I’ve been collecting professional artists’ markers for a while, but I’ve always been a little nervous to use them. Unlike digital art, traditional work – with paints, with pens, with markers – has no “undo” button. Yes, there are techniques to cover and incorporate mistakes; still, it is nerve-wracking for an artist who grew up with the safety net of CTRL+Z. So while I sketched these portraits in June, they remained only sketches while I thought about what to do with them. Leaving them as a sketch was no good, of course, so with a little nudging from Cloud, I finally sat down to ink and paint them last week. And if I messed up horribly, I could always re-do them digitally, after all. . . .
Luckily, I did not mess up horribly, so here they are!
The markers were a mix of Promarkers and ShinHan Touch markers (both alcohol-based) and a single pink Aquamarker (water-based). I found that the Promarkers and Touch markers blended quite nicely, and the Aquamarker layered nicely after the alcohol layer dried thoroughly. My Sakura Gelly Roll pen provided highlights – a real life-saver when you accidentally color over, say, the whites of the eyes, haha!
Stats
Time: 22 hours for both
Materials: mechanical pencil, Prismacolor Premier .05 pen, ShinHan Touch markers, Promarkers, Aquamarkers, Sakura Gelly Roll (white)
Strike A Spark 
this is cute, maybe do a review on both of them?
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Thank you! I’d like to do some more marker paintings like this again soon. 🙂
Can I ask what you mean by a review? What would you like to see?
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oh i meant do a review on the pro-markers and the touch markers.
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Okay! I’ll add it to my to-do list. 🙂
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thanks! 🙂
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Beautiful sketches and awesome tones, love the highlights in both skin and hair. Really lovely portraits 🙂
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Thank you! 🙂
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I don’t know if you watch “Anime” or draw Manga, but you should give it a try!!
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Who, me? Watch anime? Nah. . . whistles innocently
All joking aside, I do love to watch anime & read manga. I’m currently catching up on Sweetness & Lightning – it’s so cute! Do you watch anime? What’s your favorite?
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Of course, me and my SO both read manga and watch anime as time allows! Fullmetal Alchemist is a favorite, we also watched Naruto, Bleach, Attack on Titan, some random non-top 20, but yeah 🙂
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Ooh, Fullmetal Alchemist is a favorite of mine as well! It’s such an engrossing story. I haven’t watched the others you mention, though several people have recommended Attack on Titan so I might have to check it out next. :3 One series I really enjoyed was Erased, just finished watching it for a second time this summer and already thinking about a third watch-through, haha!
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I haven’t seen Erased, I just read the synopsis online and it looks very interesting, there is so much out there to watch! – Attack on Titian is definitely a unique one, just a heads up (a)
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Yes, there’s so many great anime to watch, and they keep making more to boot! ^^
I’ll add Attack on Titan to my to-watch list, then. Seems like an interesting premise!
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Lots of gore though! But let’s be honest, the animation is phenomenal and it’s not all CGI!
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Thank you for the warning! I’m not too big on excessive gore – would you say it’s much worse than FMA? If it isn’t, then I should be fine with it~
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Yes, it’s a little more brutal and gory, but I feel like it’s toned down midway through the show! I couldn’t stop watching, liked it so much so I read the manga to catch up 🙂
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I’ll keep it in mind! Thanks again!
That’s how you tell it’s a good series, for sure! When we watched Akatsuki no Yona / Yona of the Dawn, Cloud and I just had to see what happened next, so we’re happy that the manga is being translated now. But it hasn’t caught up to the anime yet. . . I hope it does soon!
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That’s awesome, that’s truly the sign of a good show/story. It’s exciting finding something good in the midst of all the shows out there😁😁
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Me too! ^^
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They turned out great! And i have to say you have a good taste of colors too! Both pictures are sooo cute! You are talented in many ways of art! Wether digital or not! ^^
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Thank you! 😊
The colors turned out brighter than I expected. I’m not very good at picking out which colors to use, for markers. So I’m happy you think they turned out well. 😀
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Both Summertime River and Summertime Cloud are beautiful! I too find myself collecting a variety of art tools, but I can’t ever seem to have too many! 😉
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Thank you! ❤
I’m in the same boat. . . my collection is growing and growing, but I still want more. . . ! Now I’ve got my eye on some more colors for my marker collection (which is rather limited atm). What’s your favorite art supply to collect?
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Both are beautiful! I too have been collecting various kinds art tools for a long time and can never have too many.. My latest thing is mixing my prismacolors with a variety of gel pens. 😊
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Ooh, Prismacolors and gel pens, hm? How well do you find that they blend? The only gel pen I use is white to add highlights. Lately I’ve been thinking of using Prismas to shade a marker painting, as my colors are so limited it might add some depth.
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Not bad, I also like using sharpies then adding gel pens or prismacolor pencils for varying the shades and textures. 😊
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That’s a great idea too! Colored pencils do have wonderful texture. Thanks for sharing! 😀
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You’re very welcome! 😊
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I really like your skin texture and both are very cute.
And also like Bob Ross always said: “There are no mistakes, just happy little accidents!” 🙂
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Thank you Nana! ❤ I like how the skin texture came out too.
Always have to remember those “happy little accidents!” It’s a good mantra to have! 😀
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