/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2534515
Not just digital, happens in every medium. Brush economy is something you need to really learn over time, I know JJ used to obsess over it like Sargent did. Meant he would paint pretty slowly at demos and such, but it's all about really thinking about where each stroke is going and what you want to do with it.

"No feature should be started until you have fully comprehended its character and have established in your mind the manner of its full accomplishment. To stop in the process of drawing the lines of a feature to inquire "what's next" is surely to leave a record of disconnection." - The Art Spirit, Robert Henri

Basically don't put brush to canvas until you know exactly what you want to do with the stroke. Direction, pressure, edges, everything. It takes longer and takes a lot of hard thinking, but is faster in the long run and means you can lay in the shapes with few strokes.