While I’ve long since given up on making a career of it, I sometimes enjoy creating art. I especially like to make fan art of anime series and video games that I enjoy. I recently invested money in some Copic markers; for those who aren’t familiar, they’re alcohol-based markers that are considered to be very high-quality. A lot of Japanese artists use them. I’ve wanted a set for years and they were recently on sale for Memorial Day, so I grabbed a set.
Sometimes I have trouble coming up with things to draw, though. Inspiration comes in fits and starts with me, and it’s difficult to predict when it will strike next. Because I wanted to get some use out of my new art tools, I sought my inspiration from friends on Twitter. Below are the requests and my responses, as well as a “bonus item” that I came up with on my own. All the drawings are created using Copic markers, Copic multi-liner pens (in several different colors), and Sakura Pigma Micron pens (black), along with the occasional highlight using a Sakura Gelly Roll white pen, on Bienfang Bristol drawing paper. I messed around with some of the levels in a photo editing program to attempt to best capture how the colors appear in real life. The first four drawings are about the size of an index card, while the final one is on a full 9″ x 12″ (23 x 30.5cm) sheet.
Note: The final image may be NSFW, because it contains very mild non-detailed nudity.