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Here's the thread for you Copic users to share your experiences, discuss any issues and ask the Copic experts for advice and help.
This is intended to be an informative thread to share practical info so either post here with information and answers or PM users directly. Please don't post "PM me"/"I've PMed you" posts. :)
Check out this blog for extremely useful info on Copics.
thats a pretty cool blog kim
I've found that Tim Holtz distress ink in Black soot works particularly well, when colouring in with Copics, it doesn't bleed at all.:)
Oooh, sounds good Samm. How do you find Versafine with them?
All I need to do is find the cash to buy the copics now!
you andme both kevieQuote:
Originally Posted by kevie192
I'm considering investing in some of these.
Do you think it is better to pick your colours individually or just to go for a boxed set? I wasn't sure what the selection of colours would be like in the sets.
Thanks
Julie x
I bought mine individually, first of all I went for 2 of each of the colour sets, like 2 blue, 2 blue/violet, 2 green, 2 yellow green, etc, then after I had coloured with them I marked down all the other colours that I "needed" to go with them. I know have 90 of them mainly 7 from each colour group.
Thanks for the help - I'm of to study a colour chart now :lol:
Julie x
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Originally Posted by kevie192
I love my versafine but it does tend to bleed a bit, you have to leave it drying for a long time before you can colour with it, the same with Stazon.
The Brilliance pigment ink is great with Copics but make sure it is dry or blast it with your heat gun, it is fast drying but just to be sure!!
Can anyone recommend a place to buy copics from? I have looked in hobby craft and some craft shops but couldn't find any.
Janet i will pm you :)
I use Tsukineko's Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad with my Copic's, it works great and the fabulous thing about it is, it doesn't need to be heat set.
So you can start to colour straight away, no bleeding or feather with it either.
Sheila
Does anyone know how copics differ from promarkers? I'm going on a long plane journey and want to be able to colour some stamped images to keep me busy for those rare moments when both children are asleep but I wasn't sure which to go for.
I personally think the promarkers and copics are virtually the same, they do the same and I have bought the promarkers from silly monkey crafts who is a sponsor here x
Can anyone recommend a few nice colours for hair please.
That's the peeps I bought them from at the NEC :) wish you hadn't reminded me tho.. just looked up their addy and realised they're only an hour & a bit away from me and there's another nice shop on the way. I'll be skint once the car knows the way lol.
Well, let me try this again. Apparently I can't yet post links, so I lost my post. :(
I did quite a bit of research both before and during the purchasing of my Copics markers. I found helps on a site called Color Me Copic and Suzanne Dean's site called ScrapBitz. I started by purchasing 2 or 3 markers just a few numbers apart so that I could shade, and I purchased from a list I found that Marianne Walker suggested. I see that Suzanne has a starter list on her site as well. I still watch lots of vids! I like Suzanne's and different ones I find on YouTube to learn how to shade hair, clothes, skin, etc. I now have 138 markers and feel like I have enough to do most anything. (I hope ;) )
Don't know if any one has answered this but it seems to me the main difference is that Copics can be refilled, but weighed against that is that Promarkers are cheaper. Both are alcohol ink pens.Quote:
Originally Posted by Emmak
Does anyone know is printer ink prone to bleeding with copics or am I just not letting it dry enough?
Even after at least 24 hours its still bleeding a bit.
Thanks
I've never had a problem with the copics and printer ink bleeding even when colouring a couple of hours after printing ,It could be the paper your using , I print on Neenah or Rymans coated
Thanks,
I may have to invest in better card.
Not sure what the brand is I'm using, think its just generic stuff from craft shop.