ImperatorFeles in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2017-05-28 22:35
Thanks for the advice! I decided to try a few more ghosting exercises today in order to practice focusing on smoothness over accuracy. My lines, understandably, fell short or overshot the mark pretty often, and I still notice many of them wobbling, but I felt like in general they flowed a bit better. They definitely still need work, but I just want to make sure I'm going down the right path here, here's some of what I did. I think I'll do some planes practice and then move on to the 250 box challenge just so I'm more comfortable focusing on smoothness vs. accuracy while still being decently accurate.
Also I had a pen-related question that I asked here, not sure if you have any idea what's going on. It definitely affected some of my practice since it forced me to hold my pen at a very precise angle lest I not get a mark until I figured out what was going on.
ImperatorFeles in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2017-05-27 12:05
Hi Uncomfortable, here's my lesson 1. Not sure if it's noticable, but on the final lesson, I ended up switching how I hold my pen. I was holding it with my hand resting on the page, but that was really annoying whenever I was near the edge of the page since it would stick more on my desk than the page and make the lines really bad. I switched to holding it without any of my hand touching the page, and am currently getting used to that still, but I like it way better. If there's any exercise you want to see done with the new way of holding the pen so you know I'm used to it enough to move on, I'm ok with submitting that.
ImperatorFeles in the post "Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes"
2017-05-28 23:11
I'm glad to hear I'm making some progress. I'm sure 250 boxes will allow enough line practice to smooth that out haha.
With regards to the perpendicular issue, with the flattened pens it was pretty much exactly 90 degrees, or nothing. I'm talking 85 degrees or lower and it won't mark the page at all. Sorry for the photo quality, the tips are really tiny. Here's a drawing of how they are different.
The only art related store near me doesn't have very many pens (that's where I got the Faber-Castell actually). I'm going to pick up a pack of 0.5mm Sakura Pigma Microns though, since someone recommended them. Worst case I'll just slowly burn through those as they wear out.