Tomato Marker Illustration – Testing New ENMY Markers

Originally posted in my Instagram

Sometimes I like to test new materials on something simple, cheerful, and full of color.

This little tomato piece was made as one of my first studies with my new ENMY markers. I did not want to begin with anything too complicated. I wanted something familiar, round, bright, and alive – something that would let me feel the colors first. Tomatoes felt perfect for that: warm reds, soft highlights, fresh green stems, and those beautiful, almost playful shapes that repeat but never look exactly the same.

What I loved most in this process was watching the page become sunnier step by step. At first there were only light construction lines and circles, just the quiet arrangement of forms. Then the red began to appear, then the greens, then the shadows, and slowly the whole composition started to glow. Even such an ordinary subject can become festive when the colors are doing what they are meant to do.

I also really enjoyed using the striped blue background, because it gave the tomatoes even more warmth. The cool blue made the reds feel sweeter and stronger, almost like summer on paper. It turned the drawing into something between a study and a decorative piece – simple, but vivid enough to hold the eye for a while.

There is always something tender to me in testing new art supplies this way. It is not about perfection. It is about meeting the material, understanding how it moves, how it layers, where it stays soft, and where it becomes bold. I think every new tool has a small conversation hidden inside it, and this tomato page was my way of beginning that conversation with these markers.

So this reel is a small marker test, but also a small celebration of color. A few tomatoes, a striped ground, a new set in my hands, and suddenly an ordinary evening turns into something bright.