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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
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ImagineFX staff

Why this video game artist still draws in a sketchbook with markers

Sketchbook pages showing concept art drawn with markers with strong depth of field showing a scene with huge mechs undergoing maintenance.

Ben Greene is a US-based art director working in the video game industry. That means often working with the best digital art software. But outside of his day job, he finds creative refreshment working in a more traditional way in sketchbooks.

He uses a range of tool, including markers, brush pens, Sharpies, mechanical pencils, ballpoint pens, watercolour, gouache and even metal leaf. Ben says he particularly loves drawing with markers and ink and says the permanence of the media challenges him to solve problems.

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