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How to Render Eye-Catching Textures with COPIC Markers
COPIC markers are very popular drawing materials used all around the world. This long-awaited book provides techniques for rendering exciting textures using COPIC markers. From basic techniques to entire color sample sheets, this book provides step-by-step visual instructions for rendering textures for a variety of materials, from metals to bricks. Drawings introduced in this book are powerful, and quite realistically rendered. Nobody would ever guess that they were drawn with COPIC markers!
160 pages, Paperback
Published September 28, 2018
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March 17, 2023
This is WAY more advanced than my drawing/illustration/coloring skillset and skews towards the very detailed style of drawing that clearly takes hours and hours to color. However, it is fascinating to read, and I think I could follow along many of the step-by-step instructions and then adapt the process to my own (much simpler) drawings.
August 12, 2021
I recently picked up several sets of Copic Markers and was interested in learning more about about them. I came across this book and it had many interesting technique oriented tutorials throughout.
The beginning of the book is devoted to several finished pieces to show what the markers are capable of. Not surprisingly, the artwork is heavily manga oriented, seeing as the Copic markers are the tool of choice amongst the artists in that field. Overall, the tutorials are excellent, using many examples to display the technique on hand and not skipping over things. This can be considered a “must have” book for aspiring manga artists. However, seeing as my interest is not particular to manga/anime, I’m more interested in more traditional illustration and anatomical works and the markers work well also in that context, and many of the lessons taught within can easily be transferred over to more realistic renderings.
The only downside of the Copic markers is that they are not lightfast, and some of the colors will degrade over time, which is a shame because it limits their use as they are not an archive viable medium. Be that as it may, for those looking to become technically more proficient at using them, the is a great book for users looking to get the most out of their markers.
As a bonus, the back of the book has all 358 markers on display so that you can see the range/availability of colors, as well as a single and double application of each marker on Kent paper.
The beginning of the book is devoted to several finished pieces to show what the markers are capable of. Not surprisingly, the artwork is heavily manga oriented, seeing as the Copic markers are the tool of choice amongst the artists in that field. Overall, the tutorials are excellent, using many examples to display the technique on hand and not skipping over things. This can be considered a “must have” book for aspiring manga artists. However, seeing as my interest is not particular to manga/anime, I’m more interested in more traditional illustration and anatomical works and the markers work well also in that context, and many of the lessons taught within can easily be transferred over to more realistic renderings.
The only downside of the Copic markers is that they are not lightfast, and some of the colors will degrade over time, which is a shame because it limits their use as they are not an archive viable medium. Be that as it may, for those looking to become technically more proficient at using them, the is a great book for users looking to get the most out of their markers.
As a bonus, the back of the book has all 358 markers on display so that you can see the range/availability of colors, as well as a single and double application of each marker on Kent paper.
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