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After I posted my coloring tutorial/process fav.me/dcgdrk3 , some of the conversations I had about it inspired me to try a little something new. My way of drawing has always been rather simplistic and utilitarian, to me--just enough to "get by" to show the picture I wanted to show, tell the story I wanted to tell. I've always wanted a bit more "crispness" and "shine" to my work, the way so many pictures I admire here are. I think the most important element for that is probably sharp lineart, which I've always opted out of, using my plain sketch lines themselves instead. Part of this has been because I don't have a tablet to work with, only a mouse--I sketch on physical paper and then scan it. Many, many years ago, I briefly tried to draw over those sketch lines with the mouse, but the results disappointed me. fav.me/d64jhjg I recently saw some advice about enlarging your sketches to about 400%, drawing over them with a huge, thick brush, and then shrinking this new lineart back, though. Although I'm pretty sure this advice post was still aimed at tablet users, I thought it couldn't hurt to try it using my old method with the mouse, anyway. So, I thought I'd make a couple of new pictures to test it. Let me know what you guys think (seriously, don't hold back, if you think I should change something about this lineart [and/or go back to the old], let me know)! After this, I may try to find ways to add more "oomph" to my coloring methods as well (I'm particularly interested in adding starker shines and more environmental palettes), but for now, the only real change is the lineart--baby steps!

This second one is a Sonic fanart of Big and Cream. Cream, as some of you may know, is a little air/flying-element/type/whatever bunny who uses her ears to fly, just like Tails uses his twin tails to do so. Well, I thought it would be cute for Cream to try to teach her buddy Big how to fly too. He's got the long ears, after all... but I think she's forgetting he's just a tiiiiiiiiny bit heavier than her! Oh well, he doesn't seem to mind.

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After I posted my coloring tutorial/process fav.me/dcgdrk3 , some of the conversations I had about it inspired me to try a little something new. My way of drawing has always been rather simplistic and utilitarian, to me--just enough to "get by" to show the picture I wanted to show, tell the story I wanted to tell. I've always wanted a bit more "crispness" and "shine" to my work, the way so many pictures I admire here are. I think the most important element for that is probably sharp lineart, which I've always opted out of, using my plain sketch lines themselves instead. Part of this has been because I don't have a tablet to work with, only a mouse--I sketch on physical paper and then scan it. Many, many years ago, I briefly tried to draw over those sketch lines with the mouse, but the results disappointed me. fav.me/d64jhjg I recently saw some advice about enlarging your sketches to about 400%, drawing over them with a huge, thick brush, and then shrinking this new lineart back, though. Although I'm pretty sure this advice post was still aimed at tablet users, I thought it couldn't hurt to try it using my old method with the mouse, anyway. So, I thought I'd make a couple of new pictures to test it. Let me know what you guys think (seriously, don't hold back, if you think I should change something about this lineart [and/or go back to the old], let me know)! After this, I may try to find ways to add more "oomph" to my coloring methods as well (I'm particularly interested in adding starker shines and more environmental palettes), but for now, the only real change is the lineart--baby steps!

This second one is a Sonic fanart of Big and Cream. Cream, as some of you may know, is a little air/flying-element/type/whatever bunny who uses her ears to fly, just like Tails uses his twin tails to do so. Well, I thought it would be cute for Cream to try to teach her buddy Big how to fly too. He's got the long ears, after all... but I think she's forgetting he's just a tiiiiiiiiny bit heavier than her! Oh well, he doesn't seem to mind.