![]() "I like inking fur because I can use a brush to make playful shapes," says Fowler. ![]() As with hair, you want to clump fur strands together rather than drawing each individual hair. Experiment with silhouettesįur and hair can be very expressive (Image credit: Tess Fowler)įur – whether attached to an animal or a detail on a character's costume – can be a great way to bring energy and expression into your ink drawings. "Have you ever seen someone outside on a breezy day? You see the hair lift and move and dance," she says. It's also important to keep your wrist loose and your lines playful, to give the hair energy. She suggests sectioning it into 'clumps', as picking out individual hairs can confuse the eye. 'Hair is what seems to trip people up the most," says Fowler. Just bunches of distorted shapes all clinging to each other. "Her flowery wreaths give me the opportunity to draw piles of flowers and leaves. She especially enjoys drawing Critical Role’s Keyleth – shown above. What shapes do the flowers and leaves take? Triangles? Wavy ovals? Diamonds? Just as when you were a little kid first learning to draw shapes, so too now can you allow the natural world to inspire you to make shapes again," enthuses Fowler. "Look out in the garden under your window. Plants and flowers can make great details within ink drawings, and offer scope to get a little more abstract in your rendering. Keyleth's headdress offers plenty of expressive possibilities (Image credit: Tess Fowler) Nielsen also suggests lightly sketching with a light-warm, grey PITT pen, or using light washes of watered-down ink. You can go for a classic HB or B, comic book and manga artists will typically opt for non-photo blue pencils – take a look at our guide to the best pencils (opens in new tab) for artists for out favourite options. There are a few different pencil options here. The pencil drawing (opens in new tab) can then be erased after the ink is dry. For that reason, many artists will start by sketching out their design in pencil. If you make an error in ink, it's very difficult to cover it up. "Make sure you're able to do each of these vertically, horizontally and on a diagonal." 03. "Practise creating sweeping strokes, bold lines, crisp dashes, delicate dots, curves and straight lines," explains Nielsen. There are also some exercises you can do to start to develop your dexterity in pen handling. Use your arm and shoulder, not just your wrist," she says. "Strokes generally start close to your body and move outward. Terese Nielsen (opens in new tab) advises gripping the pen close to the tip and keeping the angle between pen and paper at about 45 degrees. There are a few techniques that will help you keep control of your pen stroke. Develop your strokes with ink drawing tools (Image credit: Terese Nielsen)
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