"Invisible" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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>>> - Drawing is FREAKING HARD! I had assumed that there's a special 
>>> technique to it. But no, there isn't.
>>
>>        Yes, there are special techniques involved with drawing, (more 
>> than I know), and especially with a soft pencil or charcoal, but it's not 
>> hard to get a good 3D effect this way. Your forefinger is your friend in 
>> this case Andrew!    ;)
>>
>>      Draw a character with a soft pencil and then smudge with your 
>> finger, every *verticle* line to the RIGHT or LEFT of your character. You 
>> now have a lightsource on paper.  :)
>
> Oh, sure, *shading* is easy. It's drawing the lines in the right place 
> that's hard... Most of my drawings involve no shading at all.

   Well, if you continue to practice with shading work, then you will 
definately get better. It's like finding the right texture in PoV-Ray for 
the first time - you kind of don't forget it. Anyway, don't stop, you're 
doing well with it. Better than me at least for my doodling. :/

      ~Steve~


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