A Marked Woman

[rowyn]

On Monday, I ordered the Tria marker set I'd been planning to get. I'd decided on the 144 version, figuring too many would be better than not enough, and that I'd be unlikely to want to buy them piecemeal.

On Friday, the box arrived. Yay! I opened it up. Inside were two boxes, heavily taped together, each labeled "72 Marker Set". Hmm, I

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[level_head]

How was yours?

Actually, much better. I got about four hours' sleep and am back at work, though working from home at the moment.

I like both, especially the color composition in the Sythry piece, and Beetiger's eyes. The icon version improves the fur and hair through the inevitable blending, but damages your excellent work in the eye highlights for the same reason.

===|==============/ Level Head

[howardtayler]

Advice from someone who has 144 Copic markers in two 72-marker boxes:

1) Sort them by color, shade, and code (I assume Tria has some sort of consistent scheme)
2) Span the sorting across both boxes.

You'll quickly find "hot-spots" where you're always reaching -- THIS shade of grey complements that shade of blue, that sort of thing. But with the markers in a contiguous sequence, you'll be able to more easily break out of your hot-spot ruts by grabbing markers from the areas you seldom reach for.

Also, you'll be more likely to find complementary colors this way.

--Howard

[rowyn]

The markers come with a color chart showing the gradiants they represent, which is useful because the numbering/naming system has neither rhyme nor reason to it. O_o

Do you have any recommendations for a carrying case for these things? They come with organizer racks for groups of 12, but they're not very portable. :/

[ladyperegrine]

Beautiful pictures! I just love them.

[the_gneech]

Mmmm maaaarkersss...

-TG

[sythyry]

Oooh, those are nice! Can I post 'em on the Sythyry Art page?

[rowyn]

You certainly may! And Esory can take credit for them, although it should be noted that they're in a new media for her. ;)