Picpost -- Byakuya Marker Pic

[the_z]

For the Naka-kon art show, I decided to do a marker picture. I may submit more than this, but man am I getting tired. This is my first attempt at doing the inks in OC, printing it out on bristol, and then coloring with copic. The inks didn't smudge in the least and the linework came out nicely. Overall, I think I'll be exploiting this method time

Comments

[hino_ai]

you will make a lot of fangirls happy with this :)

[onnaevilsmith]

Very cool! Yeah I am a fan of the inking and then printing it out on seperate paper.... but I like markering the base and then prismapenciling in the lights and darks, it gives it ia strange textured look! Very cool! I'm pretty sure you will be able to sell it off.. I mean BLEACH is so damn popular right . :D

[animarelic]

How do you plan on displaying this at the art show? Is it customary to matt it? I was planning on bringing my Link & Midna original there and entering it, but it's on plain paper rather than bristol. :/ I guess I should probably matt it but I haven't done any matting since like... Uh high school.

Gonna try and get in a few other things, too, I suppose.

[the_z]

Yeah, I have mine in a pre-cut mat from Hobby Lobby (they're 50% off now and you can get them in assorted sizes/colors). Otherwise, if you need a custom size, you can always pick up some materials at the store.

Paper will be fine matted so long as you back it with more mat board or foamcore.

Otherwise, that's the only other special treatment I'm giving this pic. I'd really like another to enter, but I just don't know how much more energy I have x_x

[the_z]

To hell with critics like that! Artists express themselves through any medium they can possibly work into their art. Whose to set rules like that when paint began as colored dirt and oil. Artists today still use charcoal and pig bristles for brushes. So, that ignorant ass can just shove their opinion. Many professional artists use marker all around the world-- cartoonist and commercial artists especially.

As for brands, I began on prismacolor and they're a very respectable brand name. It takes a bit to really learn how to squeeze the full potential out of them, but they can produce great results if you know how. Copics are excellent markers, but not absolutely necessary. Actually, I afforded them by entering art contests and doing commissions. If you buy them at dickblick.com they're not as outrageously expensive.