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 Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 2:46 pm
Doug of Akkad My charcoal tip for the day: assuming you're using uncompressed stuff, use a rubber/plastic eraser alongside it. You can get so much depth that way. i have charcoal pencils, but i'm thinking that if i use up these pencils i'll get some vine charcoal. and...how do you use an eraser alone side it? for highlights, or smudging, or...?
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:40 am
Use uncompressed willow charcoal! It is the s**t. No smudging. Highlights, sort of. What I find myself doing with a rubber is layering: you can have an image and draw back into it with the eraser, then draw back into that with charcoal, and so on. This guy is my hero: 
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:35 am
that is amazing.
i don't *like* smudging myself because it never looks quite how i'd like, but i find myself doing it (especially for skin) to try to get a smoother shade. i am trying to get away from this obsession with smooth shading, but it's harder than it sounds xd
thanks for the tips!
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:44 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:22 pm
hm...so it seems that it's really a matter of opinion and/or preference.
the only reason i'm using pencils is because i wanted to try out charcoal and it was the least amount of money for the most about of charcoal. i've kind of found i don't really like the inconsistency of charcoal (these pencils, anyway). it just seems unpredictable. i've been kind of looking around at vine charcoal though. maybe when i get some cash and extra time, i'll give it a shot.
i remember a while back (a couple years), i burnt match sticks to draw/play with charcoal. that was fun mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:35 pm
Dirty_sox3 personally, i don't like uncompressed willow charcoal. i find vine charcoal to work out better for me. How does vine stuff compare? Never tried it, I just love how loose and fragile willow is.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:11 pm
vine charcoal is thinner (depending on what you get), softer, and has a different hue than willow. it goes on the paper smooth rather than.....not smooth (my mind is drawing a blank....) sweatdrop you really have to test it out for yourself.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:00 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2007 6:57 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:23 am
I love using charcoal. I never ever smudge it...I use it like it's a pencil and I'm sketching in areas of shadow with it. I like to use it alongside chalk...just shade the highlights with chalk, the shadows with charcoal, and leave the rest up to the tone of the paper; I usually use a coloured paper when working with charcoal and chalk 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:13 pm
I've got a couple of charcoal pencils, but I'm not so fond of them. Too messy for my likings. xd
As for the recent update:
I like the second picture a lot. The lacey look reminds me of a cake decorating technique I learned called zotas. Anyway, it looks really nice. biggrin
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Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:26 pm
euclids_triangle I've got a couple of charcoal pencils, but I'm not so fond of them. Too messy for my likings. xd As for the recent update: I like the second picture a lot. The lacey look reminds me of a cake decorating technique I learned called zotas. Anyway, it looks really nice. biggrin i don't really like the irregularity of the charcoal. pastels are much more my thing (for one, they smudge when i want them to, and don't when i don't). i'm always doin that swirly junk for some reason. it's rare, however, that i ever make anything out of it. i'm glad you like it!
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:10 pm
bleh, haven't done much lately. i'm totally working on my contest entry, sort of. but here you go. stippling and rough sketch of a tattoothis second one i'm really considering (after revisions, because it isn't perfect, or colored) getting it tattooed on my back....thoughts?
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Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:09 pm
The stippling is s**t hot. Looks like an etching. You could run with that for a while.
The tree thing'd look ace if you developed a decent shorthand for the bulk of the leaves. I never like drawing trees because I really haven't...
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:42 pm
Doug of Akkad The stippling is s**t hot. Looks like an etching. You could run with that for a while. The tree thing'd look ace if you developed a decent shorthand for the bulk of the leaves. I never like drawing trees because I really haven't... i love, love, love stippling (i know, i'm a masocist), but it's just so boring and/or takes forever. i like doing it (for a short period of time, or in my free time), but i hate how long it takes. that drawing is like 2X4 and took me like 2-3 hours. stupid tree. i've tried to draw trees and it just never works out. i have plenty of time to figure it out, though. thanks!
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