![]() It doesn't matter if the hardest lead shows through a bit, b/c it's the second lightest value in the art I only need to erase it in very light areas. I work in layers, starting from the hardest (lightest) lead and working up to the softest (blackest) in a few passes. I sketch and line in fine-point mechanical pencil. Your sketches are probably already lined, they're just not up to whatever arbitrary standards you've heard/set for what lineart "should" be. You drew lines instead of solid shapes? Boom, lineart. Lineart is lineart, whether it's done in pencil or ink, clean or messy. If you want it mathematical, calculate out some ratios. If you want a photoreal division of space, photos are there to be used. But in both cases the underlying issue causing error is really with proportion and measurement, which is about selecting the space, not making the edit: somehow you have to already know how space is divided, which leads to using reference of some sort. If you're used to a process with a lot of physicality and mark-making action, painting will feel more natural than lines: errors accumulate more gradually when you're filling in an area with bits of value, while they can surprise you when you draw a line and then another line and you suddenly see a wrong form. My most accurate drawings ever have come after taking up this challenge, because I started to embrace tracing off composites as a useful tool, one that I mix with other processes when I need to inject realism. CSP makes it easy to stylize and correct vector lines so the result can feel clean but also dynamic.Īs a side effect it has also made me much more observant of reference, because it's hard to rely on muscle memory to make a familiar pattern using the mouse. This has made me intimately familiar with the technical line tools in CSP because it is too darn slow to do anything freehand. I started because I reasoned that this would be the best way to get me out of the guess-and-check "sculpting" you describe. I currently draw using the mouse, by choice. U/PygmyGoats got a point, line stabilizers forever! I occasionally horrify myself turning off the line art when I color under it. I have the urge to do this is the first couple of stages but if I can conserve my energy to have the patience to do the detail work last and the flourishes -the idea of the finish look in the last stage, I'm mustard.Īlso, very much here for the lineart less tips.When I'm happy the last stage, I allow myself the energetic details.If I'm too pumped, I might leave the face for last.Nothing too detailed really, its about getting everything else straightened. Less blobby shapes.then once the sketch is nice, I start to clean it up slowly.I do the usually blobby shapes, quick sloppy, getting it down.The only way I figured to do line art is arranging my energy in each stage. ![]() I love pencil but I also love the look of finish thin and thicc line art. I use to get so frustrated with line art after doing a sketch. also, moving my pen fast and from my shoulder creates a smoother, more lively line (be prepared to Ctrl+Z a lot though lol) Instead, for most projects, i found that doing lines in a single stroke with a very gentle stabilizer helps me. Lineart can have a lot of personalityĬ) for actually doing lineart in a digital software, i used to sculpt lines out, and that works for some things, it has a lot of flavor but it's pretty tedious and doesn't fit every style. I've also been experimenting with doing lineart last, just for flavor, and focusing on shapes. Also, I've become quite fond of using a very sketchy lineart layer, it's faster and low-stakes. I noticed that a lot of my favourite artists have wobbly lines or sketchy look. Hrmm, as someone who is trying to get better at lineart, the best solutions that've worked for me so far:Ī) do the lineart on paper and scan it in, i find that i get nicer lineart when I draw physically with like a fountain pen or sharp pencil rather than digital (experimenting with different pens, pencils and brushes helps but isn't necessary), Note: make sure your paper isn't larger than your scannerī) go for a sketchy, imperfect, or nontraditional look. ![]()
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