#marker techniques

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At the start of this project all I wanted was to 'learn how to draw' using comics as a medium and the MDZS audio drama as inspiration.

I've come *very* far from making simple, 3 panel black and white comics, and I truly do intend to go even further. Thank you to everyone who cheered me on throughout 2023, it has been an incredible year in so many ways I never could have imagined. I look forwards to drawing throughout 2024 B*)

#poorly drawn mdzs #art summary #It's so interesting looking back at how my style and technique changed throughout the year! #I used PD-wwx as the consistent factor (October is an exception) and you can see so many processes going on. #My little petri dish amoeba (with a little red bow to tell him apart from the other amoeba) <3 #Whether it's getting new markers or trying out a new shading style - it's cool seeing a snapshot of my journey like this B*) #There's certainly been a slower curve to my overt improvement *but* I have become so much faster! #My life outside of drawing has been hectic and at several points extremely stressful this year. For all the work this blog has been- #-It has truly been a life saving anchor when the darkest of times have hit. #Love is hard work. Change is even harder work. Sticking to a goal I set out for myself and striving to keep going was worth it. #And I love drawing. I think there has always been something in me that longed for this. And it is finally tangible! I can draw!!! #I wanted to make a more elaborate year reflection where I looked back at my favourite comics and jokes. #but I'll leave that to the one year anniversary. #I have also been collecting a ton of statistics throughout the year and I am desperate to share them. I'm that kind of nerd B*) #I can never say it enough: Thank you all for the kindness and support. I wish everyone a lovely 2024!!!

[superfallingstars]

Snapetober Day 3: Path

#coincidentally(?) also the prompt for inktober day 3 #tried out my brush pen for a change but i think this paper can't really handle marker... oh well #one of the fun things about inktober is getting to try different techniques #(and also forcing myself to post stuff even if i'm not super satisfied with it. don't clock my anatomy lol) #my art #snapetober #snapetober 2023 #inktober #inktober 2023 #hp #severus snape #severus snape art #snape #snape art #professor snape #pro snape #snapedom #snape fandom #hp fanart #harry potter #severus snape fanart #snape fanart

[paper-starz]

I think you can tell that I REALLY LIKE me new markers!!

Here I’m practicing drawing the three HARDEST for me to draw (excluding Home)

LOOK AT THEM!!! I ADORE THEM! (Especially Eddie!! He turned out super nice!!)

(OH! CLICKY FOR BETTER QUALITY!!)

#welcome home #wally darling #frank frankly #eddie dear #welcome home wally #welcome home eddie #welcome home frank #frank x eddie #been doing a new marker technique too!! #welcome home home

[skaters-art-blog]

Finally was able to do my beloved mutual Rozu's DTIYS for the anniversary of Painted Illusions!! I decided to do my clingyduo designs for this instead of hers, so i think ill really lean into her design for the second one!!

Anyway enjoy! @rozugold

#dream smp #mcyt #dsmp #tommyinnit #tubbo #clingyduo #painted illusions #it was really fun to get to draw traditionally again for this one!! #got to use my new markers and use some new techniques and i like how it turned out!

[myrkkymato]

Dirty Little Animals

That song is so going to be my most listened song this year. It fits both of them so well.

Art nerd alert underneath:

If you like drawing with (waterproof) ink, you can try watering small amounts down. Dried layers don't smudge like aquarelles do but liquid ink behaves like aquarelles on wet surfaces.

#Arcane #arcane ran #arcane sevika #arcane fanart #illustration #indian ink #art techniques #Art nerd stuff #myrkkymato art #Maybe I'll keep throwing different techniques at you like dodgeball #So you never know what my art obsessed ass is going to do next #I tried to aim for some coherent style or technique but i give up #It's still going to be fan art tho #Painting this was SO much fun and I feel like I'm back on my comfort zone after trying to get a hold of markers and (especially) colors #It's been years since I last used this technique and it was before i got burnt out and had a huge art block #i'm so happy and excited i can enjoy art again #I write too much for someone who has never been good with grammar sorry

[crown-ov-horns]

I did some more work on these. Meaning, I turned pencil sketches into line-art. I should try and colour them, probably.

(Fem!Crowley)

(Satan)

(Maxine Frost, my Antichrist)

#good omens #good omens fanart #good omens fanwork #crowley #fem!crowley #lady crowley #good omens crowley #lucifer #good omens satan #maxine frost #antichrist #good omens oc #my art #my artwork #my drawing #traditional art #traditional drawing #hand drawing #fan art #my fanart #line art #pen #sketchbook #character design #i'm having a hard time deciding what fur to put on max's cloak #these people wear a lot of black and my technique with black is black marker and white pen #i dread colouring because i often ruin things #i started colouring crowley but muspkaced my bloid red marker then i found it #i don't have a lot of time for drawing lately #guess who's having a meltdown because of a stray line in crowley's hair

[willczek-art]

Round Two Joey!Ethan, I'll get your face right eventually-

(don't mind Ted getting musicald on the bottom there, he deserves it :³)

#ethan green #ted spankoffski #joey ritcher #starkid #hatchetfield #fanart #my art #doodles #facial hair or no facial hair ethan??? #its a lottery #im happy with these tho I feel like i got decently accurate ^u^ #if i keep up this pace i'll need to go hunting for new markers in few days... already ran out of my sketching Grey one #or i'll have to change the technique #either way im keeping up this streak at least for a while now #i still have few characters I really want to doodle #got sidetracked with Joey's but tomorrow we r going back to other people 👀✨ #gun tw

[shyhandart]

Hey I really love your artwork, it looks like it was drawn traditionally and I was wondering how you're able to achieve that aesthetic. Do you use any specific programs or is it actually drawn on paper?

Hello!!! Thank you SO much.

I use procreate!

The first step i use is to put a paper texture over the entire background, and set that layer to multiply. All other layers are drawn beneath this one.

I use the peppermint brush in the sketching category for just about everything. Its a pencil brush i with a really nice texture to it.

Ive found that the trick to getting digital art to look traditional, is to use the same techniques i use when i do traditional art. Which means i often use an eraser at a lowered opacity instead of the undo tool, and i never have my pencil size set to more than 10% (tho i fiddled with the brush size settings so that may be larger or smaller for you) and its opacity is like 67% percent

This includes coloring. insert peter griffin death pose. It really does make a difference tho. Doing tiny little circles like you would traditional colored pencil gives it little gaps of less color that really makes it look real

As for my line work, im not sure this adds to the traditional illusion, but i duplicate that layer at set it to linear burn. Gausian blur the linear burn layer 2% and clipping mask a warm and saturated color

Also, i dont actually do ink. I just clean my sketch

Also also!! Above the multiply paper texture (sorry i lied earlier) if you do a fully white overlay layer at 20-22% opacity. If you add 167-169% noise, set the setting to multi and turn off additive, it gives the texture of noise without changing your colors!!

#not art #shy speaks #asks #art help #art resources #im more than happy to share my techniques i wish i had a resource like this when i was trying to get my art to look the way it does #also #if you sketch traditionally and put the picture in ibis paint #if you put a layer above it to color and set it to color burn it looks like you colored it traditionally with markers #secret exra tip #im so so glad im actually to the point i can trick people into thinking my art is traditional i love the look of traditional art sm #<333

[aftg-random-fun]

Andrew looked up from his book to check on Neil on the couch. Neil had been unusually quiet while watching the exy game on tv. Neil was spaced out tracing his fingers on his arm bands in figure eights and circles.

“Yes or no?” Andrew asked as he bookmarked his page and stood up. Neil blinked as he came back to reality. “Yes or no?” Andrew repeated once Neil was focused on him.

“Yes.” Neil said as Andrew nodded to himself as he ducked into their room. Neil stayed on the couch waiting to see what Andrew would grab. When Andrew came back out he had the box with coloring supplies. “What are you going to do with those?” Neil asked with a tilt of his head.

Andrew opened up the case revealing the markers. “You’re tracing the scars again. I thought maybe coloring them might relieve some tension. These markers are water based so they’ll wash off.” Andrew explained as he drew a squiggle on his knuckle. “So, yes or no?”

Neil hummed and tilted his head as he looked at the markers. “Okay, yes, let’s try it out.” Neil decided with a nod and began rolling down one of the arm bands. He put the arm band on the coffee table. He plopped his bare arm between Andrew and him. “Is there a grey?”

“You and your grey!” Andrew rolled his eyes as he handed Neil the grey marker he already had ready. “Do you want any particular design?”

“Paw prints?” Neil suggested as he opened his marker and began making tracks. Andrew pulled out an orange and followed Neil’s lead. By the time the exy game was almost finished Neil’s arm looked like he had tiny creatures running around his body.

“Do you feel less tense?” Andrew asked as he captured his marker.

Neil smiled. “Yes, I hadn’t even realized.” He traced one set that Andrew had colored. Neil glanced at the tv. “Are you kidding me?! How could you miss that!” Neil said to the tv as the losing team made a spectacular fumble.

Andrew smirked as his Junkie returned to his normal self. Andrew moved the marker case to the coffee table and curled up next to Neil enjoying the restoration of life in his eyes.

Fin~

#all for the game #aftg #neil josten #andrew minyard #the foxhole court #andreil #all for the gay #tfc #fanfic #small fanfic #fluff #cute #markers #relaxation #calming technique #still new to fanfic writing #domestic fluff #caring partners

[doodle-birdo]

Day 21: Spears

Spears being handled non-violently.

#rain world #rw hunter #rw spearmaster #rw art month #birdo’s doodles #I SUPER LIKE HOW THIS TURNED OUT!!! #I think they would be good besties #they can relate a lot #hunters sharpening their spear if it wasn’t apparent #base colour with alcohol marker and then putting on the details with pencil is my new beloved technique

[solradguy]

Damn it! A.B.A. is getting more and more girly! Among my other regrets, I remember a fangirl asking me, “Why did you make Ky’s cheeks so blushed?” and at the time I quickly answered, "Because I wanted to.” But that's incorrect, and the real answer is because Ky was still a young kid at the time. The colors just didn't blend nicely, ugh! Coloring is so difficult, isn't it?

Cover for the Japanese release of Guilty Gear Isuka on the PlayStation 2. Scan and caption from Artworks of Guilty Gear X 2000-2007 by Daisuke Ishiwatari.

#guilty gear #guilty gear isuka #daisuke ishiwatari #playstation #playstation 2 #fgc #sol badguy #order sol #ky kiske #aba guilty gea #a.b.a. #my scans #my translations #guilty gear scans #This is a rare one where I can't actually tell with confidence what media Daisuke used for it #He definitely did the usual penciled work scanned and then printed out after being sharpened/cleaned digitally technique he used back then #But some of the highlights and textures of blended areas are unusual #It almost looks like watercolors or extremely diluted acrylic/gouache paint #Though some of the more saturated sections like the outline between Sol and Ky's faces look like markers #I know he uses correction fluid and sometimes colored pencils in his marker work #So I wonder if the base of this is in markers and he diluted the correction fluid for the unusual highlights on Paracelsus and the faces? #The tumblr compression might conceal it but you can make out some colored pencil texture at the bottom right of- #Paracelsus' head and it looks like a bit in the Robo-Ky motif at the top too where it blends into Ky/Sol's heads #Hmmm... I'm betting on the markers with diluted correction fluid #Something else that's interesting about this illustration is that you can see the back part of Sol's headband too #Usually it's covered by his hair but in a handful of these GGX/GGXX illustrations you can see it #I like to imagine that my art professors would be so disappointed in me for using my half-baked fine arts degree on analyzing- #-obscure Japanese fighting game illustrations hahahah

[flame-shadow]

Mossy Fool portrait

#hollow knight #mossy fool #flameshadowart #im exploring a new technique combining markers and colored pencils to a greater degree #ive used colored pencils on marker and watercolor art before but just for accents and corrections and textures #so im trying a different ratio #still working on finding the proper balance but it's been fun so far #traditional art doesn't hurt my wrist which i don't understand but don't want to question but im looking sadly at my tablet cuz #i have digital art i wanna do too #ok done rambling in the tags #ive been thinking about mossy a lot lately #id in alt

[maareyas]

been playing around with Ohuhu alcohol markers so I can get a feel for them :] First three were done on watercolor paper, bottom 2 were done on ohuhu's marker pad ✨

special thanks to @genotaurus for giving me their ocs to turn into pmd characters (+ random mudkip)

#pokemon mystery dungeon #sonic oc #markers #ohuhumarkers #pmd oc #traditional #traditional art #my art #oc: Haz #god it feels so good to do stuff traditionally again #also shoutout to my younger self who wanted to try copics but couldnt afford them #i'm still trying to feel out a proper technique to using markers but I think I'm getting the hang of it #more or less

[simplyghosting]

Bought some greyscale brush markers to practice values

#ghost posts #ghost art #I’ve never used markers before so that’s also a learning curve lol #no idea how people do it without streaks #but also I’m not using marker paper either #not sure of the difference between water vs alcohol based in technique #these are water so I know that they’re at least not waterproof

[thehottestbastardhere]

in honor of hlvrai being three (not in the terrible twos anymore) have a shrunk benny

#benrey #hlvrai #fanart #old piece i dunno if i ever posted is the backdrop #its actually about a year old so its befitting #shrinky dinks #funnie bc i just lade him today bc i wanted to #forgor it was year three... #benry #my art #happy b-day hlvrai #gordon freeman #(in the back) #interesting photo technique #once again my camera sucks and i must adapt #maybe eyestrain #also it is soooo hard to get an even color with alcohol markers holy carp

[tj-crochets]

Hey y’all! I got some comments on my “what to make next” post, and it got me thinking. Do you want me to make a post explaining some of how I do pattern designing for sewing?  And if so, do you want me to use the round elephant pattern as the example, or should I make a new pattern so I can show you from start to finish how it goes?

#I think I might've posted a little about it before but not much #because I had been feeling a little imposter-sydrome-y #but like after a certain point of plushifying art and making designs exactly the way I imagined them #(if maybe grumpier looking than intended lol) #I am no longer feeling imposterish #my techniques are not the most technologically savvy and if you have more computer art experience than I do #there is almost certainly an easier way to make a digital version of the patterns #but my way only requires three things: paper a pen (preferably a brush-tipped marker) and something to measure 1/4 inch with #also scissors for cutting out pattern pieces #like there are several extras that I use now and again when pattern designing to make doing certain parts easier but it's like #a pipe cleaner. some yarn. I do have a compass but it's super terrible and I think I've had it since I was like five #wait is it a compass? the angle measuring thing #I don't actually use it I just eyeball the angles tbh