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Post by ginger on Sept 10, 2012 18:21:12 GMT -5
Ladies,
I have some of the AI stamps. The ones I have are the ladies on the exercise balls, and in the chair, etc. I have been attempting to color these with Copics. I'm having an awful time keeping the marker inside of the lines.
I've colored with Copics for years now and these stamps are just trying my patience. I'm using Memento ink/Neenah cs. I have never had so many issues with the ink going outside of the lines.
My thought is that these lines are so fine that I just need to not use as much ink and stop farther away from the line than I normally do.
Any suggestions or experience? Please share!
Thanks,
Ginger
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Post by Susan on Sept 10, 2012 20:45:09 GMT -5
Ginger I would agree with you - the AI stamps are drawn very delicately, which I think is one of the reasons I love them so much  The one I have that I love the most is the ladies in the hot tub drinking wine - hahaha - LOVE those girls! Anyway - I color with a very VERY delicate hand...and in all honesty I usually end up using the bullet point end of my Copics instead of the brush tip. It seems to control how hard I am pressing the paper, and how much ink is soaking in. The only other thing I can suggest it to make sure the ink is dry. REALLY dry. I usually stamp several of the same image, and then let them sit while I get out my Ott light, start looking at markers, grab my swatch sheet - etc. I usually give an image a good 10 minutes to dry - just to be sure! Light light delicate little touches with your pen tip. And I do seem to think that these little ladies - the Girlfriends line - need less amounts of colors. Usually I may do 3 or 4 colors of ink on a little girl's dress, but with these girls I may only do 2. Bonnie - the artist behind AI - has done so much detail with lines and shadows and accents that I just use 2 colors of ink and I'm done! less layers of ink - helps with bleeding in-between the fine detailed lines! Hope that helps a little - don't give up. They are one of my favorite lines of stamps!!! |
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Post by 1whoscraps on Sept 11, 2012 10:15:21 GMT -5
You know if you want to be sneaky you can actually emboss your image which will create a ridge and help the ink from spilling over. When I first started coloring with copics I did that a few times. I love the AI stamps but OY! it's a lot of coloring. Here are a couple I did recently. dictionarysdoings.blogspot.com/2012/09/autumn-is-creeping-in.htmldictionarysdoings.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-from-expo.html - Scroll down a bit On the second one I kind of cheated and cut out which is another way to elimiate flaws on the borders otherwise as Susan says just use a light hand and I typically use the brush side of my copics but just the very tip. |
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Post by yankeegirl on Sept 11, 2012 11:50:25 GMT -5
That's what I do, too....emboss with the very fine black powder. Seems to keep the colors in the lines better. The other thing I do is to not get too close to the edges at first. I color in the center and just stop about 1/16 of an inch from the edge. I find as I build up the color, it starts to seep into that little white space and fills it in well. Then I go over any little white spots left with the bullet end of the marker. And your cards and coloring are A W E S O M E, 1whoscraps!!!
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Post by Susan on Sept 11, 2012 16:42:01 GMT -5
awesome suggestion for the heat embossing...just be sure to use the raised lines as an edge, and try not to color over the lines too much. The alcohol in the Copics will break down the embossed lines if you go over and over them, so if I"m embossing something I just color up to the embossed line, and not really over it. Hope that makes sense! HAHA - I'm not always good at explaining what I mean. But in our Copic training/certification classes we did do some embossing, and then colored over the lines to see how long it takes to break down. Darker colors like red and blues break down the emboss faster than flesh colors and yellow! And Kathy is right - Leslie your cards are ADORABLE!!! I love that Kraftin' Kimmie! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2012 22:44:15 GMT -5
I've found that patience helps a LOT (not that I'm at all good at that!  As suggested above, embossing, and waiting for it to be very dry make a huge difference. I do better if I multi-task while I impatiently wait: 1) Do the embossing. 2) Work on something else, which keeps me distracted from wanting to color right away. ;D I'm sure this isn't news to anyone here!  |
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Post by 1whoscraps on Sept 12, 2012 11:36:54 GMT -5
Thanks ladies  Well that is very interesting..just learned something new..who knew..I guess maybe the alcohol content must be responsible..now I might just have to go try this out..LOL |
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Post by ginger on Sept 20, 2012 18:07:44 GMT -5
Thanks so much ladies! I hadn't thought about embossing. I may just try that. I know the ink was dry as I stamped and then the images sat for a week before I had a chance to even choose marker colors let alone stamp.
Oh, and I did use my fine line pens to complete the lines that weren't completed on the image.
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As suggested above, embossing, and waiting for it to be very dry make a huge difference.