10-09-2014, 11:00 PM
When you're doing the ink dotting, may I suggest do one where you try to keep the ink dots tail-free and as round as possible without overlapping as much as possible? Just to explore what that will look like and how you might like its effect.
Also about cross hatching. I've seen Trudy does a trick where she draws lines on small pieces of transparent paper (not sure if it's mylar?), then she'll take them, and overlap them to get a preview of what the hatching will look like at which angles. She also make them with varying line weights. It is very useful as it saves you a lot of guessing and estimating when it comes to shading a face on a shape you're not completely familiar with.
Also about cross hatching. I've seen Trudy does a trick where she draws lines on small pieces of transparent paper (not sure if it's mylar?), then she'll take them, and overlap them to get a preview of what the hatching will look like at which angles. She also make them with varying line weights. It is very useful as it saves you a lot of guessing and estimating when it comes to shading a face on a shape you're not completely familiar with.