A portrait of a friend. Dip pen, June 2026.
3d 4h ago by lemmy.world/u/case_when in artshare
That's so awesome, I would absolutely treasure that if I were her.
Thank you so much!
Nicely done!
Thanks! A relatively quick one this, maybe two hours all told?
It has a lot of character. I'm sure she's pleased.
Thank you! It was a nice photo to work from.
How's this technique called?
I'm not sure it has a name. It's a style I've developed over time rather than something I worked towards.
To myself, I call it "Drawing parallel lines until it looks great, adding one more line, realising that was a terrible mistake, using a scalpel to fix it, making it look worse, then hoping nobody will notice."
Lol thanks
Wow! I would love to see what your underdrawing looked like.
Usually I take some in-progress photos, but this was A really quick one done in a single session so I didn't get round to it. But since you ask, here's some from another recent piece:
Thank you so much!