Iโve been using Copic markers for years now, and I recently received a few packs for Christmas. So far, two of the markers from two different packs have been almost leaking? When I use the brush tip, a bunch of ink comes out, which I have never experienced before. It ruins my drawings. Does anyone know how to fix this?
I'm looking to start commissions as soon as I figure out all the price points. I've figured out all the options that I can do, like bust, waist-up, thigh-up, full body, and the different mediums I could offer. It involves watercolor colored pencil, oil/wax based pencils, inked black and white, alcohol marker flat color (no highlights or shading), and the highest is fully colored with values, lights and darks, colored pencil integration for full polish, etc etc.
What I'm struggling with is the material price, and the price for my commissions as a whole. I have a stylized anime style but lately I'm feeling a bit more confident with my work to sell and need the cash, however all the materials I use are very expensive. Copic Markers and their refills, artist grade pencils in different brands, pens for outlining, paper, etc etc. It normally takes me quite a while to finish full pieces, as this latest drawing in a small sketch pad took me around 8 hours. Another drawing but on a bigger sheet took me much longer than that.
Anyways, how do I factor in material cost? I can't find the answer to this question as guides only tell the basic advice. Do I just take a fraction of the cost, or the full price of, say, a marker? I am not using an entire marker to fill a drawing and it can survive a lot more, and I feel like that would push my prices to inaccessible extremes if I just slapped on a full pack price.
I also am not sure how to approach shipping art pieces to clients. I'm not sure how to approach factoring it into the cost, and how to package them and where to get boxes and the like for shipping, etc.
I don't have many points of reference to price traditional art, but it's really easy to find digital art commissions to price reference, so I'm a little lost...
Hi guys , broke artist here ! A few years ago i bought some cheap knockoff copics markers off amazon and they were ...worse than i expected, no blending at all , there was barely any ink in them and because the caps don't make a click sound when you close them some dried up pretty fast (admitedly that might of been my fault) any advice on a decent alternative?
Also if you've used copics before is it really worth the price ?
Hello! Like the title says. Iโve recently gotten back into alcohol markers after about 10 years from the last time I used them. As a start I got a 72 set of Arteza Everblend markers, and Iโve been pretty happy with them. The thing is, Iโm pretty sure I will keep using alcohol markers for a long time, because itโs probably my favorite medium, and these are sadly non-refillable. They also donโt feature a brush tip, which Iโd like to have on my next set. Iโm in Europe, so the three brands mentioned in the title are the only ones that seem to fit the bill and be available here.
Stylefile seem to be the most affordable, but I mostly do manga style and highly rendered type of illustrations, while Iโve seen people achieve good results with those, I mostly see grafitti artists using them, so Iโm wondering if they differ in any major way from Copics etc. ShinHan Touch are a bit more expensive than Copic Ciao, but they have a bigger ink reservoir, which makes me wonder whether thereโs even a price difference to speak of. Other than that they seem to be very close to Copics in quality and usage.
Would appreciate any input if youโve had experience with at least two of these marker brands.
