Colouring Crimped and Ethnic Hair

Hello everybody!

Franz here with a little tutorial for you all today :)

 

 

I chosen a pair of lovely Mo Manning's images to talk about the way I colour curly hair.

There are three different kinds of curly hair in my opinion: Curly, Crimped and Ethnic.

Today I want to have a look to the "Crimped" and the "Ethnic" ones.

 

Here is an image that shows you how I use the marker on these three differes cases:

 

 

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To colour these two images I used about the same colour combo, but in different ways, so you can also see that you can use the same markers to obtain different effects.

 

The first image I chosen is Summer Fairy Finna.

 

First of all I couloured her skin up, since I think it's difficult to colour the hair without colouring skin first.

Finna has lovely crimped hair and I decided to colour them in light brown/blond tones.

 

 

1 - I started with a medium tone since I don't want the hair too dark:

 

 

2-  I added the darkest colour to give a little bit of depth:
 

 

3 - I blended with E15 again leaving some white spaces between the strokes for the highlights:

 

 

4-  Now I coloured the highlights with the lightest marker:

 

 

 

5 - Now I started with E18 again to add some more depth:

 

 

6- I blended with E15:

 

 

7- I added a little bit of colour to the highlights too:

 

 

8- Finally I added some more depth again on the darkest zones with a darker mark (E29):

 

 

10- Here is all the hair coloured up:

 

 

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Now I have Fairy Tabia and her Ethnic Hair

 

I used the same technique (from dark to light) but starting with a darker colour since I want to have very dark hair for her.

 

 

1- I started with E18:

 

 

 2 - I blended with E15:

 

3- I blended a little bit again with E13 leaving some spaces between strokes to have some highlights:

 

 

 

4- I coloured the highlights with the lightest marker:

 

 

 

5- I started from the begin again to add some more depth...E18:

 

 

 

6- Blend with E15:

 

 

 

 7 - E13 and a little bit of E11 for the highlights:

 

 

 

 8 - Here I added some more depth with a darker marker, E29:

 

 

 

Thank you for your attention and sorry if I used too many pics :)

I hope this little tutorial can help you!

 

 

A big hug everybody,

Franz

Too much Cupcakes

Hi from Italy, Copics and Paper Crafting lovers!

It's Franz again here because it's my turn again to show you a new little Copic project created with all my passion for this fab markers!

I've chosen a funny Mo Manning image this time, a super lovely fairy with a belly full of Cupcakes!
Oh yes, she's very happy and satisfied...I love cupcakes, so I can understand her!!!

I coloured her outfit in Pink and Green and the cupcake in "cream" tones, gnam!

Papers I used are from Pink Paislee and Elle's Studios, ribbons and flowers from The Ribbon Girl.

 

Here is the complete list of Copic Markers I've used:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11 + R20 for cheecks

Hair: E50, E51, E53
Outfit - Pink: R81, R83, R85, R89
Outfit - Green: YG000, G12, YG63, YG69
Cupcake - Cream: E50, E51, E53, W3
Cupcake Wrap - Green: YG000, G12, G24, YG63, YG69, 100
Floor: W1, W2, W3, W5

 thanks for stopping by!

 Have a lovely day everybody :*

Franz.

I've Flipped for you!

Hello Hello Copic Lovers!
 

Franz from Italy here again with some copic inspiration...
I've a new Mo Manning funny image to share with you all today:

Really too fun, doesn't she?

 

I realized a cas card for her using some bright papers and strasses here and there:

Papers are from Magnolia and Echo Park;

I used a Dutch Doobadoo mask  (Stars) to create the stars here and there.

 Here is the complete list of Copics markers I've used:

 Skin:
 E0000-E000-E00-E11
+R20 for cheecks;

 Hair:
 E50-E51-E35;

Outfit:
White-Grey: W1-W2-W3-W5
Blue: B0000-B91-B93-B95-B97
Yellow-Orange: E08-Y02-E00-E0000;

Tools:
C1-C3-C5-C7;

Floor:
W1-W3-W5-W7;
 

thanks for stopping by,
 I hope you liked it :)

Franz.

Bubble Heart

Hello everybody Copic lovers!

 

Franz here to share with you all a new copic colouring and a simple card.
I used a super lovely Mo Manning image again, just perfect for incoming Valentine and simply adorable!

I coloured the two characters using bright colours and I made the background using some warm greys and some blender refill with a little brush.

 

Here is the complete list of Copics markers I've used:

 Skin:
 E0000-E000-E00-E11
+R20 and prismacolor pencil for cheecks;
 

 Hair:
  Boy: E50-E51-E53-E35
Girl: E00-E13-E15-E18;

 Outfit Boy:
Sweater: YG000-YG00-G12-G24-YG67
Trousers: B0000-B91-B93-B95-B97-B99
Shoes: YG00-G12-G24-YG67-C3-C1-0;

Outfit Girl:
Dress/Ribbon: RV10-R81-R83-R85-R89
Sweater: B0000-B91-B93-B95-B97-B99
Leggings: RV10-R81-R83-R85-R89-C3-C1-0
Boots: Y000-Y15-Y23-YR38;

Bubble Heart: RV10-R81-R83-R85;

Background
W1-W3-W5-0.

 

I hope you liked it,

thanks for watching :)

Franz.

A lovely witch

Hello Copic lovers, it's Franz here again!

I've another Halloween card and the protagonist today is one of the loveliest witches I've never seen!

 

She's one of the latest creatures from Mo Manning :

 

 

I created for her a black and white card using some fab papers from My mind's eye:

 

 

The design is quite simple and incredibly I didn't use any flowers this time!

 

Here is the complete list of Copics markers I've used:

 Skin:
 E0000-E000-E00-E11+R20 for cheecks;
 

 Hair:
  E50, E51, E53, E35

 Outfit:

Black: C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, 100

Orange: YR02, YR07, YR09, E08, E15, E18

 

Floor:

E40, E70, E71, E74, E77

Background:

W1, W2, W3, W5.

I hope you liked it,

thanks for stopping by,

Franz.

Love Builds A Garden

 I am a sucker for romance,
and can't resist a decent love story.

That's why I was so thrilled to post a copic project

on Valentine's day.

I choose "Full Heart", 

a digital image, made by Mo's digital pencil. 

While I was coloring, I looked for a title to use.

Elton John's song "love builds a garden"

was going through my head.

The image reminded me of those lyrics....

 " And love builds a garden
Grew it from the ground up
Each one of us knowing
Every inch of it was us
We pulled it all together
Hoping and believing
That love built this garden
For the two of us to dream in "

I hope you don't mind
when I get a little corny, 

as I dedicated today's post
to my own private cogardener.

Copics: 

Skin: E0000/000/01/02/11/21

Blush: R0000/00/20

Hair: Y21/23/26/28

Dress: W0/03/05/07

Sky: B0000/00

Ground: E50/51/70

Flowers: YG91/93/95/97
R00/02/05/08/17/24/32
Atyou spica red

Happy Valentine's !