on delicate areas like the eye, zoom in and use a small eraser to clean up. you may need to use the 1 pixel brush A=250 to
draw in the details such as the lashes and eyelid crease
since the actual oekaki is supposed to look much nicer than the sketch, you might want to consider refining
your sketch a little. here, notice how i changed his eye to make it look more detailed, and more stylo mylo.
adding eye-lashes is cool, especially when you're drawing a bishounen. always remember, bi stands for beautiful.
anyways, notice how i vary the thickness of the lineart. just imagine drawing on a piece of paper with a marker.
places where you exert more pressure will result in a thicker line. varying the line thickness makes your picture look more
natural. if you're using lascaux sketch (available exclusively at
2Draw), this step would be easy... but since i'm using paintbbs for
this demonstration, i have to vary the line thickness using the eraser.
if you still don't know where the line should be thicker and where it should be thinner, start observing how other people
draw. many things can be learned by observation. once you observe how people do certain things, experiment with their methods
in your next oekaki. you'll see improvements in no time :'D
ok, here are some samples of where to thicken the lines.
hint: lines should appear thicker after bends :o
imagine drawing on a piece of rice paper with a fountain pen. when doing a shape like this "L", if you use more pressure
around the bend, it results in a slightly thicker line around the bend.
similarly, if you start drawing a line with firm pressure and gradually lessen your pressure when you end the line,
you'll get a line with a thick part at where you start, and slowly taper off to a sharp end. just keep on
experimenting to find out what looks good for you :'D
at any stage of your drawing, remember to zoom out to check that everything looks balanced.
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