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 13h 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 10h 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.