https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/18/16308924/samsung-galaxy-note-8-live-messages-how-to-pen >One of the cool new features on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8 is Live Messages, a fun new addition that lets you draw animated messages to send to your friends. To access live messages, simply take the S Pen out from the device, hit the grey pen icon that pops up, and select “live message.” >That’ll pop up the Live Messages window, where you can draw your own custom message. On the top left of the window, there are a couple of icons, each providing different options for the pen. The leftmost icon lets you choose between regular lines, a glowing effect, and a sparkling line effect that’s become the most well known of the three. There’s also options for changing how thick the lines are, and a choice of colors. When you’re drawing your message, be aware that you can mix pen sizes and colors, but everything has to be the same effect — so if you’re drawing in sparkling lines, everything has to be in sparkling lines.