Crystal Chan
Bio
Doing coding things badly and drawing things less badly. I like making illustrated explanations, essays and stories.
Stories (4/0)
Pathways to Learning Art
Learning art is a very multifaceted thing (which media do you start with? How do you learn creativity? What about the physical side of drawing?), so I’ve broken down the different aspects of learning art into a few different maps (for simplicity’s sake, I’ve narrowed my focus to 2D visual art, and so have left out things like fabric art, sculpture, pottery etc).
By Crystal Chan3 years ago in Lifehack
A complete guide to alcohol markers
There are a few different types of art markers (paint pens, water-based markers, solvent markers) but this guide will be specifically about alcohol markers. Since Copics are the most well-known and used brand of this category, I’ll also include some information about those.
By Crystal Chan3 years ago in Lifehack
Shading Techniques for Dry Media
Hello! This is a guide to different shading techniques you can use with dry media like pencils, charcoal or even fineliners (for some of them). I’ve made a note in the image captions of what sort of dry media they’d be suited for, and I’ve also made sure that every image is drawn with a single shade only. When you’re practising shading, it’s a good idea to start out with just one or two shades so you’re practising pencil and pressure control rather than relying on a soft pencil for darkness and a hard pencil for light shades.
By Crystal Chan3 years ago in Lifehack
Types of Pencils Used For Sketching and Shading (Guide)
Hello! This is a guide to graphite (aka lead) pencils. This guide is meant to only be about the art materials themselves and won’t include any tips or guides on shading or blending techniques — that’s another topic altogether, so I’ve split them up into different articles. I’ve also only written specifically about graphite pencils here, so if you want info about coloured pencils, that will be in a separate piece.
By Crystal Chan3 years ago in Journal