A portrait of a friend. Dip pen, June 2026.

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eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 95d (1 reply)

That's so awesome, I would absolutely treasure that if I were her.

case_when@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 95d

Thank you so much!

nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 95d (1 reply)

It has a lot of character. I'm sure she's pleased.

case_when@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 95d

Thank you! It was a nice photo to work from.

PotatoPie@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 95d (1 reply)

Nicely done!

case_when@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 95d

Thanks! A relatively quick one this, maybe two hours all told?

ShotDonkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 95d (2 replies)

How's this technique called?

case_when@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 95d (1 reply)

I'm not sure it has a name. It's a style I've developed over time rather than something I worked towards.

To myself, I call it "Drawing parallel lines until it looks great, adding one more line, realising that was a terrible mistake, using a scalpel to fix it, making it look worse, then hoping nobody will notice."

ShotDonkey@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 94d

Lol thanks

wieson@feddit.org · 2 pts · 94d (2 replies)

Wow! I would love to see what your underdrawing looked like.

case_when@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 94d (1 reply)

Usually I take some in-progress photos, but this was A really quick one done in a single session so I didn't get round to it. But since you ask, here's some from another recent piece:

wieson@feddit.org · 1 pts · 94d

Thank you so much!