 Hello everybody and welcome back to the average artist's channel. I'm Steph. I'm the average artist and today We are going to be checking out this brushable markers brushable That's not what I'm Windsor and Uta brush marker pens that my friends really kindly gifted to me for my birthday It's a 48 essential smarka set and I've been really enjoying them I got super inspired because I really like alcohol markers and I Really like these ones because they have the brush Tip which is really nice to use. It's like really smooth and just like painting really so I really enjoy these And I really like all these colors. It's it's been really fun I've been doodling a lot of stuff recently and feeling pretty inspired to work on a comic a new comic I'm not gonna say the horror comic because Lord knows where that's at But yeah, I'm feeling inspired to work on a comic that could be in this style because I think I was for so long Trying to do something different and like forcing myself that it put me off a little bit So like here's my old horror comic Emily is burning and it was all made with These it was made of alcohol markers not necessarily these Windsor and Uta ones and then also I used a Black pencil and I'm really enjoying using this Faber-Castell Polychromos black pencil with this kind of technique where I paint first with the Well draw first with the brush marker pens and then like kind of go over little areas of the black pencil and I really Like in the way that these kind of style is working out for me So thinking what I'm gonna do today is just do some concepts of stuff for maybe a new comic and Yeah, do it more in this style because I know I really enjoyed this style originally So why wouldn't I continue? doing like that, so I'm gonna try and emulate Emily is burning. This is still for sale on my Etsy store if anybody fancies grabbing a copy by the way No pressure and yeah, so I'm just gonna doodle. I'm really I really liked some of these Concepts because this is kind of that style that I was thinking of with the the motel's kind of 1950s 60s, you know, and then this sort of was like a mood board for that I think and Yeah, I'm really enjoying it. So let's just let's just get down to doodling some stuff and maybe coming up with some Some concepts. I'm using the MD Paper Midori Sketchbook which I really like it's I never had one but Chris has always had them and I've always envied them So I just bought a A4 one and as you can see the paper is very thin But it is very nice to use so I'm not really minding I have to kind of just skip every other page that I use alcohol markers on But I think I'm gonna use those pages for like sketches and stuff So like sketches here and then sketches on that side and then I Will do like sketches here And then yeah, I just Sketches here and then use this page so That's kind of what has to happen because it's very thin paper But it's still really nice to use so I don't mind so much and I'm really liking the shape it lies flat Which is always a Chef's kiss moment, isn't it? Um, yeah So what I'm gonna do is I'm just gonna look on Pinterest and sort of chop and paste like images together in my head and sort of take inspiration from them and Then yeah, let's let's get on with doing some doodles I've also like another tip for me is that I went on ASOS and These are all kind of ASOS models I think if you don't know what ASOS is it's like a clothing store. So I just found poses that I really like and Drew them but like kind of change them a bit and like made them all my style, of course So that was quite a nice thing to do as well. So I'm really enjoying using the polychromos Pens I've got a few of the pencils. I've got a few of them so I like to like kind of use them over The alcohol markers as well like I think it's quite fun to add a bit of texture and stuff. This is also Holbein Ones from Japan, which I got when I was in Japan So I've got like a mixture of those and the the polychromos ones. So what I like to do is sketch out the image with the alcohol markers first and Then go in with details with the black pencil because I think if I make a sketch with the The polychromos, I think it doesn't feel like as organic somehow. I don't know how to explain it I just think it looks nicer and then we don't have to fill out all the lines as well It looks kind of cool like that. So I'm just gonna sketch some scenes today and see like if it brings out a story a little bit because with the motel story I was kind of like I knew exactly where I wanted it to go but there was always just like missing pieces so I'm trying to think like what I could add to it So right now the motel story is kind of about a woman who goes To a motel because maybe her mother has died in town and she needs to Go there to like Go to her funeral and stuff, but she doesn't want to stay in the house I think like maybe the house is being I think maybe the house is being like repossessed or something in my story or I don't know something like that And then I kept thinking that she would have her niece with her But I think I might cut that from the story. I'm not sure. It's a big non-process basically and It's been difficult because I just I felt Really inspired in the beginning and then I was like this story is not very interesting And it wasn't you know when sometimes the story is just like speak to you and you know what to write down and then then other times it's like What where is the story going like what is interesting about this? What can I do that will actually Be a good ending and stuff like that. So Still kind of working that out of my head. I think I just need to sit down and write which has been like a while since I've done that So with Emily is burning what happened was I got really inspired Drawing first and then I went and wrote the script and right now I'm feeling really inspired with these brush markers and It's it's pretty cool to feel like that again. So I'm really happy To have that inspiration and these are really really nice and just that style I guess it's like my style Or this style of with the the that I'll come because I did for Emily is burning. I feel like that's really Really what I've been trying to stray away from it for like the past year and I'm like, but why have I done that because If I enjoyed it which I do Why have I strayed away from it? So it was a real Gift to get these brush markers and test them out and then realize that I really like them Especially with this sketchbook because my other sketchbook I was really not enjoying and you know when you just I mean I always blame the sketchbook but it's just is a bit rubbish to blame the sketchbook because it's probably just me but I feel like Yeah, I just when you don't I didn't like that sketchbook. So I felt really like in a slump with my art if that makes sense But it doesn't it's not really fair to blame the sketchbook. So I don't know I'm just layering down like colors at the moment blocking out shapes Which really helps me to visualize what's going on The really nice thing with these alcohol markers is that like if I've rocked off the shape a little bit incorrectly I then just go ahead and stretch out or do a little bit more In certain areas and I think it's really helpful for me because I always make mistakes. So It's very nice to just go ahead and draw with them Generally just like to build up The color of these two is kind of nice. Okay Now I'm ready to use my polychromos. So let's see how it goes Um, just like to indicate like some lines still keeping it quite loose because I really like that style like Looseness Looseness, I just think it looks cool. Do you want to bring in some like texture here as well? I think this Green is way too bright Okay, let's call that one a warm up And uh, yeah I'm gonna draw some characters now. I think so again just starting out blocking shape. So this face I made this way too big. It doesn't matter It looks like a blob right now But I hope that it will look okay once I'm done It's got kind of like this crop top one. That's super boxy. So playing on that And I really like to use this like light lilac color for shadows because I think it just looks really cool It adds something to it. I think I'm just gonna keep Yeah, I think she looks kind of cool That's some shimmy's maybe increase some of the dark I need to do this this time I'm just trying to make shapes here now It's always good to like look at the negative space Something I always try to do or kind of forget about doing This one's coming out a bit weird But if we keep going then it might get better. So I'm hoping anyway, this is kind of bled too much into her face Let's see if we can fix it Yeah, I definitely made her face way too small, but Kind of like it in the end. It's kind of cute. So I think I really like this brown was really not a nice Brown to use sandstone. It just didn't look very nice. Oh my god. What are we down here? Okay Doesn't matter. It's gonna be her hair. So I'm just trying to like block out the features really You can see it didn't turn out so well here. It kind of looks It kind of looks like her face is a little bit squished. So Let's see if we can do a better job this time. So like here's her face And she's kind of got her back turned to me. So like that's her back um Some kind of difficult pose. I don't know why you picked this one Oh, we've got her challenge ourselves, right? So and then her lips are like model pose lips And she's like that Let's just uh block it out And then we'll see what happens when I go to color everything else in Because she's got like a dress on like this, right? So let's see. That's her arm Going here And her arms like this Doesn't Her back arm is like this So she's like coming to her back So the dress goes like a crisscross And then it's like here Let's see how this turns out. I feel like I made her eye too big here So she looks a little bit cross-eyed, but okay Are you gonna push through that again? Let me her face a little bit too big Kind of like it I think I'm gonna end it there. Um, yeah, so these are just some doodles and sketches with The brush markers and the polypromos and I hope you guys enjoyed just watching me sketch and Chatting along with you guys. So uh, thanks for watching. Please like and subscribe Uh, I have a patreon down below if you're interested. It really helps the channel out if you Want to check that out? I really appreciate it. So thanks a lot guys and I will see you next time. Bye I'd like to thank my patrons for your really kind support. They are devin, ace, tummulum Jacqueline, Steph, Eva Lucille, Erica, Miguel, Tim and Charlotte and Alex. You guys are awesome