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Published: 2015-01-07 16:45:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 68276; Favourites: 1345; Downloads: 437
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Watch the Full Free Video Tutorial HERETutorial: Portrait PaintingArtist: Tim Von Rueden (vonn)
In this tutorial I will show you how I take a look at sketching in a sketchbook and some tips I’ve learned along the way. While everyone has their own process on traditionally sketching with either pencils, pens, markers, paints, whatever it may be, it’s important that even though you may work primarily digitally to still work your traditional skills. They compliment one another and if you work at improving one, you will see a difference just from your visual eyes are more developed!
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this is so useful 
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Thanks for this tutorial, it made me want to put down my stylus and pick up an actual pencil again
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How do you ink your drawing? Do you just use ink over the penciled lines or you use tranparent paper over it?
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Actually Tim never inks his drawings, all of his works are done digitally unless he does them on his sketchpad which is always done in pencil. Hope that answers your question! -Joe
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Ah thank you. I thought he's a full traditional artist.
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I prefer both but here is my full gallery in case you were curious: tvonn9.deviantart.com/gallery/
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Thank you for sharing! Brilliant tutorial!
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i actually saw Tim using that drawing in a Tut going from traditional to digital, awesome video, but i'd suggest using layer masks instead of removing anything from the layer itself, as that actually erases it and can destroy the original layer beyond repair. other then that, i already use a .3 and .5 for sketching xD
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I`ve always been specifically taught NOT to use mechanical pencil with traditional works, and I have no idea why. It looks just as great or maybe even better.
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Mechanical pencils tends to give off the effect of having to neatly draw, which sometimes prevents you from learning to incorporate mistakes into your drawing ....at least that's what I was taught. Not that I have a problem with mechanical pencils.
I prefer the regular pencil. In my opinion, I can vary the weight and depth of lines and shadows with ease and it just feels natural to me. Mechanical pencils are cool when I want something to look exactly how I pictured it, when I'n not looking for line variation and when I don't wanna be sharpening constantly.
I've been taught to make mistakes, then pick off the ones you don't wanna keep.
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Yeah, I prefer regular pencil too. It`s somehow easier to use and all the lines don`t need to be so accurate when sketching. ^^ I love to create shadows by smudging the lines ~
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I have featured you here in my Tutorials section! FantasyLegends
Thank you so much for your contributions to the community and for this fantastic tutorial!!
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Why this doesn't have comments? This work is amazing sir!
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Thanks so much. I just started last year at 40. I had an art class in 11th grade. But she didn't care. Soooo, anything I picked up it was from great people like you. Thanks for the information!
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it makes me happy to know that people start later on sometimes, most of the people i know that are artistically inclined have been very good since they were very little and that always dampened my desire to draw, since i didnt start when i was really young.
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I'm starting at 42. There's hope for me, yet!
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like this!^^ I was just wondering I should practice traditional have sketchbook but never though of mechanical pencil!^^ LOLZ facepalm
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