attempts in hatching different shades of shadows

Done as part of a practice session with poses of 1 hour in length. (took me about 30 minutes) My current goal is: Develop my own signature drawing style (advanced)

Polyvios Animations November 30, 2023 11:06pm

Most boldest and most expressive in your woodcut-like presentation of lights, shadows, and of course, gestalt of your facial expression sketch. But still, the shapes of lights and shadows are still too timidest to my sensibilities to me. Would you like to go ahead with 7 hours of 30 second figures, faces and expressions, all with 2 10 minute breaks in-between throughout?

As a result, even if it's gonna be the tallest order for you yet, then your looseness but fullest and total liveliness of the tone lines and shapes of figures, faces, and expressions will become the most fiercest, fearless, and boldest.

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Hope these have helped you out the most.

Aunt Herbert November 30, 2023 11:18pm

Wow, Polyvios, 7 hours of 30 second sketches would make 820 sketches? That's a lot! And only 2 10 minute breaks in between?

Polyvios, I love you. Just keep being you.

Janhackstrom December 1, 2023 4:35pm

Bold and dramatic. On a large scale, it could be an impressive mural.

CDsCartoons December 3, 2023 12:21am

Hi, this is my first critique ever on this platform! Personally, I like this! It does feel unique. What's really impressive is that it only took 30 minutes for that level of detail. My only criticism may be that there aren't a lot of midtones. Overall, great work!

Aunt Herbert December 3, 2023 1:28am

Thank you for your critique.

Well, the lack of midtones (and maybe a part of what makes it uniqueness) comes from me using an ink brush instead of graphite or coal. There ain't no midtones in ink, only deepest black or the pristine paper.

Hatching or crosshatching is the only way to emulate midtones with ink. Ideally the hatching should be very regular and controlled, to not introduce noise into what I intended to be just a single surface with a scale of shades, but that is one aspect of ink, that I am still struggling a bit with.

On the upside I really love the sharp contrasts, that the ink brush forces me into, so it is a rather joyful struggle.