Tools used: BEROL Markers, Crayola felt tips, Biros, Fountain pens, WACOM Tablet, and Fineliners
Continued off the previous post, with these studies I started to look more into elements like crosshatching and shades to add simple tone to my sketches. I really enjoyed exploring the difference in line weight between all the pens I used - The thick, brush tipped pens like the BEROL pens were great for working super quickly, which is great for adding gesture and character to things; this worked wonders when I was doing the bat sketches in particular, which I think are my favourites out of the lot on here.
The fine liners turned out to be a small miracle as well, though. Fine nibbed pens like Biros and Liners are great for slapping down crosshatching, which is great for bringing out areas of tone and shade in otherwise pretty flat sketches. I realised you could make subjects look super fluffy or really solid by messing with the quality of the line - very important when drawing lots of animals!
I'm pretty confident with working with line, but I think the pens that gave me the least control, like the thick BEROL pens produced the best results, as I had less time to overthink how it was meant to really 'look'; that being said though, I think a lot of these would benefit me maybe being more careful and more observed. Going off the previous set of studies - I'm a very quick and gestural drawer, but sometimes that comes in sacrifice of actual anatomy and some of these look a tad bit...out there. A bit wrong? A little bit off. I think thats something that would improve from drawing the subjects over and over though.
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