Alex Heizer

Coloring a Manga Character with Copic Sketch Markers (Part2)

Have you ever wanted to create beautiful, vibrant manga characters like you see in books and magazines? Using Copic Sketch markers, you can!

In this second part of a four-part tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to shade anime hair. In parts 3 & 4 I’ll complete the kimono and background. If you haven’t already seen it, I invite you to watch Part 1 first!

To learn more about creating characters like these, also check out my Drawing a Manga Figure tutorial and my Dynamic Eyes with Copic Sketch Markers video tutorial!

I use only the brush end of these dual-ended markers, to get a nice, gentle blend between multiple colors.

Here are the colors used in this tutorial:

B00 Frost Blue
N3  Neutral Grey

Watch the rest of the series!
Part 1 - The Face
Part 3 - The Kimono
Part 4 - The Background 

And for more tutorials, don’t forget to visit my tutorials page and my YouTube page, which will have more videos soon!

Coloring a Manga Character with Copic Sketch Markers (Part1)

Have you ever wanted to create beautiful, vibrant manga characters like you see in books and magazines? Using Copic Sketch markers, you can!

In this first part of a three-part tutorial, I’ll demonstrate how to create  beautiful skin tones using only a few colors. In parts 2 - 4 I’ll complete the hair, kimono and background.

To learn more about creating characters like these, also check out my Drawing a Manga Figure tutorial!

I use only the brush end of these dual-ended markers, to get a nice, gentle blend between multiple colors.

Here are the colors used in this tutorial:

E00 Skin White
E02 Fruit Pink
E13 Light Suntan
R43 Bougainvillaea
B00 Frost Blue

Watch the rest of the videos:
Part 2 - The Hair
Part 3 - The Kimono
Part 4 - The Background 

And for more tutorials, don’t forget to visit my tutorials page and my YouTube page, which will have more videos soon!