So I ordered the “How to Draw Manga” book on coloring original drawings. The book had a lot of cheesy, silly stuff in it (like being narrated by Manga characters), but it also had some useful information. Probably not $30 worth of useful information, but I managed to crank out something pretty cool after reading the book cover-to-cover.
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More fun with Copic Markers
I took an old picture of a F’Sherl-Ganni (the Gatekeeper aliens with the bifurcated limbs) and decided to color it. Why? Two reasons:
1) It’s on Copic paper already. It’s BEGGING to be colored, because I’m out of that paper and wanted to see how the markers do on their home turf.
2) It’ll fetch more at the Linucon Art Auction if it’s in color.
Second Time’s the Charm
I had to try again, just to make sure I was able to do Schlock the way I wanted to. Besides, I need a nice picture of Schlock for the Art Auction at Linucon.
That “Schlocky” color
My new set of Copic markers did not come with a clear match for Pantone 5773c, RGB #999966, which means that I have to mix, blend, fuss, and fidget in order to come up with Schlock’s “flesh-tone.”