You're so scene

WHY DONT YOU GO ENJOY YOUR EMO ROCK WITH THOSE GIANT EARS.

I WEAR A WHITE BELT

srsly I do

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1545557/

you forgot the pants to go with it.

They're so tight and torn that they're transparent.

alliteration yo

Heresy, how do you do your ink work? Do you use pen paths or, are they're any tricks? I've been trying to figure out some good ways to do line work and I could use some advice if you have some!

I use the brush at full hardness on a very hi-res canvas. I have been known to use pen paths for very long swooping curves 9like for example a long smooth cat tail or something) but I don't make a habit of it because pen paths annoy me XD

The best trick sadly is practice. And confidence. And the eraser. I generally have to erase half my lines before they look good. Just draw the line, don't think about it! Bold strokes!

I realize this probably isn't very helpful.

One neat little trick I learned recently (and this is only helpful if you're using photoshop) is if you open up our brush presets menu, and on the left there's a list - Brush Tip Shape, Shape Dynamics, Scattering, etc...and you click on Brush Tip Shape...at the very bottom is a preset called "spacing" which is preset at I think 25%...I like to slide it back to about 15% or less. This can make PS chug if your computer's not up to it, but I find it helps with some line smoothness.

But yes, just doodle as much as you can and gain confidence. Or ink the same picture over and over until you get the hang of it :\

Actually that's more helpful than you know. I find myself getting frustrated I think because line work... Good line work... takes a long time for me to do. Be it pen tool paths, which is what I use now for the most part, or any other trick I have tried. I can't make a straight line really with my tablet, so zooming in really far would be the only way I could manage it, but it concerns me how much time I take because I need to charge for commissions appropriately.

It's great for you to have posted this particular process pic because I can see that your sketches AREN'T perfect like the drawings become at the end. This does make me feel more confident in itself.

As long as line work takes a long time for everyone, I'll feel a whole lot better.

Many of my sketches are terrifying. I know that everyone says to 'flip" your drawings to see the mistakes, but damn. It really helps. I draw my faces crooked so much it isn't even funny. Then, once I get the sketch to where I like it, the inks are like WAT until I refine them. :\

I end up having to use a LOT of photo refs.

Try also looking at lineart of other artists to see what works and what doesn't. I spend a lot of time on deviantart looking at the tutorials and stuff and a lot of them are very helpful.

Aye, thanks for the pointers, Heresy. I'll do that. Keep up the good work!

I love progess pics, they really help as REF down the road~
Good job on this one!

very cool, and as for doing a full on tutorial, I'd personally love it. Although jumping off of this, you could probably do a few of them, from inking to shading. And yeah, that's a huge jump from flats to shaded. How long does that normally take you, if you dont mind my asking?

Shading is hard for me to demonstrate because I tend to mess up a lot XD I think the easiest way for me to demonstrate it is via ustream or similar, but then resolution is crappy. I shall explore further possibilities.

I think that this particular picture took me three not-so-dedicated evenings (also watching tv, sometimes put the tablet down for a while). Plus there isn't really much to this one (no background, easy outfit, etc. If I'm really motivated I can do a pretty nice piece in a day or two. However i get lovely art slumps quite often (ask anyone who has a commission from me right now >< ) where an apparently "easy/fun" project takes weeks...months... :(