After
so many questions and requests I finally managed to put together a
quick tutorial about making the cloudy background. It is very easy and
quite fast although it seems like many steps.
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
1) Pre-coloured image. And if you've got some little bleeding on over
the lines; colouring the clouds will disguise it. Another lovely bonus,
lol.
2)
COPIC COLOURS:
B12,
B01,
B00,
B0000,
C3,
C1,
C00,
blender
One of the main things to remember is to use your markers
as a brush. Work in small light or stronger strokes always
upwards on clouds and
away from the image. The more random and uneven your "brushwork" is, the better it will look.
So here's the image I started with, pre-coloured quickly:
Now I take B00
and create an outline of clouds in little quick uneven strokes. Make
sure you won't make it too tidy and uniform and don't use continuous
lines. Also lay a shadow around the whole image in light strokes working
from image outline outwards. Don't worry if it looks a bit weird and
messy:
Take B01
now and create random darker areas on the cloud outlines with light
zig-zaggy brush strokes. Also apply some B01 into the shadow areas of
the image like under her arms, skirt, corners between wings etc. Work in
light strokes from image outwards. Do not blend anything:
Now take your darkest blue B12
(I picked this one because it's a bit cooler) and apply little strokes
of it inside the areas you accented with B01. Remember to work in very
light and sparing strokes. No blending. Resist the temptation although
it looks a terrible mess:
Now is a time to do a LITTLE bit of blending. Take B00
again and stroke upwards on all outlines and outwards from the image.
No circular movements and be quite sparing and light-handed:
Now lets tone down that bright blueness a little bit. Take C01
and apply to darker areas of the cloud outlines and shadow areas of the
image. Yep, light upwards and outwards strokes, you guessed correctly:
Lets create sharper shadows. Move on to C3 and apply to darker areas of outlines and shadow areas to the image. VERY SPARINGLY:
Now move on to C00 and do some blending upwards and outwards in bold wide strokes:
Now take B0000
and blend upwards and outwards again, this time really go for it, only
leave a narrow strip on top of clouds totally white. Important thing is
not to create nice even lines, the more "strokey" and uneven it is, the
better:
Now it's time to take out the beloved 0, your colourless blender. Cover the whole area of clouds and around the image. Saturate properly. Make sure your blender is nice and juicy:
You can repeat that step however many times if you want a softer result.
I like some roughness in my colouring but I did a second soaking as
well with blender to show the difference:
Well,
that's it. You can make your clouds whatever colour you want, of
course! Add some pale purple or pink into shadow areas or yellow
highlights on top of the clouds. Just play and have fun. :)
Hope it was ine any way helpful and understandable. Thank you so much for looking and happy crafting!
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