issue three | may 8, 2005
immortal markers
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Recently, the Sharpie Corporation has released a broad spectrum of pens, including such off-beat colors(in terms of markers) as baby blue and maroon.

For years 'Sharpie Art' was considered graffiti's sketch equivalent. Considered an art form by critics in sarcasm only, supporters of Sharpie created their pieces in commercial tones of conventional blue, white board green and stop sign red, to go along with the original black.

With the release of such a flavorful variety, and the appearance of Sharpies in high end art stores, the marker has been taken out of the board room and been placed in the legitimate realm of the artist's workplace.

At the Co-Pilot Magazine, we will look to assemble a vast palette of Sharpies and explore thoroughly the potential these markers have to create dynamic illustrations. I have used black and red markers to create many images in the past, but now with the acquisition of maroon and baby blue, my focus in the genre has been re-energized. I would love to see what kind of work artists are creating since Sharpie expanded into a 32-bit art-system.