i'm sorry if this has been asked before. when you draw, do you do rough sketches or go straight into line art? i find it difficult to draw without sketch before but i spend longer on sketching than lining, and it is exhausting?
i do a skeleton layer with the basic shapes / features that i want my drawing to have, yeah. mine always look like this because i draw it with a very thick, soft brush on a low opacity
then lining takes up more time because it’s when i fully flesh out the drawing.
it can help to keep the ‘base’ sketch super simple for ease, but i realise that takes practice + familiarity with what you’re drawing. there’s absolutely nothing wrong with spending lots of time on the base sketch but, if it’s bothering you to spend more time on the drawing prep than the lining, you can always just clean up the sketch layer to use as lineart, too!














