- Yay, the first batch of questions. I went with a few that kinda related to the drawing.
BiscuitTheDog wrote:do u hab any animal friends (pets)
Yes! I have three cats (International Space Station, Apollo, and Pablo) and four lovely dogs (Buck, Fuji, Boyd, and Chewie).
rockosaur wrote:oooo whats your favorite show? :0
I don't really watch TV (': but I do watch a lot of documentary series, and One Strange Rock is easily my favorite right now.
elyhria wrote:do you have any tips for lining?? and also what's your favorite type of flower!
My favorite flowers are yellow roses and hyacinths!
As for lining, there's a lot I could go over. I have a lining style that's very different from a lot of other artists on CS, and I greatly encourage others to get creative with their lines. I know there are some artists here who love taking time doing neat lineart, but for me it's tedious and boring. Here's some quick tips based on how I do lineart.
BRUSHES | On oekaki, I use the watercolor tool on half opacity, full color, and a brush size between 2 and 20. It gives a rough, ballpoint-pen type look with smaller sizes, and a softer look on larger sizes. When I use SAI, I use the ink pen tool on a low opacity to get softer lines. I never use smoothing on oekaki, but I always have my stabilizer pretty high on SAI.
TECHNIQUE | My biggest technique tip is to take your time. Try to do lines in single strokes whenever possible, and don't be afraid to re-do them. Also pay attention to where your lines are heavier, and where you add the most detail. I put more detail where I want to draw more focus. You can see it in portraits like this one, where my suit and shirt are only blocked in despite my face being most drawn out.
COLOR | I rarely like to use a completely black lineart. Typically, if it's only solid color (like on this piece) I'll go for a dark blue or red. Even just having a medium tone lineart set on multiply can look nice. For my SAI pieces, however, I actually merge all of my color layers together to one layer, duplicate it, raise the saturation & lower the brightness of the copy, and clip it onto the lineart layer.
