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Post by dschmittle on Jan 18, 2005 14:37:54 GMT -5
I've only been drawing carciatures for a short time now and on spare time. I usually sketch them with a regular #2 pencil then when I feel I've gotten were I want to go I go over my lines with ink and erase the pencil.
Now, After looking at alot of post here, my work seems very dark and blaw!!
How can I achieve the more smooth look thatmost others on the site have?
Just curious.
Dave
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Post by donpinsent on Jan 20, 2005 12:20:14 GMT -5
a couple of suggestions:
1. what are you using to ink? based on a couple of your drawings i've looked at, it looks like you're using a fine-tip pen. good for inking many kinds of artwork, but for something as broad as the simple black-and-whte line-drawing caricature, a marker that allows more variety in thickness of line gives a much nicer look. or...
2. forget inking altogether. caricaturists doing a crawing for a paying should ususally use markers, because that's the look the general public seems to expect/ prefer, but for your own personal caricature collection, i personally like the rough look that comes from just not cleaning up your original sketch. it makes it seem more spontaneous and dynamic, even though you may have spent a lot of time getting it right.
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Post by dschmittle on Jan 20, 2005 12:37:44 GMT -5
Yeah, pretty much #2 pencil then a fine tip marker. I want to color them on my computer, but am having a hard time. I have a wacom Graphire 3 and Painter 7 and Photosop Elements. Any suggestions on how to start laying out the color, brushes etc.?
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