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A recent photo of my sketchbook, still training with ballpoint pen directly, a cruel training. But I am beginning to get a better ability to imagine perspective grids without tracing them, and I can even begin to plan full-page compositions. It takes a while to build these new skills, but they are worth it.

#sketchbook #training #FediArt #ballpointpen

Photo of a double page from my sketchbook: in the middle a Bic ballpoint thin, on the left page: a top-down view of a female warrior with all the gear and an unusual way of carrying a sword, she turns back to the camera and looks at the horizon, over a suggested forest. On the right side, a goblin in the foreground walks through a crowd of a village with a large creature on a leash that looks like an armored cartoon bear.
#fediart #training #sketchbook #ballpointpen
Sam pausiert
Sam pausiert  
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Your sketches are awesome.
deerbard
deerbard  
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Great drawings!
The high heels in mountainous terrain though hehehe
Mer-fOKxTOwl
Mer-fOKxTOwl  
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@deerbard they must be enchanted with "you never stumble"
@deerbard
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@glowl @deerbard @sindarina Haha ๐Ÿ˜…, you are totally right about the high heels: it is definitely a bad choice I made while drawing, probably because my brain was already fried trying to resolve the pose, view angle and anatomy. I really have to pay more attention to that. Thanks for pointing it out!

(and enchanted high heels boots is actually a good idea for a joke on Pepper&Carrot about unpractical female RPG equipments. Thanks Glowl! I'll note it somewhere ๐Ÿ˜บ)

@deerbard @Mer-fOKxTOwl @Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
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@glowl @deerbard @sindarina heh, like a cursed/blessed item of sorts that gives you a big bonus at a price.

+2 bluff, but -2 on dexterity.

@deerbard @Mer-fOKxTOwl @Sindarina, Edge Case Detective
LPS
LPS  
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wow, so cool to see these!
Sr. Estegosaurio ๐Ÿฆ•
Sr. Estegosaurio ๐Ÿฆ•  
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Orange bics >>> Normal bics.

Cool drawing by the way. ๐Ÿ˜€

David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@SrEstegosaurio Oh yes, totally! The Crystal Fine tends to blot less over the drawing here than the regular Crystal, and feels also firm and more sharp.
I observed something, but I'm not sure if it is placebo yet; when my hand heat too much a pen, the ink become much more liquid and the fluidity and micro leaking happens more often. I'm experimenting right now with carrying a couple of similar pen in my bag to let them cool down. Maybe I'll find a ballpoint pen with a metal body.
@Sr. Estegosaurio ๐Ÿฆ•
Corey Dutson
Corey Dutson  
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holy shit these are fantastic. and these are TRAINING SKETCHES? Dang
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@cdutson Thanks! Yes, but to be fully honest, that's the best double page I have over the last 20 of practice. ๐Ÿ˜…
@Corey Dutson
Gersande La Flรจche
Gersande La Flรจche  
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Beautiful work. Honestly! All in ballpoint too! Very well done.
EJJames
EJJames  
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love it! Ballpoint pen is underrated as a medium imho
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@EJJames Thanks! I really like how convenient it is: doesn't smudge, doesn't need to be sharpened, takes long to use ink. Oh, and super cheap and easy to find everywhere! That's what I prefer. For sure, it has many advantages compare to other art tools.
@EJJames
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@AblatedSprocket Thanks! I tilt it so only a fraction of the ballpoint scratch the paper. My paper also is not a super smooth one (Canson sketchbook, a little grain) so I guess it plays also to get 'ghost' lines sometimes.
N Toyohito / ็ธ ่ฑŠไบบ
N Toyohito / ็ธ ่ฑŠไบบ  
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Traditional has a unique feeling doesn't it? ๐Ÿ˜ƒ You get more immersed into the things you're drawing ๐Ÿ˜Š At least that's me
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@ntoyohito ๐Ÿ˜บ Totally! I feel more 'real time' and absorbed by what I'm doing.
With digital, a part of my brain knows it's a zero risk game with all the possibility to edit and undo, and so I'm always tempted to watch something while drawing, and I pay less attention because the challenge is flat...
Also, all the generative AI things spoiled a bit my appreciation of digital painting (and that's bad) so being on the sketchbook become really my fav room in start 2024.
@N Toyohito / ็ธ ่ฑŠไบบ
BLESS8โ™พ๏ธ
BLESS8โ™พ๏ธ  
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Pen sketches are really appealing to look at. ๐Ÿ˜ฒ
David Revoy
David Revoy  
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@Neko0001 Thanks, oh yes, a discussion happened already in the replies about it; but that's a problem on Mastodon and Fediverse, all the replies don't appear under the posts. If you 'Open Original Post' you'll see the discussion; TL๐Ÿ˜R: it's of course something I could put more thought into. Thanks for reporting!
@Neko0001
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