Art Hints and Tips and Q&A

[Jackal]

This is where we post questions/tips on any art form. For the first question, I have a problem .
I've just recently been told by a friend that I write "angrily"/heavily. Both is right, and I have never noticed this before. Other than when I try to draw something or when I write quickly, it has started to get annoying. Can anyone tell me how to overcome angry/heavy drawing?

[Fatman]

Positive music!

[Sammich!]

Positive music!

Massive Attack. <3

Anyway. I have that problem as well sometimes, Jackal. I'm not exactly sure how to cure the problem, but it might have something to do with the way you hold the pencil. It's better to draw with the pencil at or close to 45-degrees, instead of closer to 90-degrees. It comes out softer, whereas the more vertical position seems to have more pressure. Of course the 45-degrees can't work for the whole picture, but try it for the majority.

[Dodom]

I wish some tips could cure my problem when drawing, but alas! My problem is that I'm sloppy, maybe not everyone notice it in my comics, but I do. Most of the times when the text doesn't quite fit in a bubble, when the lines of the panels are not straight, when there are no backgrounds, I could have avoided it by working just a little slower. I think the only cure is trying to remind myself as often as possible, no trick for that.

[Sammich!]

I never really noticed. But yeah, the cure for that is just going slower and building the scene from the ground up.

[Jackal]

I'll try to remember that next time, Sammich. Thank you!