A sketch a day
- Thread starter Laurelin
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It's a Micron Brush pen. So much fun! I have only ever found them in the manga/comics pen sets. It works much nicer than the regular microns. I've tried other brands of manga pens but Micron is my favorite (should be for the price!) The manga sets generally have a couple brush and/or wedge pens in them and they give you really nice line thickness variation a lot smoother than trying to do something similar with a regular micron.
This set here:
This set here:
Thanks! I used to draw horses all the time but I haven't in years. I've had a lot of people wanting to see what I can do with horse pictures so I'm trying it again. Dogs are much much easier to draw!
That was just a really basic job in a few minutes with vine charcoal (so I can erase it easily). I'll have to spend an hour or two to finish it.
That was just a really basic job in a few minutes with vine charcoal (so I can erase it easily). I'll have to spend an hour or two to finish it.
Yeah moving horse is next on the list! 
I can sketch out a pretty realistic dog in a few minutes tops of most breeds but horses require a bit more thinking and I need a reference or it looks a bit off imo. I can draw a good dog without a reference. Horses are another story.
I'll have to get a new pic of that horse, he looks better now with some tweaking of the anatomy.
(If anyone has nice horse reference shots they would mind me just sketching I'd appreciate it. I asked my dad to get some pics of the horses and the shots he got aren't that great...)
Thanks again guys! I'm really enjoying having this thread and encouragement to get back to drawing again.
I can sketch out a pretty realistic dog in a few minutes tops of most breeds but horses require a bit more thinking and I need a reference or it looks a bit off imo. I can draw a good dog without a reference. Horses are another story.
I'll have to get a new pic of that horse, he looks better now with some tweaking of the anatomy.
(If anyone has nice horse reference shots they would mind me just sketching I'd appreciate it. I asked my dad to get some pics of the horses and the shots he got aren't that great...)
Thanks again guys!
I'm really enjoying having this thread and encouragement to get back to drawing again.
The really hard part I found with horses is that if you get their movement 100% on, it doesn't look right because well... horses don't always move IRL like the text books say they should and if your pen says you're going to move like the book says you're suppose to... yep... still looks wrong. Also different breeds, mixes, different body types, gait types and optical illusions can really mess with your eye. That's where your lines becomes a image saver.
I found the best way to draw a particular horse was with a video and then find a frame that appealed to my eye.
I think I've used this video more than any other to work on horse w/ rider artwork. YouTube - Garrocha
I found the best way to draw a particular horse was with a video and then find a frame that appealed to my eye.
I think I've used this video more than any other to work on horse w/ rider artwork. YouTube - Garrocha
Is there anything you aren't good at Laur! Love the horse!
Here's my girls - all QH mares. The bay is a 5 year old, big chestnut with the socks is 8, the wee chestnut with no socks is my 2 year old (still a yearling in these shots). I will be putting my big chestnut mare down soon so even a little rough doodle would be awesome!
A couple more!
Love the horse!Here's my girls - all QH mares. The bay is a 5 year old, big chestnut with the socks is 8, the wee chestnut with no socks is my 2 year old (still a yearling in these shots). I will be putting my big chestnut mare down soon so even a little rough doodle would be awesome!
A couple more!