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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    Also...once you have the shape roughed ink pick out the lights and darks of the bush, and render those as simply as possible.

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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    Thanks again, folks.

    I've got a few simple sketches on the go in pencil, which I'm hoping to add ink to and upload in the MI#18 thread. I'm still using up the ink from MI#17, so the pens aren't inked yet, but should be by the time Scooby get the ink to everyone else participating.

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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    Yes, that was the way of technical drafting when I went to college
    Pencil lines were covered with rapidrograph ink lines and all the graphite erased; if you needed color you filled the rapidograph lines but we were taught to use black 99% of the times
    Both the pencil and the eraser made a world of difference, I found Staedtler Lumograph and Faber Castell 9000 (dark green) pencils were the best and more consistent. There was a pencil brand from Czechoslovakia that made excellent pencils as well but can't rememeber the name (it was a a french name)
    You can also use a mechanical pencil, and use a good brands of leads.

    Depending on how heavy your hand is, the grade of pencil you will need.
    If you apply light pressure a H or 2H maybe enough, or you may need to go to 3H or 4H depending on your pressure

    Eraser is very important, I loved the ones from Rotring and Staedtler and you will spend probably 3x more time erasing carefully than drawing
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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    Thanks to all the fellow geeks for all your valuable input. I had a go at a couple of pics for Scooby's Mystery Ink #18, and I'm quite happy with how this one turned out in the end.

    IMG_20180611_023801_1067_800.jpg

    It started off as just a sketch, but it was looking pretty rough to be honest. I put the pen down, and dry brushed the shading and texture, and it transformed it into something I was a lot more pleased with.

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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    Wow, well done!

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    That's really lovely

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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    Thanks guys. To me honest, I did cheat a bit. It was a sketch from someone else's artwork, not a photo, so I could see the technique used as well as the image.

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    Default Re: Sketching: Pencil then ink?

    That seems like a great approach. One I think I will be adopting

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