Check out my Free Line and Color Quick Start Guide: https://www.thedrawingcodex.com/quick... You will learn how to develop a simple reliable process in photoshop. You also get all the brushes and PSDs that I use in the guide (the same ones I use for most of my illustrations).

Inking? Digital Inking?.... Let's look at how to create some final polished lines based on our previous construction drawing!

This is often done as an Inking step traditionally.. I like to refer to this simply as finished lines. With the Line and Color Style... these are the lines that people see in your final image.


This is Part 3 of a 4 Part tutorial.

Part1:    • Nail Your Colour Scheme... With Thumb...  
Part2:    • Properly Construct Your Drawing: Cove...  
Part3:    • Get Emotion And Structure In Your Lin...  
Part4:    • Professional Line & Color Process: Co...  

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Creating detailed and finished lines for illustrations requires a delicate balance between precision and maintaining the inherent character and flow of the drawing. This tutorial segment emphasizes the importance of managing line quality to retain the illustration's personality, especially when transitioning from rough sketches to more defined, finished lines.

Key strategies are to adjust drawing speed to avoid rushing or being overly cautious, hesitation can stiffen the drawing, while going to fast can lead to errors.

It’s important to emphasize the symbolic nature of lineart… lines are not merely structural but also iconic representations that are linked to how we perceive the world.

A good basic approach is to work from the foreground to the background, starting with detailed elements close to the viewer and progressively simplifying as the focus shifts towards the background. This hierarchical detailing helps maintain the focal point of the illustration while ensuring that background elements do not detract from the primary subjects. It’s important to manage the complexity of background elements, suggesting that a looser, more suggestive approach can be effective in conveying depth without overwhelming the main focus of the piece.


Happy Drawing!

Tim Mcburnie

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