These days I'm thinking a way more of how not putting a line in my drawing. I'm trying things I can figure out right now but, I think I need to do master studies ! If someone has recommandation I take it !

I had a go with a digital ink sketch I did last year. (Below is the before and after - I mixed up the composition). I lost patience a bit half through (hence the half-arsed background lol) - I’m not sure I’ve really got it and struggled with getting a balance of darks and lights

I used the underlay from the demo

So I tried a few different drawings for this assignment, but I think the most interesting came when I was doing these anatomy studies and decided to stop closing off the imagined boundaries of the muscles (pectoralis, deltoid, and serratus when I see it). It's a learning sketch, but I really like how leaving the lines open actually makes everything feel more connected - especially the visible muscles. Drawn with dip pen and a couple of different inks (walnut ink, and diluted india ink).

I might have gotten a bit to ambitious with my referance and tried to draw a duck shaking water off itself. while it definitely has a ton of broken up lines many of which were intentional. I feel like it was also a bit less purposeful and a bit too chaotic.

Here are my two drawings that I created in Procreate, the first one I am concentrating on line with light and the second line and perspective. The second drawing is from have a perspective assignment that I combined with the open line assignment.

Hello class! So I turned to comic books to find some inspiration and something strange happened... I wasn't noticing the open line phenomenon as much as I would have hoped. I looked at Steve Ditko's, Amaing Spider-man from the 60s, Mike Mignola's, Cosmic Odyssey from the 80s and Steve Butler's, Silver Sable. Am I missing it? Do these old eyes not notice the beauty of open lines? Anywhosie. I chose to ink over the lovely Sable (sorry Steve, someone's art needed to be butchered) and try to open the lines a bit more. Let me know what you think! And let me know if you have any comic art lying around the exemplifies the open line design. Tools used: #2 round water color brush, Maru Nib, Super Black india Ink

Here is my first attempt. I originally drew it in pencil, scanned it and used a black marker to go over original lines, adding lines and including a bit of shading. I did not really keep too many lines open, however; I think I was just focused on choosing different lines for different parts and kind of forgot the point of assignment. I'm going to try it again with this and another drawing. For some reason, it's a bit weird having to think about the kind of lines I'm putting down (but, at the same time, I am pushing myself to consider the types of lines I don't normally use.)

I'm really enjoying being able to see the "man behind the curtain" (all these little details in line work that I have seen my whole life, but have not really SEEN until now). Using ink is also new for me. I was wondering if you would be able to show us how you use paper and ink to draw or complete one of your underlays. The digital format allows you to make mistakes and get rid of them but the paper/ink combo is not as forgiving. I'd love to see how you might fix mistakes or improve tapering lines, etc. while working on paper. Or, if any of you out there in proko land have any advice, video clips or pics of your own work to help guide me through some of these bumps in the road, that would be greatly appreciated. ✌🏽