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For me I’m using almost every time A3 blank sheet and ball pens mainly black ones and red for the notes or vice versa. But still have a problem to come out with good looking one exact line sketch. Normally I have many lines over and on the end doesn’t look bad, maybe I would say that it has more live it it. But as you said DT practice is the key. I have improved my sketching abilities since I started in design studio after graduation quite much. It is always good to look at your sketches (sure not just a sketches) to the past and compare them.

DT,

You make a very good point here not just from a design perspective but something I think can apply in a professional perspective no matter what field.

It’s kind of funny you should post about this now because we have an in-joke here at accure that imagines life at work without the undo function. We decided to have some fun and turn it into a comic log. Conveniently enough, it’s titled “Work without Undo”. As it turns out though, it probably has nothing to do with what you’re posting but I guess it all started with the same line of thinking. Check it out here if you have time, just some fun:

Oh sorry, here’s the url:
http://www.accure.com.au/carpark/index.php/wwu

When i bought my Intuos A3 i thought it would be easy to uses it, but in the end i was hitting apple+z all the time.. it is abstract for me to look at screen when drawing. I can’t get the coordination right and the whole feeling of drawing is so different…you have no friction on tablets like on paper, its like drawing with a ball pen on glass. I tried out different tips but it’s still not right. I really tried for a month, but now i still preferring paper.

I agree with Zampik that sketchy lines give more life to a drawing. I also use no pencil, but i do a kind of mini loose sketch, very chicken style in thumb nail size before i draw big
So i have a rough visual of what i want, and usually have a good line work after… yes-precise makes perfect!

Sketching sans-eraser is the best. When I sketch I’m less concerned with creating a finished piece of artwork and more concerned with getting the idea on paper as quickly as I can and working it out different ways.

…in the end, I love looking at artists’ sketches. They are so much more interesting than ‘finished work.’

Hi Zampik,
I like to explore with different instruments depending on my mood and getting that energy sketch is what I try to get!

Hi Donnie,
You comic is great and I’ll be following it as much as i can!

Jasper,
Same here, i have an intuos A4 as well and cant seem to get it right. But often its an issue with your screen size vs your tablet size. A good guage is the two should be the same or the tablet should be smaller than your screen.

Drew,
I agree, often that initial sketch gives you so much character as the idea is very instant and direct from the mind. Often when i do redraw a sketch it does not look right. I have to refer back to the original sketch just to get it right.