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lucid_01 in the post "When you want your drawings to actually look good, do you still draw the construction lines like spheres, cylinders etc or do you you just imagine them in your mind and draw without them so the drawing looks cleaner?"

2021-12-11 21:09

Always.

I don't always feel the inspiration. I can't always skip a step or two in the fever of creation.

Sometimes it's about putting in the extra minutes of work to make the picture turn out. (Especially if it's for a client)

Having those fundamental construction methods on hand is great to stay "consistently" good.

To achieve cleaner drawings depends on your entire method. For example; I work in ink. My construction lines are from no.2 pencils and easily covered by ink or erased. But, my forms, shapes, and compositions would look like ass if I didn't use those construction lines in the first place.