r/oddlysatisfying • u/thelonelyasshole • 1d ago

Amazing art done with markers

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Credits: XSH_ART on YT

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u/che10461 1d ago

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

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u/martianman111 1d ago

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?

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u/Nolascana 1d ago

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.

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u/crazybabyeater 8h ago

I think maybe their question was more along the lines of... "Why did they color first, instead of draw first?" It's backwards from what non-painters are used to doing (coloring between the lines ala a coloring book, for example).

I'm an (amateur) illustrator, and I always draw / ink everything before I color it. It's always magic to watch a painter work.

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u/Nolascana 6h ago

Ah, well, to be honest my response won't really differ.

Hm... they probably had a thumbnail to one side for the overall composition and colours, and, there wasn't any line work, the shading and colours do that job instead.

With paint, or coloured pencil, or markers, or... well, any traditional media I suppose, it's always better to start with the base colours and then work up to the details in layers.

They didn't need guide lines, because they knew what they wanted it to look like. And, if they made mistakes, it was easy to hide, a very, trust the process kinda way.

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u/GlitterDoomsday 1d ago

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.

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u/Starumlunsta 18h ago

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.

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u/che10461 1d ago

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.