Drawabox Lesson 1, Part 1A: The Basics of Markmaking 

“While making a mark on a page may seem juvenile and simple, there are some basic principles as to what kind of marks we should strive to make (and how to make them) that is not quite so commonly understood.

You can find the accompanying text lesson here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/2

Other Links:

/r/ArtFundamentals community on Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals

Drawabox Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rJz2GFG

Patreon: https://patreon.com/uncomfortable

Orange branch 🍊 from collection “Sensuous Lines” by Tatiana Voloshyna

Read: An Explanation of the Types of Magic: Evil Omens, Astrology, Rumour-Mongering and the Power of Eloquent Speech (Kitāb At-Tawhīd, Chapter 25):

In the name of Allah, Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy.

Allah praise is for Allah, Lord of the words, and may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon His servant and final Messenger, Muhammad. To proceed:

Shaikh Al-Islam Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdul-Wahhāb (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

Imām Ahmad Ibn Hanbal stated: Muhammad Ibn Ja’far narrated to us saying: ‘Awf narrated to us from Hayyān Ibn…

@chewbacca-adam

The lone wolf.

Not the pup, but the wolf. The one whose scent was all over this forest, who had a swath of land bigger than any lone wolf, any pack, really, needed to occupy. Certainly in such a place as this where territory was limited and should be evenly distributed. Meaning this wolf--Adam, Akela had learned from the Great Prince--would need to give up his land. It was not fair but with a growing pack of almost three and a half (Mowgli being the half), that a lone wolf should have all the land.

It was not the Way of the Wolf. It was not the Law of the Jungle.

And, look, Akela did not want to fight this wolf. He was old, and he was tired. He just wanted a peaceful transfer of power. He would be fair. The wolf would be left with plenty of land around his castle on which to hunt and roam. It was not Akela’s intention to displace him.

Still, he was wary as he approached the castle of the man, not the wolf, in his own humanskin. The wolf’s scent was still overwhelming, and he was sure that Adam could scent him too. Would be an idiot if he did not know of Akela’s presence in this wood the last few moons. 

Change the thickness of the brush with the top slider in the Brush Control window/panel before drawing the line. 

You will not be able to change the thickness of the line afterwards - FireAlpaca is a paint program, not a vector design program. Each stroke is like painting with a paint brush - once it has been painted, you cannot change it (although you can Undo and change the settings before redoing the stroke).

Alternatively, if you have a pressure-sensitive pen/tablet, and you want to use pressure along the line, use the Parallel snap and use the “dot” at the end of the row of snap buttons to line up the snap guidelines, then you can draw along the line with pressure.