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It's been a while since I posted an image of the process I do, so I figured I'd post one for those interested!
Gesture: These are gesture sketches, quick and messy, they're simply to find a pose. Doing gesture sketches helps keep things fluid and not stiff. I've now tried to make it a habit to offer 2 or more poses for a commissioner to pick from. This also helps me be more creative with my poses, since I don't only do one and decided to go with it.
Sketch: Regular sketch! My sketches are generally quite rough, sometimes they're more cleaned up though. How I do them changes all the time, right now I usually use blue and red pencil lines. I don't sketch some details, like hands, I prefer to sketch them once I ink.
Inks: Not much to say here, just the inked up image, all cleaned up!
Flats: Just putting flat colour, if I'm not shading I then add gradients (a darker gradient and a lighter gradient), then a texture on top. If I'm shading, I also do the same thing once I'm done with the shading.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Gesture: These are gesture sketches, quick and messy, they're simply to find a pose. Doing gesture sketches helps keep things fluid and not stiff. I've now tried to make it a habit to offer 2 or more poses for a commissioner to pick from. This also helps me be more creative with my poses, since I don't only do one and decided to go with it.
Sketch: Regular sketch! My sketches are generally quite rough, sometimes they're more cleaned up though. How I do them changes all the time, right now I usually use blue and red pencil lines. I don't sketch some details, like hands, I prefer to sketch them once I ink.
Inks: Not much to say here, just the inked up image, all cleaned up!
Flats: Just putting flat colour, if I'm not shading I then add gradients (a darker gradient and a lighter gradient), then a texture on top. If I'm shading, I also do the same thing once I'm done with the shading.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Category All / All
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Size 1200 x 542px
File Size 509.6 kB
I watch artists leave off parts of characters, or just do boxy fill-in stuff in the sketch phase and just draw all the details in the inking phase as if they were completely re-sketching it and inking it all in one step. I never understood or figured out how to take that massive shortcut, but I see it done more often than not.
I see both ways a lot, it's just everyone is different is all. Some people need a very cleaned up sketch before they can ink. Some don't even need a sketch at all! None of these are better then the other in my opinion. Me, I'm sorta in the middle. My sketches are rough but not overly so. I need a sketch to be able to ink, but somethings I add later, like the piercings, since I don't need a sketch for it, since it's a circle. Or, like hands, I prefer to sketch them once I know for sure where I want the arm to be. Here the hand is sketched in a lot, usually there's just a box there.
It's also because there's a lot I don't ink in the first place, like markings or clothing patterns. So I don't need to sketch them in.
It's also because there's a lot I don't ink in the first place, like markings or clothing patterns. So I don't need to sketch them in.
I was talking with an art buddy of mine a while back, and he had a very valid point. The people you mentioned who don't even bother with a sketch and just do the sketch/inks all in one giant leap tend to have glaring proportion and anatomy errors in their works. I went back and looked at the works of a few people I know who do this... and sure enough, I started noticing things like arms and legs being bigger than they should, the head being too small, shoulders being higher or lower than they should, etc.
And I'll admit years ago (like 2009 and back) I used to do that. But in 2010 I started using understructure, and it massively improved my ability to make everything look cohesive and proportional.
And I'll admit years ago (like 2009 and back) I used to do that. But in 2010 I started using understructure, and it massively improved my ability to make everything look cohesive and proportional.
Huh, I never thought to do a variety of gesture sketches before I went into the actual sketch. That is a really smart idea. I do often find myself sketching these neat sketches all the way to almost a clean sketch, only to find the pose wasn't what I or the commissioner were looking for. I've always thought of gesture sketches as "that really boring exercise everyone says works wonders but I dislike", but this is a really practical use for them. Thank you for posting!
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