So as of late Ive been toying with the idea of getting back into markers. And with this comes a new slew of situations.

Mostly now I work based on papermate ball pont pens (replaced by my new cross sexyness mom gave me). And col erase pencils, inked with archival ink or steadler leds.

I am fasinated by the raw look of pencils, and can somewhat master the simple shadeings. Scribbling away and looking at my finish product usualy makes me feel good about it, however recently my mind has lusted to work on a new challenge... color. I had promised myself back when that I would not allow color to be a crutch until I felt secure on my linework, tho now I can go back and critique my own work, I feel strength in each stroke enough to want to try my hand at traditional media color.

Yes yes I know of corel draw, painter, art rage, photoshop, illustrator, et all. But I am a tradicional guy, I want to feel how the pigment flows from the tool onto paper and makes the characters pop to life.

Now here is a question for those of you out there. Toying in my head I have a few options, most new to me so Id like some opinions from those who have played around with them.

Watercolor vs Gouash: What are the basic differences? Is one better than the other for illustrating? Learning?

Markers: Copic vs Pantone Tria. I have used tria and prismacolor, Ive leaned towards tria since the colors match the pallete, dont bleed as much and dont streak as much. But Ive recently heard a lot about copic. Is it worth the investment?

Any comments greatly appretiated

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