the Flash - Wally West

Good afternoon, TODAY we have some more fabulous artwork from Justice Gillman to share with you....

It’s another comic-character - This time it’s a drawing of the Flash – Wally West.

It’s the same process as the last one:

1)       Pencil outlines

2)      Ink the face and hair, then add Copic Multiliner for darker patches/some outlines

3)      Ink the body, using the multiliners afterwards, and finishing with a white Posca marker for highlights.

COPIC Colours used:

Skin/Face: E00, E02, E21, E11

Hair: R11, YR07, E15, E57, E59

Eyes: YG05, G05, G17

Suit: R11, R24, R27, R37

Thanks for stopping by... See Lucas's Instagram account for more amazing artworks :D

SUPER MONDAY with Justice Gillman

Good afternoon, Hope you all had a great weekend!! We had a fun weekend in Orange with our classes at The Dragonfly Lounge (a great cafe/ 2nd hand bookstore  - and a must visit if you are ever in Orange :) 

NOW I'm super excited to introduce you to the next member of our Design Team ... 

Lucas ... aka. Justice Gillman

“I have been an avid comic-book reader and collector since I was about 8, and this meant that from an early age I would copy my favourite pictures and loved sketching as a way to relax. Two years ago my wife bought me a bunch of Copics for my birthday to encourage me to try something new (she had been very observant after I had raved about some art I had seen using copics). In my other life I am a high-school English teacher, so my art is very comic/pop-culture inspired, although recently I have been trying to experiment more widely with other reference material to try and improve my blending and representation of lighting.”

Look at this Marvellous artwork that he created over the weekend ... He included some process shots for you.

1)       Pencil sketch of rough outlines and features.

2)       Layering of Copics on the face first, then using the multiliner to add in some outlines of features after I have coloured them.

 3)       Colouring of the cowl, final white touches with the Posca marker.

Colours used: 

Skin: E00, E02, E21, E11, E13, E15

Eyes: YG05, G05, G17

Lips/Goggles: R11, R32, R24, R27, R37

Catsuit/Cowl: C0-C10, 100, 110

Isn't it AWESOME!!! Yes I have to show you more.... Here are a couple more of Lucas's older but also amazing artworks with Copic markers...

His snow leopard image.

 Colours used:

Cool grays: C0-C10

Blacks: 100, 110

Blue (eyes): B21

Pink (nose): R81

Copic SP multiliners: Black 0.03, 0.5

White highlights: White Posca thin tip marker

And a superhero drawing that he had re-posted and liked by the comic writer and creator of a few of the characters he'd drawn.

Colours used:

Cool grays: C0-C10

Reds: R24, R27

Blues: B05, B21, B29, B37,

Greens: G05, G17

Purple: V06

Yellows: Y06, Y08, Y17

Brown: E57, E59,

Copic SP multiliner: Black 0.5

White highlights: White Posca thin tip marker

SEE MORE of his artwork ON HIS INSTAGRAM account HERE :D

Copic Colourist - Susannah

Good morning,

Today I'm excited to introduce you to another member of our Design Team. 

Susannah is joining the team as a Copic Colourist and will share some of her very own creations using Copic markers. She writes...

" I have enjoyed drawing from childhood and have always been mad about markers, pencils, pens, drawing, arts and crafts. I like to draw characters from my own imagination in a manga/realistic style. 

I don't just draw characters, I also animate some of them, which is something I'm passionate about. "

Today we get to meet one of her lovely characters - This is Evelyn Barsmith ...

Copic colours used:

Skin: YR000, E00, E01, E02, E23, BV23

Eyes: BG05, BG07, BG23, BG32, BG34

Hair: Y15, Y17, Y19, RV02, RV04, RV06, R56

Clothes: B21, B23, B24, BV20, BV17, BV13

Lips: RV21, RV23, RV25, R46

You can see more of Susannah's fabulous work on her:

• blog
• youtube channel 
• instagram

Thanks for stopping by :D

Steampunk Ryan Paper Frame!

The attraction of Steampunk is having so many texture and layers to play with and create.  As someone who can't resist texture and layers, I was delighted recently to revisit Mad for Markers Samantha's Steampunk Ryan and this time create a card with a paper frame that would make a beautiful gift.

I had to get creative with supplies for this project as I didn't have much on hand in the studio.  I didn't have a lot of Steampunk papers ..actually I didn't have any come to think of it.  I was resourceful and ventured to Etsy.com.  I bought some yummy digital paper from Victoria Designs. For the base of the card I just used Kraft colored cardstock from Michael's.  I inked the sides of all the papers using Walnut distress ink. I was really happy that I was finally able to use my Vintage epherma that I bought from The Embellished Connection.  I could see the layers building in my mind. :)

 The sentiment was from a Simon Says Stamp September card kit.  I thought it was fitting. :) The green tag was a standard shipping tag that I sprayed with Dylusions spray and then inked with various Distress inks.  I also stamped layers onto the tag to give it more texture and a grunge feel.  One of my favorite moments creating this project was using the metallic Sharpies to create the gears.   They were perfect for the job! Once gears were dried I added them onto the piece with dimensionals to make the gears pop out and add depth.

Copic Recipe:
E50  E21   E33   E35  E37
BV11 BV13 BV08 BV01
G21 G24 G28 G99
C5 C7 C9
R35 R37 R39
Y13 Y15 Y18

Other products used:
Memento ink rich coca
Enamel accents black
Stickles purple

Head on over to Mad Markers to check out the Steampunk collection as well as many other AWESOME stamps and stencils! 

Paola :) 

Mix Media Tag Steampunk Brianna!

Morning, Morning!   
I am so very happy and excited to announce that I am part of the design team for Mad Markers! Yay!
Thank you very much Sammi for this opportunity.  Perfect timing in my journey of the art world.
Being part of a design team is an awesome responsibility as you get to design for the artist using their  illustrations each month and you get to tell the world all about it! The best part is meeting LOTS of many wonderfully talented people. :)   LOVE it!

For the last two days I have been working diligently in the studio on my first two projects. I am very happy with how they turned out and am very excited to show you one right now! I absolutely love this Steampunk image Sammi drew...Steampunk Brianna! She's perfect! I knew right away what I wanted to create: a mix media tag.  I just wished I had metallic paper in the studio. LOL  thinking...thinking...oh oh! the hamsters in my head are scurrying now  :) I can't begin to tell you how excited I am about how my tag turned out! My kids were thrilled when they saw it! I don't want to part with it.

Here is how I made this cute tag.  I used a package label for this project and a slew of distress inks. I will confess now that, yes, I am an ink addict; I will ink just about anything.  I distressed the tag with various colored distress inks and distress paint to give the tag texture and a grunge look. The gears, sentiment, and tab are cuts I bought at Silhouette to use with my Cameo. (Can't live without it.)   To give these elements more depth I used ink and glitter; sadly the glitter is not showing on camera, but let me tell you this tag sparkles!

My favorite part of creating any project is using my Copics... I cannot imagine my world without Copic Sketch. Below is the Copic Color Recipe I used for  Steampunk Brianna. One more thing, before I forget (and I nearly forgot :)), I used  Copic Spica glitter pens for some added sparkle.  If you haven't seen Spica Glitter pens I highly recommend checking them out. Like Lays Chips, you can't have just one! One important tip: unlike the markers Spica must be laid horizontally.

Copics I used;

E30   E50  YR14  YG06  G20  C5

E33   E21  YR16  YG09  G24  C7

E37   R22  YR18              G28  C9

Head on over to Mad Markers to check out the Steampunk collection as well as many other AWESOME stamps and stencils!

Still a little in the birthday spirit....

With my little man's birthday coming up in just a few days, a couple of weeks back I set out to create some birthday invitations. Now when I set out to do this I'm not sure that I was thinking clearly lol... I hand coloured 20 individual LaLa Land Pirate Luka's. Crazy I know. But I'm so pleased with the end results.
Just a couple of tips for if you decide to colour an image in duplicate...
1. Allow adequate time to colour them... It is definitely time consuming
2. Think about if you need to hand cut each of the images or if you can work the cardstock into your design ..I averaged 7 minutes per pirate to handcut
3. If you are colouring each of the images using the same colours ensure that you have Reinkers on hand for each marker, as there is nothing worse than being almost finished and then running out of ink.
Thanks for stopping by the Mad For Markers Blog and don't forget if you didn't have the opportunity to join in the Mad For Markers 2nd Birthday Blog there is still time... Just head on over to Mad for Markers Challenge Blog and hop away.
Till next time,
Rach xoxo

Monochromatic Reds & Red Violets

This week to get in the spirit of the current challenge running over on the Challenge blog, I decided to challenge myself to see if I could colour an image only using markers from the Red & Red Violet families. I'm pleased to say that I did, and I'm pretty happy with how the awesome Greeting Farm Stamp - Madden turned out.

Copics Used

Skin: R0000, R000, R00, R01, R02, RV10 (Cheeks)

Eyes: RV91, RV95

Hair: RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, RV19

Shirt: RV000, RV00

Belt: RV17, RV19, RV69

Arm Bands: R81, R83, R85

Pants: RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29

Shoes: R37, R39, R59, R89

For your shopping ease, here are the direct links to the sections of the Mad For Markers Store, where you can find all the above listed colours

Reds

Red Violets

Till next time,

Rach xo