Drawing Table Tuesday
I took this picture a few days ago, I guess to sort of acknowledge what appears to be obsessive lunacy. For a very long time now, I've been masking off finished areas as I draw them so I don't smudge the pencil lines. I used to use tracing paper, but then I realized transparencies would be perfect (because you can see what's underneath and they're indestructible) , so I cut up a few sheets into different shapes and sizes, and now I use those. I always draw from top to bottom, left to right so I don't smudge them with my right hand, but when I'm drawing, I spin the page around a lot and hold the page down with my left (I've considered buying or making an animator's disc, but that wouldn't help with this specific problem) . So much pencil was lifted and rubbed off by my left hand that sometimes lines and marks were completely gone. But no longer. I also use transparencies in my toning process to protect the page from sharpie bleed-through. I ...
