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Have no artistic background but I sort of want to train to have artstyle like this. Any references I can look into? Googling just resulted in some obscure Fren

Have no artistic background but I sort of want to train to have artstyle like this. Any references I can look into? Googling just resulted in some obscure French books that I definitely won’t have access to: L'atelier de la bande dessinée avec Hergé

goto11 5y ago
What is your level? Do you already know how to draw in a realistic style?
- gandalfgreybeer 5y ago
  Practically a beginner. I tried following some books a few years ago + the basic art classes in high school is my skill extent.
themodelplumber 5y ago
A really simple way is to draw an element (a face, hand, dog, whatever but please don't start with vehicles, those were drawn more mechanically) by hand on vellum or tracing paper, then overlay on the original to compare as if getting feedback from the artist. You can make initial tracings to make sure the two align. And you should typically enlarge the original art by 2.5x at least in order to work near the original size. Comic art schools have been doing this for a long time but in the reverse, with professional artists drawing on your art afterward, instead of overlaying on their art. Joe Kubert's correspondence course was set up this way for example. For pens, start with a stiff small nib brush pen by Zebra or Pilot, or a dip pen with a comic nib. Alternately the small-point sharpie nibs can be bent out of shape and give a nib effect. For ligne claire IMO it can help to go straight to pen and skip pencil, at least for stylistic practice, because what you're looking for is the final line expression and characteristics. Be sure to look at the artist's very early work so you don't miss out on the fact that this is not easy to nail right out of the gate. :-) Inkscape is a great digital tool for practicing this look as well.

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Have no artistic background but I sort of want to train to have artstyle like this. Any references I can look into? Googling just resulted in some obscure Fren

by gandalfgreybeer 5y ago

goto11 5y ago
What is your level? Do you already know how to draw in a realistic style?
- gandalfgreybeer 5y ago
  Practically a beginner. I tried following some books a few years ago + the basic art classes in high school is my skill extent.
themodelplumber 5y ago
A really simple way is to draw an element (a face, hand, dog, whatever but please don't start with vehicles, those were drawn more mechanically) by hand on vellum or tracing paper, then overlay on the original to compare as if getting feedback from the artist. You can make initial tracings to make sure the two align. And you should typically enlarge the original art by 2.5x at least in order to work near the original size. Comic art schools have been doing this for a long time but in the reverse, with professional artists drawing on your art afterward, instead of overlaying on their art. Joe Kubert's correspondence course was set up this way for example. For pens, start with a stiff small nib brush pen by Zebra or Pilot, or a dip pen with a comic nib. Alternately the small-point sharpie nibs can be bent out of shape and give a nib effect. For ligne claire IMO it can help to go straight to pen and skip pencil, at least for stylistic practice, because what you're looking for is the final line expression and characteristics. Be sure to look at the artist's very early work so you don't miss out on the fact that this is not easy to nail right out of the gate. :-) Inkscape is a great digital tool for practicing this look as well.