Steddie marker pics and process (Patreon)

Stranger things Steve and Eddie! Honestly I just wanted to do something different over the weekend, and this is a ship I've read a lot of fic of but never drawn. I also just think poor Eddie needs 100 hugs. I've given him the wrist thing I do- anyone else twist like a pretzel when they're overwhelmed lol. The last one (digital) was just me messing around with comfort drawings tbh, I often draw characters as kids when I wanna draw comfy fluff, so it was a different more nuanced way to approach it for me.

I actually sketched these digitally, but I wanted to experiment with markers more so I decided to try printing out my sketch very faintly, and inking over top! (I should invest in a lightbox LOL) I feel like my digital sketches are less stiff, so this was a good way to do it, rather than sketching on paper. (I inked with a lamy safari filled with a brown ink I mixed)

Agonising over colours with vague character faces, I wanted to keep it really limited, but its tricky to decide what's needed.

After that it was just a matter of layering, I think the first one I drew (them hugging) came out quite messy because I wasn't sure what I was doing yet, but I'm really pleased with the other two.

I used a beige as a unifying base layer, and then layered yellow green and blue.

The one below was the same, just with purple and blue instead.

This one was my favourite, the colours kind of came out like childhood photos from the early 90s. It reminds me of faded bedsheets and old tshirts.

The colour names make me so happy tbh. I absolutely let it sway my decisions...sea glass green!!!

Thanks for reading!