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sketchedraven · 14 days

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hello. i'm an art nerd and as such do art nerd things like study art. you are one of my favorite artists for your smooth and organic lines. is your style of line work something you've developed unintentionally over time or is it a matter of intention and technique? ive noticed you're able to do a lot with very little, which is something i strive for in my own art. happy late easter if you celebrated btw

oh this is an interesting question! I've never really stopped to think about this before.

I think it's a bit of both, but mostly unintentional and developed over time as a characteristic of the way I prefer to draw.

I draw quickly, erase minimally, like continuous lines, and enjoy the actual physical feeling of drawing messy, and I think that's helped me be more confident in my lines in general and contributes to how it looks. Being precise and accurate is usually not my goal, so it's ok if something is off (please never flip my sketches haha). I like the way drawing like this feels.

But there are also a lot of styles I love that use fluid lines, like ukiyoe art and artists inspired by those same styles, or others' quick gestural drawings. Seeing those inspire me to stay loose, or not care about accuracy, simplify things, etc, and folding these concepts it into my work is intentional, because it loops back into enjoying the way it's done. I don't really have much advice or technique for how to achieve this deliberately because I guess I'm not really sure myself LOL but based on how I approach things myself, these are tips to try (which it looks like you're doing some already!):

draw with pen on paper. If you mess up just go with it, or try again from the beginning. Don't get hung up on erasing and fixing things, just keep drawing

practice speed, with timed gesture drawing or other methods of practice you're comfortable with; try it without picking up the pen

turning stabilization off while drawing digitally for a more natural line (entirely subjective, but stabilization trips me up so bad and feels weird)

draw from life. It can be random objects around the house, or random photos, but draw things you normally wouldn't - train your hand to follow your eye, as this will help you see the way you use line, and is an easy way to practice what kinds of lines you want without getting hung up on idea generation, or if the character looks right, expectations, etc.

It's okay to be impatient and lazy sometimes LOL. Sometimes doing the bare minimum helps you to learn where you want to simplify or stylize things. "Good enough" is also a pretty useful catchphrase sometimes

I hope something in this post helps! And sorry if it doesn't, I'm not very good at articulating my own art or thought processes.

Thank you for your kind words and for enjoying my work. happy late easter!

#Rebird #I want to try this advice out sometime #I feel like it'll be helpful

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sketchedraven · 14 days

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Woooo. Hopefully making this account will make things a bit easier on me.

Hello, I'm Sketch. I'm a trans-guy artist who is just trying to do his thing. I'm going to be posting art and general game dev things in regards to my current projects here.

I ask that those who follow me be over the age of 18, due to the nature of my game projects/content I consume/art I wish to make: I can't exactly stop you, but please respect my boundaries for your own sake.

I will list my current/future game projects, as well as some general tags I will be using on this blog, under the cut.

Current Projects:

- An Anomaly. [Hiatus] Themes: Horror, Yandere(?).

- More Than Meets The Eye. [Hiatus] Themes: Horror, Yandere, Kidnapping, Alot of things honestly(I'll fix this tomorrow).

Future Projects:

- If Not Limbo.[working title] Themes: Surreal(?), Liminal(?), Horror, Science, Supernatural elements??. It's a w.i.p idea that I really like, even though I likely won't be able to make it for a few years.

General Tags:

- Raven's Gaw [My posts]

- SketchedDev [Posts relating to my games]

- LookIntoTheAbyss [Mature or 18+ Content]

- Pebble Horde [Fan Content. I will treasure.]

- Feather Drop [My Fanart]

- Birdscratch [My original art]

- Rebird [Reblogs]

- mtmte ["More than meets the eye" posts]

- Anomaly ["An Anomaly" posts]

#Raven's Gaw #SketchedDev #LookIntoTheAbyss #Pebble Horde #Feather Drop #Birdscratch #Rebird #mtmte #Anomaly

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