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November 27, 2025 8:43pm #40025I've been drawing solely with mechanical pencils my entire life, and found shadows to be incredibly hard. My friend had this leftover art tool set, so she gave it to me. I did some 30 second sketches with one of the graphite pencils and found my control to be severely lacking, I have no idea how to make sharp edges or smooth shadows. If anyone has any tips on how to make the pencil more manageable, I would love that. It's the 8B royal graphite from a Royal Langnickel set.November 22, 2025 5:46am #40016Quote:im genuinely curious, is there any part of the body you start with when you do your gestures?
haha thank you for the compliment! the truth is actually pretty simple, the reason i have fewer construction lines is because i simply never thought to use them in the first place! here's one of my very early gestures- there's no construction and its not too good. by contrast, here's one later- theres a lot more contour lines and sketchy parts. i think more lines are a good thing, as long as they're purposeful.
as for where i start, its usually with the torso and sometimes head. the limbs are far easier to scale once you have those down, but as you can see my proportions are a bit off, so it's not foolproof. i also try to start with a very light construction line, since it's subject to a lot of change/erasure and i usually put it there just for my own reference.November 17, 2025 1:32am #39992thank you for the feedback! it was 1-3 minutes, and yes i struggle with proportions and structure due to the short time limit, i hope it gets better with time. i'll try to incorporate shading too, thanks!November 5, 2025 3:02pm #39957hello! been drawing for a bit (not long) and im scared of criticism but really want to grow. any advice helps, and please don't hold back!
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