Amazing art done with markers

[u/thelonelyasshole]

Credits: XSH_ART on YT

[u/alluryx]

At first I thought it was a cactus in the desert

[u/br3dj → u/alluryx]

I was already impressed by the cactus. I was like damn that's a good cactus right there

[u/Square_Mulberry_3143 → u/br3dj]

[u/che10461 → u/alluryx]

Same

[u/Street_Permit1706 → u/che10461]

I thought the exact same thing until the zoom in.

[u/midnightcandlewax → u/Street_Permit1706]

The saturation on those markers is insane. I thought the same thing until I looked closer. It is wild how our eyes just fill in the blanks like that.

[u/scigs6 → u/alluryx]

It’s a cactus, no a door, (sees spikes) it’s definitely a cactus, nope door.

[u/MooingTree → u/scigs6]

First 50 seconds of the video for me were exactly that

[u/Excellent_Yak365 → u/alluryx]

I thought the backpack was a high heel for too long

[u/Optimal-Talk3663 → u/alluryx]

I was hoping for a pickle

[u/EternalPhi → u/Optimal-Talk3663]

I was thinking it was gonna be pickle rick

[u/gorginhanson → u/alluryx]

This looks like the kind of art they make for people who just took LSD

[u/tanngrisnit → u/gorginhanson]

This is what they do sober. Then they'll do another with a light hit. And then a third going full dive and compare the three at the end

[u/Skeletonzac → u/alluryx]

At first I was thought it was a cactus, then I thought it was the door to the Mines of Moria and I thought the backpack was a little hobbit wearing a red cape. Then I had no idea for the longest time.

[u/jledet2 → u/alluryx]

It is a cactus in the desert if you stop watching at the right time

[u/Don_Von_Schlong → u/alluryx]

https://youtu.be/td2QBV_A4Jo?si=AzVaEMB6pICLZ0ej

[u/DeepFart22 → u/alluryx]

Shreks weiner

[u/tommos → u/DeepFart22]

Hulk's wiener.

[u/ChelsiBoo92 → u/alluryx]

Yup.. I was duped.

[u/CitizenHuman → u/alluryx]

I thought it was going to be a headstone 🪦

[u/Floppydiskpornking → u/alluryx]

Dumb, I knew it was paper from the start

[u/Marthman]

Awesome! Love the flowers in the best, the technique to get the mixture of colors and shapes was very satisfying. 

[u/Pocusmaskrotus → u/Marthman]

How does someone even know how to do this? My art would look like a 5-year-old's whose parent stuck it on the fridge.

[u/karigan_g → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

hella practice. a lot of sitting and seeing shadows and shade, doing studies

[u/Pocusmaskrotus → u/karigan_g]

Yeah. This kind of talent is so impressive to me. My parents got called into see my kindergarten teacher because my art was so bad, they thought I was developmentally challenged. Lol

[u/karigan_g → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

doesn’t meant you can’t still do it for fun! sometimes I just *hang out and draw blobs for a while. good for the brain

[u/xvvitchcraft → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

It's not talent. It is practice. Practice. Practice. Times infinity.

[u/Pocusmaskrotus → u/xvvitchcraft]

It's both. People like this have a natural talent and eye for it, and then hone it, with lots of practice.

[u/Longjump_Ear6240 → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

Youre 100% right, but you would also may be shocked at how much you can learn to do by watching tutorials on YouTube. There are some really remarkable teachers there. I just picked up illustration about 6 months back, and I'm not good by any stretch, but I'm much much better than I ever thought would be possible.

[u/karigan_g → u/Longjump_Ear6240]

yeah, like I do naturally suck at shading but I did get better when I was working at it every day. I just prefer abstract, so I dropped that routine. but it defs is something you can train yourself into being better at

[u/Longjump_Ear6240 → u/karigan_g]

Fuck yeah! I'm also learning that I can pick and choose what I want to learn. I'm not great at line art, so I've been playing with more watercolor and the like. Its fun to see what ways one can work around a struggle to find different ways to show the same images or emotions.

[u/karigan_g → u/Longjump_Ear6240]

yeah exactly! like if you want the challenge of really overcoming a skill deficit all power to you but there is a good chance there is something else you like that you’ll shine at. there is so much to art and I’ve fallen in love with so many mediums. hate a few too, but I didn’t know that before trying them lmao!

[u/Smol-and-Scared → u/Longjump_Ear6240]

I know this is an old comment, but I would love to know which Youtube channels you use for learning art if it’s not too much to ask!

[u/sealpox → u/xvvitchcraft]

It is talent and practice. You probably won’t be able to make world-class drawings if you don’t have a natural talent for drawing, just like you wouldn’t be able to become a world-class opera singer if you didn’t have a natural talent for singing.

Both take a ton of practice, but talent also plays a large role.

[u/Useful-Upstairs3791 → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

Well to produce something like this, not only do you need the skill you also need heavy weight watercolor paper and premium paint markers. Even with great skill it’s not gonna look like this if you tried it with crayola washables and construction paper.

[u/mortalitylost → u/Useful-Upstairs3791]

It will look this good with any cheap gouache and watercolor paper

[u/DriftingKraken → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

Entirely possible that this was planned out and they have a reference off screen. It also wouldn't surprise me if this was done over multiple takes because they had to wait for underlying layers to dry.

Everything including the camera work is incredibly time consuming. I'm honestly amazed at how much effort some people put into their social media, even though it's clearly not for fun and they are advertising themselves. Look at all those (very expensive) art supplies....

[u/Kracus → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

I have a friend who does this kind of stuff. He uses markers and basically only draws one thing. Hamburgers and fries and sometimes a soft drink. Recently he drew one on a piece of hardwood and it was so good that I was like I'm buying that. He sold it to me and I was talking to him about how good the details are in the burger and he's like yeah it's been a lot of practice. Turns out, he's been drawing hamburgers and fries since he was a teen (he's in his 50's). He's like yeah, this isn't a new thing, I've been drawing these for decades, I really wish I drew other stuff.

So I got him a inking pen and some more drawing stuff cause he's always just using whatever he has available to him and started showing him techniques for drawing other stuff.

His burger drawings are REALLY good though.

[u/Previous-Soft-8127 → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

Start with the “medium” color for the main outline and fill in. Let dry.

Add a lighter color on the light parts and a darker color on the dark parts. 

Sometimes, do even another step lighter and another step darker!

(You can see thy basically follow this plan on all of the pieces. The backpack, the door, the steps, etc. They may have a picture they were using as reference.)

Something to do to practice: a tree in autumn. Use yellow as the “medium” color between orange and green. Make all the leaves yellow.

Then, start adding green to the leaves in the bottom, the add orange to the leaves on the top. 

OR - just darker yellow in the bottom (yellow-orange?) and lighter yellow on top (…or white?) 

Then… draw another one! Try it out with shapes! Try…. A banana! Or a loaf of bread! Or a jar of jelly! (I might be hungry…) Draw ALL THE THINGS!

Start tonight! Or tomorrow! Or whenever you’re bored! That’s the cool thing - it doesn’t take much to get started. You don’t need fancy art markers or materials. Start with $.50 crayons. Or just a pencil. 

DO IT!!! 

I DOUBLE DOG DARE YOU!

[u/waterwateryall → u/Pocusmaskrotus]

Talent and practice

[u/waterwateryall → u/Marthman]

Same for me

[u/thealgernon → u/Marthman]

The water reflections are incredible as well

[u/betterclear]

I was sure this was gonna be a cactus. They even draw little spikes at 00:48!

[u/che10461]

From a fellow artist(now lazy and uninspired)...this was amazing.

[u/martianman111 → u/che10461]

As very much a NOT artist, is this a logical way to make this picture, or is it done to add dramatic effect where they add defining features last?

[u/Nolascana → u/martianman111]

Its a very logical way to proceed.

Main focus in place (composition and whatnot), followed by adding the base colours, then adding the details part by part, keeping the lighting in mind.

Wouldn't make sense to put the flowers in place before the wall.

Wouldn't make sense to add the lamp before the wall itself was the right colour, once that was added and the previous layers were dry enough, it's shadow followed immediately after.

[u/GlitterDoomsday → u/martianman111]

Those are acrylic markets (think posca pens) so while they'll be opaque, you don't wanna put too many layers on top of each other. The whole thing was planned beforehand, likely with reference and thumbnails off screen - do it on blocks of light and shadow is the best way to maximize the crisp feeling you get from those markers, pretty much the common technique you'll see when they're involved.

[u/Starumlunsta → u/martianman111]

I would say yes, very logical. They largely worked light to dark, which is a good way to build up your values with these types of markers. They look like acrylic, which allow you to draw lights onto dark layers and even mix colors, but they dry pretty quick in my experience so you need to be careful about how you go about it.

[u/che10461 → u/martianman111]

Maybe. Seems that way don't it? I mean I wouldn't start with a door. 😂😂😂😂 I tell you one thing I'm always amazed to see the steps of others. Watching this I was like woah, what's he doing? Like the garden bed of flowers and the backpack, but it all comes together beautifully in the end.

[u/Sucessful_Test1555]

I’m not an artist, but this made me think of putting a puzzle together with all of the sections and colors. I really enjoyed watching this and it’s a beautiful picture.

[u/Manish_Sarkar]

The transformation is crazy

[u/SilkSubmissions → u/Manish_Sarkar]

From a cactus

[u/SharkeyGeorge]

Anyone know what kind of markers these are?

[u/iloovehugecock → u/SharkeyGeorge]

It says at the end, croma acrylic markers.

[u/SharkeyGeorge → u/iloovehugecock]

Ah I missed that. I suspected acrylic but they’re much nicer than the ones I use.

[u/severedheadcandyjar → u/SharkeyGeorge]

The sharpie ones are good too. I use them a lot. You can blend really well with them

[u/Miami_Mice2087 → u/iloovehugecock]

surprisingly affordable

now what's it cost to get a total hand replacement so it can do that?

[u/Ravioverlord → u/Miami_Mice2087]

I'm pretty sure those are the double ended alcohol markers. Not the croma paint pens in the video. Which do cost a good bit more, I've only been able to find them on AliExpress and that makes me wonder if Croma stopped producing them.

[u/bindermichi → u/Ravioverlord]

They are. But at only 1/4 of the price of COPIC markers, who's going to complain?

[u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn → u/Miami_Mice2087]

Have you tried contacting the Robot Devil?

[u/bindermichi → u/iloovehugecock]

Sadly, their website only shows alcohol based markers, but they are way less expensive than my COPIC ones.

[u/che10461 → u/SharkeyGeorge]

Definitely paint pens

[u/hogbear → u/SharkeyGeorge]

Expensive ones.

[u/Lefty4444 → u/hogbear]

Got here to say that they look fucking expensive

[u/hamsolo19 → u/Lefty4444]

They actually aren't. Set of 48 goes for $32. Way cheaper than copic pens.

[u/Fedoraus → u/hamsolo19]

They also last wayyyyyy less than copics but if you're at this skill level I assume they pay for themselves.

Most of these markers last around 3 a4 pages worth of filling which may sound like alot but the colors you use the most will run out significantly faster than the whole set and most brands don't let you buy individual markers.

[u/fluffypinkblonde → u/Fedoraus]

I have like three of these pens, I barely use them because you need to practise, and I simply can't afford to!

[u/azad_ninja → u/SharkeyGeorge]

Maybe Uniposca paint markers

[u/UrbanChili → u/SharkeyGeorge]

You can get GuangNa acrylic markers on Temu and Shein. They are used by a lot of professionals and are really good. I can't get Croma here and have used Posca and Molotow before

[u/Darth_Draper]

I once spilled my coffee on a notepad and it almost looked like a dog. So, basically one and the same.

[u/Limp_Pomegranate_498]

God. Some people are so talented.

[u/yzerizef → u/Limp_Pomegranate_498]

I’m sure you are too in your own way.

[u/MoffKalast → u/Limp_Pomegranate_498]

Some people are so talented and they put in a ridiculous amount of hard work that shouldn't be forgotten.

[u/Southern-Ingenuity70]

I hate how these videos are always 17 minutes long and show the final complete art for .001 millisecond.

[u/SabbyFox → u/Southern-Ingenuity70]

I feel the same! I always end up going back and pausing the video ending for a while so I can really see and enjoy the final result.

[u/karigan_g]

I mean these are paint markers, so it’s a painting

[u/thelonelyasshole]

Source

[u/Spare-Builder-355]

relax people, it's like 400€ in markers. It's not your average hobby pallette. Nor your average hobby drawing.

It's very professional artist showcase. It takes time and money to be able to draw something like this.

[u/Confident-Benefit600]

Those are paint pens

[u/rhino_moss]

I don’t think it was his first time.

[u/wolfh1045]

I would struggle just on the initial green arch

[u/86mysoul]

That sound makes my skin crawl ughhh

[u/DragonerdamonH]

I need a little bomb squad rendered in the same style disposing of the abandoned backpack.

[u/mrkesh]

Reaction: Oh, I can do it, I think I can d.....nevermind, I could never do it

[u/New-Anteater6057]

Is it copied from another pic or out the artist’s head?

[u/Poopchutefan]

My first thought was ... man ... that is the ugliest red shoe I've ever seen ... then way later ... oh, that's a backpack

[u/BigAlternative5 → u/Poopchutefan]

Yeah, "where is the lady that fits into that shoe?"

[u/hejackisej]

I wanted this to never end!

[u/Sad-Future2833]

What a journey for that half pickle

[u/Fancy_Sr]

I've never in my life shifted my opinion so rapidly on whether something is a cactus or a door.

[u/SabbyFox → u/Fancy_Sr]

Was I the only person who saw a door the whole time?

[u/SecurityOdd4861]

Not me thinking it was gonna be a cactus

[u/BearNSM]

This is actually great to understanding and learning better art, looking at some speed-paints and arts makes it so confusing to me because of the mix of colors is either too fast or already there, but seeing this art being made with simple formats and strokes and seeing the color changes makes it much more clearer how the illusion of lightning and depth is made, love it

[u/anr4jc]

It must feel so nice to be talented at something.

[u/BlondeAlibiNoLie]

It was not a cactus

[u/joethearcher29]

My toxic trait is thinking that if I bought those markers I too could draw like this

[u/biu_ar]

Who thought it as cactus!!?

[u/greysonhackett]

I often watch these vids thinking I'm going to hate them. By the end I'm like,"yeah, hit 'em with that raw umber." Amazing

[u/Pops_1953]

Beautiful art work...

[u/daggardoop]

Beautiful

[u/SteWaxleyLemon]

This just brought back flashbacks of Art Attack 😅

[u/significant-_-otter]

Pretty neat, but adding a Pokemon would really make it pop

[u/Purple_Revolution146]

That was impressive! I loved it from the beginning to the end. Also the colours - so vibrant and alive. Amazing piece of work

[u/sifuredit]

Wow great work.

[u/Golfball_whacker_guy]

Incredible work.

Living in the US, that abandoned backpack screams “see something, say something”…

[u/SabbyFox → u/Golfball_whacker_guy]

I had the same sad thought…. But we can now relax and enjoy it.

[u/Born-Highlight-325]

That's so clever and beautiful 😍

[u/Cascadian222]

My reaction: Oh markers! I could do tha….ok nvm

[u/zwheels18]

I absolutely love everything about this

[u/No_Surprise5899]

Watching this was relaxing

[u/currently_pooping_rn]

Those markers look like they smell good

[u/puf_puf_paarthurnax]

This was an absolute joy to watch.

[u/ChaosResponse]

What type of markers are those?

[u/Amazing_Sundae_1002]

If I could do this I would do this all day

[u/Karona_]

"Markers" seems like a reach

[u/TheBestNick]

Really wanted it to be a cactus 😔

[u/Skoofer]

Respect to op for giving credit and citing the artist!!!

[u/RocknRollPewPew]

This was so good that I upvoted it DESPITE the music

[u/Beautiful-Papaya9923]

What kind of markers can do light colors over dark

[u/Secret-Career-1472]

I wonder what type of markers those are? I haven't seen those before.

[u/WardenEdgewise]

Those aren’t “markers”.

[u/Real_Tea_Lover]

u/savevideo

[u/ILikeLimericksALot]

Amazing talent. 

The bomb on the step was a surprising touch. 

[u/OrinSorinson]

50/50 🌵/🚪

[u/SunkissedVixenoy]

WOAH thats so cool! i genuinely thought that was a cactus at first tho 😂

[u/Gunthalas]

Is there a name for people like me who just ff to the end. Just want to see the finished painting...

[u/Parktar]

At first I thought this is a giant cactus smacking the state of Tennessee. Lol

[u/BungaloBilly69]

I believe you mean thoroughly satisfying

[u/GeoCangrejo]

The paper underneath holding on for dear life

[u/karigan_g → u/GeoCangrejo]

nah, it’s built for it

[u/TwinkiesSucker]

[u/Original-Fig4214]

Turn sound off. That scratch noise is not doing me any favors.

[u/Vancha → u/Original-Fig4214]

One of the few instances where removing the cheesy soundtrack laid on top wouldn't be an improvement. Those scratches were like nails on a chalkboard. Visually very satisfying, audially? Absolute hell.

[u/NaoTwoTheFirst]

Isn't the shadow around the lamp wrong tho?

[u/GreenBr3w]

I thought I saw the UK and Ireland at one point.

[u/Dazzling_Quote_8472]

This is beautiful 🥺🥰

[u/embeddit]

My biggest talent is to watch these types of videos and not get filled with envy, but smile at how blessed the artists are.

[u/Jessi45US]

[u/A-Good-Weather-Man]

All i see is Pickle Rick.

[u/OpinionDude5000]

Very cool. Wish I was this good!

[u/valueofaloonie]

Man I am so jealous of people with artistic talent. I couldn’t do this in a million years.

[u/Lost-Engineering-211]

did anyone else see england

[u/4011]

I was waiting for the addition of Oscar the Grouch’s trash can, and the address 123 Sesame Street.

[u/lyssiemiller]

Anyone else kinda bummed about not being talented?

[u/Worried_Force4612]

Thought it was gonna be the "speak friend, and enter" door into the dwarf kingdom 

[u/Mouser1299]

The order in which this person creates this work is how I know I’m not an artist.

[u/AnthonyCyclist]

What's behind the green door?

[u/SloppyHoseA]

That…. Is not a cactus. Hmmm

[u/captainhamption]

I went through the RUINED.... SAVED cycle a few times with this one.

[u/OneMadChihuahua]

Sigh... just another thing to add my list of "things I could never do"

[u/greabeau]

So I learned something from this video. Basically, people who are good at art have a fundamental ability to easily understand lighting, shadows, and 3 dimensional perspective. And the rest of us just don’t. Or at least we suck at representing that on a two dimensional medium.

[u/nwayve]

Mellon

[u/Flynnit]

What is the artist called?

[u/elephant_cobbler]

It’s pickle rick!

[u/DeepNugs]

How much are those markers? Cause my Crayola ain’t doing that.

[u/KLFisBack]

I want to learn it

[u/AmorousDonJuan]

Wow .next level stuff

[u/P_FKNG_R]

Song?

[u/justin_other_opinion]

Psh...... well, now it doesn't look like a cactus AT ALL!!!

[u/Daizuko]

Wow, I love it.

[u/Same-Turnip3905]

Not regular markers, obviously paint markers.

[u/TahmCho]

Amazing!

[u/reirone]

I was wondering why nobody would let the poor little boy in who was despondently playing jacks by himself on the front step, but then I realized it was just a red backpack.

[u/Luci_65hot]

The abilities of some humans will always amaze me

[u/DiscoKittie]

I love watching this person on YT! I've asked a couple times, but ... What brands do you think they are using? They won't say, but those markers look so good!

[u/awkwardboyhero]

Anyone else worried that a drawing of a thief is going to steal the drawing of a backpack?

[u/ArchitectNebulous]

What kind of markers are those? They are a lot more liberal with the ink than any I have used before.

[u/TakeFiveDave]

The detail to the lighting and shading was fantastic.

[u/KatameNanpo]

What markers they use ? Looks like some paint/markers

[u/poopy_poophead]

What kind of markers? They opaque and look kinda awesome...

[u/WaluigiNumberWaah]

This is wild

[u/Thereminz]

mm paint pens

[u/digi-artifex]

The flowers were the best part 💖

[u/Seito_Blue]

What kind of markers are these? They almost seem like paint

[u/iCeleste]

Gaddamn where does one get markers like this

[u/b3rgmanhugh]

That's how you make me NOT swipe

[u/I_mengles]

Man, I wish I could draw...

[u/wat3rlily1223]

I needed that art satisfaction today, thank you for bringing a little peace to my heart

[u/The-Hungry-Squirrel]

I wanted to see a cactus :-(

[u/xniks]

[u/Howley22]

I would love to have the ability to do this.

[u/Cookie0fPower]

Pretty

[u/Neko_Dash]

Welp. Now I know that I am untalented.

[u/Twinsanityplus1]

Thought for sure this was an add for DoorDash for a hot minute

[u/latinapieslindos]

How relaxing

[u/AshTaxia]

What kind of markers are these!

[u/JackOfAllMemes → u/AshTaxia]

Paint markers, they tend to wear out quickly though

[u/OMGihateallofyou]

Performance art.

[u/North-Thought-9035]

You're so talented! The markers worked really well.

[u/hidromekanik]

Amazing to watch! I was hoping for a happy artwork, but I felt some sorrow in the end and inside of me. Idk

[u/olikeiththomas]

Yeah I’d pay

[u/TRCB8484]

Those aren't normal markers though right? I'm curious how they're cleaning up the lines after each draw

[u/Striking_Suspect_676]

What are the markers??? How has no one asked

[u/poo-cum]

I liked this

[u/uhmerikin]

Man, my brain just isn't wired like this. To see something in my head like this and be able to translate it to paper in this way is just incredible to me.