How to Render Eye-Catching Textures with Copic Markers

I got this because I like comic art and wanted to get a bit better than just basic colours and shading in my art. Despite the fact most of my art is digital this book has been invaluable to me (thank god copic brushes are available). Really good book, very practical and every example is step by step and clear. I’d recommend downloading a swatch of all the copic colours if you want to follow exactly but many of the techniques are easily applied by using other colours but same principles.

Bought this book for my daught who has the alcohol markers that this relates to. It's a great book with techniques and guides. She loves it.

Dieses Buch behandelt verschiedene Texturen und wie man diese glaubhaft mit Copic-Alkoholmarkern auf das Papier bringt. Auf den ersten Seiten gibt es einige Beispielzeichnungen, bevor es unterschiedliche kurze Tipps für Texturen gibt: wie man den Stift für das Zeichnen von Haaren hält, Schatten auf Figuren, wie man Ziegelsteine, Blätter oder Metall malt. Für mich waren diese ersten Seiten am interessantesten, weil man die Tipps auch gut auf andere Zeichenmedien übertragen kann. Den Hauptteil des Buches nehmen vier Zeichnungen ein, die auf jeweils 30 Seiten mit acht oder mehr Bildern pro Seite sehr detailliert beschrieben werden. Für mich war dieser Teil am langweiligsten, weil wirklich jeder kleine Schritt mit einem Bild gezeigt wird. Für Anfänger ist das bestimmt sehr hilfreich, ich hätte mir dafür jedoch noch mehr unterschiedliche Beispiele gewünscht. Zum Schluss gibt es auf mehreren Seiten noch einen Überblick über 358 Farben der Copic-Sketch-Stifte. Alles in allem bin ich mit dem Buch sehr zufrieden, auch wenn ich mir mehr Beispiele als nur vier Zeichnungen gewünscht hätte. Die schnellen Tipps auf den ersten Seiten haben mir am besten gefallen.

This book is great if you want to try some different ideas of how to mix and layer color. It explains how to use the markers and gives a real insight into how to achieve the look you are trying to get. Beautiful projects to practice different layering and blending methods.

El libro es ideal para empezar a pintar con copic, explica de forma concisa el uso y mantenimiento de los rotuladores. La guía paso a paso es muy buena , quizá echo en falta algo más de explicación pero cubre todo los materiales que puedes emplear en tus ilustraciones. Recomendado si quieres sacar el máximo provecho a tus rotuladores y subir el nivel de tus ilustraciones

This is an excellent addition to the library of anyone who uses markers for illustrations. Even though it is dedicated to Copic, there are tips and color combinations that can be matched or approximated with other brands. I use a combination of brands and materials, combining pencil color as well and I found the book provided some great general insights into things like how to create a gradient, shade and shadow and rendering various materials. The book doesn't waste pages on text. The text, when needed is short, an intro paragraph at the top of a page or a sentence under a step in the process of completing one of several finished works she deconstructs for the reader. The scenes she uses include objects, water, rocks, vegetation, a goat in a suit and shade and shadow. If you are a copic user, the number of every color used is included next to the step. There are between 6 to 9 individual closeups of the pen tip drawing the work on each page. The paper is slick with good color reproduction. While Yasaiko is a manga artist, this is not a how to draw manga book. She does include some pages on painting hair and skin but they make up only a few pages. It is dedicated to painting what you illustrate. If you are a copic user or want to purchase some, the book offers color swatches of all 358 colors as applied to Kent illustration paper and it shows a single and double application of each. While printing can cause color changes and different papers will absorb more or less, this is a nice starting point for selecting colors as most art store either won't let you try the markers to test color or provide a cheap piece of paper to test on. Together with the illustrations in the book you can also get a pretty good idea of the spread between copic numbers. For instance how much lighter is a BG10 than a BG13. Copic offers a wide range of tints to each color but the changes between them are not always subtle or even predictable. For instance BG11 is barely darker than BG10 and would hardly be noticeable unless you wanted to create a subtle gradient. BG13 would be a better purchase along with a colorless blender. BG18 is actually a fairly dark olive green in the middle of a progression of teal, with BG23 being lighter. Some of these anomalies are likely the result of the expansion of the color line over time that left some colors stranded out of place. All of this is very good to know when planning a trip to the art store or ordering online.

This book not only takes you step-by-step instruction with a finished illustration, but then it goes into the more basic "swatch-like" color combining outcomes. Beautiful book, and fully worth the money- great investment. This will aid the person who's never drawn/painted in their life, all the way to professional artists who need a new medium. I don't usually leave SUCH glowing reviews- this really warrented one.