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Try not to put equal amounts of pressure when you're drawing your lines. What I mean is that looser strokes are easier when you less pressure at the end of your strokes if that makes sense?

[quote=QuackOutLoud]Shading around the lines to make shadows can really help hide the lines if that is what you're conscious about. And during the line process, draw lightly (or rather sketch out your figures) so you don't draw so many lines. It really does make the drawing look weird, but practice makes perfect!

And about that skin color, you will want to buy more than 12 colors from Prisma (I bought the 24 set, and it isn't anywhere near enough for all my needs).
You can buy individual color pencils for like a buck more or less; get a peach tone, light pink tone, white, and a colorless blender and color lightly.
It will blend nicely as long as you know how to use it, but practice coloring them on a separate paper so you get the right skin tone you want.

Looking forward to your new drawings

(Also work on your proportions)
(Also, I love Supercell!)[/quote]

Thanks for the advice ;3 And beggars can't be choosers. I barely got the 12-set last week and I'm happy with that ^ ^. Once I make my own money I'll be expanding my set. Also Supercell ftw <3

[quote=SirSoar]Hmm... Another question, if anyone can answer, how can you make the more [url=http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/289/9/e/supercell_by_hitsukuya-d5i097z.png]"pinkish"[/url] skin tone with colored pencils? I recently started my Prisma Set with 12 colored pencils, and some cheapass "Liquimark" colored pencils and I always get this yellow-orangish skin tone which I hate. o.o[/quote]

Shading around the lines to make shadows can really help hide the lines if that is what you're conscious about. And during the line process, draw lightly (or rather sketch out your figures) so you don't draw so many lines. It really does make the drawing look weird, but practice makes perfect!

And about that skin color, you will want to buy more than 12 colors from Prisma (I bought the 24 set, and it isn't anywhere near enough for all my needs).
You can buy individual color pencils for like a buck more or less; get a peach tone, light pink tone, white, and a colorless blender and color lightly.
It will blend nicely as long as you know how to use it, but practice coloring them on a separate paper so you get the right skin tone you want.

Looking forward to your new drawings

(Also work on your proportions)
(Also, I love Supercell!)

Hmm... Another question, if anyone can answer, how can you make the more [url=http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/289/9/e/supercell_by_hitsukuya-d5i097z.png]"pinkish"[/url] skin tone with colored pencils? I recently started my Prisma Set with 12 colored pencils, and some cheapass "Liquimark" colored pencils and I always get this yellow-orangish skin tone which I hate. o.o

[quote=BassChan]I used to do the same thing! I've ultimately given up on linework in lieu of painting, but I know how to fix this. Draw with your full arm, not your wrist/fingers. Let your lines curve away from you as well. Hold your pencil loosely-- being heavy handed is tough for this sort of thing, but if you just ease up on your grip and let your whole arm draw the line, you'll be able to do it. And don't worry about not making the line "perfect." You can always add more and erase. Just avoid the "scratchy hair lines" that you're getting right now.[/quote]

Ahh, I've already *mastered* (i'm comfortable with it) drawing with my whole arm, but in exchange I can't get details with my wrist like I used to e_e. As for pressure, it's weird for me to hold it with different pressures in one drawing... For example, if I draw lightly at first, I somehow force myself to draw too light for the rest of the drawing and vice versa ;~; And thanks for the advice on the hair.

I used to do the same thing! I've ultimately given up on linework in lieu of painting, but I know how to fix this. Draw with your full arm, not your wrist/fingers. Let your lines curve away from you as well. Hold your pencil loosely-- being heavy handed is tough for this sort of thing, but if you just ease up on your grip and let your whole arm draw the line, you'll be able to do it. And don't worry about not making the line "perfect." You can always add more and erase. Just avoid the "scratchy hair lines" that you're getting right now.

practice?
also use a hi-polymer eraser

having the right materials help

by that i mean different hardness of graphite (8b, 4b, 2b, etc.)

if you only have a typical #2 pencil with you, the more sharpened it is the finer the line is
more dull, well, more broad the lines are.

can't really replicate it the same way using diff. pencils though. invest on some

also, lighting plays a role although im no expert regarding the subject.