I think that penning stuff takes away the. . . I donno. . . general feel of the drawing. Kinda makes it. . . simple.
Tell me what all you think about it, do you pen or do you leave them as they are?
Thanks!
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Question about drawing
Well, I have some sketches done and I was wondering if I should pen them or leave them the way thay are.
I think that penning stuff takes away the. . . I donno. . . general feel of the drawing. Kinda makes it. . . simple.
Tell me what all you think about it, do you pen or do you leave them as they are?
Thanks!
I think that penning stuff takes away the. . . I donno. . . general feel of the drawing. Kinda makes it. . . simple.
Tell me what all you think about it, do you pen or do you leave them as they are?
Thanks!
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Goofy-Luffy - Posts: 36
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Can you post the pictures here, or links to the pictures, at least? I'm sure that everyone who will respond will be able to give you a better opinion then. 
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With inking in drawings, how you do it depends on the art style. If you have a really detailed, realistic piece with lots of shading, you definitely don't wanna ink it in. However, if the drawing is simple and pretty clean to begin with, it's a good idea to ink in at least the contour lines (what would make the art "line art" per say)
And if you don't wanna forgo the shading, then you can always go back in with a pencil and put it back in. There's no rule that says you can't mix media.
And if you don't wanna forgo the shading, then you can always go back in with a pencil and put it back in. There's no rule that says you can't mix media.
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As for me, I usually ink my drawings...because I use colored pencil to color them. (Yeah... I am way in the stoneage with out a drawing tablet...*soob*)
Anyways... it isn't practical to use colored pencils with graphite pencils...especicially if you are using brighter colores like yellow, orange, pink..etc... they smudge together with the grey and leave the drawing looking really messy.
However, I usually do portraits in plain pencils and don't ink...^^;
I hope it helps.
Anyways... it isn't practical to use colored pencils with graphite pencils...especicially if you are using brighter colores like yellow, orange, pink..etc... they smudge together with the grey and leave the drawing looking really messy.
However, I usually do portraits in plain pencils and don't ink...^^;
I hope it helps.
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I can't post my drawings just yet because I don't have the stuff to do it at home.
I could take my drawings to my friend's house, but I just haven't done it yet.
It'll be a while, because I'm waiting to order a computer and then get a scanner after that.
Thanks for posting!
I could take my drawings to my friend's house, but I just haven't done it yet.
It'll be a while, because I'm waiting to order a computer and then get a scanner after that.
Thanks for posting!
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Draw something and ink it. That's really the way to tell.
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I agree with rk ryune. It really does depend on your style of art. I, personally, enjoy drawing with pencils and I rarely use pens for any of my drawings. However, I’d advise that if you have really sketchy pictures that are somewhat hard to see in pencil, then you should either go over the picture in a darker pencil after you’ve finished, or just ink it. I mainly like pencils because they’re erasable and they don’t smear as easily as pens do (and even if they do smear, you could simply erase the smear.)
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"In the total expanse of the human life, there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, 'That is mine'."
- Abraham Kuyper
"God the great Creator of all things doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by His most wise and holy providence, according to His infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of His own will, to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy."
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"The wisdom of God has found a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God all the while upholding the righteousness of God!!"
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"Grace is the pleasure of God to magnify the worth of God by giving sinners the right and power to delight in God without obscuring the glory of God!"
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"The very One from Whom we need to be saved, is the One Who has saved us."
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"All of Christian life is ceaseless worship of God the Father, through the mediatorship of God the Son, by the indwelling power of God the Spirit, doing what God commands in Scripture, not doing what God forbids in Scripture, in culturally contextualized ways, for the furtherance of the Gospel, when both gathered for adoration, and scattered for action, in joyous response to God's glorious grace."
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"Believers do not pray with the view of informing God about things unknown to Him, or of exciting Him to do His duty, or of urging Him as though He were reluctant. On the contrary, they pray in order that they may arouse themselves to seek Him, that they may exercise their faith in meditating on His promises, that they may relieve themselves from their anxieties by pouring them into His bosom; in a word, that they may declare that from Him alone they hope and expect, both for themselves and for others, all good things."
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I agree with Rai - its a good idea to do a test ink on a drawing and see whether you like it or not.
You could try doing a pencil drawing and make another copy to ink over, then compare the two. If you haven't got a lightbox you could scan the original pencil in then ink over it then compare the finished copy to the pencil version to see what you like better.
You could try doing a pencil drawing and make another copy to ink over, then compare the two. If you haven't got a lightbox you could scan the original pencil in then ink over it then compare the finished copy to the pencil version to see what you like better.
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It depends on how you ink. But you'll never know until you start and practice inking.
I agree with CreatureArt about using a lightbox. Lord knows it's saved many a drawing from my hash inking.
Also, if you're worried about making a drawing "simple", you might want to practice shading techniques in pen, like hatching and cross-hatching. These can add a lot of depth and weight to a drawing.
In any case, an inked drawing usually looks a lot more presentable and eye-catching than most untouched pencils.
I agree with CreatureArt about using a lightbox. Lord knows it's saved many a drawing from my hash inking.
Also, if you're worried about making a drawing "simple", you might want to practice shading techniques in pen, like hatching and cross-hatching. These can add a lot of depth and weight to a drawing.
In any case, an inked drawing usually looks a lot more presentable and eye-catching than most untouched pencils.
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finally, someone who understands.....anyways i recommend that if you plan on coloring it, inking just might help
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