how do you get such neat looking coloring with your alcohol markers? i feel like whenever i try to draw with mine the it ends up patchy TvT
Hi!
It's mostly been trial and error, and can be a lot of little factors. Hang on-
C'mere a sec Dee.
Paper can be an issue, especially if it's not thick enough or bleeds too easily. This isn't exactly alcohol marker paper but it holds it okay.
Markers and tips are key. Chisel tips don't offer very good even coverage and tend to leave the most obvious lines. I don't use it a whole lot.
Also you can tell which direction you start from a lot more since pressure is applied.
I largely prefer brush tips for their flexibility.
You can still see the stroke lines and where I started versus ended with coloring parts, but it blends a lot better. It's generally easier to make smaller areas colored evenly, but having a soft tip helps the ink spread more, I guess, which gives a bit of a bleed that can sometimes help with blending those stroke lines together.
Aaand this is a sloppy quick application of shading.
I don't know if you use the blender marker? I tend to not, most of the time. If I do, I treat it as an eraser and it has to be immediately after you put something down and decided 'oh maybe that shouldn't have gone there.' But sometimes that can make things patchy too, depending on the application. It's better going from light to dark in terms of coloring.
I'm not sure if any of this answers your question, but the best thing to do is experiment! :] Thanks for the ask!
