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Re: drawing technique question

Posted By: MACK!
Date: THU, 3/4/04, 5:29 a.m.

In Response To: drawing technique question (Phuong)

: Hi Mack,

: I'm working on a story for my comic (and it's hard
: because I couldn't get Kabuki out of my head!)

: However,as my story develops it has less similarities. In
: drawing my comic I tried to emulate your technique of
: using watercolors. But I'm having a problem capturing
: the HAIR STRANDS!! I use a very small brush and
: sometimes a 005 Sakura ink pen, but the effect is
: still not the same!!

: HELP!!

: That said,thanks for your time and consideration.

I do use the Sakura Micron pens when I need a thin line somewhere. (often for lettering, and but also the occasional stray hair!).
I also agree with the other poster who suggested using shapes of the water color to suggest the shape of the hair without worrying about individual strands.

I go for contrast, usually letting the natural shapes of the water color turning abstract color coagulations into the shape of the characters, and then occasionally for a close up or something, doing a detailed line drawing to contrast that and remind the reader of some of the details.

The brust too, can give you some nice runny or bleeding hair shapes. Sometimes you think you want a thin line of the hair, but often the bleeding of the water that turns a brush stroke into a bigger shape than a small line makes a more interesting suggestion of the hair.

Best,
David

: PS: like an idiot I emailed nohgirl@nohtv.com and asked
: if internship was available. SORRY!!

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