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Thank you! Defenetely something worth trying. What's more, istead of doodling some random things when for example talking on the phone, I could try to do this. :) Great stuff to do when you don't know what to draw also.
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On line quality, you can practice like.. with charcoal mostly cause its such an awesome expressive drawing medium, try to draw things from life, and contour lines and shapes draw really sharp lines.. and make sure to use soft lines where the form turns and such.
It sounds really simple, but it often time slips peoples minds, and when you actually focus on it, you end up with a pretty good line quality work.
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drawing a lot.
really i'm not being a jerk.
ok ok
what i mean is
- line quality is an auto-improving feature most of the time. it just happens as you draw more and more, you get more confident, better coordination etc. it's not really a thing to be making tutorials on.
- line expression or the "artistry" of a line, which involves things like the flow of a line, width variation, pressure variation, dynamic and so forth, this is stuff you learn from observing great drawings and practicing.
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Thx, could you elaborate more on the line expression?
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i would recommend to try different hatching technique so you can focus on getting a clean line work
you can also try to mimic the line style of master
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