04-09-2012, 01:38 PM
Hey there Jaik.
Mind if I drop you a line of advice?
I was reading this book here: http://www.amazon.com/John-Howe-Fantasy-...510&sr=8-1, the author actually suggested something that, to me, made a lot of sense.
Use a slightly softer pencil (he suggests a 4B one), and be more gentle of each line. He says you should not hold your pencil to draw the same way you hold to write. Be looser, be gentle, feel the paper under your pencil - softly enough you can actually erase with a kneaded eraser with ease.
I've tried it, and I loved it. I hold the pencil away from the tip, almost as if it was a brush, and I use much more of the elbow to draw than I used to.
After that, when I have all my big shapes in place, very softly, I hold the pencil more tightly and make a few clean lines to tighten up the sketch.
Sorry for the intrusion, and I hope this little advice is helpful :) Your lines are certainly evolving, but they do look a bit stiff still.
Mind if I drop you a line of advice?
I was reading this book here: http://www.amazon.com/John-Howe-Fantasy-...510&sr=8-1, the author actually suggested something that, to me, made a lot of sense.
Use a slightly softer pencil (he suggests a 4B one), and be more gentle of each line. He says you should not hold your pencil to draw the same way you hold to write. Be looser, be gentle, feel the paper under your pencil - softly enough you can actually erase with a kneaded eraser with ease.
I've tried it, and I loved it. I hold the pencil away from the tip, almost as if it was a brush, and I use much more of the elbow to draw than I used to.
After that, when I have all my big shapes in place, very softly, I hold the pencil more tightly and make a few clean lines to tighten up the sketch.
Sorry for the intrusion, and I hope this little advice is helpful :) Your lines are certainly evolving, but they do look a bit stiff still.