Throes' Sketchbook of Doom

edit: how do you do that outlining? (referring to brightangel's pic) - it just seems so clean and natural. and the shaping & shading on the hair? do you have some sort of technique or you just work it out as you go along.

Well, I went digging through my drawers and found my spiffy pen set so yay! It's just cleaning up the drawing then tracing very carefully with the pen. I literally haven't used them in years, so I was pleasantly surprised that the ink hadn't dried out.

As for the hair, um... here's what I did. (Because I'm bored and don't want to go to sleep yet... and done crudely in Photoshop lol.)

[spoiler=yes I'm really this bored!]

 first, I drew lines to indicate the general movement of the hair

[spoiler=then, I drew the shape of the "front" bits][/spoiler]

 then the back bits

 then, erased the lines and added details

Aaaand... yeah that actually looks pretty close doesn't it?
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As for coloring, I just kinda... go with the flow, I guess. There's no real definite light source (although there probably should be) and the shading just kinda happens how I think it should. Nnyes.