- It is time to do a continuation of something
we have been doing for a really long time on my channel.
Customizing Starbucks cups!
So, if you've been following me for a while,
you may see these videos pop up from time to time.
And it's a really fun activity.
These cups are the perfect material for so many
different types of art supplies.
They're really fun to draw on.
And yeah, it's enjoyable.
Now, as I said, I've been customizing cups
for a really long time.
This is something that I've grown to enjoy immensely.
So I hope that this brings you some good entertainment,
and that you enjoy it too.
Let's get started.
(upbeat music)
So for this first cup, I am laying down a thin layer
of burnt sienna, because guess what?
We are doing something that we have not done
for any of my previous cups.
We are painting this entire cup with acrylic paint,
and I do not believe we have done that yet.
I think we've done, like, patches.
However, we're gonna have fun with this,
and we're going all out.
So let's see what happens.
(relaxed music)
Now, I have covered a few cups with gouache paint
and acrylic gouache, so it's a little similar.
So I think this will turn out okay and have good coverage.
Right now, I'm doing a muted blue color,
and I'm building up white to create clouds.
After a couple of layers of clouds and messing around
with some whimsical brush strokes,
I think it turned out okay.
So I moved on to some brighter colors
at the bottom of the cup.
Can you guess what has inspired this cup?
You probably have seen that I've done some floral paintings
the last, I don't know, like two months?
It's been a good time.
I decided to carry that theme onto this cup
and see how it looks.
So right now I'm just blocking in all the flower colors,
and now I'm doing the contrast with the leaves.
You know how in the spring, a lot of people go to, like,
tulip fields and, in the fall they go to sunflower fields?
And it's just such a place to take family photos,
or just do a photo shoot for whatever occasion.
I felt like this cup sort of expressed a flower field,
because of how big the sky was, and it just felt like,
if this was a real life scene, the flowers would probably
just continue going and going and going,
and nothing would be around except flowers
and a big cloudy sky.
Anyway, this cup was really fun to create,
and it was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be,
because acrylic paint is a medium that I'm super familiar
and comfortable with, so I think this cup
just felt really intuitive.
And here is how it looks now that it's done.
This was really fun.
I don't think I've ever actually done a full cup
in acrylic paint.
I think I've done, like, patches of acrylic.
So I'm pretty happy with it.
I think we'll definitely be using acrylic paint
on more cups in the future, 'cause, yeah.
Flowers have really been inspiring me lately.
Hence why I've been painting them.
But you know what else has been inspiring me lately?
Taking classes on Skillshare.
I just feel like there's so many ideas on there,
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Let's get back to the video!
(bright music)
So we are going all out with this cup
and getting a little funky.
So you can see here, we are doing tons of polka dots.
And now we're using Posca paint pens for this one,
because I thought it would be quicker to do the polka dots
with a paint marker sort of thing than a paint brush,
and I really loved the effect.
Now, you can see all the colors
at the top of the screen there.
That is what I plan to use on this entire cup.
So my hope is that this exudes a lot of happiness
with all these colors.
And you know how, like, when you go to a party,
like a graduation party or a birthday party,
and there's confetti all over the tables and the floor,
and you just kind of feel that happy feeling inside?
That's kind of what this cup reminds me of,
is just that happy party confetti without the mess.
So that's what I was going for, and I was hoping that
it wouldn't look too chaotic, but it also wouldn't look...
I guess, sparse?
Like, you know, I wanted the cup to show through,
but I wanted it to be covered in confetti.
Next, I'm using this holographic glitter paint,
and ooh, this stuff is so amazing.
It is so glittery.
And I decided to completely cover the cup with this.
This cup was really fun.
I enjoyed making it look like a bunch of party confetti.
I also just love how glittery it is.
Oh my word.
So now we're gonna take this cup here
and do something super fun on it,
and this cup will be inspired
by a show that I'm so obsessed with right now.
I don't know if you guys have seen Shadow and Bone
on Netflix, but my husband and I just binged it,
and it was so good.
So I want to do something inspired by that show on this cup
and see how it turns out.
We'll see, we'll see.
All right, we are on the final cup now,
and I saved the best for last.
I am so incredibly excited about this cup,
so I can't wait to tell you about it.
You can see here that I painted it
this moody solid navy blue color, and I actually did
that part in acrylic gouache so it would dry matte.
And now I'm going with acrylic paint,
and we're doing this stag here.
So let me tell you a little bit
about what in the world is going on.
As I previously...
Previously? Previously said, this cup is very heavily
inspired by this show on Netflix called Shadow and Bone.
And let me tell you something.
I am not a person who rewatches shows very often.
However, I've already watched this twice,
so that says a lot.
It's actually a book trilogy, so if you're a reader,
might be a good series to read.
I think I'm actually gonna order it and read it myself,
'cause I did not know it was a series
until after I watched the show.
But let's talk about the cup.
I decided to obviously make this a fan art sort of cup,
and I generally don't do a lot of fan art.
I don't really know why.
I guess it's probably 'cause I'm never really
in the mood to.
Except today it sounded so fun.
So yeah, I'm diving in, doing some symbolic stuff
that pertains to the story.
And I thought it would be so fun
to take some creative liberties with this design.
And you can see that the antlers
sort of go around the Starbucks logo.
The antlers are actually a little more full than this
in the story, but I thought it was really fitting
for a Starbucks cup.
I also thought it would be really fun, too,
to make this stag seem like it was almost glowing
against the night sky.
So that's why I did navy blue and white.
It was a really, really fun to create this.
Then after that, we're taking some gold paint,
'cause you know me and my gold.
We have to do something with gold on here.
(smooth music)
So you can see here, I am painting a sun summoner
sort of symbol, and I looked at a lot of images online
to find one that I liked.
This is the one I went with, and if you've read the books
and I'm talking about stuff incorrectly, don't come for me.
I plan to read the book soon.
But yeah, this was so incredibly fun,
and I feel like it kind of got me out of a little bit
of an art block, because for the last couple of days,
I just felt like I was running short on ideas
other than water and flowers,
and I didn't want to repeat that on the final cup.
So this was a really really enjoyable one,
and I felt like it was very different
than the stuff that I normally create.
So I hope you like this one.
Now, the cool thing about this cup, too,
is you can interpret all these little dots that I'm doing
as either stars in the sky or snow, depending on your mood.
I intended for them to be stars, obviously,
'cause the sun sort of thing.
However, it also kind of looks cool
if you imagine it as snow.
Maybe in December, I'll imagine it as snow.
Yay! We finished all three cups, and guess what?
I honestly think the final one was my favorite.
Maybe it's just because I'm so obsessed
with this show right now, I don't know.
I never really do fan art either,
so it was kind of fun to do that and put it on a cup.
Anyway, yeah. Let me know if you watch this show
and if you're obsessed with it too.
I'm actually watching it a second time now.
Alrighty, well, thank you so much for watching.
I hope you have a marvelous day, and see you!
See you see a couple days, or next week.
Depending on if I do a bonus video this week.
Yeah. All right, bye!