08-03-2012, 10:02 AM
Hey there Jake!
I like your pencil studies man, mind if I suggest something?
It seems you're drawing rendering the details and trying to place it all together to form a bigger picture. This usually cause more trouble then you hope for, so, you may want to try what has worked for me.
I started carrying around two pencils, a HB and a 4B (a harder and a softer one, I don't know if the scale is the same outride Brazil). I used the harder pencil to softly lay the structure - drawing the big masses of the figure, defining the pose, making it stand straight and all that. once that was solid, I came in with the softer pencil and made harder, well resolved lines above the sketch. It was dark enough so you could barely see the initial structure, and made the whole drawing that more tight.
Sure it takes a while longer, but usually it's really worth the results! Don't rush, it usually pays off in the end!
I like your pencil studies man, mind if I suggest something?
It seems you're drawing rendering the details and trying to place it all together to form a bigger picture. This usually cause more trouble then you hope for, so, you may want to try what has worked for me.
I started carrying around two pencils, a HB and a 4B (a harder and a softer one, I don't know if the scale is the same outride Brazil). I used the harder pencil to softly lay the structure - drawing the big masses of the figure, defining the pose, making it stand straight and all that. once that was solid, I came in with the softer pencil and made harder, well resolved lines above the sketch. It was dark enough so you could barely see the initial structure, and made the whole drawing that more tight.
Sure it takes a while longer, but usually it's really worth the results! Don't rush, it usually pays off in the end!