A guide to getting started with markers (including hand-drawing materials suitable for novices) Hello everyone, I am Ye Xiaohui, a wild hand-drawing expert^.^ In November, I will introduce all kinds of hand-drawing to my friends (zhong).

Tool features and entry-level equipment recommendations are absolutely heart-warming and great value for money! Why do you say this? Because anyone who knows me knows that I have never been an "equipment party" but an "action party" when it comes to hand-painting, even for the most ordinary people.

As for the most commonly used watercolor pens, I only buy entry-level 6-color or 12-color pens from a certain brand. Of course, I have bought a lot of cheap, no-name brands, so I know the difference.

If you are currently not sure that you want to learn hand-painting as a major or as a career, then my set of entry-level recommendations is a kind of "low-cost trial and error", but it is also very likely that you will get better as you draw.

I’ve fallen into the trap of hand-painting! Today I’m going to talk about the existence of “markers” that people love and hate.

My first few markers were bought from the university flea market. This is not an ordinary university, it is a university where more than 50% of the majors require markers! Haha, it is not an art university, but an architecture university.

This brings us to the themes most commonly used by markers: architecture, gardens, and interior design↓Secondly, markers are often used to design anime characters. Therefore, markers are also an essential hand-drawing tool for students majoring in animation and animation.

:Does it feel super cool and stylish? Yes, markers are not only bright, rich and textured, but can also express many details and blending.

According to different ink materials, markers are mainly divided into three categories: water-based markers, oil-based markers, and alcohol-based markers.

Water-based markers, as the name suggests, have inks that are soluble in water.

After coloring and before the ink dries, use a pen dipped in water to smear on it, which can produce an effect similar to light colors. ↓ The ink of oil-based markers is not soluble in water. The ink is similar to oil painting solvents and has the characteristics of quick drying, water resistance and light resistance.

It is generally a wide foaming pen tip with relatively soft strokes.

Its color is full, but there are fewer types of colors. It is often used to draw POP posters. ↓Alcohol-based markers and oil-based markers are more easily confused. The biggest difference is that they are not soluble in water.

The difference is that it uses alcohol instead of the prepared oil in the ink, so it has the smell of alcohol, evaporates very quickly, and has strong penetration.

Because of its strong penetrating power, special paper is required for coloring with markers, or it can be used on special materials such as smooth porcelain surfaces, office whiteboards, and magnetic drawing boards.

In fact, the original function of the marker pen is to "mark". English Marker and Internet language often say "Mark to live", which actually means "Mark to live" and mark the key points.

Color overlay is a technique commonly used by markers in the painting process. It can produce rich changes in the picture. It is generally divided into single color overlay, multiple overlay and multi-color single overlay.

Color mixing is the most commonly used and most difficult technique in marker painting, which is similar to "overlay + gradient" in colored pencil painting.

Due to the characteristics of the marker itself, it is relatively difficult for novices to draw natural mixed colors.

Speaking of this, you may think that markers are too professional and are tools only used by animation hand-drawing masters. In fact, this is not the case. Many bloggers and Instagram bloggers also like to use markers to draw cute little things, which is very suitable for copying practice.

, let’s share a large collection of marker pen materials: Little fairies who like clothing matching can refer to this group of materials: Those with a certain hand-drawing foundation can challenge this group of materials: Isn’t it very cute~ In fact, I have used all of these materials, not all of them.

Techniques, but the drawing of eyes, the drawing of hands and feet, the rendering of clothing, hair, etc., are used in the daily hand-painted creation process.

Finally, I would like to recommend the brand of marker pens I use: TOUCH is originally a Korean brand, but the domestic ones are more cost-effective, so more people buy them, and I also recommend them to friends who are new to the industry.

Warm reminder: If you have children at home, you must choose "water-soluble" (harder to master) or "oil-based" (recommended).

Although alcohol-based markers have many advantages in painting and presentation, their pungent alcohol volatile smell (in my opinion) is very detrimental to children's health. Even if they are needed for professional painting, you should pay attention to storing (hiding) them after purchasing them before painting.

Don't let children get too close.

For more introductory markers materials and tutorials, you can leave a private message and add me on WeChat ~ I wish you all a happy drawing^.^ 200 minimalist hand-painted materials for dressing up the notebook | The first small illustration is a cute hand-drawn one

An indispensable embellishment of the tent, the cute feeling makes people’s eyes brighten.

For friends who have no drawing skills, feel unable to start, and want to make beautiful handbooks, you can choose to start practicing with simple drawings~ You can also draw beautiful and beautiful patterns with just a few simple strokes~ Usually browse handbook masters

When you are working on a work, you can copy the hand-painted patterns you like in a drawing book as your own material library. When you are struggling with no material inspiration when making a handbook, you can use it as a reference. For novices in hand-painting, they will get better at copying and practicing repeatedly.

As you become more proficient, you will slowly be able to find your own style.