love how the blue ballpoint on cardboard gives its own midtone, so your scribbles can build shadows without heavy pressure. The sprayed grey hair reads realy well, that soft haze against the tighter line work feels so so intentional. As someone who counts things all day, I admire that clean control of value, like you balanced the highlights and the deep tones just right :)
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Yeah, different ink with different tip range but this time, I tried to use one particular ink for the tone on his face but didn't turn out as I had wanted, so I had to switch to using two inks while working on the body.
The sprayed grey hair reads realy well, that soft haze against the tighter line work feels so so intentional.
Yeah, he has afro hairstyle and sprayed with grey color.
Switching to two inks on the body actually works, the planes pop more while the face stays calmer. The grey spray on the afro gives that soft haze that sits over the scribble' texture so nicely :) Do you ADjust the value by layering the second ink only in shadow plaens, or give it a light wash across everything first? Either way, the control is coming through strong, nice save on that midtone switched approach.