I wanted to try using some thinner pens so I invested 25p in a finewriter. I liked the effect of the pen and tried a different kind of cross hatch technique whereby the 'hatch' follows the contours of the face more closely. The only problem with he finewriter was it was way too scratchy and got on my nerves after a while. I switched it up for a biro to great effect. Now, I was gliding across the page in fluid motions (top) and felt I was able to draw more freely and intiuitivly.
For a while now I've been having something of a debate with myself about the idea of tracing. Is it legitimate or is it cheating? On the one hand I can see that tracing can provide an acurate structure to an image and capture some level of realism. I have heard the argument that 'its all just image making, it dosnt matter how you get there' many times and to a certain extent I agree. But somehow I still feel guilty doing it. So throughout this project I have made sure that most of my drawings are just from eye and I have to say that creating imagrey this way adds something extra in my opinion. When I trace an image, the result is somewhat 'generic' whereas drawing it from eye adds a certain level of character. The mistakes are often what makes something look better- more organic.
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