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Founder of Proko, artist and teacher of drawing, painting, and anatomy. I try to make my lessons fun and ultra packed with information.
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Explore the art of sketching through the lens of line types in this informative video, which breaks down the roles and applications of lost, searching, and clean lines. Learn how:
- Lost lines aid in the initial brainstorming phase
- Searching lines add dynamism and refinement
- Clean lines bring your artwork to a polished conclusion
This guide offers practical advice on integrating these line types into your sketching workflow, enhancing both the process and the end result.
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In this impromptu bonus lesson, I explain how I think about Searching Lines when sketching, show you 3 levels of 'losseness', and explain the practical application for each.
I stole the hippo from the comment section. I'm really happy with how it turned out. I think I naturally tend towards search lines and the hardest part for me is to actually pick a clean line.
I'm really struggling with trying to get bold confident clear lines.
I end up with hairy lines.
I start with good intentions, but then get distracted with trying to get the mapping down right, lose focus, and then, unintended fur.
The 2 pictures at the end of this selection are ones i did today. I feel they are a bit more like what i'm trying to achieve, but any feedback and suggestions welcome. 😁
So here I used a big S searching line, then gave it a more clean form, eventually it took the shape of a ghost creature and after that I just took further from there
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7mo
Cool stuff! Looks like you got a lot out of this.
Don't lose the energy when you go to clean up a drawing. It can get stiff.
Keep making more!
I try drawing a rose but with this but the volume of the rose is killing me, don't know how to represent well volumes right now i just added lines to give the illusion
Okay, wow!?
this actually helps and explains a lot.
a while ago I’ve been drawing from imagination a lot, and my first drawings looked really poor - but this makes me realize that I probably just didn’t explore my ideas enough with the searching lines, I just immediately jumped into the drawing after doing a thumbnail, without actually being sure what it is that I want to draw. I think that letting ourselves do a “bad” version of what we want put on paper first might give us a better idea of what do we actually want it to be. This sure is gonna change my approach to drawing!
most of what i’m doing now is “lost”, but every once in a while i a nice clean ellipse. i just fill each page of the sketchbook with practice and trust that progress will come. thank you for this insightful lesson!
I think most of the lessons here are to play with the line, then the contour and then the shapes
This was very helpful because I used to get a sense of awkwardness, of not doing the right thing, whenever I had lost lines while i was designing a new character I didn’t really know yet how it was going to go, while I was still searching. It’s great to hear it is part of the process of figuring it out.
When I was trying the Mario Mushroom exercise, all my line were lost lines it was very frustrating and disheartening…
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2yr
Hi there! I think something that can help is to think about the basic shapes that make up the subject, helping inform the preliminary searching lines for your sketch. The course has a section that goes further into this, but you can start applying it here with a focus on linework. For example, the mouse can be broken down into a simple oval for the body and an oval for the head. Lightly sketching these major shapes in first will allow for cohesiveness and flow throughout your lines as you start adding in more details, since they act as unifying "big picture" guide and free you up from narrowing into a single stroke at a time.
For Miss Robot, I first used a red pencil to rough in the drawing. I think she turned out pretty well, but got a little messy. I traced over the first drawing to better see the final result. She still needs work.
This is a good way of thinking about lines. Its nice to know they all have their place.
Fantastic bonus lesson Stan…just clarified my ‘searching thoughts’ about the various introductions of the different line exercises. I just stopped spinning and started dancing!
