This is a short series to show how different types of dry (and a few mixed or wet) media color on various papers. Since the goal is to show off the coloring medium--the lineart is incredibly simple, using Blossom the Weedle as the "model", I used a Sharpie PRO marker for the lineart (since it can't be warped or faded by liquids). Please feel free to ask me questions about any of the things I'm showing to you! :D

This is an example of three types of dry media on marker paper. Marker paper, itself, is a thin and smooth paper that is designed to work with markers. I, personally, don't really like marker paper for actually using markers--but I do really like it for doing pencil drawings and pen-and-ink works. Isn't that funny? I think it's because I can never get any blending done on marker paper--so, if you do celshaded style artwork, marker paper might actually be good for you to use with markers. XD

So, on the left is marker on marker paper--the markers shown here are Michaels Art and Craft stores' house brand, Artist's Loft. It's a decent marker, but not a wide range of colors--be warned, most colors displayed on the barrel look nothing like what happens on paper, so definitely make your own color-coding sheet of these. Marker on marker paper is actually SUPER-SMOOTH, though--so it works well together if you like that very smooth look.

In the middle is a pen-and ink illustration using my favorite brand of pens, Faber-Castell. Many people choose to use Pigma MICRONs from Sakura. I use them, too, on many occasions, but my favorite are the Faber-Castell drawing pens because they are derived from India ink and black pens are a very pure black. Sakura's pens can be a slightly washed-out black sometimes.

On the right is a pencil use example. For simplicity's sake I only used one pencil on this--though it is a lot of fun to use a pencil set with all of the different leaded pencils. But pencils are a medium that is incredibly versatile--though it does smudge, so always find a way to protect your work if you intend to keep it or give it away. I actually did this and all of the shading with a .07 mechanical pencil--achieved by varying my pressure with the pencil on the paper, or going over an area multiple times in different directions.