There's a lot to be said for a quick expressive style both from a economic and a dynamic point of view. I see such breathtaking results in other artists' work that benefits from quick, expressive penmanship - but when I come to try that myself, even when at my most confident, I am just not happy with the result.
Here are some rough pencils for a Judge Dredd pin-up type image I am working on. Right now there are some nice things going on in those sketchy lines but I know as soon as I start to ink, it'll lose that spontaneity.
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I know exactly what you mean - when your sketching with pencil, it doesn't really matter if you mess up - and as a result you end up with nice, free lines and strokes. As soon as I hover over those lines with a pen, I start to stiffen up. You have to fight to remain loose, which sounds like a contradiction, and sometimes I can do it, other times I can't. But we must press on brother! This Dredd pose is superb, Joey two-guns they'll call him, in the Bronx!
I often have this problem too, sometimes I'll ink with a darker pencil instead and then adjust it in photoshop, that way it retains more of the movement and texture of the original pencils
Best wishes James
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