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Line drawing is essential for those who are artists or are just interested in design. This article will offer strategies and tips on how to create more effective line drawings. We'll cover everything from composition basic to the best way to market your work. You'll be able to create vibrant lines that are effective and that make your work stand out from the crowd. Let's get started!

These are some guidelines to help you start with line drawing.

What Is Line Drawing?

What does a line do in line drawing? Line drawing, sometimes referred to as contour drawing, primarily uses the line to indicate the shift in plane.

What exactly is an "change of plane"? It's the point at which two edges of an object meet. This is sometimes very apparent. Check out this box, for instance. Every side of the box is a plane and are able to clearly observe them meet. So it's really simple to draw a line drawing of the box by simply drawing all the edges.

Be aware of this concept of 'change of plane' because it's an important one that will help your drawing.

Changes of Plane

Now that we've looked at a box with nice crisp edges making a clear change of plane. There are two other boxes of this type, but the edges are round. The plane shifts slower and isn't as sharp.

Find the Plane Changes

It's simple to see the contour of the plane changing in the background. What about the edges of two planes in our view? They create a gentle curve.

Sometimes we can give a guess about where the center of the change of plane is. You can draw closest to the edges of each plane however, leave the space between them. Sometimes, this works quite well, and the slightly visible edges of the dice mean you can draw an unbroken line in this situation. However, it does make the appearance of the edge appear much more difficult than it really could be.

Implied Line

The other alternative is to draw with an implied line. Implied lines are a line with a small break to indicate an edge, but is not as strong as the other lines.

It is possible to lift the pencil and do it again slowly, or use a clean break, or a dotted or dotted line when we're using different line weights. The brain interprets broken lines as being less hard or sharp as solid lines. This can help you achieve the effects of the gradual alteration of the plane.

The die to the right was drawn with broken lines indicating subtle curves.

Complex Changes in Plane

So far we've looked at very simple objects with quite simple plane changes. In general our objects are more complex and have many various changes in plane. Certain are sharper than others.

Human faces are a favourite subject. They are adorned with subtle and complex plane changes. Let's take a look at this mannequin from a store to give a more simplified illustration.

If we have a bit of imagination, it is possible to imagine some of the planes that are visible in our faces:

The faces' sides and jaw.

The forward planes are the forehead, nose, top and bottom of the cheeks and the chin.

The lips are tilted , and the top of the head appears to be horizontal.

You can also break the planes smaller. This will allow you to recognize the planes that make up your face. We'll return to this approach in a shading exercise. But for line drawing, we really need to ignore most of these planes, or else our subject will appear more robot than human.

Tip: You can visit an art museum or gallery to draw a picture of yourself and break down the faces. The white marble of the sculpture, without the confusing detail of real skin, is a good model.

Contour Drawing: Problem Areas

When drawing lines, the tricky part is deciding when to draw lines that describe the change in the plane.

When drawing portraits using pure contour, we almost always ignore many of the subtle planes of the face. However, even quite strong changes of plane like those on the sides of the nose, need to be reduced at times depending on the angles of the face. This illustration shows that clearly cutting the edge isn't an option.

Changes in the color of the lips are another issue that can arise when drawing portraits. The lips of the model may be pink but the changes in the plane around her mouth are not obvious. Outlining them like this could make them appear like cut-outs of paper.

Using Implied Line

If you don't want the most minimal, clear illustration style drawing, an implied line is the most effective tool for dealing with the tricky shifts of plane. It is still possible to make use of implied line even if it is heavily outlined.

You'll often see manga illustrations using a thin line under the lip or the nose, or across the cheek to suggest a plane without excessive detail.

In this example, only the very strongest changes in plane are highlighted. Broken or implied lines are used to describe the soft changes in plane.

Deciding where to place the implied line is straightforward with the side of the nose as well as the form of the mouth. The more gradual changes in the shape of the cheeks or chin can make it difficult. In these instances just a couple of small marks will just hint at the contour slight.

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