May 20th Progress Update
Added 2019-05-18 01:57:35 +0000 UTCSo I said I'd be sharing a bit in my next progress update, and I'd say it's about that time. I don't have terribly much to say, but I figured I ought to give you a quick rundown of what a piece looks like in its early days.
99% of my big drawings start with this chicken scratch, called a thumbnail. The point of these sketches is that they're quick and easy. Not including time spent breathing and thinking, neither of these took more than half a minute, but they're (relatively) suggestive of the intended pose and composition, and that's all we're after here.
After deciding on a thumbnail to turn into something grander, I base a rough sketch off of it—typically in pink. Then, I go over that rough sketch on a new layer, in blue, refining and redrawing elements as necessary. Neither of these have to be perfect, they just have to be good enough to base my linework off of. I'll tell more about that in my next update.
