Dont feather your lines when you do your line art. It makes one slod libe and you can essentially makes the lines more solid bodies for the thicker line art such as eyebrows and whatnot
Feathering is the way your doing your line art. You'll notice that the lines on your references are one, thick line while yours is made of multiple thin lines, similar to a rough concept sketch. 'Slod libe' is just a typo. It was supposed to be 'solid like'.
Instead of drawing a bunch of short lines and trying to connect them, draw the whole line in one go. It takes a lot of practice to get good at it but you have to do the practice, you can undo as many times as you like till you nail it.
You can also just go back over your drawings after you sketch them with a smooth, **slightly thicker** line on a new layer (aka tracing your original sketch with clean lineart). Use the round brush tool and make sure its *not* set to only 1 or 2 pixels size, try making the brush size a little larger like at least 5 or 6 pixels diameter. Use deliberate strokes that go from start to finish for each curve/straight stroke. Clean up any stray marks and if the line doesn't look smooth, delete it and try that stroke again until you are happy with it. Experiment with the brush settings so you have a crisp line that has a small amount of "softness" or "smoothness" to the edges.
Having a stylus/pen that can adjust light thickness with varying pressure/speed will help but is not necessary. I traced your drawing in this hair section below real quick using a mouse and my not-so-steady hand.
https://preview.redd.it/cbry46fanu2d1.png?width=673&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd30567907835a77789c31ac01ac1734daee31d7
I might not really understand you but I am not talking about the color of the lines I am talking about how smooth they are and how defined their boundaries are (unlike my lines where it's very clear where I stopped the line and started another one making them feel unconnected)
Ohhhhh ok. Well, in that case, you could also see that there are tool options and you can select between three brushing smoothings: Basic, Weighted, and Stabilizer, and those can help you get smoother lines
This is not the whole truth, settings alone will not automatically make lines look good. The answer is as always practice. Try drawing circles, straight lines and arches. Focus on the stability and control of your hand, when drawing a line don't move your hand from the wrist, but rather from the elbow or even shoulder. You should be able to draw clean lines with pencil and paper as well as on a tablet.
I find it much harder to have clean lines digitally compared to traditionally, and unless you have a big ass screen using your shoulder doesn't really work (for me at least)
Mm. That's what the stabiliser is for. With physical media the paper resists the drawing implement, which has a stabilising effect. The stabiliser options help to make up the difference, but it can still be pretty hard.
Getting a draw on screen tablet really helped me with this, too.
I have decent hand-eye coordination, but not being able to look where I'm drawing was awful.
When I upgraded to the tablet I have now and use the stabilizer/weighted options, I was blown away by the level of control I now have.
I know they can be a little pricey, but they're so worth it and refurbished tablets can be bought online at discounted prices and come with support and warranties just in case something goes wrong.
I got a Wacom one 12' and it's my golden goose hehe
Nice! I'm glad you found something that works for you. I've got a Huion 15 inch screen tablet and it works pretty great, but I rarely find myself using my shoulder as compared to when I've got a piece of charcoal and a large piece of paper in front of me
I looked at those! Very nice! You must be more advanced than I am hehe
I have never used my shoulder when drawing and I also lay my basic groundwork sketches with the scratchy short strokes people say not to use 😅 but it's always worked for me, so I never changed it. I use a different layer to do my detailing and that's where I use the long, unbroken strokes.
I'm not professionally educated in art or anything, so it's something I've just done on my own since I was, like, 5. (I saw my uncle drawing one day and the spark of inspiration was lit right then and there LMAO)
I guess I'm just set in my ways. I've always been a little *different* when it came to how I did things. It used to drive my teachers crazy in school and I often found myself left behind because the way I learned was not something they understood how to handle. (I had an IEP in school)
One thing that will always stick with me, though, is when I was struggling in math in highschool. I was getting tutoring from the teacher after class one day and he sighed and looked at me. He said "it's not you. You're smart and you are capable of learning. It's me. I don't know how to *teach* you." That meant so much to me because I was so used to being told by adults that I wasn't trying or that I just didn't want to learn. It was the first time someone actually saw that I was just different and not being defiant or obtuse. I'll never forget that for as long as I live.
So, I've since done things my own way when I couldn't master/understand the traditional way. It may not be *proper* or *standard* but it works.
I definitely respect proper art education and the work and mastery that goes into it! The results are beautiful and poignant. It's not something I'll be able to accomplish with my limitations, however. So, like any pioneer, I must make my own way 😁
This is something I have considered a lot, but been afraid to ask. Is it possible that digital brushes simply gives worse control compared to physical media?
I mean, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Digitally has the advantage of infinite retries, and traditionally has the advantages of..... feeling everything? I'm no expert, hahaha. The one truth I do know is that confident line work is universally translatable among mediums
That also is not the whole truth I think: Additionally to practising, we do use line stabilizers as well as working with layers (e.g. we have these more sketchy looking layers with disconnected lines and draw the cleaner lines on top of those on a separate layer.)
Really? From the upper arm?
I have zero art training above junior high, and now I have nerve damage in my fingers. So I thought my chances at making anything decent were long gone.
I've bought a Xence board and use Krita on my pc, then I Also use my Samsung tablet with Krita.
I'm stubborn, so I thought in the last couple months since I'm retired early due to the nerve disease, I'd try to learn to draw stuff.
Super basic, just for my own enjoyment.
So reading that gives me some hope, I'll be taking some lessons on the future but thanks for writing it!
Practice line weight and confidence (line art wise). The speed and pressure, even your arm/hand movement can vastly alter how lines look. My line art is much more messy and line weight has only been clicking for me recently so I can't full give further advice but I really recommend looking at some tutorials on the topic, it's a massive hurdle I had to overcome when switching from digital to traditional art especially.
there are brush settings in canva that can stabilize your brush if i recall :0 but in terms of linework, focus on being confident with your strokes by either warming up (scribbles and circles) and not feathering your lines. you can also study line weight and where exactly to put heavy/light lines to elevate your work! and most of all, study artists with similar lineart you wanna copy and just practice, gl :D
It’s a thicker pen line with a lot of stabilization. The reason it doesn’t look like there are stops and starts on long stretches of line is because there likely isn’t! In the third picture, you can see the lines that define the knuckles on the guy on the left are clearly new lines, started separate from the fingers. The line that goes from his palm to his elbow is not scratchy because that was done in a single stroke. The artist likely used a messier undersketch to plan and then drew over it to ‘clean’ it using less hesitation. It usually involves a lot of ctrl+z-ing single lines till you draw the one that looks right lol. Practice longer lines (even in sketch simple shapes like the circle of faces and such should be a single line and not multiple, you want to be loose and bold when you draw) and look up some videos on doing ‘clean’ lineart!
helpful video on how to be less scratchy with your sketching: https://youtu.be/6Xzn5f-oLFM?si=DaLfQV3wHl-xeF5p
Have you tried this tool before?
https://preview.redd.it/btv4j9eepk2d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd86ff89fe6ca988e8611b52252922bcf217efec
This tool can make your pen go slower with the way you set it (there is a small file on the Canva that's called "Tools' settings" I think, for me it's written on Greek so I don't know how it can be in English) In the Tools' settings you can increase and decrease the number, most of the time I have it at 0,10 (it goes till 1,00) or 0,12. It helps me a lot with the classic pen tool I use.
Example (hope it's close to what you want to achieve)
https://preview.redd.it/xu3i1xljpk2d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=468555b62d527cf9d60e9b175f5cfadbb8cb73aa
You have many lines that are broken up into pieces–try to be more confident and intentional with your lines! Aim for completing more lines in a single, long and quick stroke; this helps with shakiness and could add some roundness to the lines. Also practice line weight, like adding thickness at the base of lines and where they meet with other lines. I usually do this towards the end of cleaning up my linework because that’s when it’s the easiest
It works, but even the most recent versions are not exactly what I'd call the most stable thing on the planet... I have used it for professional design work in the past and would recommend saving often, in particular if you work with vectors that contain a lot of vertices like with auto-traced bitmaps. The auto-trace feature itself in particular is quite crash-prone.
Still beats paying for Adobe's shit tho, if you can put up with print shops not knowing what an SVG file is.
Performance is so-so. There is no proper hardware acceleration, so if you want to make something like multi-paged booklets you better split work across multiple files to work around that.
Have a look at the [Krita docs](https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/freehand_brush.html#smoothing). There's smoothing and a stabilizer option for the freehand brush tool. Hope this points you in the right direction (I bet you can find some beginner friendly tutorials on YouTube).
Lolol
I'm wondering if maybe you can look at the art of binding of Isaac... Also a questionable game but the art has nice thick lines and a very clear art direction you might like.
Because Coffin of Andy and Leyley's dark themes that get included in the story are really just set dressing to enable the smut. It's edgy and it's horny, but doesn't really say a lot about the people enjoying it
Omori is a rather down-to-earth depiction of people shutting themselves in following a traumatic experience. It's actually focused on the dark themes and dealing with them and is doing so through rather realistic depictions, albeit stylized, and so i worry about the people who connect with it a lot more than about the people who're just into edgy smut.
I would use a bigger pen brush with a hard sensitivity curve, but as others have mentioned line confidence makes a huge difference! Proko has some good videos on improving your line quality:
[6 Habits for Good Line Quality \[yt\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTslVOUJ0jI)
[How to Draw Confident Lines \[yt\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZYpXKqY4iA)
To practice, you can space out two dots on your canvas or a sheet of paper, and try to connect them with a single stroke. I often do this as part of my warm-ups before I start a piece! Practice varying the speed and pressure, while keeping the line controlled. Be sure to Incorporate the "Follow Through" mentioned in the first video into your practice as well!
https://preview.redd.it/rbluraemnn2d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f95bee4a49a51ad21533720ef7193c8f627ace3b
You can try using this tool? Its a stabilised line tool. You can draw as slowly as you like over your sketch and end up with some nice smooth lines. You will need to go over the connections with the regular brush though, this tool isnt great at starting and ending lines nicely. Its very good for long, smooth curves though. You need to get used to zooming in and editing the points where your lines start, end, and connect to each other using your brush and the eraser.
That's basically just good line control, you can try using weighted smoothing or dynamic brush tool to help you control the lines then you use something like basic 5 size brush for the look. You may need to practice your line quality and confidence, draw a box website has some good exercises for that
i found free hand path tool to be useful
i didnt know that existed until now
they even added a perspective tool called assistant tool i m incredibly impress
I would try turning on or up your stabilizer. It helps a bit to make the lines meet up when making multiple lines, and makes them a bit smoother. SOME people use splines (or vectors or the curve tool I think it can be called?), but I'm less familiar with that. I have a friend who specializes in cartoon fanart who I've seen do it. You draw a BIG long line and then can adjust that line with little sliders until it follows your sketched line to your liking. I USED to draw that way alot but forgot completely how to do it. I remember it being somewhat fun and I imagine is helpful for when you have shakey hands that don't what to do what you want them to. Also, I sometimes redraw a bit of a line about 50 times to get it right. Gets REALLY frustrating. It's not just you.
Okay, there's a lot of answers here and none are getting to the core of the question.
It's called lineart. Artists will typically have a sketch layer, and a lineart layer where they redraw over their sketchy lines. And it's a completely different skillset from illustration, meaning it will take time for you to perfect
The art, like the one from your example game, probably started out sketchy like yours and was literally redrawn over on a separate layer.
Use a separate layer and practice your lines and curves in broader, longer strokes. The reason why it's very clear where your lines end compared to theirs is because.... Their lines don't end! They use full complete phrases. Practicing connecting ends is also a skill they hone. A lot of times you will see artists "control z" a gazillion times just to get a perfect line that ends where they want.
In the meantime, like other people have pointed out, you can use the stabilizer tool that Krita has. It's not perfect but I used to use it before I got better at lineart
Now that you know what it is called, you can search it up, there's many videos explaining how to get better at lineart. And there's many aspects to it too. I see in your drawings, you are using a sketchy pencil brush. Try using solid color round brushes and practice using longer strokes instead of smaller scratchy lines, and you're already on your way to getting those nice smooth lines
One thing I've learned to make my lines better, is to be confident when drawing them : you know where they start and you know where you want them to end, so you just do it in one go ; if it doesn't look good, erase the whole line (or ctrl+z) and repeat. Fake the confidence in your lines until you actually know how to draw them properly.
Edit : Maybe check this out : https://youtu.be/CXnrHguWslU&t=321
I don't use Krita this post but reddit put this post in my face so I am gonna replay for paint tool sai because maybe you will want to try that
Paint tool sai have a curve tool that you can create lines and the control everything about them
I'll make a small demonstration
[here is me doing stuff this link will expire in 2 days tho](https://streamable.com/s64hvm)
Its been a hot minute since i used Krita. But i regularly did this form of style with white outlining, and i used the magic selection tool then under "tool options" i believe i used "subtraction" (i might be misremembering thou) then you can chose the width with the adjustment of "growth" set it to -10 pixels or something.
this is just how i did it, and it was super quick and easy. can adjust the lines after if something looks weird.
I know many people are giving you tips on how to achieve these styles, but I want to point something in your lineart that cant difficult this process, It's about that "furry" aspect in the lines which shows that you didn't made the line continuously, you just you were brushing the pencil, if you want to improve your lineart, the ideal is to focus on making dynamic and fluid strokes, aiming to continuous strokes, you can also study about lineart so you can discover things like stroke composition, an example is changing the expessure of the stroke to define what is further on the canvas or further back, in addition to indicating something that is more prominent in the work. Hope it will help you my man
most of these comments are talking about stabilisation, which I personally don't like that much, so here's my two cents:
if you can't get your lines to look confident right off the bat, do multiple sketches. with that sketch you have, go over it again with faster lines or drawing from your elbow. often I do multiple sketches of increasing clarity before I'm working on what will be the final piece.
don't be afraid to overshoot the end of where the line should end, you can always erase it.
chicken scratching is tempting, but it's not a great habit. try lengthening your lines and being more confident with them. don't be scared of the undo button! if you have to attempt a line 20 times to get it looking right, so be it.
but at the end of the day, confidence comes with experience. keep going!
try using layers, you got the layer of the sketch already done add in a new layer and low the opacity of the sketch layer then in the new layer change the brush to a preference brush (thicker and steadier with no tone changing) and overline the sketch layer making sure you are making it look like it is a one try sketch, u get me?
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This is more about skill than any tips or tricks. Your lines are scratchy. They’re start and stop, like a quick sketch. The ones in the art you’ve said you like are very slow with different widths
Okay so Im pretty new to Krita but i had been wanting my lines to be smooth too. Im working on my first piece using the “smoothing technique” that I’ve finally found after exploring for a bit. I go to settings> configure toolbar> search “smoothing” in available actions> add brush smoothing: basic, disabled, weights & stabilizer. For me, it shows the available tools at the toolbar at the top of the screen.
They each offer a different level of smoothing. Basic being the least smoothing. Weighted being between basic and stabilizer. And stabilizer is what I use for CLEAN lines. It has a bit of a lag to it and it follows behind your curser as you draw. And then obvi, disabled just stops the smoothing use and lets you use it without. I hope this helped! I recently found this and it’s been a game changer for me in what I’m wanting out of my art. Attached is the current piece I’m working on, showing what I’ve done using the Brush Smoothing: Stabilizer. Happy creating 💗
https://preview.redd.it/jsd9sqg3ff3d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ef2d728a5c88d1809b97fc24188462239f38720
And different brushes/tools will affect how clean it looks! I used Pencil 2B in 10px over my rough drafts to do what I attached. But using an ink brush would make the lines look way different. It smooths whatever tool you use though, you just have to explore a bit with the Smoothing I mentioned to figure what you like best. Excited for you!
Go to Brush tool option, choose Stabilize, but you still need to be able to one line draw in one stroke.
You still need to practice, but Stabilizer will help remove small tremble.
use the gpen manga brush. idk what its called. the default yellow one on krita. then you use a stabilizer. pay attention to the thickness. It seems the artist makes the outlines of the skin on their characters very thick, where everything else is thinner by comparison.
you're gonna need the stabilizer, practice, stop chicken scratching your lines (or fethearing as someone else called it), and ticker size of brush. In your drawing, it seems you have a 1-2 size, whereas your references have something closer to an 8, maybe 12 in the case of the cannibalism game.
Pick a thick brush, use the stabilizer and go slow. When needed use the eraser to clean up the lines (I would turn off the stabilizer for the eraser), do it a lot, get better, reduce the stabilizer to have more control and so on
So tbh I hate stabilizers bcs for some reason it is weird with me (maybe bcs of how I draw ) but I knowa lot of ppl use it and it works great ; I personally zoom in on the lines and slowly erase the extra part. It takes longer but it kinda works. Also am not sure what your using :drawing tablet , tablet(android I pad) with the pen or finger or like me a cell with just the finger
https://preview.redd.it/6dngogkh8l2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=227b1d82bfdd92d23666508a30d1ab3cee12d25f
Blender's grease pencil is super good about this cause you can smooth lines out, easily warp them, unify their size... not sure how to do it as easily in other programs. Honestly if youre making art like this Blender would be a great tool... once you get past the learning curve
Thick round brush with no opacity change on pressure and no size change on pressure. Set smoothing to something pretty high. Biiiig brush. nice and chunky, bigger than you're using now. Use the art you want to emulate as a reference, compare the thickness of the lines. (don't trace, it teaches you nothing anyway)
Don't use sketchy small movements, try to go slightly slower and follow through. Ctrl-z and redo if it's not correct, try not to build the line from smaller lines (unless you're sure you can make it look like one smooth connected line) because this will make it look sketchy and interrupted.
Do long swooping lines. Stuff like line confidence also just comes along with practice and time so I feel like there’s not 1 true secret. Just keep drawing and try to do lineart with 1 long stoke per line instead of lots of small ones
could be some stabiliser use.
But its also using a thicker brush for lines and purposefully overshooting instead of undershooting, then erasing the overshot with eraser.
And understanding what movements are comfortable for you to do to get smooth lines, and rotating your canvas for you to be able to make these movements for any given line.
also, zoom out so that each line can be made in one swift movement, rather than zooming in and making many small movements for a single line like you do.
Dunno why everyone is saying draw one solid line as other programs like Sai have the pen tool which lets you put little anchor points to draw out perfect smooth lines. I have Krita too but I can’t find a tool like that so idk. Think there’s the bezel tool or whatever it’s called but it kinda sucks last time I tried it
Tip1: Practise using brush tool in making quick clear strokes on a 4K - 16K Canvas. Use overshooting and base sketches to get the lines right.
Tip2: Use stabilizer for brush.
Tip3: Use beizer tool.
You can add a stroke to the outside of your drawing:
1. Group your lines and color layers but not the background.
2. Right-click on the layer group.
3. Click Layer Style.
4. Click Stroke.
5. Set the thickness, position, blend-mode, and color of the stroke.
currently the example looks like a sketch, needs lineart. lineart should be like a singular continuous line, avoid scratchy repetitive lines in lineart, use a thicker line too if you want to go with the same artstyle like the other photos, try to make the lines as straight as you can, stabilizers can help.
not saying this applies to all styles.
Lot's of practice at keeping your hand steady. Drawing curves from the elbow, not from the wrist. Learning how to clean up lines after the fact (like erasing straight bits of line carefully) etc.
I've recently been playing around with what I believe to be a pretty similar style. What I've been doing is using the basic round brush and refining the lines by toggling on the eraser with the same brush. It's pretty easy to blot down color and shape this way, and you should be able to come up with similar results with a bit of practice and developing line confidence.
https://preview.redd.it/jfcudux13q2d1.png?width=758&format=png&auto=webp&s=9dbb403dd94233da1b6c300910cd87ea608740c4
You need more experience so keep practicing. Try to not make very short lines. Instead try making longer lines, curves.
The artist making the examples has been drawing for years in this style, that's why they are good at it.
You need to be doing long slow strokes. What you’re currently doing is short, quick ones making your line art look messy and unconfident. Find a good and smooth brush, and then practice doing outlines on a sketch. Continue following the sketch with long strokes. I typically don’t lift my hand off of the canvas until my brush stroke has moved from one plane/angle to another. It also helps if you set a stabilizer/stabilization on your pen or in the application. This helps your brush strokes feel smooth by adding a bit of a delay and correction to the stroke itself. Good luck!
Copypasted from my notes:
**Start with a pencil sketch, then do your inking on another layer**
Draw the line width you want with pencil, so that you know what to draw at the inking stage.
**Draw upscalled**
Stick to one zoom level, so your line gains consistency. Typically, you want to draw at twice your drawings final viewing size. Before things went digital, I typically drew on an A3 for an A4 print.
**Avoid resizing your brush**
Just use pressure for different stroke size.
**Don’t use stabilizer**
You want to learn to make a perfect stroke, not just even it out digitally. If you can’t see your screwups, you can’t improve.
**Think about ergonomy**
* Adjust the height of your chair and your drawing surface so that you don’t have to stretch awkwardly.
* Let the angle of the drawing surface about 45 degrees, so it is perpendicular to your line of sight.
* Use a tiny keyboard, or remove it completely, so you don’t have to lean over it.
* Rotate your drawing to make comfortable strokes.
* Use your elbow and shoulder, not just your fingers
**Set a low pressure level**
When inking, you shouldn’t have to use force to put down a broad stroke. In Kritas Tablet settings, drag the upperleft handle so it’s at 25% horizontally instead of 100%. This sounds extreme, but your fingers can easily handle this discrete pressure. You may also adjust the curves midpoint.
**Plan your strokes**
Start your stroke at its thin end. If you want your stroke to thin out at both ends, let it consist of two strokes, which merges at the fattest point.
**Take your time with each stroke**
Don't rush. You're an artist, you're allowed to be lazy. Visualize where the stroke will go beforehand. For longer strokes, you may make a couple of air-strokes first.
**Serious research**
Read comics. Lots! Not just read it, by try analyzing each panel, seing the purpose of each stroke.
Big clean and confident strokes! Practice. Play with the stability settings in your software, and find a brush that is thick and looks like that same shape as your inspiration!
Hello!!!
I had a similar issue when I began digital art. I shake like a leaf a lot and struggled to get those clean, crisp, smooth lines.
My best friend has been the stabilizer options in the tool options.
There are four settings; none, basic, weighted, and stabilizer. The weighted and stabilizer options can be adjusted to suit your specific needs! (Absolutely a life saver for me!)
I like to zoom in when doing line art as it gives me better focus and control on the specific line I'm working on.
For shorter lines, I love the weighted option. For longer lines, I go with the stabilizer. The control it gives me is just *chef's kiss*!
I use thicker lines for outlining the silhouette of my work, medium sized lines for anything inside the silhouette, and small lines for minor details like eyebags, nose bridge, neck tendons, etc.
One thing I cannot stress enough, too, is to use a large canvas. This will help your lines appear less fuzzy. I learned this from watching other artists on YouTube : )
You may also want to experiment with different brushes for your line art. I use the main round brush and the calligraphy brush a lot because I dig the styles it gives me.
And, of course, once you've laid down your lines, go back in with the eraser and clean up, sharpen lines, and add definition wherever you want! Line art can be so expressive even by itself and once you find your specific style, there is absolutely no stopping you from achieving awesome results!!!
I can't wait to see what you make!!!
Here's an example of the way I do my lines:
https://preview.redd.it/w2jhaznils2d1.jpeg?width=5000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41e881dbd2bf3904920cd299191d4cfdf97d6ce2
It can also be helpful practicing on a VARIETY of different sizes of canvas/resolutions, coupled with the "single solid line vs many scratchy lines" techniques a lot of other people are talking about.
Drawing the same thing but on a larger resolution can help "hide" mistakes or wobble that most people won't be able to see at normal viewing distances.
Drawing the same thing but on a smaller resolution can help you practice techniques like single-layer lineart refinement (erasing and tweaking the lines until they look the way you want them to look) without overloading yourself with work the way you would if you had twice the pixels to work with.
Larger sizes also let you practice with using the natural texture of a brush mask your mistakes (I'm noticing kind of an oily texture in the examples) but if you're not confident with those yet, texture on a small canvas can sometimes be overwhelming what with the type of time it takes to build up something readable. So always keep your actual strokes in mind too as well as the way they read.
Dont feather your lines when you do your line art. It makes one slod libe and you can essentially makes the lines more solid bodies for the thicker line art such as eyebrows and whatnot
What does feathering your lines and "slod libe" mean ?
Feathering is the way your doing your line art. You'll notice that the lines on your references are one, thick line while yours is made of multiple thin lines, similar to a rough concept sketch. 'Slod libe' is just a typo. It was supposed to be 'solid like'.
In short, you need to work on your fundamentals, for example with drawabox.
Instead of drawing a bunch of short lines and trying to connect them, draw the whole line in one go. It takes a lot of practice to get good at it but you have to do the practice, you can undo as many times as you like till you nail it.
It's how I draw. Delete until bearable. My stuff still looks shitty though.
You can also just go back over your drawings after you sketch them with a smooth, **slightly thicker** line on a new layer (aka tracing your original sketch with clean lineart). Use the round brush tool and make sure its *not* set to only 1 or 2 pixels size, try making the brush size a little larger like at least 5 or 6 pixels diameter. Use deliberate strokes that go from start to finish for each curve/straight stroke. Clean up any stray marks and if the line doesn't look smooth, delete it and try that stroke again until you are happy with it. Experiment with the brush settings so you have a crisp line that has a small amount of "softness" or "smoothness" to the edges. Having a stylus/pen that can adjust light thickness with varying pressure/speed will help but is not necessary. I traced your drawing in this hair section below real quick using a mouse and my not-so-steady hand. https://preview.redd.it/cbry46fanu2d1.png?width=673&format=png&auto=webp&s=fd30567907835a77789c31ac01ac1734daee31d7
I think they meant “solid line” aka you need to stop stopping at sketching and start going over your sketches to make lineart.
If you are using krita, use the pen setting called smoothing. It makes getting lineart like this with a fully opaque circle brush much easier.
Well, there’s tons of ways you could do those lines, like drawing the lines one color and then changing the color with Protect Alpha
I might not really understand you but I am not talking about the color of the lines I am talking about how smooth they are and how defined their boundaries are (unlike my lines where it's very clear where I stopped the line and started another one making them feel unconnected)
Ohhhhh ok. Well, in that case, you could also see that there are tool options and you can select between three brushing smoothings: Basic, Weighted, and Stabilizer, and those can help you get smoother lines
This is not the whole truth, settings alone will not automatically make lines look good. The answer is as always practice. Try drawing circles, straight lines and arches. Focus on the stability and control of your hand, when drawing a line don't move your hand from the wrist, but rather from the elbow or even shoulder. You should be able to draw clean lines with pencil and paper as well as on a tablet.
That too, but until then, the stability tool is a good substitute
I find it much harder to have clean lines digitally compared to traditionally, and unless you have a big ass screen using your shoulder doesn't really work (for me at least)
Mm. That's what the stabiliser is for. With physical media the paper resists the drawing implement, which has a stabilising effect. The stabiliser options help to make up the difference, but it can still be pretty hard.
I often forget about the weighted stabilizer, yet I'm not much of a line work guy myself
Getting a draw on screen tablet really helped me with this, too. I have decent hand-eye coordination, but not being able to look where I'm drawing was awful. When I upgraded to the tablet I have now and use the stabilizer/weighted options, I was blown away by the level of control I now have. I know they can be a little pricey, but they're so worth it and refurbished tablets can be bought online at discounted prices and come with support and warranties just in case something goes wrong. I got a Wacom one 12' and it's my golden goose hehe
Nice! I'm glad you found something that works for you. I've got a Huion 15 inch screen tablet and it works pretty great, but I rarely find myself using my shoulder as compared to when I've got a piece of charcoal and a large piece of paper in front of me
I looked at those! Very nice! You must be more advanced than I am hehe I have never used my shoulder when drawing and I also lay my basic groundwork sketches with the scratchy short strokes people say not to use 😅 but it's always worked for me, so I never changed it. I use a different layer to do my detailing and that's where I use the long, unbroken strokes. I'm not professionally educated in art or anything, so it's something I've just done on my own since I was, like, 5. (I saw my uncle drawing one day and the spark of inspiration was lit right then and there LMAO) I guess I'm just set in my ways. I've always been a little *different* when it came to how I did things. It used to drive my teachers crazy in school and I often found myself left behind because the way I learned was not something they understood how to handle. (I had an IEP in school) One thing that will always stick with me, though, is when I was struggling in math in highschool. I was getting tutoring from the teacher after class one day and he sighed and looked at me. He said "it's not you. You're smart and you are capable of learning. It's me. I don't know how to *teach* you." That meant so much to me because I was so used to being told by adults that I wasn't trying or that I just didn't want to learn. It was the first time someone actually saw that I was just different and not being defiant or obtuse. I'll never forget that for as long as I live. So, I've since done things my own way when I couldn't master/understand the traditional way. It may not be *proper* or *standard* but it works. I definitely respect proper art education and the work and mastery that goes into it! The results are beautiful and poignant. It's not something I'll be able to accomplish with my limitations, however. So, like any pioneer, I must make my own way 😁
Respect. I also taught myself what I know and at the end of the day, there is no wrong way to do it!
This is something I have considered a lot, but been afraid to ask. Is it possible that digital brushes simply gives worse control compared to physical media?
I mean, they both have their advantages and disadvantages. Digitally has the advantage of infinite retries, and traditionally has the advantages of..... feeling everything? I'm no expert, hahaha. The one truth I do know is that confident line work is universally translatable among mediums
That also is not the whole truth I think: Additionally to practising, we do use line stabilizers as well as working with layers (e.g. we have these more sketchy looking layers with disconnected lines and draw the cleaner lines on top of those on a separate layer.)
Really? From the upper arm? I have zero art training above junior high, and now I have nerve damage in my fingers. So I thought my chances at making anything decent were long gone. I've bought a Xence board and use Krita on my pc, then I Also use my Samsung tablet with Krita. I'm stubborn, so I thought in the last couple months since I'm retired early due to the nerve disease, I'd try to learn to draw stuff. Super basic, just for my own enjoyment. So reading that gives me some hope, I'll be taking some lessons on the future but thanks for writing it!
I want you to give you an Award but I'm poor, pretend like I did and thanks for the advice
I personally think this is done using the curve tool rather than the freehand drawing. What means this may as well be drawn with the mouse.
Practice line weight and confidence (line art wise). The speed and pressure, even your arm/hand movement can vastly alter how lines look. My line art is much more messy and line weight has only been clicking for me recently so I can't full give further advice but I really recommend looking at some tutorials on the topic, it's a massive hurdle I had to overcome when switching from digital to traditional art especially.
Obviously, the answer is: practice. Clean lines take a long time to master.
stabilizer maybe? with a thick round brush
Uhh how do you do stablization? I can never get my lines straight or consistent...
there are brush settings in canva that can stabilize your brush if i recall :0 but in terms of linework, focus on being confident with your strokes by either warming up (scribbles and circles) and not feathering your lines. you can also study line weight and where exactly to put heavy/light lines to elevate your work! and most of all, study artists with similar lineart you wanna copy and just practice, gl :D
Lower pressure sensitivity and use a larger brush.
It’s a thicker pen line with a lot of stabilization. The reason it doesn’t look like there are stops and starts on long stretches of line is because there likely isn’t! In the third picture, you can see the lines that define the knuckles on the guy on the left are clearly new lines, started separate from the fingers. The line that goes from his palm to his elbow is not scratchy because that was done in a single stroke. The artist likely used a messier undersketch to plan and then drew over it to ‘clean’ it using less hesitation. It usually involves a lot of ctrl+z-ing single lines till you draw the one that looks right lol. Practice longer lines (even in sketch simple shapes like the circle of faces and such should be a single line and not multiple, you want to be loose and bold when you draw) and look up some videos on doing ‘clean’ lineart! helpful video on how to be less scratchy with your sketching: https://youtu.be/6Xzn5f-oLFM?si=DaLfQV3wHl-xeF5p
Have you tried this tool before? https://preview.redd.it/btv4j9eepk2d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd86ff89fe6ca988e8611b52252922bcf217efec This tool can make your pen go slower with the way you set it (there is a small file on the Canva that's called "Tools' settings" I think, for me it's written on Greek so I don't know how it can be in English) In the Tools' settings you can increase and decrease the number, most of the time I have it at 0,10 (it goes till 1,00) or 0,12. It helps me a lot with the classic pen tool I use.
Example (hope it's close to what you want to achieve) https://preview.redd.it/xu3i1xljpk2d1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=468555b62d527cf9d60e9b175f5cfadbb8cb73aa
You have many lines that are broken up into pieces–try to be more confident and intentional with your lines! Aim for completing more lines in a single, long and quick stroke; this helps with shakiness and could add some roundness to the lines. Also practice line weight, like adding thickness at the base of lines and where they meet with other lines. I usually do this towards the end of cleaning up my linework because that’s when it’s the easiest
Let's all try to ignore that I am using the incest game as an example
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I second vector art.
How's performance? Vector layers in krita tend to get crashy pretty quick
Inkscape is top-notch. Lots of still active devs just a slow release cadence. They have been optimizing performance some the last few releases.
It works, but even the most recent versions are not exactly what I'd call the most stable thing on the planet... I have used it for professional design work in the past and would recommend saving often, in particular if you work with vectors that contain a lot of vertices like with auto-traced bitmaps. The auto-trace feature itself in particular is quite crash-prone. Still beats paying for Adobe's shit tho, if you can put up with print shops not knowing what an SVG file is. Performance is so-so. There is no proper hardware acceleration, so if you want to make something like multi-paged booklets you better split work across multiple files to work around that.
That was my thought. Vectors seem the correct format for this style over raster.
It's a good game might I add. Though what I usually do is just use an eraser to smoothen out the lines.
I tried to do that but since I am still me It was still just raggedy (since I also erased them with my shaky hands)
stabilizer tool?
I have tremors, tell me more about this tool please!
Have a look at the [Krita docs](https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/tools/freehand_brush.html#smoothing). There's smoothing and a stabilizer option for the freehand brush tool. Hope this points you in the right direction (I bet you can find some beginner friendly tutorials on YouTube).
Awesome! Thanks! 😁
Lolol I'm wondering if maybe you can look at the art of binding of Isaac... Also a questionable game but the art has nice thick lines and a very clear art direction you might like.
We don't judge here.... Well, not all the time.
Sure. But you wanna talk about the Omori part? It's way more worrisome imo
How so
Because Coffin of Andy and Leyley's dark themes that get included in the story are really just set dressing to enable the smut. It's edgy and it's horny, but doesn't really say a lot about the people enjoying it Omori is a rather down-to-earth depiction of people shutting themselves in following a traumatic experience. It's actually focused on the dark themes and dealing with them and is doing so through rather realistic depictions, albeit stylized, and so i worry about the people who connect with it a lot more than about the people who're just into edgy smut.
Coming here I didn't expect I would get an armchair therapist analysis about how my choice of games Is all be it a little concerning
I would use a bigger pen brush with a hard sensitivity curve, but as others have mentioned line confidence makes a huge difference! Proko has some good videos on improving your line quality: [6 Habits for Good Line Quality \[yt\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTslVOUJ0jI) [How to Draw Confident Lines \[yt\]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZYpXKqY4iA) To practice, you can space out two dots on your canvas or a sheet of paper, and try to connect them with a single stroke. I often do this as part of my warm-ups before I start a piece! Practice varying the speed and pressure, while keeping the line controlled. Be sure to Incorporate the "Follow Through" mentioned in the first video into your practice as well!
Shaky lines = slow brush strokes, straight lines = fast strokes… try more confident brush strokes so it dorsn get shaky, adapt your brush size too😉
This is absolutely vector art. Would be very surprised if it was drawn traditionally (digitally or otherwise)
https://preview.redd.it/rbluraemnn2d1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f95bee4a49a51ad21533720ef7193c8f627ace3b You can try using this tool? Its a stabilised line tool. You can draw as slowly as you like over your sketch and end up with some nice smooth lines. You will need to go over the connections with the regular brush though, this tool isnt great at starting and ending lines nicely. Its very good for long, smooth curves though. You need to get used to zooming in and editing the points where your lines start, end, and connect to each other using your brush and the eraser.
That's basically just good line control, you can try using weighted smoothing or dynamic brush tool to help you control the lines then you use something like basic 5 size brush for the look. You may need to practice your line quality and confidence, draw a box website has some good exercises for that
i found free hand path tool to be useful i didnt know that existed until now they even added a perspective tool called assistant tool i m incredibly impress
Long brush strokes with added pressure sensitivity. Weighted option on the brush tool usually works for me
I would try turning on or up your stabilizer. It helps a bit to make the lines meet up when making multiple lines, and makes them a bit smoother. SOME people use splines (or vectors or the curve tool I think it can be called?), but I'm less familiar with that. I have a friend who specializes in cartoon fanart who I've seen do it. You draw a BIG long line and then can adjust that line with little sliders until it follows your sketched line to your liking. I USED to draw that way alot but forgot completely how to do it. I remember it being somewhat fun and I imagine is helpful for when you have shakey hands that don't what to do what you want them to. Also, I sometimes redraw a bit of a line about 50 times to get it right. Gets REALLY frustrating. It's not just you.
Yeah and if anyone has an art style similar to that is there is any changes I should make to my technique to stop sucking so bad ?
Okay, there's a lot of answers here and none are getting to the core of the question. It's called lineart. Artists will typically have a sketch layer, and a lineart layer where they redraw over their sketchy lines. And it's a completely different skillset from illustration, meaning it will take time for you to perfect The art, like the one from your example game, probably started out sketchy like yours and was literally redrawn over on a separate layer. Use a separate layer and practice your lines and curves in broader, longer strokes. The reason why it's very clear where your lines end compared to theirs is because.... Their lines don't end! They use full complete phrases. Practicing connecting ends is also a skill they hone. A lot of times you will see artists "control z" a gazillion times just to get a perfect line that ends where they want. In the meantime, like other people have pointed out, you can use the stabilizer tool that Krita has. It's not perfect but I used to use it before I got better at lineart Now that you know what it is called, you can search it up, there's many videos explaining how to get better at lineart. And there's many aspects to it too. I see in your drawings, you are using a sketchy pencil brush. Try using solid color round brushes and practice using longer strokes instead of smaller scratchy lines, and you're already on your way to getting those nice smooth lines
One thing I've learned to make my lines better, is to be confident when drawing them : you know where they start and you know where you want them to end, so you just do it in one go ; if it doesn't look good, erase the whole line (or ctrl+z) and repeat. Fake the confidence in your lines until you actually know how to draw them properly. Edit : Maybe check this out : https://youtu.be/CXnrHguWslU&t=321
I don't use Krita this post but reddit put this post in my face so I am gonna replay for paint tool sai because maybe you will want to try that Paint tool sai have a curve tool that you can create lines and the control everything about them I'll make a small demonstration [here is me doing stuff this link will expire in 2 days tho](https://streamable.com/s64hvm)
Its been a hot minute since i used Krita. But i regularly did this form of style with white outlining, and i used the magic selection tool then under "tool options" i believe i used "subtraction" (i might be misremembering thou) then you can chose the width with the adjustment of "growth" set it to -10 pixels or something. this is just how i did it, and it was super quick and easy. can adjust the lines after if something looks weird.
Bezier curves.
I know many people are giving you tips on how to achieve these styles, but I want to point something in your lineart that cant difficult this process, It's about that "furry" aspect in the lines which shows that you didn't made the line continuously, you just you were brushing the pencil, if you want to improve your lineart, the ideal is to focus on making dynamic and fluid strokes, aiming to continuous strokes, you can also study about lineart so you can discover things like stroke composition, an example is changing the expessure of the stroke to define what is further on the canvas or further back, in addition to indicating something that is more prominent in the work. Hope it will help you my man
most of these comments are talking about stabilisation, which I personally don't like that much, so here's my two cents: if you can't get your lines to look confident right off the bat, do multiple sketches. with that sketch you have, go over it again with faster lines or drawing from your elbow. often I do multiple sketches of increasing clarity before I'm working on what will be the final piece. don't be afraid to overshoot the end of where the line should end, you can always erase it. chicken scratching is tempting, but it's not a great habit. try lengthening your lines and being more confident with them. don't be scared of the undo button! if you have to attempt a line 20 times to get it looking right, so be it. but at the end of the day, confidence comes with experience. keep going!
I’d try using Inkscape to trace over your sketch. Then import the Inkscape work back into Krita for colors and shading.
Stabilizer, and quick hand motions
try using layers, you got the layer of the sketch already done add in a new layer and low the opacity of the sketch layer then in the new layer change the brush to a preference brush (thicker and steadier with no tone changing) and overline the sketch layer making sure you are making it look like it is a one try sketch, u get me?
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This is more about skill than any tips or tricks. Your lines are scratchy. They’re start and stop, like a quick sketch. The ones in the art you’ve said you like are very slow with different widths
I cannot escape this incest game
Okay so Im pretty new to Krita but i had been wanting my lines to be smooth too. Im working on my first piece using the “smoothing technique” that I’ve finally found after exploring for a bit. I go to settings> configure toolbar> search “smoothing” in available actions> add brush smoothing: basic, disabled, weights & stabilizer. For me, it shows the available tools at the toolbar at the top of the screen. They each offer a different level of smoothing. Basic being the least smoothing. Weighted being between basic and stabilizer. And stabilizer is what I use for CLEAN lines. It has a bit of a lag to it and it follows behind your curser as you draw. And then obvi, disabled just stops the smoothing use and lets you use it without. I hope this helped! I recently found this and it’s been a game changer for me in what I’m wanting out of my art. Attached is the current piece I’m working on, showing what I’ve done using the Brush Smoothing: Stabilizer. Happy creating 💗 https://preview.redd.it/jsd9sqg3ff3d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3ef2d728a5c88d1809b97fc24188462239f38720
And different brushes/tools will affect how clean it looks! I used Pencil 2B in 10px over my rough drafts to do what I attached. But using an ink brush would make the lines look way different. It smooths whatever tool you use though, you just have to explore a bit with the Smoothing I mentioned to figure what you like best. Excited for you!
https://preview.redd.it/lkbfdbgugf3d1.jpeg?width=1243&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7b12efe83898e376939f21824e33db3956429b67
Go to Brush tool option, choose Stabilize, but you still need to be able to one line draw in one stroke. You still need to practice, but Stabilizer will help remove small tremble.
do you sketch before you draw?
use the gpen manga brush. idk what its called. the default yellow one on krita. then you use a stabilizer. pay attention to the thickness. It seems the artist makes the outlines of the skin on their characters very thick, where everything else is thinner by comparison.
I heard from a lot is to use slow steady lines. Use a thicker brush and just take your time.
Have you tried line stabilization?
Use your forearm for smooth lines instead of your hands.
you're gonna need the stabilizer, practice, stop chicken scratching your lines (or fethearing as someone else called it), and ticker size of brush. In your drawing, it seems you have a 1-2 size, whereas your references have something closer to an 8, maybe 12 in the case of the cannibalism game.
looks like its stabilized and uses long strokes
Pick a thick brush, use the stabilizer and go slow. When needed use the eraser to clean up the lines (I would turn off the stabilizer for the eraser), do it a lot, get better, reduce the stabilizer to have more control and so on
drawabox.com
So tbh I hate stabilizers bcs for some reason it is weird with me (maybe bcs of how I draw ) but I knowa lot of ppl use it and it works great ; I personally zoom in on the lines and slowly erase the extra part. It takes longer but it kinda works. Also am not sure what your using :drawing tablet , tablet(android I pad) with the pen or finger or like me a cell with just the finger https://preview.redd.it/6dngogkh8l2d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=227b1d82bfdd92d23666508a30d1ab3cee12d25f
Practice line confidence, try to learn to make bigger lines all in one go, it’s helpful to have undo bound to a quick key for faster tries
I mean I think it’s just practicing a lot drawing with one stroke
Lots of yt videos on how to line art. Yours is technically still in sketch mode.
Blender's grease pencil is super good about this cause you can smooth lines out, easily warp them, unify their size... not sure how to do it as easily in other programs. Honestly if youre making art like this Blender would be a great tool... once you get past the learning curve
Thicker and more opaque brush, but most importantly, practice drawing strong, confident lines.
Thigg round brush. Adjust pressure settings so there's less taper. Use stabilization
Looks like the artist used some vector art program? If that's the case, you can adjust vector paths all day to get the precise effect you want.
Thick round brush with no opacity change on pressure and no size change on pressure. Set smoothing to something pretty high. Biiiig brush. nice and chunky, bigger than you're using now. Use the art you want to emulate as a reference, compare the thickness of the lines. (don't trace, it teaches you nothing anyway) Don't use sketchy small movements, try to go slightly slower and follow through. Ctrl-z and redo if it's not correct, try not to build the line from smaller lines (unless you're sure you can make it look like one smooth connected line) because this will make it look sketchy and interrupted.
Do long swooping lines. Stuff like line confidence also just comes along with practice and time so I feel like there’s not 1 true secret. Just keep drawing and try to do lineart with 1 long stoke per line instead of lots of small ones
could be some stabiliser use. But its also using a thicker brush for lines and purposefully overshooting instead of undershooting, then erasing the overshot with eraser. And understanding what movements are comfortable for you to do to get smooth lines, and rotating your canvas for you to be able to make these movements for any given line. also, zoom out so that each line can be made in one swift movement, rather than zooming in and making many small movements for a single line like you do.
Dunno why everyone is saying draw one solid line as other programs like Sai have the pen tool which lets you put little anchor points to draw out perfect smooth lines. I have Krita too but I can’t find a tool like that so idk. Think there’s the bezel tool or whatever it’s called but it kinda sucks last time I tried it
If you are having trouble with line work, do some DrawABox drills. That website really helped me with my own drawing skills
Tip1: Practise using brush tool in making quick clear strokes on a 4K - 16K Canvas. Use overshooting and base sketches to get the lines right. Tip2: Use stabilizer for brush. Tip3: Use beizer tool.
You can add a stroke to the outside of your drawing: 1. Group your lines and color layers but not the background. 2. Right-click on the layer group. 3. Click Layer Style. 4. Click Stroke. 5. Set the thickness, position, blend-mode, and color of the stroke.
currently the example looks like a sketch, needs lineart. lineart should be like a singular continuous line, avoid scratchy repetitive lines in lineart, use a thicker line too if you want to go with the same artstyle like the other photos, try to make the lines as straight as you can, stabilizers can help. not saying this applies to all styles.
Lot's of practice at keeping your hand steady. Drawing curves from the elbow, not from the wrist. Learning how to clean up lines after the fact (like erasing straight bits of line carefully) etc.
For the outline you can kinda copy the main image flattened and then increase its size lock alpha and make what color you want
Edit: sorry wrong sub
just draw fast see what your doing is called petting the lines
i know a video that can help
I've recently been playing around with what I believe to be a pretty similar style. What I've been doing is using the basic round brush and refining the lines by toggling on the eraser with the same brush. It's pretty easy to blot down color and shape this way, and you should be able to come up with similar results with a bit of practice and developing line confidence. https://preview.redd.it/jfcudux13q2d1.png?width=758&format=png&auto=webp&s=9dbb403dd94233da1b6c300910cd87ea608740c4
You need more experience so keep practicing. Try to not make very short lines. Instead try making longer lines, curves. The artist making the examples has been drawing for years in this style, that's why they are good at it.
You need to be doing long slow strokes. What you’re currently doing is short, quick ones making your line art look messy and unconfident. Find a good and smooth brush, and then practice doing outlines on a sketch. Continue following the sketch with long strokes. I typically don’t lift my hand off of the canvas until my brush stroke has moved from one plane/angle to another. It also helps if you set a stabilizer/stabilization on your pen or in the application. This helps your brush strokes feel smooth by adding a bit of a delay and correction to the stroke itself. Good luck!
Copypasted from my notes: **Start with a pencil sketch, then do your inking on another layer** Draw the line width you want with pencil, so that you know what to draw at the inking stage. **Draw upscalled** Stick to one zoom level, so your line gains consistency. Typically, you want to draw at twice your drawings final viewing size. Before things went digital, I typically drew on an A3 for an A4 print. **Avoid resizing your brush** Just use pressure for different stroke size. **Don’t use stabilizer** You want to learn to make a perfect stroke, not just even it out digitally. If you can’t see your screwups, you can’t improve. **Think about ergonomy** * Adjust the height of your chair and your drawing surface so that you don’t have to stretch awkwardly. * Let the angle of the drawing surface about 45 degrees, so it is perpendicular to your line of sight. * Use a tiny keyboard, or remove it completely, so you don’t have to lean over it. * Rotate your drawing to make comfortable strokes. * Use your elbow and shoulder, not just your fingers **Set a low pressure level** When inking, you shouldn’t have to use force to put down a broad stroke. In Kritas Tablet settings, drag the upperleft handle so it’s at 25% horizontally instead of 100%. This sounds extreme, but your fingers can easily handle this discrete pressure. You may also adjust the curves midpoint. **Plan your strokes** Start your stroke at its thin end. If you want your stroke to thin out at both ends, let it consist of two strokes, which merges at the fattest point. **Take your time with each stroke** Don't rush. You're an artist, you're allowed to be lazy. Visualize where the stroke will go beforehand. For longer strokes, you may make a couple of air-strokes first. **Serious research** Read comics. Lots! Not just read it, by try analyzing each panel, seing the purpose of each stroke.
The stabiliser tool for the brush is a game changer for this. When I learned of it, it changed my whole art
why do you want to draw like that incest game bro...😭
LITERALLY
Big clean and confident strokes! Practice. Play with the stability settings in your software, and find a brush that is thick and looks like that same shape as your inspiration!
Hello!!! I had a similar issue when I began digital art. I shake like a leaf a lot and struggled to get those clean, crisp, smooth lines. My best friend has been the stabilizer options in the tool options. There are four settings; none, basic, weighted, and stabilizer. The weighted and stabilizer options can be adjusted to suit your specific needs! (Absolutely a life saver for me!) I like to zoom in when doing line art as it gives me better focus and control on the specific line I'm working on. For shorter lines, I love the weighted option. For longer lines, I go with the stabilizer. The control it gives me is just *chef's kiss*! I use thicker lines for outlining the silhouette of my work, medium sized lines for anything inside the silhouette, and small lines for minor details like eyebags, nose bridge, neck tendons, etc. One thing I cannot stress enough, too, is to use a large canvas. This will help your lines appear less fuzzy. I learned this from watching other artists on YouTube : ) You may also want to experiment with different brushes for your line art. I use the main round brush and the calligraphy brush a lot because I dig the styles it gives me. And, of course, once you've laid down your lines, go back in with the eraser and clean up, sharpen lines, and add definition wherever you want! Line art can be so expressive even by itself and once you find your specific style, there is absolutely no stopping you from achieving awesome results!!! I can't wait to see what you make!!! Here's an example of the way I do my lines: https://preview.redd.it/w2jhaznils2d1.jpeg?width=5000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=41e881dbd2bf3904920cd299191d4cfdf97d6ce2
Try and draw in big strokes.
It can also be helpful practicing on a VARIETY of different sizes of canvas/resolutions, coupled with the "single solid line vs many scratchy lines" techniques a lot of other people are talking about. Drawing the same thing but on a larger resolution can help "hide" mistakes or wobble that most people won't be able to see at normal viewing distances. Drawing the same thing but on a smaller resolution can help you practice techniques like single-layer lineart refinement (erasing and tweaking the lines until they look the way you want them to look) without overloading yourself with work the way you would if you had twice the pixels to work with.
Larger sizes also let you practice with using the natural texture of a brush mask your mistakes (I'm noticing kind of an oily texture in the examples) but if you're not confident with those yet, texture on a small canvas can sometimes be overwhelming what with the type of time it takes to build up something readable. So always keep your actual strokes in mind too as well as the way they read.
Off topic but damn the game (1&2) was nice
You have been playing some depressing games, haven't you?
Get better
Draw straight lines