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snail first go. Any advice would be appreciated. My lines feel scratchy. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong of if it is just muscle memory/dexterity and will correct itself with practice.
Melanie Scearce
It's just a bit of shift you have to make in mindset. Instead of making many small, dark searching lines, train yourself to consciously make long, loose and very light lines. It may feel a bit unnatural at first but keep practicing, you want to start darkening the lines once you've found the ones that you feel good about. This process may slow you down a bit as well, but you will rebuild speed with practice. Nice use of CSI here. You're on the right track!
@skylarsmithe
first 2 are before the demo. Second one is after. I think I did the shading better. I could have done the lightest halftone cleaner if I'd used an 2H pencil instead of trying to be consistently light with the HB. That consistent lightness and not leaving any gaps is difficult. I think I did better than the first one. I chose to simplify the shadow into one color. I think proportions were better on my second one. Bottom right needs to be adjust though. This is a challenging exercise. Hopefully I did better... Not sure.
@skylarsmithe
I should have used a larger sketchbook. I'll know for next time. I felt good about it until I started putting the inner planes.
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