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Many times have people asked how I do my traditional colored pencil works. And now I have finally finished my second tutorial. This one tells not only using of normal colored pencils but also the watercolor pencils, because if I make a drawing with colored pencils I allways use also the watercolor pencils. I almost never use water with the watercolor pencils, I just love the stronger and more covering feeling of them.This tutorial tells actually only about skin coloring, but the tecnique is same when I color something else.
If you are interested about my traditional art tecniques, you should also see my watercolor tutorial.
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Thanks so much, this is a huge help! I'll definately have to invest in some watercolor pencils.
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Amazing tutorial!! Thank you SOOOOOO much for making this!! 
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Thanks!
I just got some new color pencils and still never understood them until now!
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Me too, noke is amazing!!
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I wish I had those shades of colors ;A;
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any time!!
i'm sure i'll use your tips
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i wish you did carry on with the tutorial, i sure woulda read it
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Thank you! I think that would have been maybe too big work fo me! And I wan't that people are creative! So I only gave the thecnique
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Ah this is a great tutorial-thankyou so much *o*
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Omg, this is so cool! Could you by any chance tell me where you got your pencils from? I can't find anything like those ANYWEHRE.
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Thank you! Yes, I can tell, but I'm not sure if it'll help. They are from a Finnish art store (zomg I don't know what's the real name for a store where you can buy paint and pencils etc : D ) But the brand is Derwent, maybe they have a web shop?
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Yup, I found some online! Thanks a bunch!
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This will help me so much with coloring traditionally with colored pencils, thank you so much!
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Great tuto! It's a great tip for not press the pencil (I have to work on thar ^^"") amazing how you did!
It's sad for not have how to color the clothes in this tuto, it youl really help me ^^""
Thanks!
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I'm glad people find this useful! Thank you for your kind comments!
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You're welcome! But tha thanks is mine, this tutorial really helped me a lot (now I don't use all that amount of pencils - that wasn't necessary as well)
But I have one question: how did you do to your colloring be good in the computer? Because when it's in the computer, some colors fade and it doesn't have the same effect
Thanks for answering again! Because a lot of peoples (the ones who draw best and do tutorials) never answer o_o'
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You are right,computer coloring is very different. So I use very different methods when I use photoshop etc. There are various styles to color with computer and I don't have one specific style only.
Here are some tutorials that have been useful for me, they might help you too:
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Search more from DA, it's full of great tutorials: [link]
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Thank you very much! It'll help a lot and sorry for all the trouble you did to find those ^^""
I'll try them out
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No problem, my pleasure 
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Interesting technique you have here. :3 this has helped me with a few problems in my own style of colored pencil-ing. xD
Thank you very much for sharing!
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No problem, I'm glad it is useful! Thank you!
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These will help a lot thanks!
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Whooooaaaa.... -awe- i just find this especially even more amazing for some reason that it's done with colored pencils... I love seeing work in progress. 
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ok.. i wanna ask something... you said that canson sketch book is too weak (which i use and which is true 
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Well actually I think the paper is good for this kind of coloring, when it's thick enough. Usually paper is good when there is a text "drawing paper" and NOT "sketch paper". If you are unsure, ask from the store you are buying. There are so many papers! Also watercolor paper can be used, it's almost always thick enough.
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I would spend time reading everything.
How did u color her sleeves?
I am having a bit of trouble with coloring traditionally.
Can u give me a few more tips?
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I used brown, grey and a lot of white when I colored her sleeves. And pink and little darker pink. But the thecnique is still the same I used to color the skin.
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I am scared to try this method because I feel I might mess up.
I am really having a hard time with shading too.
And it is mostly when I color the skin.
So if my character's skin colr is brown do I use really dark brown and black for shading?
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Yes, I think dark brown and black would be the best. But it ofcourse depends on the characters skin color. You can also use for example a very dark violet or blue for the shaiding.
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With brown skin?
What strange effect will that make?
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It's good to experiment ;D It may sometimes bring interesting results. But the safer way is dark brown and black shading with a brown skin
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Im scared to do my own experimenting because I end up messing up the picture. XDDD
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Yes, there is the risk D: But sometimes it may be worth it. But if you feel unsure, you should first get familiar with the basic colors.
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thank you so much for making this...i'm not so good with any type of coloring really, i just kidna do black and white, but with this...oh my! i wanna color everything now. your so patient and talented to do something like this.
you generous person you lol
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Thank you, I'm so glad you think so
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>w< This is gonna help a lot when I color with colored pencils. Thanks for making the tutorial~
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Amazin! I need to practice my colored penciling... but for now i'll have to use crayola... and printer paper... >.<
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just curious, but my scanner picks up colored pencil horribly. Is it better to take a photo?
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Well I use scanner too and the result is not good, but I adjust colors and lightning with the photoshop so I can get quite original feeling. Usually you get much sharper result with scanner than with a camera, but it ofcourse depends on the camera/scanner.
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You make colored pencils seem like nothing to use! <3~~!
Thank you so much for spending time to make this!
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Aww, thank you! I'm so glad some people appreciates my work
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