I finished my Wind Waker fan art and it's definitely been a journey for me. I started it out with Prismacolor Marker on the figures of Tetra and Zelda. A few people have asked me to make a video showing my process for using Prismacolor markers, which I will absolutely get to in the future. Until then, here's a bit of a process blog. Hopefully you find it useful if you're trying to get into using Prismacolor Markers.
When using Prismacolor marker, I try not to use too much Clear Blender mainly to keep the colors vibrant. If I blend, I will usually use the lightest color next to that color.
Ex: Let's say I started laying down shadow on the skin in Tuscan Red (which I did)
I wanted to create a little bit of an overall warm skin tone, so I went with Peach as my next second darkest color. Once I layout where I want my Peach color to be, I will go over the Tuscan Red with Peach and blur the line between the two colors to create a smoother transition. I continued this process leading all the way up to my lightest color (Brick Beige).
Once I finish my Prismacolor color aspects, sometimes I will use a white Uni-Ball Signo pen for hard highlights.
This is just my experience with using markers. You may notice a little bit of a blue streaky texture going on in the background. Before I laid down my marker work, I did a light blue wash of watercolors over the piece. The two mediums usually work pretty well for me together.
For large backgrounds, I like to use watercolor to avoid the streaking of markers that can occur over large areas of paper.
I'd say most of the background here is watercolor, so keep that in mind. You can always embellish your watercolors a bit with small details after your watercolors dry.
For those interested in my Prismacolor Marker color palettes, I have listed the combinations below from darkest color to lightest.
Material List:
Prismacolor Markers
1.Skin Tone
-Tuscan Red
-Peach
-Light Peach
-Brick Beige
2.Hair Color
-Goldenrod
-Yellow Ochre
-Deco Yellow
3.Red Items (Scarf, Jewels, King of Red Lions ship)
-Crimson Red
-Scarlet Lake
-Poppy Red
-Deco Orange
4.Metals
-Bronze
-Burnt Ochre
-Deco Yellow OR Deco Orange
Paper: 14"x17" Super Deluxe Bee Paper
For tips on watercolors, definitely check YouTube. It's been a great resource for me as someone that doesn't feel especially confident in her watercolor art. I hope you've found this blog to be a helpful tool for you in your Prismacolor adventures. Feel free to message me if you have any questions about this process or more.
Just a last diddle. I did add the King of Red Lion and Link at the bottom in Prismacolor Marker as well. Toodles for now. :)
