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Manga Contributor - Jodie Azar - Easter Special
Jodie Azhar : Easter Special
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If you want to be able to keep your eggs after you've decorated them without the egg going rotten, you first have to blow the inside of the egg out.
To do this, you need a normal sewing needle or pin. At the very top of your egg make a few small scratches in the same place, to weaken the egg shell. You should now be able to push the needle through the shell to create a small hole. Do the same on the bottom of the egg, but make the hole slightly bigger. Now make sure you have a bowl to catch the contents of the egg and blow through the smaller hole until all of the inside of the egg is out.You can now begin decorating your egg!
Because the surface of the egg shell is very smooth, the marker ink takes a while to dry. To create a patterned egg it is best to wait for each colour to dry before applying the next colour. If you have a whole box of eggs you can start work on another design as the previous egg dries.
You can draw the design onto the egg in pencil before you start working in colour, so you have an outline to work with. Because ink takes a while to dry, fineliner ink will smudge if added to the egg first. When drawing on eggs, your inked lineart will be added after you've drawn the colour.
To create the tiger egg, first cover the entire egg with orange ink using the wide nib of your ProMarker and then wipe any excess ink of with a clean tissue. This will leave you with a smooth consistent colour all over you egg. You can then draw the detail on using the small nib of a darker colour, such as brown or black.
To smooth the colour on a small area, you can use a cotton bud to remove excess ink.
The same technique was used to create the Geisha egg. The red for her kimono was drawn on first and then the excess was wiped away to leave a smooth colour. The detail can then be added on afterwards.
It is best to always apply your lightest colour first so that darker colours don't smudge when you add a new colour. If you want to add detail using lighter colours, it is probably best to leave those areas blank when putting down your base colour, as the light coloured marker may pick up the darker ink and you don't want to dirty the colour of the pen.
For the Geisha's hair you can use the small nib of the ProMarker to draw on the egg in the direction that the hair would fall. Don't wipe away the excess ink and it will dry in streak that looks like strands of hair.
You can use masking fluid to cover areas before putting down your base colour and then remove the masking fluid when you want to add the lighter colours, so that you don't need to worry about getting dark coloured ink where you don't want it. Masking fluid can be bought from most good art shops.
Why not also try creating egg versions your favourite anime, film and game characters too? Be creative with your designs and see what you can come up with.
Why not enter your desi egg into the Letraset Hoshi competition for the chance to win a Manga Comic Art Set, simply submit your design by attaching your image to an email with your name, age, country and up to 25 words about your image to competition@letraset.com
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