How to Make: Glitch Art

The other day, I came across a new style of art, called ‘glitch art’. I decided to try my hand at it, and immediately fell in love! Not only is it fun to make and aesthetically pleasing to look at, it is also easy enough for anyone to make. Glitch art can be a fun pastime during the lockdown for both art-lovers, and those who just want to try it!

All you need:

  • A pencil
  • A black pen
  • A blue pen
  • A red pen
  • A whitener or white pen
  • An eraser

The first step, is to draw anything of your choice with a pencil. I have drawn the well-known cartoon character Sponge-Bob, but this glitch technique can be used on any drawing!

Step two is to outline your pencil drawing with a black pen or marker.

The next step is to outline the drawing with a red pen or marker, but slightly to the left of the original drawing.

The fourth step is to outline the drawing with the blue pen or marker, but slightly to the right this time. After this step, you can see the glitch effect starting to come out!

For the next step, add some small lines in and out of the drawing with the blue and red pens. This adds considerably to the glitchy effect!

The final step is to use the whitener or white pen to add small gaps between some of the lines.

And there you have it! This technique can be used to add a nice effect to any drawing that you make.

2 Comments on “How to Make: Glitch Art

  1. Great idea and good instructions. Will try out! Thanks

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