February 2019 – Sue Pickford aka Sue Cheung

Back to my roots

Cor! Just been tidying out the attic and found a bunch of visuals I did as an Art Director back in London in the 90s. I forgot how skilled I was at using magic markers – they’re not the easiest medium to handle. Looking back I can see I must have spent a majority of time knocking these slick pics up as the marks I’ve made are clearly quick and confident. Just look at Brett Andersen here.

My preferred brand was Pantone Tria which had 3 tip sizes per pen (the company paid for them thank god, as they were not cheap!). I’m not even sure if people still use magic markers these days as everything seems to be digital. I certainly don’t do marker visuals now, everything is straight to Mac. But when I’ve been asked to do the odd caricature now and then, I tend to do it using Procreate on my iPad.

It’s a shame this medium has died out. And that’s one of the reasons I’m going to start painting again this summer – I’ll soon find out if I’ve still ‘got it’!