/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6732911
thank you for your insight!
going to check out bammes and mattesi, and whetever overlap there is with vilppu is a plus in my opinion

i personally create multiple iterations (all on separate layers that get their opacity reduced by half when i begin a new iteration) of my sketch until the final sketch is almost as clean as my linework, and then i create a dedicated linework layer - essentially throwing away all the previous layers.
if i understand correctly you just draw and refine the same sketch/drawing/linework until you are satisfied? in that case your approach to sketching/construction is indistinguishable from how you draw a line that is supposed to be final.

i dont know how to achieve this - for me making confident, clean, precise lines is so difficult that i segregate that process so my sketching can be done without wanting to throw up. i just cant make lines that are
1. precise
2. confident
without using a thick smudging brush. but thick messy linework does not work well with my style and i personally adore this kind of fine pen linework that for example you have (among many jap artists i look up to)

is this merely a question of mileage or did you consciously develop your drawing sketching linework? how do you keep yourself from drifting towards larger brush sizes - as thin lines are less forgiving of tiny mistakes?

pic related
leftmost my "natural" / easy way of drawing
center my continuous forceful attempt to wrangle my penmanship close to what your lines look like
and lastly rightmost the closest ive gotten to creating a look of fine-pen / precise thin marker look (which is still obvious that those lines were create laboriously and not with the confidence that your lines have)

if you (or anybody else) have any input i would very much appreciate it!