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Looking to Lose Some Line Weight: HD Edition.
3 months ago
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My thick lines are par for the brand but what if they went away?
An insane question to ask but I had to give it a go, after all there's a lot of looks I'm missing out on with the line-art I have, so why not slim up a little?
And so I did, I made a new custom pen in Krita and got to sketching away.
One of the first results was Abyss, which didn't use the new pen but pushed for slimmer lines. Turned out really good, even if the focus was mostly on the surrounding area... which was hard to get right.
The others I can't share (yet) but... they're good. Just what I wanted. When working with thick line-art, the lines themselves take center stage, making a lot of shading go under the radar regardless of the quality. If anything I found simpler shading worked with these best, but since I also wanted to amp up my shading...
The slim lines are great. 12px (when i normally work with 35-50px) works well in showcasing shading and making it a bigger focus in work.
I also found doing a shadow layer and layering on top of it with some highlights was most effective. "What were you doing before?" you ask, and to be honest... It was either one or the other. I hadn't tried both at the same time because it seemed like overdoing it but... it might actually work well in the future, so look forward to that.
Anyway I've been drawing all day and now I'm tired. Goodnight.
An insane question to ask but I had to give it a go, after all there's a lot of looks I'm missing out on with the line-art I have, so why not slim up a little?
And so I did, I made a new custom pen in Krita and got to sketching away.
One of the first results was Abyss, which didn't use the new pen but pushed for slimmer lines. Turned out really good, even if the focus was mostly on the surrounding area... which was hard to get right.
The others I can't share (yet) but... they're good. Just what I wanted. When working with thick line-art, the lines themselves take center stage, making a lot of shading go under the radar regardless of the quality. If anything I found simpler shading worked with these best, but since I also wanted to amp up my shading...
The slim lines are great. 12px (when i normally work with 35-50px) works well in showcasing shading and making it a bigger focus in work.
I also found doing a shadow layer and layering on top of it with some highlights was most effective. "What were you doing before?" you ask, and to be honest... It was either one or the other. I hadn't tried both at the same time because it seemed like overdoing it but... it might actually work well in the future, so look forward to that.
Anyway I've been drawing all day and now I'm tired. Goodnight.
