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Another one for Tora-Cyro!
I still really like how the colors came out here! This character was interessting to draw!
I still really like how the colors came out here! This character was interessting to draw!
Category Artwork (Traditional) / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 734 x 979px
File Size 406.7 kB
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I always have at least one sketchbook that I'm trying to fill up. I think it's good to keep trad skills up to par.
Actually I find it easier to ink traditionally, I feel like I have more control over the movement and pressure, thus my lineweight generally turns out better, but the digital ones are alright. They don't need to shine as much because I work with enough values to compensate.
Keep a small sketchbook with a pen or two onto you, and draw whenever you find the time (like waiting in the doctor's office, taking a bus or train ride, those things). It's fun, makes the time pass faster and is practise comming quick n easy!
Actually I find it easier to ink traditionally, I feel like I have more control over the movement and pressure, thus my lineweight generally turns out better, but the digital ones are alright. They don't need to shine as much because I work with enough values to compensate.
Keep a small sketchbook with a pen or two onto you, and draw whenever you find the time (like waiting in the doctor's office, taking a bus or train ride, those things). It's fun, makes the time pass faster and is practise comming quick n easy!
I don't think my digital lines are necessarily better than my traditional lines, but I find digital media much more relaxing to work with - mistakes are so easily fixed! I'm a big fan of the "undo" function of digital, haha.
I still make traditional pencil sketches, almost always at home tho'. I've never really felt comfortable drawing in public...
I still make traditional pencil sketches, almost always at home tho'. I've never really felt comfortable drawing in public...
Hahaha, if you work a lot of digital and then do something traditionally again and fuck up during sketching even there is that instant thought of 'must undo', and then you're like "oh right, I can't undo shit because this isn't digital!"
Re: feeling comfortable drawing in public
It gets better with time. I used to be so shy about it too, and then just started to do it. The first few times were like EHHH PEOPLE ARE WATCHING ME, SHIT SHIT SHIT! I used to get the shakeys and all. I've gotten more confident ever since; just like with everything else, practise is the key!
Re: feeling comfortable drawing in public
It gets better with time. I used to be so shy about it too, and then just started to do it. The first few times were like EHHH PEOPLE ARE WATCHING ME, SHIT SHIT SHIT! I used to get the shakeys and all. I've gotten more confident ever since; just like with everything else, practise is the key!
Haha yes.
Even when I did analogue inking or oil paints, I knew that mistakes could be corrected, albeit with some work. However, when I tried watercolours it was all OH CRUD THIS MISTAKE CAN'T BE FIXED and my efforts always ended up rather messy... so I'm impressed when I see people master this very tricky medium!
About drawing in public, it's certainly worth a shot :)
Even when I did analogue inking or oil paints, I knew that mistakes could be corrected, albeit with some work. However, when I tried watercolours it was all OH CRUD THIS MISTAKE CAN'T BE FIXED and my efforts always ended up rather messy... so I'm impressed when I see people master this very tricky medium!
About drawing in public, it's certainly worth a shot :)
Hahaha, like with everything, it's just practise! And a little luck I guess :)
Which is why I don't take traditional commissions usually, for example. I'd get too anxious of messing something up and having to start all over again. Digital art has a million and one safety nets!
Which is why I don't take traditional commissions usually, for example. I'd get too anxious of messing something up and having to start all over again. Digital art has a million and one safety nets!
Very true, everything gets better with practice!
You also have to want to work at it tho'. In the art school I attended, we spent the first year trying out different media and techniques - 2 weeks with oil painting, then 2 weeks with photography, then linocut, then charcoal, and so on. It was great to get a taste of a lot of very different things - the idea of course being to later be able to focus on the areas that interested you most. I was definitely most hooked on things black & white & graphic. I was actually never much good at colouring before I went digital. I did some not entirely awful oil paintings, but I never really warmed to oils - we had to clean our paint brushes with turpentine, and that shit fucked up everyone's sinuses for 2 weeks straight XD
Hi, I'm off on a tangent and I have no idea where I'm going with this...
You also have to want to work at it tho'. In the art school I attended, we spent the first year trying out different media and techniques - 2 weeks with oil painting, then 2 weeks with photography, then linocut, then charcoal, and so on. It was great to get a taste of a lot of very different things - the idea of course being to later be able to focus on the areas that interested you most. I was definitely most hooked on things black & white & graphic. I was actually never much good at colouring before I went digital. I did some not entirely awful oil paintings, but I never really warmed to oils - we had to clean our paint brushes with turpentine, and that shit fucked up everyone's sinuses for 2 weeks straight XD
Hi, I'm off on a tangent and I have no idea where I'm going with this...
I yet have to break into oil painting! It's so... messy, haha. That's what I like about watercolors, you can just wash it out, same for anything that lands on your hands and clothes, with oils, it's like "lol, good luck".
Ahh yes, I love black and white art, too! Or with a hint of red in it, just such nice contrasts!
Ahh yes, I love black and white art, too! Or with a hint of red in it, just such nice contrasts!
On the plus side, with oils you can paint over any mistakes you make, and the colours can pack such a punch. But all that cleaning up the tools, the room and yourself ugh.
Oooh yes I agree, black and white and one spot colour works magic!
Next EF we should have an art & technique talk :D
Oooh yes I agree, black and white and one spot colour works magic!
Next EF we should have an art & technique talk :D
True! With watercolors and acryl it's pretty much 'once it's down, there isn't too much you can do to redeem the mistake!'
Also the smell is atrocious. One of my roommate did oil pantings in the kitchen once. ONCE. I was happy she was too lazy to do it again omg. The smell was lingering for days. It's not that awful, just really... intrusive.
Oh yeah I'd be totally up for that!
Also the smell is atrocious. One of my roommate did oil pantings in the kitchen once. ONCE. I was happy she was too lazy to do it again omg. The smell was lingering for days. It's not that awful, just really... intrusive.
Oh yeah I'd be totally up for that!
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