WangChung
08-31-2005, 02:03 PM
ok, since there's a discussion in ferret's thread about drawing etc, i've decided to create a thread just for tips and tricks. Nothing, i repeat, NOTHING is to be posted that's off topic, unless you post a tip, then have a little post-script afterwards that's a bit off topic
Tools that i use
> For pencil sketching, i use any BIC Mechanical pencil that's .5mm
> For pencil use, i use a BIC pen or a good liquid-ink-flow pen
> Erasers - BIC erasers on the mechanical pencils are good from my own experience, or using kneaded dough-erasers, as well as those plastic-vinyl type Stedtler erasers (such nice erasers).
> Misc - i have an eraser shield that i use every now and then.. got it from my CAD teacher mr.nelson a few years ago, he was teh coolz.
http://www.artmediaonline.com/template/images/site/eraseshield.gif
Tips off the top of my head
>Shading or Fine Pencil details _
If you are looking to clean up or add to your image after you're done and satisfied, i find that taking a piece of used/doodle/post-it paper, and wearing the pencil point down to a nice flat side will give you 2 things: shading flat, and a fine tip. The shading flat will produce a light thick stroke that can help in shading. The fine tip will be very useful for those fine details (like nails or wrinkles on hands, hair, eyes, etc) .. and the flat side for shading will help in general shading or greyscale coloring.
>Shading or Fine Pen detailing _
for a ball point pen, you just have to find your own technique for shading. A lot of cartoonists i find like using the crosshatch method, like the artist in NonSequitor and Mother Goose and Grimm. Others prefer the streaked parallel line type (like me). This technique is a bit harder because the stroke pressure is very important: a heavy to light stroke will have to be repeated over and over, and if you keep it heavy it looks funkeh. if the direction of the stroke is wrong, it'll come out funky too.
and that's it for now, cuz i cant really think of much more. :geek:
Tools that i use
> For pencil sketching, i use any BIC Mechanical pencil that's .5mm
> For pencil use, i use a BIC pen or a good liquid-ink-flow pen
> Erasers - BIC erasers on the mechanical pencils are good from my own experience, or using kneaded dough-erasers, as well as those plastic-vinyl type Stedtler erasers (such nice erasers).
> Misc - i have an eraser shield that i use every now and then.. got it from my CAD teacher mr.nelson a few years ago, he was teh coolz.
http://www.artmediaonline.com/template/images/site/eraseshield.gif
Tips off the top of my head
>Shading or Fine Pencil details _
If you are looking to clean up or add to your image after you're done and satisfied, i find that taking a piece of used/doodle/post-it paper, and wearing the pencil point down to a nice flat side will give you 2 things: shading flat, and a fine tip. The shading flat will produce a light thick stroke that can help in shading. The fine tip will be very useful for those fine details (like nails or wrinkles on hands, hair, eyes, etc) .. and the flat side for shading will help in general shading or greyscale coloring.
>Shading or Fine Pen detailing _
for a ball point pen, you just have to find your own technique for shading. A lot of cartoonists i find like using the crosshatch method, like the artist in NonSequitor and Mother Goose and Grimm. Others prefer the streaked parallel line type (like me). This technique is a bit harder because the stroke pressure is very important: a heavy to light stroke will have to be repeated over and over, and if you keep it heavy it looks funkeh. if the direction of the stroke is wrong, it'll come out funky too.
and that's it for now, cuz i cant really think of much more. :geek: