pinkbrat08 In reply to keithmore2000 [2015-02-01 04:36:38 +0000 UTC]

You're so welcome! I think your work is amazing, and I aspire to have my art turn out half as well as yours does. Any tips?

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keithmore2000 In reply to pinkbrat08 [2015-02-01 11:29:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Lexi,
Here's a list of what I use and other tips.

Pencils: Faber Castell 9000 series B, 2B,4B,8B. I have three of each of these pencils, sharp, medium and blunt. Practice using various pressures to achieve different values. I use a Staedtler Mars Lumograph 8B (for black backgrounds). Tombow mono mini eraser, scalpel (to cut Tombow to a sharp edge) Putty eraser or Blu Tack, Small & medium tortillions and blending stumps, Donegan OptiVISOR jewellers magnifiers, Bristol board 250gm.

I use the grid method and when I'm working on a drawing I'm pretty much doing it grid by grid. My reference is on a computer screen and whichever grid square I'm working on is zoomed into on the screen. That way, the values that surround it don't distract me and I can really concentrate on every detail within that grid square. I spend quite a while studying the grid square I'm about to draw before working on it. This get's my eyes tuned into the values and composition within that section. 

Do a Google search for Edward H. Adelson.  There's a chess board illustration he's done that demonstrates how a value will appear to change depending on what is next to it. Square A and B are the same value in this illustration. 
Hope that helps.  

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pinkbrat08 In reply to keithmore2000 [2015-02-03 04:38:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thanks for all the tips! I'll definitely be trying it out!  

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pinkbrat08 In reply to whiteXblackrose [2014-08-27 02:30:15 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! I think your story was fantastic!!!

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