#messy messy messy copic sketches

[sardonicribbons]

a jootle a day keeps your psychiatrist away!

[azurethereaper]

Some older sketches to share.

[aaami-art]

quick little sketch of kuvetcos Mista cosplay over on insta! Been loving drawing cosplays as a way to warm up lately 

[moralesmilesanhour]

I saw your requests were open! I've seen in some concept art that Miles is trying out watercolor, can you (when you have the time and if you want to, ofc) please write a reader (Gn or fem) who is really good at watercolor and is a artist and teaches him? Either romantic or platonic work :D thank you, I love your work so much!!!

omg wait I used to do watercolor I still have the paints at home...hold my beer (I went with platonic)

Miles sucked his teeth as the pinks, blues, and green he had just put down ran together and formed a puddle in the middle of the paper.

No matter how many YouTube videos he sped through, he couldn't seem to grasp how the disembodied hand on his screen could lay down all that color (without the paper shriveling up like a raisin) and manage to sculpt it into something...comprehensible.

Just then, he remembered the scanned painting you had sent him the other day. It was a vibrant forest, dotted with bright neon flowers and birds dozing off in high branches. He couldn't for the life of him figure out how you managed to capture beams of sunlight in your heavy sketchbook and needed to learn your secrets, so he'd borrowed some leftover paints.

Miles had already mastered sketching, and knew his way around a box of markers. He could even command a messy can of spray paint. What's a bit of watery paint?

...A lot, it turns out. At any rate, he knew just who to call.

After a few beeps, your face appeared onscreen.

You were still in bed, surrounded by an army of stuffed animals with a sleeping mask pushed up to your forehead. Miles made a 'tsk' sound. It was two o'clock in the afternoon.

"Rise and shine, bestie!" he announced loudly into his phone speaker.

"What do you want?" you grumbled, rubbing your eyes.

"This watercolor shit is blowing my mind right now, and I need your expertise. Look!"

Miles flipped the camera to show you the blob of what was now a bright indigo pooled in the middle of his would-be masterpiece.

You squinted. "Jesus. Is that in your regular sketchbook, where you do the markers and shit?"

"Yup."

"Well, there's your first problem. You're using the wrong kinda paper."

"So that's why no one in those videos fucks it up? Noted,"

He reversed the camera again.

"What about the colors? Mine keep running together when I don't want 'em to."

This made you laugh, imagining Miles slapping a ton of different colors on top of a sketch like a child learning to paint in kindergarten for the first time, thinking that he knew what he was doing. He was never the patient type, preferring fast and loose marks with sharp edges. No piece of his was ever allowed an "ugly stage"; it either worked immediately or it would end up crumpled into a ball in the trash.

Oh boy, was he was gonna learn today.

You could see Miles pouting through the camera.

"What's so funny?"

"Miles," you snorted, "did you let the first layer dry before adding more colors?"

His eyes widened in realization, triggering more peals of laughter.

"I just wet the whole page, then started coloring! How was I supposed to know?"

"It's water, dumbass! It's not like your lil' Copic markers--"

"Prismacolor--"

"Whatever. Anyways, gimme fifteen minutes, I'm coming over to save you before you flood your entire room."

[your-unfriendlyghost]

Hiiii i just saw your Outsiders/Christine art and HOLY SHIT. When i say my jaw was on the floor it was on the floor. I’m a huge Stephen King fan (I’ve only read his books bc to me his books are good enough. I’m not a huge horror movie watcher girlie but i can do thriller/horror books. I have like 8 of his books, including Christine, on my bookshelf) and once again: HOLY SHIT. I can lowkey see the Outsiders trio as the Christine trio. Now whenever i go to reread the book, i can’t view it the same anymore haha. Another Outsiders/Stepehen King art idea for Halloween: 11/22/63. It’s one of my absolute favorite Stephen King novels. And if you haven’t read it, highly recommend it. It’s so intense and entertaining and i do get lost in that book. Anyways, HOLY SHIT. But i was also wondering if you have any tips for beginner digital artists? Like on layers, line art especially, shading etc.? I really want to get into more digital art but my tradional sketches lowkey look better than my digital ones haha. Whenever i see your stevepop or Outsiders art it just gives me a boost of inspiration. And i love them your honor.

Woah, thanks!! I’ll have to check it out- so far I’ve only read Christine and The Body (because my dad’s obsessed w/ Stand By Me), but I really dug both so I’m looking forward to it!

And as for digital art tips, I guess I’d say to keep things loose! I like to use a modified version of the Shale Brush on procreate for my sketches and lineart because it resembles a pencil, and the rough messiness makes it a whole lot easier for me to just relax and draw the way I do on paper. I don’t shy away from messiness especially in digital art- it makes things flow better in a medium that can get really stiff sometimes.

I like to do my sketches in bright colors, and I tend to assign every subject a certain color so I can tell them apart easily (idk how helpful it is, but it works for me!) Then I lower the opacity and draw on a layer on top like this:

Then I turn off the sketch layer and either fill everything in with base colors, or color it in grayscale w/ this Copic marker brush and varying levels of opacity for my comics.

As for shading, I do a combination of cell shading and painterly shading (picture for the uninitiated lol). Both have their merits, and shadows in real life usually include a bit of both.

For more simple stuff, I take a shade of either purple or sometimes magenta and cell shade everything with this pencil brush on a multiply layer, usually set to 30-ish% opacity depending on the drawing. Then I’ll blend it out a bit to soften some edges, which is what makes it look painterly. Also if you don’t know, “clipping mask” layers are really helpful for shading! You just put the shading layer over the colors and it stops you from going outside of the colors, it can be super helpful. This method is the one I usually use, and the one I’ve been using since I first started about five years ago now.

For the Christine poster specifically though I mostly just kept everything to one layer and color dropped from the reference, altering the colors as I saw fit- and just sort of guessed for Evie because she’s way tanner than Leigh and needed her own colors. The only times I used different layers were for each individual character so that they didn’t mess each other up, and also for the sketches, which I put on top of the colors but lightened the opacity on. Idk that I’d recommend this for a beginner tho, it’s taken me years to get comfortable working like this!

Sketch is set to a multiply layer here too. You can’t see it super well here tbh, because of how dark everything is, but oh well. Here’s a study I did last year with the same method tho! (Also she’s got some similarities to Evie huh?? I guess I have a type lol oops)

Anyhow, that’s probably enough for now lol- but lmk if there’s anything else you wanna know! And obviously this is just how I do things, there’s no hard and fast rules for any of this- I’m making it up as I go along, and you should too!!

[nathalielpzart]

Hahahahaha, guess who's the fool who thought they would be posting in a week since my last post--Σ(Ｔ▽Ｔ;)

MEEEE!!! That's who!! Lmao! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ＾∀＾ﾟ)ﾟ｡

*Ahem!*

Anyways!! Enough with my usual MIA in social media, we have some good sketches and drawings in this spread today!! （＾＾）人（＾＾）

I have bought myself these Arrtx markers (the 90 Oros set and the 48 skin tone Oros set) for myself. Whhshs I couldn't resist buying these! I still use my Ohuhu markers (I love their colorful and saturated colors to ever drop them!!!). But I decided to use the Arrtx markers so I can get a feel for these markers.

These Arrtx markers are fun to use!! As usual I use Lukadrien to help me experiment with them. Weeelllll... I also used Zukaang too, but that's in a separate post (；^∀^) hahaha.

I hope you all don't mind the messiness of this spread. Sketchbooks are great to experiment! I love traditional art!!!

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🎨 Art Supllies:

○Arrtx Alcohol Markers

●Crescent Rendr Sketchbook

○Scarlet Red Col-Erase Pencil/Red Mitsu-Bishi Hard Color Pencil

●Red Pilot Color Eno Mechanical Pencil

○Wine Color Copic Multi Liner

●63 Violet Emott Ever Fine Liner

○White Sakura Gelly Roll 08

●White Posca Bullet Shaped Pen 0.7mm

○Prisma Color Pencils

●Faber-Castell Color Pencils

[corvidinthewoods]

i bought a furby fursuit partial and i dont have it yet (i commissioned matching paws so those are still being made) but i wanted to draw it so i did.

i would love suggestions for a name!! im thinking the char is they/them or he/him pronoun wise but i dont have much else thought of yet

image description: messy drawing in copic markers with sketch visible and overlapping colors in some places. subject is a fursuit head of a Furby with pink hair, white ears/faceplate/sideburns, black inner ears and accent fur, over all teal fur with colorful patches, yellow beak and irises. background is florescent outlines in rainbow order. end ID

[elizakai]

Hay :D

Can you tell us what do you use to color your drawings on traditional? I need some tips •́⁠ ⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠,⁠•̀

why hello!! Sorry for such a late answer!!

so, I’m a fun little something we call ✨inconsistent✨(sigh) so while I may not be the best person to ask…but here’s things I commonly use color wise (favored art supply dump)

Alchohol ink markers

I use these most, they are a beautiful thing, my favorite are Ohuhu as they are high quality and a much lower price then brands such as Copic. (Can you taste the salt.)

They have less blend ability in comparison to Copic but are overall a much better investment if you ask me! They are great for a more smooth look! Another one I have around that I use for less saturated colors is touch youch youch

I very much prefer brush pens over the chiseled ones, for a paint like experience, and more dynamic application! Again these are just personal preference!

(I have a bad habit of opening ink capsules and painting with ink. I would not necessarily recommend this.)

Watercolor

There’s lots of pretty nice watercolor you can get for a pretty cheap price! The ones I prefer currently are MeiLiang, I got them online for a good price and they are very nice!

That said I do mix around different brands and such, whatever is on hand.

Gel pens

I love gel pens, even if you just have like one or two it’s such a difference!! I love just having white ones for adding little details and such to drawings! You can also get colors if you like! I use the Jellyrollers!

Colored pencils

a lot of people hate colored pencils which I get, but I find them very helpful for detailing (when I have motivation to do so lol) I often use them on top of drawings I’ve layed down a base of alcohol ink with! That way it has a clean base and can add the fun texture and stuff afterwards!! Those smooth looks can be achieved with pencils alone, I often just don’t have time for that :) it’s very fun though, layering is key with pencils

I do very much enjoy prismicolor colored pencils!!! It’s an investment I don’t regret lol, although I’m sure any soft core colored pencils would have the same effect!!

Posca

occasionally I use posca markers for large poster sized drawings, esp for the ink capsules. I like the paint coverage!! That said they can be a pain to work with.

it’s probably not good to be like me and use all of this on sketch paper. (I know. I’m aware that that is psychotic.) but I do normally use sketch paper, getting some multi medium paper might be good if you are interested in paints inks and pencils though, that way you can use it for all of the above :))

Color wise that’s what I commonly mix and match with, when it comes to pens my FAVORITE pens to sketch or do lineart with are Tombow calligraphy pens. Simple brush pens, it makes detailing harder but I enjoy the dynamics. There’s lots of micro pens you can find for small details as well!! I also prefer to use mechanical pencils for sketching, simply because the mechanical lead stays thin and sharp instead of getting dull. That said, I use very cheap mechanical pencils, and sometimes you need a full pencil depending on the project.

There’s a little mini rant on the art supplies I use color wise, again these are just my preferences from what I’ve tried!! I’m by no means a professional haha, i very much experiment and make a mess of things!

Traditional art can become…quite the investment. Especially when it comes to buying all of the art supplies as your resources dwindle. I have to buy new art supplies much more often than I’d like to admit.

All that said, I am a firm believer of art being able to be formed from any medium!! >:D

be it a simple 2b pencil, a ballpoint pen, or crayons products, I think anything can be used to make something really pretty :))

Only real advice I have is don’t be scared to mix and match, get messy, and experiment!! Do whatever’s most fun, and don’t think you can’t make something great from something simple!! There’s no real rules. Only techniques and suggestions. It can be daunting because there’s no undo button in traditional art, but I think that’s a really good way to expand your abilities :0 it teaches you to roll with mess ups and learn how to work with them!!

Most importantly, let yourself learn from others, but NEVER let people force how you use your supplies, don’t be scared to beat them up if that’s what you need (the art supplies not the people.), and don’t think you need the fanciest things to make nice things >:D

if you want more specific tips and such feel free to ask, I’ll do my best to answer :,)

[corpsoir]

Feel better soon! I'd love to hear a bit about your approach to using graphite/traditional media -- are there major differences for you compared to how you tackle a digital project?

thank you!!

and yeah so. i think the way i think about traditional vs digital is pretty similar, except when it comes to digital im way more messy and can fuck around more since i have ctrl+z lol i dont actually use graphite that much except for my super messy shitty scribbles i make just for fun. i used to draw a lot with graphite but i find both it and coal to be too messy and dull for my taste

whenever i draw traditionally i sketch with a blue and/or red pencil first (not a regular colour pencil, i buy pencil leads in different colours that are "meant" for sketching, theyre really pale and wont show up if you scan it and will not be as visible under your finished ink lines and stuff) and then i usually plan out in my head where im putting my lines and shapes, if that makes sense?? im way more confident with my digital art since i can make more mistakes and fix things afterwards, traditional art often takes me longer to make and therefore i get bored of it lol

with my traditional art i plan it out way more than my digital art, i think thats the major difference, i dont want to waste material!

most of my traditional art nowadays are just messy sketches in my sketchbooks meant for me to try out new things or scribble down ideas for later! but heres a quick scribble of lovart i made earlier :) i like using unipin fineliners and copic markers, usually i just use one colour but i used to make entire paintings with them. sorry the photos are kinda shitty, its dark here lol

[mysticdragon3art]

Last minute rose watercolor painting for my mom's Mother's Day card.

I really thought Mother's Day was tomorrow, not today! ;o; But fortunately, I woke early, so I was able to get this done pretty early in the day.

5/14/2023. Pencil sketch of a photo I had taken of one of my mom's roses. File "20220823_201430.jpg". Colored with Daiso Water Colors, on cardstock.

I know I should have stuck to my usual Copic markers, since I was short on time. But it's been a long time since I've done referential drawing, and I wanted the pencil's ability to erase mistakes. Also, I've recently been experimenting with trying watercolors again. Back before markers, I primarily used watercolors. (Then again, back then I also had sketchbook paper thick enough to handle watercolors, and that's not really the case anymore.) I may be comfortable with alcohol markers and ink pens now, but I keep wondering if something good might come of me returning to watercolor painting. Maybe it would look nice to color more organically, and allow some loose messiness, the way watercolors are often afforded. Maybe that type of style could really work for me. So I'm trying watercolors again.

Today reminded me how much I love drybrush, when I use brush pens---even though I haven't gotten the hang of setting up that technique with a paintbrush yet. So I might practice more drybrush with watercolor paintbrushes.

[0hrt]

joined the winterfest exchange thingy and i don't really have any art supplies irl except pencils and like 1 copic, but i did have a reallllly old tablet laying around (talking like 2009) so i decided to try my hand at digital art so that my giftee got an actual good piece of art and not just a messy sketch :) anyways this was just me playing around on the system for the first time. I think i found a coloring style that I like hehe very excited

[dragonwysper]

I do a lot of the above currently, and I've done the rest (and more) previously.

I do traditional all the time, and that was the one I started with. Probably my favorite medium to work in.

I use all kinds of mediums in that too. I started with just an HB pencil, of course. But then that turned into all kinds of graphite, and that progressed into a brief charcoal phase (which I dropped and baven't touched because got damn that's a messy medium to work in), then I did Prismacolor colored pencils, then Copic Markers, then I tried watercolors, then acrylics, and now oils. I've done all kinds of other smaller things in other mediums, and not all of my previous phases have been fully dropped. I experiment and mix mediums a LOT. Copics are still my medium of choice when looking to draw something and color it, and I'll usually start with a pencil sketch, use a Gellyroll to line it, then use Copics to color, and then sometimes use Prismacolors for added depth and throw on some highlights with a Uniball. It's ridiculously fun to throw shit around and just... have fun with it.

Acrylic photo study | watercolor 'brellyfish' | pens and markers on my hand | Copics, Prismacolors, and pens | pencil doodle on an assignment

I have a nice screen tablet currently (and also use screen tablets in my animation class). My old tracking tablet broke.

I'm still really sad about that tracking tablet. That thing held strong for seven years!

When I draw with a finger on my phone, I usually do a sketch traditionally, then take a picture of it and bring it in as a base. Sometimes I'll do lineart traditionally and use the 'convert to lineart' feature on the apps I use. I'm actually getting a lot better at working on a phone!

Lineart scanned in from a traditional doodle, the rest done in MediBang on my phone. This actually isn't done yet.

And yes, when I was first starting out digitally, I used a mouse/trackpad. I actually made a full animation back then. In MSpaint.

Tumblr wouldn't let me upload videos, and the only way I could get this here was by making it a gif... which is extremely limited. But it's whatever. Enjoy the animation I made for an old Scratch project.

I used MSpaint until a year or two after getting my tracking tablet. Then I found FireAlpaca, and used that for a LONG time. Then that progressed to Clip Studio Paint, which I started using about a year or two ago.

Modern MSpaint drawing juxtaposed with a modern CSP drawing. Both WIPs that I need to finish.

In class, I use Photoshop, Adobe Animate (fucking hate Adobe though. Piece of shit company with unnecessarily complex toolbars/mechanics), and Toon Boom (Harmony and Storyboard). We were supposed to use Maya this year too, but we unfortunately didn't have enough time to get to it.

Toon Boom Harmony animation... that I also still need to finish lmao

On my phone, I started with IbisPaint, and now use MediBang.

This has become an art dump of a post, and honestly I so love it lmao. Y'all get to see some more of my art! Plus some really old shit! I'd share more if Tumblr didn't limit images to 10. Maybe another art dump will come in the future 👁

[rileyputnal]

Art Final Project

Art Title: Things left behind

The premise: When I was thinking about what I wanted to do for this piece I immediately thought of looking through some of my old art for inspiration. However, once I started looking through my sketchbooks, I knew that instead of starting a new project, I should try to finish the old ones that I found. I wanted to piece each little sketch together to create something sort of childlike and just an explosion of color. When I was younger, I would become hyper focused on one activity until I exhausted all methods of doing it, and then moved on. In my art, this sort of behavior pushed me to try a lot of different mediums in order to configure what worked best for me. When I was younger it was of course classic crayons, then colored pencils, then I really loved spreading pastels around and finding the perfect blend of color, and then buying an extensive number of Copic markers and playing around with a more graffiti like style. In this piece, I decided to combine unfinished art from each of these eras into one and fill the empty space with my signature that is evident of each era. In preschool, I was obsessed with the classic heart, smiley face, and star combo. In third grade I began learning cursive and would only write in it whenever I could, so I wanted to use that for the colored pencil portion. For the pastel portion I wanted to make sure my signature could barely be seen through the colors since I used to love the feeling of spreading the pastel powder all over a page. Finally, I ended my signatures with my middle school medium of only using markers. This was a super fun one for me to make, and it was refreshing to make something messy and all over the place, and not worry about balance or coherence.

Documentation:

Day 1:

Sketchbooks:

Old Art:

Day 1 Project look

[sophia42888]

Another one for the heck of it :] 🚀✨

@markiplier

[mrfutureboy]

mr and mrs mcfly circa 2015

[kitsuneren]

Quick little Noctis sketch cus I love final fantasy 15 and I don’t care what people say.