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The Penciling Tutorial
Published: 2006-06-12 05:35:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 175210; Favourites: 4759; Downloads: 16170
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Update: Thanks everyone for the DD. I've uploaded a higher contrast image, so you may see the text better. : )Dedicated to my the watchers, who seem to enjoy my pencil work.
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This tutorial covers the materials, process, and mistakes of the penciling process, and there is even a short step by step demonstration showing how I do my pencil drawings. Although the example is anime, this can really be used for all styles and the methods and steps taken carry outside of the genre. I worked quite hard on this, so I hope you all enjoy it. This tutorial IS reading intense, but it's worth it--I promise.
Feel free to ask me a question by sending me a note. And, please do tell me if this tutorial helps you any as it encourages me to make more and it simply makes me happy.
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How do I prevent smudging after I am done drawing?
All you have to do is go down your local arts and crafts store and purchase some fixative. It's like a spray that you can use on your drawings to prevent smudging. Make sure you step back away from your drawing when you spray and if you are sensative to sprays or odors, use it outside. Also, you make sure you purchase a 'workable' fixative' so that you can still come back and edit easily. You can also use hair spray as a cheap substitute^^ Don't grab the adhesive spray by mistake!! They are usually placed right next to each other in similar cans.
I make my tutorials for free, but if you enjoy my tutorials and want to donate some funds for gas, art books and such, I would appreciate it. [link]
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The Lineart Tutorial ---> [link]
Make your own Tortillon ---> [link]
Tutorial by my buddy, ~leinef ---> [link]
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Comments: 580
thank you sasha for another great tutourial! you seriously make the best ones in DA! all the others are extremely small and undetailed. you put your heart into it i think sasha and i admire you for it!
thank you! ^^
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Oh, thank you. I so flatter you would say that T__T Comments like this keep me making tutorials. Thank you so very much
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sweet jesus.
You have no idea how helpful this is.
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Thank you 
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Another great tutorial!! 
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Thank you
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Yayyy~ I'm actually working on two. But soon enough...hopefully!
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my blender just looks like a thinn cone and not a pencilll
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Oh, you probably have a tortillon then. I must have accidently wrote that it looked like a pencil instead of that it was pointy like a pencil 
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no problem....i didnt even know i helped
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you= totally and completely awesomeeeeeeeeeeee
this helped soo much
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I seem to enjoy your work... like, a lot
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^___^ Well, this tutorial is devoted you~!
Thanks :3
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wow, I love how the hat turned out! I dont really like blurrying so it often looks sketchy or it turns out as if I wiped my hand over it >.<
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Thank you. ^^
I hardly ever blend because it gets so blurry. But when I do blend I do always come back and make darker marks to sharpen things up ^^
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hmm maybe I should try out blending (thought i'm always afraid of messing it up >_<
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Well, you don't have to. I like generally I like my drawings a bit sketchy :3 It shows all the work an artist did. But it also doesn't hurt to try something different...
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well, have to try out other things to see if it matches your style and of course your taste ^^
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I absolutely adore your approach to explaining this, if only we could all own compitent scanners that don't butcher the art I believe we would all be set en the road for showing off penciled art x3
Fantastique~!~! <3+~
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Refaving to new account x3~
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Thank you so much
Heh, I concur with the scanner part... my scanner seems to dispise anything light ^^
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Wahh OwO.. i should try this some day XD haha.. i've never really done pencil shading.. before O_O :3 well written out tut! :L
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Thanks. I hope you find this helpful when you do~!
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heya this is a great tute, i'll be sure to refer to this when I take up drawing again
keep up the awesome work!
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Thanks
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I appreciate your time in making this tutorial, not alot of people wish to share what they know about drawing and if they do they only give you bits and pieces about what they do. Good job on the tutorial.
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I'm glad you appreciate it. I love to teach people what I know, which is why tutorials are always my favorite things to submit, though they take the most time. ^^ To me, if I have something and other people want it, it's my duty to share.
I'm so glad you found it helpful
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Additionally, hard pencils make more of an indention in your paper, so it's bother some if you erase a lot, because they leave behind maeks, even if you erase. But they are nice for finalizing.
Art gum erasers can also be used to 'clean' plastic erasers. They work better than just erasing on a clean surface, so one can keep their erasers blindingly white constantly.
And using one's finger for blending gives an interesting effect. though it's better for larger pieces.
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Thanks so much. I will have to add all of those things when I update the tutorial. I forgot to put the indention part because I usually don't put too much pressure on my pencils as I draw and I gradually move up to softer grades to avoid that kind of thing. So, thank you so much for the reminder.
I didn't even know the bit about art gum erasers... thanks.
I didn't put in the part for using your fingers for blending because some people have oily hands and it can cause a mess and some people may accidently put marks where they don't need to be/ingest the graphite, but I will add it for anyone who might want to use it.
Thank you so much again
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Lol, ingest the graphite...not that it is very toxic...maybe as much as salt. Too much of anything is bad.
I get graphite all over my hands anyway...XP
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Heh. I know it's not toxic... I just don't think it's not all that good for people to eat non-food things >_>
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Yeah fixative is very useful. Watch out you donβt buy adhesive by mistake. That would be unfortunate. At the store I go to they are right next to each other and in practically identical cans.
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Another note to add to my tutorial. Thanks so much for the reminder! That would be very unfortunate. Some of those adhesives are really strong....
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homg, you're awesome
hurrah, tutorial love... very helpful, thank you x3
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Thank you~!
I'm so glad you like it ^_____^
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wow. a lot of those techniques i could apply to my colored pencils...
thank you, this has been informative and interesting reading^^
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Yes, alot of the techniques can be used for colored pencils... I just didn't want to get into different shades and what not as color slows down the load time of the image.
You're welcome. I'm elated you found it interesting^^
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no lips..
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Heheh. I'm glad you found it informative anyway
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This was good for people to see. I'm not the best at pencils, but its something I felt I had at least an eye for, and it's true, bead gradiation is like AH MY EYES! NUUUUUUU! something I would add for beginners (and even amateurs, which is about where I am) is to use photographs to study the way cloth falls and shadows and such, or just paly with lights and your own face.
and if you can't get a fixitive spray, hair spray works too ^.~ -cheap trick-
what brand of paper do you use? I'm picky with mine. I've been using strathmore(sp?) pads, which is pretty good for my colored pencils, but I didn't like it for penciling. its too rough. so I went to computer paper again. bristol board is nice, but its a lot more expensive so I use is sparringly.
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Thanks for reminding me to put in the photography and the hair spray. It's just that I never use references or have spray on me so I forgot. Thank you. I'll have to got back and fix that when I correct all the typos as it was around 2 am that I wrote alot of it^^
I use Strathmore 400 Series medium though you may want to look for smooth in the same series. But I also like Canson drawing paper as well. But brand doesn't matter so much to me as long as the paper is strong and smooth. I don't buy paper unless I can open the pack and feel the surface and weight of it with my hands.... because I'm obsessive like that^^
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