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I don’t post much of myself since I’m on Instagram more (x.dianna) but should I post more on Tumblr?

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Nōtan (濃淡) Tutorial 💕

Here’s a little study I did. The process I use is pretty simple. I try not to focus on making the best drawing in one try. Instead what I do is work my way up to the things I want by starting with the simplest study I can do, which is usually a gestural notan sketch.

A lot of the background I just leave as abstract shapes. Personally, I don’t think there’s much value in trying to draw trees and foliage precisely, unless they’re the focal point or essential for establishing content/narrative.

What is Nōtan (濃淡)?

Traditionally, Notan refers to Japanese artwork that is created using the extremes of black and white. As a method of drawing, the idea is that you don’t focus on rendering. Instead you just focus on defining the main value changes.  In my study I’m bending the rules a bit by adding in greys, but I try to not go beyond 3 values:

Black

White

Grey ( 20%, or 50%, or 75%)

Handling Grays Tones:

It looks like i’ve used more than 1 gray because some of the brushes I use have dithered edges. Also, I do generally go back and use a blender brush to soften edges, which results in some mixing. But I my actual brush never uses more than 1 grey tone in a drawing usually.

My opacity is always set to 100%, but if I want to get softer tones I will generally reduce the flow & then pass over the mark with a mixing brush. I try to keep it to 1 swipe, just so it doesn’t look too digital.

Why do Nōtan (濃淡) drawings?

I highly recommend this way of drawing if you want your artwork to feel more structured. It’s really difficult to get used to because it forces you to make decisions about how to resolve values. Its much easier if you choose reference that has extreme lighting. If you’re more advanced, there’s great value in working with reference that has a lot of middle-tones, because it helps you to understand when to push things towards light/dark. Compressing grey tones into black & white makes artwork have more “pop”. Drawing/Painting is about creating various contrast relationships.

Value contrast is the most important form of contrast in an image. If you have good value contrast, color is very forgiving.

I try not to rush myself with these. I just worked on it a little bit everyday during my lunch break. It seems like I do them fast, but I’m very slow and intentional with my mark making.

I’m not sure if it shows in my drawings, but my long term goal as an artist is to be as efficient as possible with my mark making.

BTW, I have time-lapse videos of this and my other drawings on Instagram. (Below)

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i love my friends. they’re wonderful, and i would suck all of them off in the back of a taco bell. 

but god i hate it when this is their only joke: