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Published: 2017-07-13 17:49:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 464; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
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My late part of a trade with of his character, Justin. I'm sorry I'm late! I fell asleep while trying to finish this last night.
This gave me an opportunity to test out some actual watercolor paper, and use one of the Copic pens I bought from AX.Justin is such an adorable character!
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Can I reach it? Can I reach it? I hope he won't fall down
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Justin!!! Those branches are about to break! : o I love his determination here, but there's still a nice sense of comedy in the way he uses his tongue. x3
Um, I haven't spoken with you in a while, but how are you doing? It seems you have been going through anxiety and health problems in your life.
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Sorry I couldn't find your comment a lot sooner, dear. I've been well. I should hope the same for you too. Are you still creating feature journals every now and then? It's nice to peruse through artists I haven't seen before.Β
In terms of the anxiety and health stuff, I'm doing a lot better. Thinking positive helps. 
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No, no, that's okay~ I'm glad you've been doing well. The first half of this year has been kind of slow, since I just focus on more work be it on art or school. However, ever since I started summer break, I've been feeling less overworked and much better. I'm quite excited to go back to school, since I'll be focusing on subjects I'm more passionate about. But I just made an art feature journal, since I forgot to do one last month, so you can check it out here, if you'd like: Monthly Art Feature July/August
If you ever feel anxious, let yourself experience those feelings and thoughts. It would be bad to suppress yourself to not acknowledge them/deny them. So when you give yourself time to feel, never forget to keep thinking positive. And of course, it's important to take care of your health, too.
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Yes, I was able to check out your journal in my free time. Those are some great picks! I used to love Hunter x Hunter! I was a big fan of the manga, and when I learned there was an anime too I had a fit. 
Thank you for the advice. I guess it is alright to feel, just not get carried away. It's a learning process but I think I'll be able to eventually come to terms with myself.
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Yay! And thank you! I'm glad you're a fan of Hunter x Hunter! I wanted to post pictures of my favorite characters, but I couldn't for spoiler reasons (in case no one saw/knew of the show). My siblimg showed me HXH right before the manga started up again. And thanks again. I started doing dual month postings, because I kept forgetting to do one each month. xD But I think it's better do them every two months like this. And yes, I try to feature as many different artists as I can; that way anyone can have a chance of being featured. It feels reassuring when you say they appreciate me sharing their art.
You're welcome. 
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So cute! 
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you like these. I starting to really enjoy using watercolors.
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I love it! Thanks! 
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You're very welcome! The colors are slightly muted due the quality of the picture I took of it. It's slightly too big for my scanner, so I had to try to make it work. I would recommend that you give motion lines a shot! What kind of markers do you have?Β
In fact, if you have colored pencils too, bothΒ could work out great.
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Either way, I like the muted quality
I have dual-tip brush pens from some brand named "Rainbow." Would I use something like a marker to smear it and make motion lines? I do use colored pencils sometimes for glowing effects, like what I did with the moon here.
A Lovely Night in Spring Β
I colored beyond the line to make it :glow," but is that kind of what I do to create motion as well?
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Yes, the colored pencils can be used for blur effects, too. If you want you can probably use the same technique you used for the moon glow effect. But then again it's all about experimenting and seeing what works best for you. There are some tutorials and even some comics that demonstrate great use of motion with colored pencils.
You mean these markers?Β cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1578β¦ I've never heard of them before. Are they any good? Β I can't say for sure if those markers can be smeared to create an effect, but it seems like it'd be worth taking some scrap paper and trying it out. I heard alcohol will smear some water based markers. Of course if you don't wanna go through all that technical stuff you can just draw some super quick motion lines.
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I have a book somewhere that talks about coloring techniques for pencils...I should really crack it open sometime 
Those are the markers, yes. Not having used markers before them, I'm not sure how they stack up against others. My only setback with them so far is that the lines can look either too thin, or too thick. In some of my recent drawings, I feel there are moments where a really thick line obliterated some detail I was going for. I'm not sure how to alter line thickness using just one tip, but I'm hoping it's possible. I think all I can do is experiment on scrap paper and see how the different colors work.
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I don't know about the quality of those markers either, since I'm not much of a marker user. That sounds frustrating, not being able to adjust your lines. Do you always use the same pressure when you use them? I don't know if you can try and draw lightly with them. Altering line thickness should be possible, depending on the tips that they have. Hopefully you should be able to twist and turn as you draw and see how the lines come out.
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Even with light pressure, the colors still come in thick; especially with the black marker. I think I'd have to turn the tip at different angles to get the thickness I want.
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Yeah, that'd probably work best. Or if all else fails, you can always get more markers.
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I haven't used those before; I have used regular ball-point pens just to see what it would look like. Of course, those aren't meant for art, so I would need to get something more geared to drawing.
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Oh man, I love using regular old pens for drawing! About 90 percent of all the sketchbooks I have now are full of pen sketches. Not to mention there's plenty other people who use them for inking too. But I get what you're saying, because you want to have a more finished look to your drawings, right? Maybe if we run into each other again I can let you use one of my Microns and see how it suits you. I bought one more than I needed, so I wouldn't mind sparing one.Β
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Yeah, I guess it's that finished look I'm going for, which is why I'm not crazy about using ballpoint pens for art. That's really nice of you
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You can bring them if you'd like, I'm actually curious. On top of that I rarely use markers so it'll be a fun little experience.
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I have so many that I have to store all my colored pencils here:
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(give or take a few crates)
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!!! This is so fun and cute!! x3 Now THIS is determination if I've ever seen it!! Gorgeous effects!Β
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I know, right? Thanks so much!
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OH MY GOODNESS THIS IS AWESOME!
His anatomy is so perfect and that tongue, hahaha, so cute!!!!!
Great job!!!!
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