Some other popular brands of alcohol-based markers for coloring and anime illustration include Copics and Prismacolor art markers. Bleed-proof marker paper is best for artist markers. If you get it in A4 size you can easily print your coloring pages on it with any printer.
Anime-Style Skin Coloring Tutorial 1 INTRODUCTION. ... 2 COLOR PALETTE. ... 3 BASE COLOR: Fill the area you want to color skin in with the base color first! ... 4 SHADING. ... 5 BLUSH: Blush makes your drawings look softer and cuter. ... 6 HIGHLIGHTS: If your drawing has shadows, that means there is a light too! ... More items...
In anime-style character illustrations, the way you paint the skin is important for bringing out your character's appeal! Use soft blush, highlights, and shadows to create a three-dimensional effect. Artist Nanniimo explains the steps in detail.
If you want the drawing to look smooth, use soft brushes. If you want it to look sharp, use hard brushes. Add the highlights on the parts where the light comes from. For this drawing, the light is coming from the left. I put highlights on the nose, cheeks, lips, and neck.
Under the nose. On the lips: I like coloring the lips darker from the middle and brighter toward the edges, this will make the lips look very soft.
Choose your tool. For the base color, I use Turnip Pen on 100% Opacity. There are many other brushes that you can use. These should be hard brushes so you can color the area completely without leaving any transparent areas.
For shading, it’s always good to use more than one color. It will make your drawing more pleasing to look at and less boring! The colors you choose for shading should be darker than the base color. Usually, I use two tones and sometimes mix between them to create more tones.
Some other popular brands of alcohol-based markers for coloring and anime illustration include Copics and Prismacolor art markers. Bleed-proof marker paper is best for artist markers. If you get it in A4 size you can easily print your coloring pages on it with any printer.
Reflected lighting is an easy way to make your coloring pop! The idea is that light reflects off surfaces like floors and walls, adding illumination to shadowy sides. Add little white highlights along the dark parts of her skin. Just as with the blush, you don’t want to overdo this. A little goes a long way.
The dark shade (Honeycomb) is orange , which contrasts strongly with the light and medium shades which are yellow. This gives her hair a golden, high-shine appearance. When it comes to color blends, try to think outside of the box! It doesn’t have to be light blue, medium blue, dark blue.
The ink of the marker has two components: pigment, which is swirling around in liquid (alcohol in this case). Once applied on paper the alcohol rapidly evaporates which sets the pigment. If you work while the media is dry you will end up with hard edges between the colors.
But if you keep coloring and blending while the ink is still wet on the page, the colors will bleed into each other, eventually achieving a smooth gradient effect. On the left, coloring without blending, On the right, blending colors while working wet on wet.