If you're asking what line weight to use that's subjective. It depends on your particular style and what kind of look you want. As for the technical aspects, there's lots of tools you can use for line drawing. Things like technical pens (usually used for drafting) will give you a fixed line width. They can be had in sizes from 0.13 mm up to 2 mm. Dip pen nibs designed for drawing (like the hunt crow quill 102) can produce very fine lines and , with a little pressure, the thickness can be varied a lot. Things like dip pens, brushes and brush pens will give you a variable weight, which is what I prefer. Comic book artists will either prefer a dip pen or a brush. Dip pens and brushes are better for me because they can be loaded with any ink you like (acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.). A lot of quality- of- linework issues come from the interaction of the composition/properties of the ink, pen nib and paper. If you're having problems it might be advisable to change out one or more variables. I've used combinations of paper, ink and pen that didn't work well at all and just changing the paper fixed the problem. Smoother paper (like velum) tends to be best for line art. Also when doing line art you may benefit from working on a slanted table, it alters the way gravity affects the ink coming out of the pen. If you have trouble with ink dripping from the pen, the slanted table can help. Lastly if you want something to do linework on that's "correctable" you might look into scratch board. You can get it in white or black. It's a white clay surface, so if you make a mistake you can simply scratch it off with a sharp xacto knife and do it again, over and over since the clay layer is pretty thick. You can get some pretty sharp linework on this stuff. Thanks for watching.
@@RichardThompsonCA thanks for the advice I am trying to add more weight to the figures I draw to create a sense of depth with the lines to keep everything simple. I am also trying to work on silhouette art to make my art more recognizable just with the shapes I use. The biggest reason I'm doing it is that I'll draw something and then people will say that it looks pretty good but they can't tell what's going on with the picture
@@teague4008 There are guidelines for drawing like the 70/30 rule. You should keep the details to about 30% of the image, but leave some places for the viewers eye to "rest". If you don't, the image can be visually confusing. It certainly is more understandable if you break the foreground/middleground/background into different line weights. There's never been a better time to learn to improve your art, there's so much easy access these days. I would definitely recommend books by Jack Hamm. He produced many drawing and cartoon instructional books and was a virtuoso. He could draw any subject in many styles. I've got a few of his books here. On youtube there's a few comic book artists to learn from like David Finch. It's important to find legitimate artists to learn from though, there's so much fake stuff these days on insta, tiktok, etc. There is a definite benefit to being "classically trained". Learning from professionals is like leap-frogging years ahead. They've already made the mistakes and figured out little tricks that greatly improve your art. Good luck!
I've posted this model on my thingiverse, with and without supports. The link is here: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6117027.
I would love to have a dip pen mold.
Do you have any tips on line art? Particularly on line weight? Love your channel
If you're asking what line weight to use that's subjective. It depends on your particular style and what kind of look you want. As for the technical aspects, there's lots of tools you can use for line drawing. Things like technical pens (usually used for drafting) will give you a fixed line width. They can be had in sizes from 0.13 mm up to 2 mm. Dip pen nibs designed for drawing (like the hunt crow quill 102) can produce very fine lines and , with a little pressure, the thickness can be varied a lot. Things like dip pens, brushes and brush pens will give you a variable weight, which is what I prefer. Comic book artists will either prefer a dip pen or a brush. Dip pens and brushes are better for me because they can be loaded with any ink you like (acrylic, watercolor, gouache, etc.). A lot of quality- of- linework issues come from the interaction of the composition/properties of the ink, pen nib and paper. If you're having problems it might be advisable to change out one or more variables. I've used combinations of paper, ink and pen that didn't work well at all and just changing the paper fixed the problem. Smoother paper (like velum) tends to be best for line art. Also when doing line art you may benefit from working on a slanted table, it alters the way gravity affects the ink coming out of the pen. If you have trouble with ink dripping from the pen, the slanted table can help. Lastly if you want something to do linework on that's "correctable" you might look into scratch board. You can get it in white or black. It's a white clay surface, so if you make a mistake you can simply scratch it off with a sharp xacto knife and do it again, over and over since the clay layer is pretty thick. You can get some pretty sharp linework on this stuff. Thanks for watching.
@@RichardThompsonCA thanks for the advice I am trying to add more weight to the figures I draw to create a sense of depth with the lines to keep everything simple. I am also trying to work on silhouette art to make my art more recognizable just with the shapes I use. The biggest reason I'm doing it is that I'll draw something and then people will say that it looks pretty good but they can't tell what's going on with the picture
@@teague4008 There are guidelines for drawing like the 70/30 rule. You should keep the details to about 30% of the image, but leave some places for the viewers eye to "rest". If you don't, the image can be visually confusing. It certainly is more understandable if you break the foreground/middleground/background into different line weights. There's never been a better time to learn to improve your art, there's so much easy access these days. I would definitely recommend books by Jack Hamm. He produced many drawing and cartoon instructional books and was a virtuoso. He could draw any subject in many styles. I've got a few of his books here. On youtube there's a few comic book artists to learn from like David Finch. It's important to find legitimate artists to learn from though, there's so much fake stuff these days on insta, tiktok, etc. There is a definite benefit to being "classically trained". Learning from professionals is like leap-frogging years ahead. They've already made the mistakes and figured out little tricks that greatly improve your art. Good luck!