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[shrimpbat]

Hii Im just starting doing digital art and your artstyle inspires me a lot<33 But I really struggle with lineart, can you please give me some tips?? Thank you anyways :33

Hello there! First, thank you! I'm very glad my art could inspire. ^_^ ♥ Second, yes! Ofc I can assist with that! :D

For me, to have my line art appear smoother, I have my stabilizer set to 60!

This makes the lineart over the sketch appear really clean and smooth! I also have a very angular and toony style, which helps make the lineart cleaner overall, but if your style's more round and realistic, make sure to try and erase lines coming off the edges if you don't want it to appear more sketchy than clean!

But if you're trying to go for a more sketchy effect you can leave that little line! :]

Shape language is huge in my art too, and it can help with lineart! For the sketch, try drawing a character with a specific shape in mind! For me the character doesn't have to completely be made up from these shapes and can have multiple shapes make them up!

Shapes can really help with line art!! Honestly it helps you guide your hand on what you're going for in your art a little more. And it feels smoother! To me at least. ^^

For the last one, and this one is COMPLETELY optional, but I color the lineart of the characters that I draw's hair!! I use the clipping tool for this above the line art. It gives a 2000s feel since a lot of cartoons back then used that style!

Sometimes when characters have completely black hair, I discard the line art around it, like with my characters Bonnie and Nora.

But I can break this rule sometimes, like with my characters Vex and Sara.

Quick tip! If you're willing to do colored line art for characters with black hair, use the clipping tool! Make a new layer above your top layer and then check clipping. Then use the color you want!

Just a disclaimer tho, in my own art I don't use a lot of layers lol. I use one for lineart and one for coloring! And ofc one for the hair lineart.

But overall I hope this could help!! Thank you for asking me! ^_^

[bigfatbreak]

Birds of a Feather previous / next

[bethfuller]

here's a landscape tutorial!

i focused on natural environments for this one, if you find it helpful I'll be back with how I learned to draw buildings.

let me know if it helps! and have fun drawing ✨

[nouverx]

Day 1 and Day 2 of RadioStatic Week

First Meeting and Sharing a meal! I like the idea that Alastor is the one who approached Vox first because of how unique he looks eheh

[mildarka]

Big fan of immortals finding joy in very mortal things... like mcdonalds

[egophiliac]

so on the subject of the "Crowley is secretly Revaan/Laverne/Levin/please Twst give us his name" theory, I think my feelings are best summed up as "I don't really buy it, but it's funny". like, in all seriousness, I'm not opposed to it; I have enjoyed the writing in Twst so far and I'm willing to trust that whatever happens will, you know, make sense and not be terrible. but I'm just not really convinced by the current evidence! maybe that'll change once we learn more, we'll see!

with that said, may I propose a few alternate theories about the possible Crowley/Revaan connection:

[spicyavogato]

Buckle up, Buttercup

[welcometogrouchland]

ANOTHER SKETCH DUMP! Featuring more of me playing with lineless art. Batman reborn era trio (dick, damian and steph) I miss you...when will you return from war. Also featuring Steph designs bc I've seen ppl dissatisfied w/ her current look, some good mom Talia, and Jason Todd poetry club. Duke is confused not that Jason would start a poetry club but that he'd have such mid poetry opinions. (ID in Alt)

[ato-dato]

They are girlfriends to me

[mipexch]

NEW OBJECTIVE: FIND FUEL (STYLISHLY!)

[bring-me-some-dip]

the third dumbest thing I've made now Alternative title: All I Want for Christmas is You, Could You Take a Look at Me?

[kc5rings]

A little something to celebrate a years worth of Muzzle Mondays with the subject that most often came to mind for me this past year, Wish once again knocking it out of the park.

That century of solitude guarding a door is one of the most compelling things about Nian’s story to me, and I look forward to learning more about what exactly that was about

As always, Happy Muzzle monday!

[ohitslen]

Living together.

The snail video if you are interested :)

[fleshwizard]

𝔄𝔯𝔰 𝔊𝔬𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔞

[galoogamelady]

How do you draw inorganic things so well your guns and armor and metal stuff is just so gosh darn good like i need tips i fail hard at inorganic matter every i every draw looks so soft and fleshy

The thing about hard surface items is that you have to be at least a little bit anal about perfect straight lines and ellipses in relation with perspective. I was really bad at descriptive geometry (my teacher sucked ass but that's another thing), and okay at best at drawing still life of objects in high school, but I recommend dabbling in the latter at least, if you can, to strengthen your foundations. How and where shapes connect to each other, how corners are formed, how a pattern or sticker translates on a flat surface we see in perspective all matter in selling your drawing.

Unless you're going to simplify shapes a lot, don't rush it and just refine the drawing as you go. This is my process. Again, I'm not a perfectionist, I know this final drawing is not a 1-to-1 to the reference, but it's good enough for this practice. If the gun was the main focus of an image, I would make sure the tip of the barrel looked sharper and nicer.

You can see me using this method in this old speeddraw and in a recent twitch stream (footage of which will be in my next youtube vid).

I recommend using rulers even if you trace over images of items. And be mindful about where and how you weather or detail shapes. For example, I could have drawn horizontal lines on the upper receiver here, but the short vertical lines help convey its roundness better.

If you're drawing different materials, you can forego the ruler on soft materials but still use it for the hard ones. (eg. a couch that has a wooden base/legs vs the cushions):

[anewp0tat0]

I tried but not very hard to see what the anniversary date was, and i decided to just prepare myself for the 16th or the 18th... it was the former. so, as always, but this time truly by accident... happy belated 17th birthday Black Butler!! I truly hope this year is amazing for us.

this year, I decided to use an idea I had wanted to try for a while but I never thought I would be able to pull off. and I still probably couldn't in the best way.... but regardless, here is a made up last chapter scenario.

you can also see this comic on webtoon here. whatever your fancy, if you please :>