Tutorial: Masking Film and Airbrush

This is a new tutorial for Copicmarker.com for using Masking film and the Copic Airbrush system.

Tutorial: water splash

Obviously a cartoony style for this tutorial but hopefully people are interpreting the instructions in unique ways to get a desired result. Colouring a water splash! I really like this one.

Colouring a water splash

Tutorial: Metal Textures

Here is a metal Textures tutorial I did for Copicmarker.com.
I have a love of chickens.

Chicken With Bucket

:)

Tutorial: Shiny Armor

I did a series of Metal tutorials on Copicmarker.com. Here is the shiny armour tutorial colouring a new shiny silver breastplate.

Shiny Metal

Tutorial: Iron Helmut

Here is a Tutorial I did on Colouring an Iron Helmut for Copicmarker.com.

Iron helmut

Tutorial: Skin Tones 3 tutorials

I'm doing a series of Skin tone tutorials for Copicmarker.com. They should be much better than that little one I did before. Click on the image below to go to the Post on Copics website for each tutorial.

Light skin

Medium Skin

Dark skin

Tutorial: Shading small areas

I did a tutorial on Shading little areas on an image for Copicmarker.com. Click on the image below to see the post on Copic's website.

Holiday tutorial collection

I'm a bit late on posting this, but the information will be here next year :)

I did a series of 3 tutorials for Copicmarker.com for Christmas and new years. Here they are. click on each image to go to each tutorial.

A tutorial on Colouring Holly and mistletoe

Colouring Christmas tree lights

Colouring Fireworks

Tutorial: Elements part 4/4 Fire

Here is a tutorial I did for Copicmarker.com on creating Fire. I managed to do 2 types of fire here - the out of focus background fire and the viscous fire dripping from the dragons mouth. It has some techniques on airbrushing. Click on the image to go to the tutorial.

Tutorial: Colouring Ocean water elements part 3/4

Here is another tutorial on one of the 4 elements I did for Copicmarker.com. The Element here is water, and I decided to do the ocean since it was one I haven't seen done in a tutorial before.

Plesiosaur leaping in the choppy sea.

Click on the image to go visit the tutorial.

Tutorial: Creating a misty scene Elements part 2/4

Fall is here! I adore the fog and mist of this season and I love creating subtle and cold scenes with my copic markers.

Here is a tutorial I made for copicmarker.com on creating some really gentle misty effects! This is great for people who don't necessarily like to draw a lot but are good at colouring and want to add a nice mood to an illustration or project! I hope you enjoy it!

Click to view the tutorial on Copic Markers website

Tutorial: Copic Elements 1/4 - Earth

I've started doing a 4 part tutorial series for CopicMarker.com. The first one is "Earth". They're dragon themed, so stay tuned for the next 3 that will be showing up from now through to October.

Part 1: Earth

Part 2: Sky... coming soon

Fur and Feather textures

I did another guest blog for Copicmarker.com, a follow up to my background textures tutorial, that covers fur and feathers.

Enjoy!

Warm Grey Multiliners Tutorial

I'm doing more tutorials than I can keep up with these days, hee hee!
Here is yet another guest blog I did for CopicMarker.com regarding the warm grey multiliners.

I hope you're enjoying these. I have several more slated to happen before october so keep yours eyes ready!

Back ground textures - tutorial

I've done yet another guest tutorial for Copicmarker.com. This ones on Quick and Easy Background textures.
I posted the image I created for it on my CopicColor page :)

I hope you enjoy it, and please don't hesitate to suggest some topics for tutorials for me. I'm always looking for excuses to do more tutorials :P

Dappled Light Effect - Tutorial

Here is a new tutorial I did for Copicmarker.com for creating a dappled light effect.

Check it out!

Reflected light with Copic Markers

Hi!
 I completely forgot to post my Reflected light Tutorial I did for CopicMarker.com here! Check it out! I have another tutorial coming for CopicMarker.com shortly as well!

Soon I'll also have more comic updates, and once I get my camera stuff together, more videos I hope too. I sort of have an awkward set up in our new apartment for that, but I'll do my best.

Basic Lighting

Hi all! I did another Guest blog for CopicMarker.com. you can check it out here:
Basic Lighting with Copics

You can check out the rest of the resources we have made at Gurukitty Studios here, On our Resources page.
Thanks everyone!

Beards, chops and moustaches - Tutorial

I recently did another blog for Copic. Its on beards and facial hair.
Check it out :)
Beards, Chops, and Stubble

5 steps to gaining confidence with art

I know a lot of new copic artists get discouraged when they first try out copic markers. They're very tricky to get the hang of and take an exceptional amount of skill to master (note: I said Skill, not talent. a misconception about art and artists is that everything comes naturally to them. It's simply not so. Frankly, its a little insulting to think so as well. I worked hard for years to get where I am, and so must everyone else.)
I wanted to compile a list of things I've learned over the years that may help new comers get over the hurdles that we all face, and carry on, instead of giving up. Here are the 5 things - 2 mental, 3 practical - that combined will do the one thing everyone needs to do - build confidence.

1: Don't get discouraged. It's not easy. Each and every tool you pick, and every medium you try out will take  a lot of work to figure out how to use the tools. They don't magically look fantastic as soon as you start scribbling.

2: Experiment: Don't just dive into colouring a picture right away and expect magic. Play with the tools on scrap paper, colour randomly and just become familiar with how the ink flows from the nibs, reacts with the paper etc. Colour over other colours, see what happens, try different papers, try incorporating other tools. discover your rhythm.

3: Practice: Again, NOTHING in this life is ever easy. With practice, you gain skills and confidence. Its true what they say, Practice Makes Perfect (perfect doesn't exist by the way, but the theory is sound). Properly it should say " practice makes competence" but I digress... It's not like anyone is going to see the things you are doing unless you show them (good forgetting feedback!), why would you worry about the mistakes your making? You MUST make mistakes in order to learn. We don't usually learn from success. I've been using markers for around 12 years, and I've only in the last 2-3 years finally started having some confidence in my work! I'm my own worst critic of course, but I committed myself to learning and It's been paying off!

4: Research: The benefit of being a Copic artist, is the Copic community. There are a million blogs out there like mine, and a million artists like me who simple enjoy sharing what we've learned. Don't be afraid to ask any questions. some people will ignore you, who cares, ask someone else. I'll never ignore a Copic question :) The best places to look are the Copic Facebook page, The copic twitter, the copic blog, and youtube. (all these places are linked on copicmarker.com) The people who work at Copic are Top notch and I've so impressed with the people who work there - I'm quite fond of the Copic twitter guy, Richard! He's been incredibly supportive of so many artists out there. I think any company would be incredibly lucky to have someone like him at the front lines of their digital presence. You should also look up reference images of what you're colouring. Use a colour isolator to see individual colour in pictures or scenes and see what magical rainbows are hiding. Learn a little bit about colour theory. You don't have to become an expert but a little understanding can go a LONG way. Learn Everything!

5: Be Patient: Again, it takes time, practice, work, effort. Nothing in life is free. it either takes money, or commitment. the rewards are worth it. There is nothing more thrilling than being called an expert, HAHA!

There you go, 5 golden rules. Now I'm going to go off and keep learning and practicing myself!
Happy Copic-ing!