Hey guys! welcome to another Scrawlrbox unboxing! -
I feel like it's been a
while since we've opened one of these..?
maybe it has... maybe it hasn't?
either way
let's find out what's inside?!
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mmm those look like pastel colors!
here we have some of that like
doodle art that I suck at - I hope it doesn't tell me to make that..[giggle].
this was made by
'spotgirldesign' or Ann Pellegrino
I've always liked looking at this stuff but
I've never been good at making it myself
so there's the art for this month, we also
have some paper - ooh, there is several sheets of paper in here
just give them to me, [box!]
they kind of look like
marker paper or bristol board but it'll say on the ♪'menu!'♪ which should be... in here
somewhere?
let's open up the Art Supplies! ( the best part)
[giggle] this is funny, because I just did a video with
Sharpies and I said ''I have no black sharpies'' well now I do!
we have a 'Sharkie...
Sharkie...?
we have a Sharpie fine point and then a Sharpie in ultra fine - both in the
color black
this is a silver pentelic paint marker? - the 'super silver extra fine point'
also in here there is the Pilot FriXion Ball -oh I think I have one of
these, I have it in purple - it's like an erasable highlighter -
nope
it's a pen
I take it back
yeah I don't know what I'm talking about
but! is it erasable?
I was right about that! - I'm not completely crazy
so we have an erasable pen
oh the candy looks 'rainbow-y' - this is a "glacier fruit"
this is the subscription box that comes from the UK and I live in the US
so it's always fun to see the candy
so here's the menu where it lists all the
different art supplies,
we have a Scrawlrbox sticker
and lastly this
looks like the fun bit, aye?
look at those pastel colors! - these are probably the
highlighters that I was talking about earlier right?
they're erasable
they're so cute, they make me think of ice cream!
like a pastel rainbow!
we have yellow, purple, blue, green, and pink!
and a little
postcard to make your new year's resolutions
"draw every day" - I draw almost
every day that's good enough for me - you don't want to get burnout
either, there's a fine line between 'pushing yourself' , 'pushing yourself too
hard' and 'downright dying because you want to achieve your goals'
I don't know which ones you should be striving for personally
whichever one you can handle I guess - you'd actually be surprised which ones
you can handle though, given the right opportunity
alright let's test these all
out so these are actually removed by friction which is why they're called the
Frixion pen - very interesting
[satisfying pen sounds and ♪]
the 'erasability' is actually really impressive
then we have our basic'ole sharpie (not erasable)
and lastly the Art supply I've
never tried before so I'm super excited about is the Pentel paint marker
"super Silver, extra-fine point"
wait..actually there's some instructions on here I need to read
[ball in pen shaking inside of barrel]
oh, it kind of bleeds outwards a little bit - let me zoom in on that
it's a little bit hard to see... it's very similar to the color of the actual paper
but in person the shimmer is a super obvious
it's really weird when you draw
with it it's almost like you can see like it's casting a shadow
that's a cool experience
there's all the art supplies in this month's box along with the paper
do they list what the paper is ?
it's "Norfolk Cartridge paper, 210 GSM, acid-free, wood-free, and has a white matte surface"
but the question is
Did the Sharpie bleed through it onto my desk?!
nope. doesn't look like it
but I want you to make sure you can see the shininess - Oh, La, La!!
funny story back in the day
highlighters were like the only thing I'd used the color because I liked
how pastel they were and how well they looked with like almost any line art and
like you'd always see the line art really nicely underneath them, so
you could have like those details in your drawings and like the color
wouldn't take away from that and the cool thing about highlighters is usually
you can actually build them up and get darker tones
alright....its not....these don't work quite the
same as highlighters I'm used to - these are kind of creating some kind of ink
that you can push around
it doesn't layer to well - but it erases which is always a
cool thing
the highlighters I used to always use - actually I have some right
here - were these Paper-Mate ones, I only picked them because it was like one of
the only packs that came with a purple highlighter but there was like yellow,
orange, pink, green, and I think purple - and I used those for a lot I think in some
of my old sketchbook tours, there was probably like a year or two span where
that's like the only thing I used to color anything - because I was mostly a digital
artists and when it came to sketchbooks I just like those little pops of color
what I'm thinking is the highlighter [the Pentel Pain Marker] is gonna look best on like large areas of Sharpie.
let me see here
like if I color in like a cube or square with sharpie and then take the paint
marker on top of that
that's when you're gonna see it yeah okay - knowing that I'm
kind of getting inspired to draw something
what was the challenge word?
that might be a good place to start - "pastel petals"
[mouth clicking noises]
does that bringing me any inspiration?
petals can look so different - there's all sorts of different petal shapes
I'm in love with these colors - they almost look better without a line
art on them and they're very 'springtime colors' even though we're in
the middle of winter
I'm turning into the tin man!
what if
the petals aren't on a flower but on a person? making a long skinny neck kind of
imitating like a stem [of a flower]
i dunno - we're brainstorming here there's no such thing
as a bad idea when you're brainstorming
because you never know what will lead
you to where
organic texture, it's interesting but it doesn't really feel like it's my
style, you know?
and I don't see how in this idea I can use the metallic marker
and I really want to try and use every single art supply in this box
here's a weird idea but what about a flower that's half biotech you know
like has a
mechanical petal??
oh maybe it's some important flower that's supposed to last
forever and it got injured so the scientists in charge of keeping this
flower alive gave it an extra pedal so It could do, you know, photosynthesis?
but the
extra petals made of metal - I don't know I don't know
so it would have like circuits!
and then our metallic petal would probably be filled in with Sharpie then
all those little designs can be added with the Paint Pen!
♪
something like that - I'm actually really liking the way that looks and if I draw
it bigger I can get more details with this pen because it's only a certain
width - hmm now it's got me thinking
"'a dangerous pastime' 'I know'"
still trying to grasp an idea here
my favorite thing in this box
this month is definitely this paint marker - the other stuff you know it gives
me that not-quite art supplies vibe even though I did say earlier that
that's the only arts to play I used to use but I didn't really consider myself
a traditional artist so this is more like school supplies that I just used to make art
and when it comes to using those sort of things it's like just using what's
around you to make something instead of having to go out and buy stuff getting
this in a subscription box kind of feels a little "mrweh" to me especially when
Art Snacks and PalettefulPacks have had really good boxes, the last couple months
see this pin is really cool you can get some crazy texture differences like this
sticker is kind of matte but the paint is shiny you can draw funny pattern on it
look at that-look at it-look at it!
maybe get some inspiration from the candy?
and you really can't layer them which is what I'm finding really disappointing - see if
I show you the highlighters I usually use for this
see if I draw a pink line, but
then I use a purple on top and layer them and create shading - you cannot do
that with these and these honestly aren't even 'highlighty' look how
vibrant that is and look how 'bleeeh!' that is although in defense of these
highlighters do fade over time and maybe these don't? maybe these just stay just
this amount always? is that what this one looked like?
okay, i guess it was.
- what about a superhero named Petals?
I'm grasping at straws at this point -
I like drawing characters so I definitely want to
stick to that - its erasable, right? nope, that's --- wait.
oh there it is [laugh]
nice generic superhero pose with some hands like that!
maybe she's kind of like a hippie? you know: "flower power"
her slogan can be
"PETAL POWER!"
she shoot petals at you, like whooh, as they get
close to the camera they're gonna get a lot bigger probably change the hair to
kind of follow this curve here
maybe she's got something like gladiator sandals?
okay the erasable pen is kind of cool
the highlighters I think they'd be cooler, you know, for school
it's just not good
enough quality really for art in my opinion - I think I need to look up some
references of petals [giggles]
I like her
she's a bit of a joke
and she's also really fun to draw so let me see if I can come up with like a
cooler pose
that kind of shows those little 'petal powers' a little better
sketch it out
with the Frixion pen and I'm doing like almost Team Rocket pose
what if we pull her
hair/[bangs] down even farther like over her eyes?
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the other leg with her gladiator sandals here
ooh, did we forget the flower in her hair?
I'm gonna erase some of these lines that are kind of confusing me
her dress should probably have like a floral pattern on it - doesn't have to be
super complicated - just scribbles I think will do
as long as they are floral scribble [hehe]
all right so then we should have some petals coming up this way
♪
now the dress isn't supposed to be super form-fitting
but I'm also losing shape and I feel like it's making me-it's kind of confusing
I'm not sure if I should try and slim it down a bit?
Petals! just for the background kind
of fill it out a little bit more
voila
I think my favorite part is actually the
face - I like the way the bangs come down in front of her eyes so now what I need
to do is go in maybe with the sharpie
pick all my favorite lines and make them permanent
I don't mind keeping some of the lines cuz they do add some fun
texture but I just want to see what happens here
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add some more depth to
some of these line-arts
or there might be shadows being cast by like the flower - we can outline
everything with the fine sharpie
oh and then then this I believe we colored in
yeah, I colored that in solid so I can just fill that in and this one as well
add some tassels
or fringe or whatever's on the end of this
actually usually isn't the line
going up for the front of [gladiator sandals]?
not gonna lie it's nice to have a real sharpie on my hands for once
I feel like we need another big petal down here
alright now to add some color - try and go
with a sort of light style that lets the white [of the paper] show through in certain places
I wonder if I could take the purple - try again - and then add shading, if I'm really careful
not to the extent I'm used to and you can't like rub it, you have to
just place it and leave it and whatever you end up with is what you get
maybe she has braces? [low laugh]
and I can add little brackets on her sandals
we can add some
design to this since it's the only thing that's solid black
♪
like the action lines but they also get swirly at the end
so like maybe ones right here
and then it would swirl out like that?
not super obvious but they're there
could make them even more obvious by giving them a shadow
not crazy about that
I think I might actually just like to go over the whole thing with the fine
point sharpie maybe even leave some of the green ones to continue to lead the
eye in the right direction
it's actually kind of interesting it doesn't really
look like anything I've drawn before and I like the little pastel pops of color
along with like the solid black and harsh line art,
I think it looks kind of cool
and then like the shiny metallic I kind of wish I found a cooler way to
sort of incorporate the metallic
I could actually add a couple designs to the dress
they'll blend in so they won't be super noticeable but then they'll show up when
you like, you know, turn the page
and there will be that shininess
just a little added texture, you know?
I left the flower up here White
I can add like a doodle texture on [the flying Petals] that's how you know they're being controlled by her magic
or her superpowers
it's kind of interesting
they don't show a lot
they're very subtle but I think it's kind of interesting - kind of the same texture
that's on her dress so that they're a little more 'matchy'
just put it on the
big ones where you can see it
I really like this it doesn't look anything like
things I've drawn before because I like the style with the lineart but I like
it it has that kind of cartoony comic-booky vibe and I really like
that about it
and since she's supposed to be like a superhero that kind of fits
here we have Petals!
about to go attack someone is not recycling, they just threw
a water bottle on the side of the road
"AARRGGHH!!!!!"
I wasn't super crazy about the art
supplies that came in this month's box but I'll definitely get some use out of
the black sharpie and I can't wait to find a really cool way to use this
metallic paint marker
and I kind of want to look into these and see what other
colors they make
so this was really really cool
I want to thanks Scrawlrbox
for sending me these boxes to try out and to share with all of you I
really do enjoy opening them up and finding little surprises inside
oh I didn't put these on the right caps?
but I'm gonna leave them that way
I think they look kind of cool
how confusing is that?
I want to thank you guys for
watching if any of you are interested in getting your own Scrawlrbox
subscription I'd suggest it more if you live in the
UK since you get free shipping there
if you live in the US it's uh it's a pretty
penny to get it shipped
I'll have a link in the description where you can check
out Scrawlrbox
let me try one more thing
add like a shadow
well it was worth a shot
anyway I want to thank you guys for watching and I hope
you'll have a delicious evening full of WAFFLES! ♪
BYE! ♪
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