Line Work Process (Patreon)

Just finishing the line work for a big commission - very excited to get to the coloring. There was a time when my hubris as an artist was such that I simply never sketched anything.

I would attempt the drawing and if it went well great, and if it didn't I stop and start again. To some degree this gradually helped hone my control of line but really I was shooting myself in the foot. I have lots of good drawings under my belt but thousands more unfinished flops.

This was a group illustration so before I even begin to sketch I block out very general shape of the figures. Sketch over that very loosely, then sketch over it again with a little bit more finesse before moving on to the final line work.