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[machoeggsalad]

a little tutorial for line art. just one way to get started, paper and pencil to digital. often i go right into a sketch on my ipad and skip drawing on paper. i have a long history of drawing with pen and paper though, and honestly, practicing on either medium should benefit both.

you can scan, or take a picture, which is what i do. i edit the photo so its easier to see, correct the whitebalance so the paper is light, up the contrast.

i trace over it in procreate - it’s easier if you lower the opacity of your reference layer. my go to brush is just hard airbrush. during this step, i’ll also use select tool to isolate parts and expand/shrink/move parts as needed. you don’t have to get proportions anatomy correct on the first try (bless digital). you can see i even moved petyr’s entire body from the original drawing’s position.

i’ve turned off the reference layer and it looks pretty rough

i don’t know what that shoe looks like off the top of my head. (now pinterest is gonna show me these til i die)

this is yet another layer - with an easy to follow base underneath, i can focus on making the lines nice (the lines look nicer if you relax when you draw!) i tend to thicken the outside lines

i’ll color this next, and have a step-by-step for that as well. that’s the part 2

if people have specific art questions, i’ll be more than happy to answer my ask box