UBON'S PROFILE

I was serious when I talked about making this a succession thing, btw. get people together and make community comics! should be interesting no matter how it turns out.

e: realtalk though I would like this way more if you drew out the people in this instead of just copypasting their avs. they don't even need to be good drawings! I just love seeing how people interpret other people online.

ee: ooh, or maybe some kind of succession thing...

dunno why you're just editing your post over and over again. you've already taken out some things I responded to! isn't that a bit dishonest? just make a new one. like I'm doing here:

you'll notice, though, that the strokes in that piece you linked are quite long. no one's advocating drawing the entire outline of a figure in one go. this practice I mentioned, however, is essential for capturing curves correctly. what you're seeing is long, continuous lines layered on long, continuous lines.

the artist is able to do the curve from hip to knee in a single stroke. compare that to your Kirby and tell me honestly that they're both employing the same technique.

if you'd like to discuss this more, though, I recommend you PM me. this is Elliot's art topic and we're sidetracking it.

it's cool! I never claimed you claimed to be anything. don't worry about it; practically everyone working in art is a beginner in some way.

and I literally just posted something for you to learn from. if you don't want to make this into one of those 'big deal internet moments', you should know better than to respond to advice with "oh, yeah? where's your work, then?" especially since I've already given you a proof.

from here, I would recommend ElliotWyvern focuses more on smoothing out his lines (the practice regiment I linked in my last post is excellent for that! c/o PentagonBuddy) and learning about the underlying form of the things he draws. draw from life, and pay attention to light and shadow! think of things in terms of their 3D shapes whenever possible. it's difficult to get the hang of at first, but don't get discouraged.

if you get discouraged I will eat you.

e: I literally gave you work to support what I said. click the link or don't. I'm not posting anything of my own until I get this scanner working. and that's a "can't", not a "won't".

I can tell you're a beginner, and this technique of yours is something that I've seen a lot of beginners touting as if they've discovered an amazing secret. I should know! I was one, and I did the same thing! however, in the long run it only winds up hurting you. regardless of the final product, I don't want you encouraging shortcuts that will actively impair this person's development as an artist.

you mention a steady hand, and that's exactly the opposite of what making these tiny, stuttering lines will accomplish. there are a lot of things you can do to cover things up, but when you get right down to it an artist needs to be able to make smooth, continuous lines.

but don't just take my word for it!