>>49958826
>>49960771
Looks like a great first try! Since your style is based off your instincts, it's basically the opposite of mine where I am quite meticulous and end up with lots of fine details. For traditional marker drawings, I do a lot of planning. First I do a sketch in very light pencil, then I go over the pencil with an inking pen specifically made to withstand alcohol markers (so no bleeding occurs), let it fully dry, then I color everything. You usually have to color in small sections in order to blend because proper blending only happens when the paper is wet from the markers. From what I can tell you draw pretty fast, so actually that might work out for you in that regard because you can blend everything quickly while it's still wet. I usually work in sections, like when I do hair I will do the bangs, then the sides, then the back parts etc. Do one arm at a time, one section of the dress at a time or whatever else. They dry fairly quickly so I'm not fast enough to blend it all at once. If you let them dry then try to blend, it won't work out so well and the color won't look seamless because you can see where the new wet marker overlaps the old dry marker, as the color will be denser and darker (which is why I pick sections because if I need to stop coloring, I can end at that section and the colors won't look weird when I start up again). Because of this my traditional works are all full of mistakes, but I guess that also gives them a bit of charm at the same time. Markers also change color depending on how thick you lay them down, so I have a spot in my sketchbook where I "test" markers together because sometimes when you layer them the colors REALLY change. And another thing is you need a whole bunch of markers in order to make use of their blending and range of colors. Generally they're grouped together based on the color, for example for this Yuuka I used copic YG13 and YG17, chartreuse and grass green respectively. So it's good to buy markers in related groups. I also recommend the gellyroll pens like >>49959258 mentioned, they are great for adding highlights on top although a little difficult to work with at times due to them gumming up or the ink not coming out properly (but that can be fixed by drawing with them on a test paper and cleaning the tips). Here's a few pics I took for you of my markers, and this isn't even all of them. They are a bit expensive to get into but extremely fun at the same time. Like anything else it can take time to get used to them, and you may have to change the way you draw a bit but it could be a great learning experience for you if you really want to dive in. Good luck and I look forward to seeing future traditional works from you!