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The blue pencil is called "Non photo blue". Comicbook and animation artists used it to sketch their work and then inked on top of it. When the page/frame was photocopied, it didn't register any blues that weren't inked over. As in it was invisible to photocopiers.
Sam: There is NO such thing as a shortcut or a hack to get you ahead!! Me, a comic artist who has to take every oppurtunity to be more efficient with my work: ... 💀
@@zeeshanhazari Yes, thank you. I usually don't act fast on stuff like this and I am skeptical of a lot of internet hacks/facts, but I've really wanted that marker to work for awhile now but I think it's just used up lol 😝
6:46 Artists used blue pencil back in the days because when they scanned their traditional artwork into digital form, the sketch would not show up and since then it just became a trend
WARNING for the frog video! at the beginning of my art practice, one of the biggest things that was drilled into my head was to AVOID SYMBOLS. like the contour drawing guy said, if you want to improve, you have to practice observation. that means drawing what you SEE, not what you THINK you see. we all have an image of frogs in our heads, but if you draw that it'll look nothing like the frog you want to draw. this is especially important once you move away from reference and start drawing from imagination, with a visual library made up of all the complexities of frogs that you got from studying them, rather than the symbols we all start with. then you can draw frogs from any angle, any perspective, exhaggerated, whatever. If you think "I want to draw X", and you follow a tutorial to easily draw a symbol of X, you aren't actually learning anything, and you'll never be able to draw X confidently
A great artist, Istebrak, talked about this before and it really changed the way i thought. Her example was either a duck or a tree, i don't remember but when most people picture a duck they picture a representation, a symbol rather than a duck. And reprogramming my brain to think about the actual thing like it's laying in front of me irl really changed a lot for me so i definitely agree
I know that DrawingWiffWaffles uses col-erase pencils when drawing so when she uses alcohol markers over it doesn't mess with the colors. It also creates a sort of undertone with the markers that looks really nice. (This isn't blue pencil specific)
When I worked in comics we used blue and red pencils because the scanners would not pick it up. They would also be used for embossing levels , hope this helps
6:16 ; with regards to the blue pencil, i've heard that sketching in a colour that isn't black feels less 'final' so you aren't as tempted to be as precious with your sketch and it helps with productivity. that's why all my sketches are in red, blue, or baby pink. i think this tip was given in the context of digital art, but i think it works pretty well for traditional as well
It’s originally for comic artists who would ink on top, and then scan it into digital. The scanner wouldn’t pick up the blue sketch! I for my part does it, cuz it looks cute, and makes the pages happier and brighter! Also, if you work with markers, a pink sketch does really compliment the skin tone!
I just discovered the powers of the mr clean eraser this month… my kids thought our walls and doors were a canvas 😂 SN- I never realized people were actually tracing others work…
GOOGLED IT: Due to the nature of the material, they smudge far, far less than a graphite pencil. This is really useful for animators who tend to “find” motion in their sketches and end up with very dense forms - especially when the drawings are passed to clean-up artists!
The blue pencil is for many reasons, even with other colors 1. Used for undertones 2. To get rid of harsh lines when erasing to line 3. Blue is for comic artists 4. Etc. Literally it’s for anything you can justify with
i was told in my architecture classes that we use blue pencil because when you scanned your projects they wouldn't be visible when you went over it with a regular pencil.
It may sound weird but contrary to the tik tok video, I learned how to draw from copying the work of others, however I did not simply trace the lines and called it a day, but put thought into it and studied how many simple strokes can create something complex looking. (YT tutorials also helped a lot)
7:20 I had to yell my friends about this and don't still understand, I've been doing art for 4 years and they try to compare to me and getting jealous 😅
4:43 12yr old artist here big lie I’m gonna be honest I’ve traced my whole life I don’t follow tutorials and take tips on how to draw but I’ve recently started to draw my own art and it’s seriously impressive I can draw body proportions with no problem and I’m really good at details and shading and I’ve just copied when I always did before and I literally have an award from my school because I was the best artist out of grade 7 ( my grade) to grade 8 trust me it helps you
I also traced and copied all my stuff when I was around your age and it helped me a lot when I started to draw realistic portraits because you have to pay attention at the same things you do if you're trying to make a good copy. It really helps a lot in some aspects. Now I'm able to do my own thing too so that's fun
7:28 "there is no such thing called shortcut" I bet my man watch naruto cause I SWEAR TO GOD THAT LITERALLY WHAT NARUTO SAID WHEN HE SAY "I WANT TO BE A HOKAGE"
About blue pencils: I always thought that is about clarity. Using a different color for construction lines helps to distinguish them from the final sketch over them. In addition to it I read, many many years ago (more than ten I fear so I cuold be not accurate), that blue and red were colors that early scanners could detect and not scan. So, artists uesed to draw the rough draw with blue and red pencils, ink it or made the clean lineart in black and then they scanned it without the need to eraese the rough pencil underneath.
There’s a specific type of blue pencil (Same goes for red) where when the paper is scanned it doesn’t show up, so you can do a rough sketch in blue and then ink over in black and when scanned only the black will show up.
6:53 I like to use colored pencils for sketches because some colors are naturally lighter than others so I can go over lines I like with darker pencils.
as a blue pen/pencil user, i personally use a variety of blue pens and pencil for certain drawings/doodles with the element of "sadness" or "gloominess", and then again i use more of red pens and pencil for anger. it's emotions, the emotions the artist has at that time affects their masterpiece.
I use blue or red pencils to do the first sketch. It helps remind myself that I’m that I’m Sketching/planning and I need to chill. Also sometimes I confuse my lines and lose track on where i was goin with the drawing in the first place lol
11:30 Yes? I thought it was standard. /hj In all seriousness, I was in ela gt and honnors when I was in school and taught myself how to read when I was 3 without those learning books, however ask me to read that outloud and you will get nothing good, like the first 1-2 words.
The blue pencil can be used when sketching a sketch that will later be painted with water colour as the blue doesn't show through as much as the "normal" pencil :)
The 2nd on is good if you don't care about long term archivalness of the pieces your doing. Adding corn starch to an acrylic binder adds more that can yellow/flake/go bad quicker, and the pure rubbing alcohol (or hand sanitizer) breaks down the pigments faster (can't say why as I'm not marker focused and only glanced at the science behind) as for the wc that one tears up the fiber of the painting, so only do that if there's not going to be another layer (it changed the surface so the wc would lay differently after; same with scrubbing the paper with a wet stiff brush to lighten/lift a lower layer)
If you use color sketching it does usually help with either setting the mood for the picture or just making it less scary to plop a color down... At least that's why I do it coming from a traditional and digital artist point of view.
About the blue pencil, I remember that it is rather for the old school of animation. They used to use charcoal and to define a silhouette that was getting lost they used the blue pencil Although in reality it could be any other color that stood out from the black, even it has a name, but i dont remeber it
I remember this one time where i traced over someones art and sent it to my friend claming it was mine (the friend asked for the picture I didnt send it out of nowhere I did it because I was feeling really bad about my own art at that time But I still regret it Tracing and claming it as your own is a big no no
*Pat pat* it's okay little one, you're growing and learning you're no longer the one who you were back then, feel better about your art, cheer up and you know your big no nos
5:50 someone in a discord server once traced my art (only for that server) and i didnt really care because i knew they werent gonna post it anywhere but this still caused so much drama that i eneded up leaving the server xD
Over just a month or so of watching your videos, my art has improved drastically and I finally painted my first piece of digital art that I can be proud of yesterday!! ^^ - Btw, if you see this, can you pls do another painting-on-camera? I find that just watching the whole process of people painting REALLY helps with my improvements. ^^ Tysm for your endless amounts of tips and your gentle ways of explaining and teaching things to me. Love your work and keep it up! ☺️
Blue pencils were used by people in the design industry as well as the animation industry because it was a tone that was visible to our eyes on roughs, but when scanned in with corrections, was not visible by the scanner and so would make copies that didn't have the 'editing lines' on it.
This is my art tip: Art isnt made to be perfect, dont stress urself out by trying to make a perfect circle. Circles or half useless, some artist dont even use them. Also perfect circles limits what you want to draw because its perfect on all sides so you can only draw front faces with it. (Sorry if my english is eh... Im bad at grammer-)
Yep you looks like me i just buy computers, tablets (for art) but money is dies one day lol i do online bussiens this just give me 4327$ a day 👁👄👁👍🏻 ty for all videos you showed for us!
I used to think tiktok was WAY too chaotic tbh (as a teen of this gen I think that says much) but now I feel like some of it is actually quality stuff XP I enjoy these vids!
Possibly someone already said this, but the blue pencil doesn’t scan well on a scanner, so if you sketch in blue and then ink in black, you get a nice clean scan of your finished lineart. Comes from traditional comics, I think.
