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Mixed media, markers and pencils, take 1 (Page 1/3)
By  Liz Chesterman
Working with various markers and pencils can give interesting effects to your images. Here's just one example of working in this type of mixed media, page 1. (page 2) (page 3)
(The featured character Dinobot is copyright Mainframe Entertainment, Inc.)
| I started off with a quick sketch in photoshop. I sketched on the computer first to save on paper. Plus it's so much easier to correct lines. I've only used this technique a few times, however. It's a bit of a pain later to get the finished sketch on paper. |
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I lowered the opacity on the first sketch, and on a new layer did a new one, this with more of Dinobot's details. It's not quite the pose and expression I want though, so I have to do another.
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Another new layer, with the previous sketch on a lowered opacity. Still not quite what I want, but much closer.
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The final sketch. It's the closest to my original design and I have the details right at this point.
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Here I've decided on a background for Dinobot, and I've added some text as well as a light effect on his eye.
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| Date | Name | Comment | | | 12 Oct 2003 |  Wendymaree |  Loading...Wow, Liz, he's one mean machine. This was a fascinating tute as I love the magic of mixed media and you showed a terrific example here with lots of great step-by-steps.
Thanks!
Wendy | |
| 18 Oct 2003 | Carpii | Loading... Interesting. The lowering of opacity might seem obvious, but its a very useful tip to me. | |
| 17 Nov 2003 | Matrix Twins Fan | Loading... this was a really helpful tip 4 me.here`s a tip 4rm me 2 u....if u listen 2 music(1 that makes u get artistic images in u`r head)it really helps.i listen 2 P.O.D. while i draw but that`s just me.Try it. Liz Chesterman replies: "I’ve found that lyriced music is very distracting for me, and prefer piano, orchestral, movie scores and classical guitar music is better for when I work." | |
| 3 Feb 2004 | Lee | Loading... Hey, Thanks for the tips and help. I didn’t know about not using thicker paper...back to the art store for me! Thanks, AcrylicDragon Liz Chesterman replies: "Try not to go too thick; I find 60-80lb paper is ideal for marker work. If you’re going small, say for artist cards or convention badges, even 90lb is ok. You want to be able to blend but you also don’t want to soak and warp your paper. More than 90lb tends to just suck the ink out of your marker, but less than 60 and you have too much bleed." | |
| 1 Sep 2005 | $ilver wolf | Loading... WOW!!!!!!!!!!! i love dinobot hes like my fav. in beasties and u did a awsome job drawing and coloring him!!!
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| 31 Jan 2006 | Caroline | Loading... Awesome tutorial! Keep 'em comin'! | |
| 6 Jan 2007 | Anonymous | Loading... The step by step process was great and I liked seeing the difference once you added even more details. Dinobot has been one of my favorite characters from Beast Wars and you did him justice with this awesome picture! Great job! | |
| 30 Jun 2008 | Soufiane | Loading... good job   | |
| 28 Nov 2008 | Xoxhayliexoxkatrinaxox | Loading... WE THOUGHT THIS WAS FOR MEDIA MARKERS,,, PERMANENT MARKERS TO BE EXACT. NOW, GOD!!!!! Liz Chesterman replies: "No, I used Prismacolor markers, which are alcohol based. Tria, Neopiko and Copic also all make alcohol based markers, which are better for blending than permanent markers like Sharpie." | |
| 15 Jul 2011 |  Nitsan even | Loading... how can you sketch with a mouse?? its really hard and the lines are never where i want them to be Liz Chesterman replies: "I don’t sketch with a mouse, I have a Wacom Intuos tablet that allows for input similar to handling a writing instrument for doing digital art. I tried inking images years ago with a mouse and yeah.. it was more hassle than it was worth. You may consider investing in one of the small Wacom Bamboo tablets if you’re really interested in digital art. Don’t get a more expensive model until you’re more practiced and informed. Good luck!" | |
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