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Golden Doodle
on March 16, 2020
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Heya! I'm back with a part 2 to my drawing advice series!
This one isn't really a do or don't, more so just a display of possibilities you can achieve with some editing to your linework!
The classic black lineart is totally fine, and kind of gives off this comic book sort of look! Very bold and clean! But if you're looking for something a little softer you can always color your linework as well! There's loads of ways to do this.
You can simply change the color of the lineart on the entire piece to be the same color, but a color other than black. This dials down the harshness of the piece. (depicted in the top right photo)
You can also do a more show accurate linework style where each part of the character has its own lineart color. For example, Pinky's hair has a dark pink outline, her face has a lighter pink, her teeth are grey and the ducky is yellow. It has a similar effect in making the image a little less bold. (depicted in the bottom photo)
Another of my favorite things to do with lineart, which is not depicted here, is to color the linework only for the parts of the drawing that are inside the main silhouette line of the piece. But any lineart touching the outside of the piece stays black. You can get a little more detailed with it too and make it so that the outline of each piece of the body is black but any lines inside that are colored. I'll link an example below because I feel it's hard to explain and you're probably looking at this like ??? This method can be a little harder to nail down and get to look right though.
Example: https://www.deviantart.com/vampireselene13/art/Cutie-Booty-817742876
So yeah! Again, this isn't a do or don't! All of these methods are great and work well in their own way!
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Chiller Sway
If I can draw a lightning bolt confidently I'll be happy enough
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