With this practice, I found there are certain hatching techniques I prefer over others. I'm not a big fan of cross hatching as the diamond and square pattern that creates doesn't settle well with me unless needed to depict a particular pattern ......... like cloth. I don't care for it to depict value unless I need near black areas. Instead I would rather keep going over with same directional hatch marks or use stippling. Stippling and/or tiny tick line marks are two of my favorites.
Tapping into some imagination and creativity with several of my sketches, I've come to really appreciate what illustrators face when designing anything from children's books to game characters. A LOT of thought and work goes into that. For me it can be a strain on the brain..........lol Capturing something I see in front of me is much easier but at least if I push myself, I know now that I do have the ability to imagine and create fantasy sketches.........limited, though they might be. :-)
This year as mentioned in previous post(s), I grabbed my Ipad and Apple pencil to work the Inktober Challenge. Taking it a bit further so I have a paper copy, I set my sketches up in page format to print and bind together (to be stitched with a simple pamphlet stitch) and keep in one of my fabric midori style journals.
NOW I need to decide on what I want to do for November and December. Do I take a break or do I set myself another challenge?
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