Yay!!! my artistic sense is back!!!
ahem..
k... anyway... here is step by step of how i drew Jimmyboveto's character.
first i outline the character, basically how i want it to look like with light pencil. in this case 4H.
image was edited with photoshop so you can see.
when u do basic outline keep the lines simple, preferable using basic shapes like circle, triangle and such.
next still using the bit darker pencil. this case my favorite, HB i started to draw in. not too much details but lines that defines. in this case outlien of the armor.
no i used my trusty .5mm mechanical pencil with 2B lead and started to draw in details.
dont' be afraid because u can't draw straight line, cuz i can't either. as u can see i use chicken scratch.
CHICKEN SCRATCH IS ARTISTIC TECHNIQUE!!!
ahem anyways than i started to shade.
to shade i use my .5 mechanical pencil again. using lines to create gradient effect. on darker areas i just filled it in with the pencil, and as for larger areas that needed to be shaded in i used 2mm lead holder with 7B lead to shade
also when done shading i usually outline the hard lines with 7B again. (2mm lead is thicker than .5mm but it can be sharpened rear sharp to give thin line)
and use eraser (i also use one of those vibrating eraser, works real well.) to give highlight effect.
after that i scan it in photoshop.
than i use photoshop to rescale, crop and all that good stuff.
as you can see the scanner didn't really scan the image very well. its because i got some all-in-one printer that prints real well but scans like shit.
i have expensive scanner but its 4 ears old and it lost its color.
anyway no biggie thats what photoshop is for.
autolevel and boom. (well i still prefer manual level)
here is final product.
im not even sure this can be tutorials cuz its just how i draw. im still learnign after all.
but as fellow artist i can give u one advise.
practice
i didnt' get to draw like this over night and none of the others artist did.
i learned by doodling all through 12 years of school.
and when i get free time i keep drawing on my sketch book.
by doing so i keep finding different ways to draw, like to get different effect or to draw more effeciently.
well those became my 'technique' and those are my own.
i can share but its best to find your own.
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