I am trying to draw my own comics but I've never colored before. I'm looking at getting some markers to color. Are these Ohuhu alcohol based markers good for beginners? Should I get a coloring book to practice coloring?
>>7894281Just do black and white?
>>7894285I think it'd look cooler in color
>>7894281We've got some Sanjoki markers. Paid $40 for 120 brush tips. They were actually quite great for learning. One thing you may find is that many of them are dark enough to obliterate any fine linework you have done. We bought a set of pastel Ohuhu (again, brush tip) to have a larger selection of pale colors and they are great. Also, prismacolors overlay alcohol markers very well. We often use a marker base with colored pencil details and texture. Normally, pencils require effort to fill a region without whitespace in between scribbles. The marker underlay solves this.Oh, if you do try Sanjokis (or other lesser-known brands), be aware of two things: One, some colors can bleed into adjacent pages even days after the drawing is complete. So don't store your work in a stack. Two, when removing the cap, turn away from your work. Sometimes you'll throw a tiny drip or two.
>>7894281>can't draw>can't write>"IMMA MAKE A COMIC"Why?
>>7894312it sounds like you're trolling but it's not uncommon to see post-beg traditional artists who have never drawn with anything other than a pencil/pen, idk what OP's skill level is but I don't think his questions are dumb
>>7894281it's typical for comic book artists to have separate stages. they usually draw the rough sketches, then linework/inking, then the color. usually they do each of these steps after scanning and printing/tracing so they can fix mistakes and keep future iterations clean. the final comic is usually a printable size, but the original comics are MASSIVE, ie the size of a small flatscreen TV. the shrinking hides all of the noise, artifacts, and minor mistakes.you're more than welcome to try drawing and coloring everything in one go using bristol board or something, just undertand that you will have a lot of opportunities to fuck it up if you're using traditional media for comics. also, keep in mind blocking out your panels and poses. that's also usually much easier digitally.
>>7894281Never heard of them but they look like chinese Copic Marker rip off. I would get Copics instead
>>7894342more importantly, don't buy anything from amazon. it's just a marked up front for temu now, same as etsy.
>>7894312at some point you need to work on actual projects, you can't just draw anime girl heads in the void for the rest of your lifeand if you wait until you're ready, well, you'll never be ready. I don't know if that's even possiblelook at the first page of ksbdthen look at the last
>>7894301Are you royalty?
>>7894281Yeah, they'll be fine. Honestly markers are so expensive that using them as your main coloring method doesn't seem worth it, so I wouldn't invest too much if I were you.>Should I get a coloring book to practice coloring?Why? Just color your own drawings.
