Today's challenge was cars and motorcycles. I'm getting a little better at creating "mechanical noise", and there's really no easy way around it. You just have to build up a vocabulary of mechanical looking jargon and figure out where you have to place it. You can build this vocabulary much easier when inking and painting than graphite, and im not really sure why yet. Possibly because the mechanical noise you create just becomes a grey mess.
Another thing I need to practice is not to get too zealous. The inks on these should be a bit more blank, and I have to stop myself from trying to shade with cross hatching. Shading on mechanical things should be done with screen toning (especially if it's surface color, shadows could be done through cross hatching though).
A few more useful tips to consider:
-Be patient.
-Cannot stress enough, do not use a dip pen when using a ruler. The ink bead gets under the ruler and ruins the drawing.
-When drawing long lines, spin the paper around so the line is consistent with the arch of your arm. It's nearly impossible to draw a clean line if your drawing a long curve that bows towards your own elbow. Spin it around so it bows away from your arm, and use anatomy to your advantage!
-You should know how to draw wheels without stencils (with graphite), but just use stencils when inking
-Microns seems to bleed much less than Sharpie felt tip pens
-Be patient
I still have to work on getting better at drawing wheels. I have a few stencils, but they're never the right size/pinch to draw the wheel angles I want.
Next episode, we shall have people ON vehicles!
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