/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Loomis

you're supposed to use maybe 2-3 strokes for a single line, not 300 hundred

>>4946053
because chicken scratching is just the symptom of a problem.
when you're "restating the line" you're at least trying to find or emphasize a line.

>>4946053
i had a thing written here about the important of having some semblance of a complete line in a drawing. but you know, i dont think chicken scratch even exists. i cant find any examples of what i think it is to post.

>>4946053
One looks good and the other doesnt.

>>4946053
“Restating” implies a more confident line instead of a hairy one. Ultimately you should be able to draw as clean as you can

>>4946075
This absolutely right

>>4946097
pretty sure it exists.
pic related from the bottom of my paper stack.

If you take 4 or 5 strokes to make one line, that's chicken scratch.

If you make one line 4 or 5 times, that's restating the line.

You can still overdo it (in fact, 4 or 5 is a bit excessive). But if you draw reasonably light then restating a line isn't a big deal and is sometimes good to add emphasis.

Restating the line is when you know what you're trying to draw, you just didn't get it right the first time.
Chicken scratch is being too afraid to even draw a single continuous line because you actually don't know what you're doing and are trying to figure it out a few millimeters at a time.

>>4946767
Then how do you figure it out without doing it a few millimeters at a time? What is this catch 22 situation? How can you know before you know?

Imagine if there was a thread creation requirement where you have to post your work

>>4946053
for me is because restating, with time, you will take less tries to make a good line, making you faster. also the lines has more flow to it.

and chicken scratching only teaches you chicken scratching

>>4946773
visualize

>>4946773
guess on the first line, then use it to make a better guess on the second line.

>>4947031
The painted areas of this batman made me see a "Lobsterman" where the leg would be the other arm and the backwards arm would be the body. Maybe not a lobster, but a poorly drawn gorilla.

>>4946053
>i don't want to work in my lines
>WHY IS CHICKEN SCRATCH CONSIDERED BAD!!??????

>>4947185
kek

>>4947185
I legit thought it was a truck with batman's head.

>>4947185
>>4948212
>batman

If you can't tell the difference between chicken scratch and a restated line you're NGMI

>>4948262
>caring about which capeshit character is which

>>4948279
Even normies know who Black Panther is you fucking loser.

>>4948262
what did he mean by this?

>>4948293
I'm >>4947185 and I have seen pictures of Black Panther before, the fact that it still screams BATMAN at me says a lot about this amazing manchildren past-time.

>>4946053
>chicken scratching
Makes the line stiff because you piecemeal it into 300 pieces. Looks messy
>restating the line
Imitates line weight by making a certain line bolder. Doesn't make the line stiff if done correctly. Increases visual clarity when used tastefully

>>4946053
If you are talking about the dodson approach, It's not a question of looking good, it's about making you stop being a coward and spamming ctrl +z or looking for an eraser every time you fuck up.

It's more efficient and free, you can always paint over the sketch later anyway.

>>4946326
does chicken scratch matter if its light and you draw a finished line over it all and then erase the chicken scratch? seems like retarded semantics to me as long as the finished line is smooth and clean.

>>4950618
it all depends when you post the wip or finished and wanna show it. The only thing with chicken scratch is it might lose some looseness from the lack of speedy line confidence.

I compare it to cutting paper with cissor : you cut in one go because you want a clean cut. You dont want to cut multiple time because you would trash the paper.