ACEO cards - step by step colouring tutorial

Here is a little step by step tutorial for making aceo cards, hope you like it! ♥(✿ฺ´∀`✿ฺ)ﾉ

First of all I start to draw the aceo outlines on paper, nomal aceo cards have a size of 2.5 x 3.5 inches (6,4 cm x 8,9 cm). I use the japanese deleter paper, it's really great for work with markers.

 For my sketches I love to use my favourite mechanical pencils.
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0,7 and 0,5mm

 Starting with a raw sketch. At the beginning it don't have to be something spectacular. 

Now you just have to shape the Body

 When I draw hair I usually beginn drawing the fringe. 

 It works best when you move the pen with a flick of the wrist!

Tadaah! I'm sorry, it's a bit blurred. (⁎˃ᆺ˂)

 I draw the outlines over the sketch but sometimes if the sketch is to messy I use my lightpad to copy it clearer on a new paper.

 Then just erase the pencil lines away. (*´・ｖ・)

 This time I started with the hair, I choose a light shade and let the hair tips over the face white because I like it when the colour blends with the skin tone. 

  

With a pastel pink I make blush and darken some parts of the hair. (｡･ω･｡) Don't worry, you can blend harsh lines away.

 See, just use the primary colour again. (｡´∀｀)ﾉ

 

Here I used some cell shading...

 ...and blended it again with the first colour. 

 For better colour transitions I also use my beloved crayons! (●♡∀♡)

 Yeah and quite the same with the skin tone...

 I use very various crayon shades, just some reds, oranges, browns, pinks, flesh tones, even purple... （　´∀｀）

 And now let's start with the eyes!

 With the yellow I blurred the orange in the middle away, thats a cool effect.

 Use darker colored pencils for the upper parts of her eyes.

 Personally I don't like it when the background is too overloaded, so I just blendet some nice colours together. ヽ(´･ω･`)､

 Some highlight in the hair...

 ... on the eyes, cheeks and of course boobs! (ﾉ≧∀≦)ﾉ

Yeah, last but not least add some shoujo sprinkle made with white ink and a brush and you are finished!

☆*･゜ﾟ･*\(>ω<)/*･゜ﾟ･*☆

 I hope you were able to learn something from my tutorial, it was fun!
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