8:51 PM, Thursday March 14th 2024
Thank you for the positive feedback! I for sure took my time with each of these, it's good to see it pays off :)
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Magnetilo
Technician
The Indomitable (Autumn 2023)
Joined 2 years ago
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magnetilo's Sketchbook
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Regarding the "don't alter the silhouette" rule: what about a case where I draw a mass for the neck, and then I want to add some extra furry mass all around it, like a sleeve? I'm thinking of e.g. the neck of an alpaca. Is the answer just to draw the neck with the desired "radius" from the beginning, so it's all contained within the first mass I draw?
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Regarding the lines where sausages connect: should I draw them even if they fall on a surface that's not visible? For example the inside of the "elbow", if it's hidden from view. In my page 2 I did not draw such lines where they're hidden.
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When applying line weight, should I draw from the shoulder as well? I've tried this, but my lack of accuracy for curved lines usually leads to very bad results.
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When drawing hair, I struggle to see how I can draw all the shadows and the way they fall above and under hundreds of overlapping strands, so I resort to no drawing hair at all, or I just draw the hairs themselves. Any advice?
9:49 PM, Thursday September 14th 2023
Thank you for the critique! I will keep these points in mind, I have noticed myself slacking on consistently ghosting all lines.
5:36 PM, Tuesday May 30th 2023
Thank you!
8:08 AM, Tuesday May 30th 2023
Hi Dio!
Thank you for the detailed critique. I've drawn four more constructions and done my best do follow the feedback.
Two more questions came up to me:
9:26 PM, Tuesday January 17th 2023
Thank you for the detailed feedback, this clarifies many concepts I was struggling with!
2:50 PM, Tuesday December 20th 2022
2:43 PM, Sunday November 13th 2022
Ok, thank you! this was super helpful.
7:35 AM, Friday November 11th 2022
Thank you for the feedback! I have two questions, sorry for not including them earlier:
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6:06 PM, Sunday June 26th 2022
So cute! Love the ideas!
9:54 AM, Friday May 20th 2022
Thanks for the feedback! ?
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