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[stahldrauf]

"Hey Dad... am I ever gonna get another Dad? Or mom, I guess, but I figure it'll be another Dad. Uh, wait, this is gonna get confusing. But anyway, we'll deal with that later."

A deep, amused chuckle escaped his throat, one of his eye brows quirking as his gaze lifted.  He had been in the blacksmiths, hammering out the dings in his new-ish set of armor. “Another one? Yer askin’ if I’m gonna marry someone?” Picking up the vambrace, he lifted it up to the magically-enchanted light, blue eyes trailing along its surface.  

“Not anytime soon, sorry.  Bein’ dead, I can’t do that to someone.”  Allowing a moment for what he assumed would be a contrary squawk, he rumbled deeply. “It’s okay!  I’m at peace with it; I know I got folks who are okay with it, but long term?  I couldn’t ask them ta deal with that daily—especially with as often as we’re at war.”  Placing the vambrace back onto the workbench, he kept his eyes on Rekkis.

“An’ I already see folks getting’ older without me. I… kind of don’t want to lose more than I have to.”

[versodessendrevevo]

[traditional art] Hair tutorial

I bet no one is going to use this but if you do I'd be really interested to see your results.

ANYWAY

What you'll need will be pencil(s) + paper. Here I'll be using 3 different hardness. Of course, you can achieve this with a single pencil but it needs to be one of the softer ones.

I'm in the middle of my hair so have what you should be getting if you'll follow this thing.

So what you'd like to do before all of this is to have a sketch of course. And with that, determine which way the hair goes so it would be easier for you to do the strokes. Since I originally hold the paper sideways (it's damn huge, A1 paper) my strokes will go up<>down.

Please do not erase anywhere. Please don't. It will be harder for you since when erasing the paper's surface changes and it's pain in the ass to do things smoothly. Leave everything as it is. Remember: hair isn't spikes so if something sticks out - it's even better!

Now choose a small area to cover. Don't do all at once; hair is not a block. Well, unless it's a short cut then that's a different story. Anyway, use the hardest pencil you have (if using one, do light strokes). Hold your pencil sideways and don't use the very tip, faster covering and better blending. Leave white gaps for light reflection. Well, you can use the tip for the very edge to make better contrast.

Here you go, just like so.

Now use softer pencil you own (if a single one - press it a bit harder but not too much!). Apply it on the same areas. If you want you can reduce the white space.

And now use everything you got, a.k.a. your softest pencil. And here you can press it as much as you want. BUT FIRST COVER IT LIKE IN THE PREVIOUS STEPS. Only later on, if you see needed, you press your pencil to make edges and separate the part your shading from others. In general, to fix it.

And seriously, that's all. With one pencil it's faster but then if you mess up you need to erase and it's not the best thing.

I did this hair with a single pencil:

[versodessendrevevo]

NOW A QUICK EXPLANATION AS OF WHY I AM "DAD"

It's an RP thing. It's no secret that I RP Mitsurugi, ey? Well yea, some things happened and he adopted Ishi from DR. Don't question how it happened but taht's how it is.

So I am a dad

[procrastinatingtomato]

Now you see me

on my userpic.