations you think are best. The last ones to use are the darkest- 90%, and black.

Now comes the fun part. Grab a bottle of Pro-White (a thick, water-based correction gouache) and a nice brush. Get a thinnish puddle of paint on a pallete (I use the cap to the jar) and start to paint in the highlights. Use thin wash for broad ares, working up to 100% white for the "bird poop"- those hot little highlights that make things pop. Correct any edge bleeds, too.

Here's a link to one of my pieces. It's tiny (fits on a business card) so you can see the strokes. Go to it!

http://www.chukw.com/Stuff/Stuff.html

[gasmask]

thanks guys for all the help, ill have to try those ideas so ill just keep at it, awesome.