Sometimes, the character's arm looks, that the right eye appears smaller than the left, or sometimes, the idea was well-executed during the sketch, but the outcome looks wonky. My solution is to spend a bit more time with the sketch by mirroring my progress and coloring it! In this post, I'll be discussing ways I often approach my sketches and how they are vital in my workflow! Quick SketchA quick colored-sketch is my go-to when I freely create the overall pose and mood of the illustration. I purposely choose to restrain from creating few lines and shapes; To me, this approach the most comfortable. Adding the character's most notable colors allows us to better visual the concept art.
Let's have a look at the following process in this fully illustrated example.
When do I use this approach?
I want to create a general look of an idea I have in mind, by sketching the characters very quickly when I am most comfortable with the pose and their design. In this example, I knew exactly what pose suited best for this character; The character's clothing such as the scarf and armor felt most comfortable to work on during the linework process. There's nothing more to this form of sketching. Unless I really want to define my sketch to confidently breeze through the linework, then I am moving on to what I call a "refined sketch". Refined SketchThere are instances where I find it essential to clean and refine my sketches — or overlay a second sketch (layer). Whether it's in the emotion, stance, or the colors or I am having anatomy troubles, I'll spend a little more time doing so to ease the linework process!
Instead, I want to tell you why I take an extra step of flipping my canvas and adding color to my sketch work. Most of the time, it's to analyze the entire drawing better. I look for accuracy in the proportions of the eyes, head, and even clothes. Before I do, let's talk about my last approach to any artwork — Sketching in the middle of the drawing process.
Sketch-As-I-GoThis approach is the most time-consuming of them all. Not only am I already at the coloring process, but in some cases, I'm struggling with anatomy, or I'm nonconformant with the character's pose. For the following piece, it was a mixture between loose and refine sketching.
The concept is pretty straightforward, so let's move onto the nature of flipping and coloring!
Flip, Flip, and Flip Again!
The Underrated Beauty of COLORSome of you reading might be questioning Why even bother going the extra mile of coloring a sketch? — It's a waste of time! Well, not for me. Personally, filling in the picture with color creates an inclusive vision of the final looks. Not to mention, the linework process goes a lot smoother as you do not confuse yourself in complicated situations; I'm only speaking for more rumpled or over-detailed work. I could go on to explaining even further, but you get the idea, and of course, everyone has their way of approaching their drawings! That's a wrap for my first art process! If you enjoyed this process, try it out yourself and share your experience! Let me know what you think in the comments below; is my technique far more different than yours? Do you do something similar? Feel free to share your sketching process! I hope you enjoyed this post, and if you want to see more posts like this one, comment down below what you'd like to read about next!
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