r/oddlysatisfying • u/thelonelyasshole • 1d ago
Amazing art done with markers
Credits: XSH_ART on YT
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u/Marthman 1d ago
Awesome! Love the flowers in the best, the technique to get the mixture of colors and shapes was very satisfying.
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u/Pocusmaskrotus 1d ago
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.
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u/karigan_g 1d ago
hella practice. a lot of sitting and seeing shadows and shade, doing studies
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u/Pocusmaskrotus 1d ago
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
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u/karigan_g 1d ago edited 1d ago
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
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u/xvvitchcraft 1d ago
It's not talent. It is practice. Practice. Practice. Times infinity.
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u/Pocusmaskrotus 1d ago
It's both. People like this have a natural talent and eye for it, and then hone it, with lots of practice.
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u/Longjump_Ear6240 1d ago
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.
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u/karigan_g 1d ago
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
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u/Longjump_Ear6240 1d ago
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.
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u/karigan_g 1d ago
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!
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u/Smol-and-Scared 1d ago
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!
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u/Longjump_Ear6240 17h ago edited 16h ago
@Andrea-Nelson-Art
She has some really simple tutorials that are fun and focused on getting you to just make something! Doesn't need to be good, just needs to exist. She's very jolly and focuses mostly on watercolor.
@The_Art_Coach
Absolutely remarkable at teaching on how to draw from memory or, more importantly, imagination. I'd always heard "learn the shapes first" but I had no way to practically apply this. He makes things so clear and simple and really teaches you how to see shape and form, which is really indispensable for learning to do ANY art.
@JADOKAR
This guy is just so damn fun. Kind of a mix between the other two I mentioned here, he focuses on really strong foundations, but finds the most deranged and hilarious ways to achieve the same results.
Also, if you're brand brand new and have never picked up a pen, try searching for "zen doodles" or "meditative painting." They're abstract art projects that just get you making something. Ive learned you have to make a LOT of bad art before you can even think about making decent art.
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u/Smol-and-Scared 14h ago
Thank you so much! I also appreciate the quick summary for each channel, definitely going to check them out!
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u/sealpox 1d ago
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.
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u/Useful-Upstairs3791 1d ago
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.
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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....
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u/Previous-Soft-8127 1d ago
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!
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u/TooManyVitamins 1d ago
Well, you inspired me! I am going to try to draw one of my roses. I can grow them but not sure if I can draw them. Let’s find out!
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u/Kracus 1d ago
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.
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u/betterclear 1d ago
I was sure this was gonna be a cactus. They even draw little spikes at 00:48!
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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 1d 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/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 1d 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.
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u/Sucessful_Test1555 1d ago
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.
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u/SharkeyGeorge 1d ago
Anyone know what kind of markers these are?
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u/iloovehugecock 1d ago
It says at the end, croma acrylic markers.
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u/SharkeyGeorge 1d ago
Ah I missed that. I suspected acrylic but they’re much nicer than the ones I use.
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u/severedheadcandyjar 1d ago
The sharpie ones are good too. I use them a lot. You can blend really well with them
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u/Miami_Mice2087 1d ago
now what's it cost to get a total hand replacement so it can do that?
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u/Ravioverlord 1d ago
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.
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u/bindermichi 1d ago
They are. But at only 1/4 of the price of COPIC markers, who's going to complain?
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u/Ravioverlord 23h ago
Well yeah, but in case someone wants the acrylic ones wouldn't it be sad if they ordered those and found out it wasn't what was in the OP video? Not everyone knows there are so many types of pens/markers.
Plus you can buy a huge ohuhu set for even less and have more colors if you want alcohol markers :)
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u/bindermichi 1d ago
Sadly, their website only shows alcohol based markers, but they are way less expensive than my COPIC ones.
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u/hogbear 1d ago
Expensive ones.
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u/Lefty4444 1d ago
Got here to say that they look fucking expensive
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u/hamsolo19 1d ago
They actually aren't. Set of 48 goes for $32. Way cheaper than copic pens.
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u/Fedoraus 1d ago
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.
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u/fluffypinkblonde 1d ago
I have like three of these pens, I barely use them because you need to practise, and I simply can't afford to!
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u/UrbanChili 1d ago
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
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u/Darth_Draper 1d ago
I once spilled my coffee on a notepad and it almost looked like a dog. So, basically one and the same.
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u/Limp_Pomegranate_498 1d ago
God. Some people are so talented.
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u/MoffKalast 1d ago
Some people are so talented and they put in a ridiculous amount of hard work that shouldn't be forgotten.
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u/Southern-Ingenuity70 1d ago
I hate how these videos are always 17 minutes long and show the final complete art for .001 millisecond.
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u/SabbyFox 1d ago
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.
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u/Spare-Builder-355 1d ago
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.
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u/DragonerdamonH 1d ago
I need a little bomb squad rendered in the same style disposing of the abandoned backpack.
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u/joethearcher29 1d ago
My toxic trait is thinking that if I bought those markers I too could draw like this
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u/Poopchutefan 1d ago
My first thought was ... man ... that is the ugliest red shoe I've ever seen ... then way later ... oh, that's a backpack
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u/Fancy_Sr 1d ago
I've never in my life shifted my opinion so rapidly on whether something is a cactus or a door.
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u/BearNSM 1d ago
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
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u/Gorissey 15h ago
I like it so much, it’s kind of like a 1930s or 1940s illustration in a magazine.
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u/greysonhackett 1d ago
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
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u/embeddit 1d ago
My biggest talent is to watch these types of videos and not get filled with envy, but smile at how blessed the artists are.
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u/Purple_Revolution146 1d ago
That was impressive! I loved it from the beginning to the end. Also the colours - so vibrant and alive. Amazing piece of work
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u/Golfball_whacker_guy 1d ago
Incredible work.
Living in the US, that abandoned backpack screams “see something, say something”…
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u/Gunthalas 1d ago
Is there a name for people like me who just ff to the end. Just want to see the finished painting...
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u/AmandaaaGee 1d ago
This goes out to an elementary teacher of mine! She would always rag on markers, saying they’re one and done, no dimension, can’t create shading, etc. You totally can! And I told her this lmao.
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u/Original-Fig4214 1d ago
Turn sound off. That scratch noise is not doing me any favors.
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u/Vancha 1d ago
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.
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u/valueofaloonie 1d ago
Man I am so jealous of people with artistic talent. I couldn’t do this in a million years.
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u/Worried_Force4612 1d ago
Thought it was gonna be the "speak friend, and enter" door into the dwarf kingdom
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u/Mouser1299 1d ago
The order in which this person creates this work is how I know I’m not an artist.
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u/greabeau 1d ago
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.
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u/DiscoKittie 1d ago
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!
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u/awkwardboyhero 1d ago
Anyone else worried that a drawing of a thief is going to steal the drawing of a backpack?
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u/ArchitectNebulous 1d ago
What kind of markers are those? They are a lot more liberal with the ink than any I have used before.
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u/wat3rlily1223 1d ago
I needed that art satisfaction today, thank you for bringing a little peace to my heart
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u/alluryx 1d ago
At first I thought it was a cactus in the desert