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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.
Thanks ! I was actually not sure of the goal of putting many lines on top of each others. I tried to do it just because I was seeing this behavior but now I know that it's used to find the right line ^^
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. 😁
Omg me tooo! Since the last video ive been doing a few practices myself before moving on, just cause i feel like im not there yet. But these are great -- i guess time will give us the confidence, no other way around it
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
rough and clean, I don’t know if I got the idea right. Please I need some criticism
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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
