non-dom hand

[syntheid]

Title: fungi study
Artist: syntheid
Rating: G
Fandom: original
Characters/Pairings: n/a
Content Notes: colored pencil + ballpoint pen



I'm debating whether or not I should also color in the face, but I kind of liked it this way. I have... legible control with my non-dominant hand, if I take my time, but I did find sometimes I relied on using my shoulder over my fingers (like you're technically supposed to do, haha, but I don't do it when I draw with my dominant hand) because the fine motor control is more difficult (hence, squiggly lines). It was nice to give my right hand a break, though, it's been kind of hurting lately.

Comments

[mific]

Oh that's lovely - I really like the subtle colours. Up to you but I like the contrast with leaving the face uncoloured. I also really love how you've captured the face with so few lines, and leaving it uncoloured adds to that minimalist quality.

[amberdreams]

Oooh I love this! Not being familiar with your normal work, if I'd seen this without being told there's no way I'd have guessed it was left handed. Yes, it's got a sketchy quality but that really suits this picture - it makes her (him?) look fragile and dreamlike. You were braver than me, going for the colour too! Pretty.

Very cool!

PS - I'm with Micfic - don't colour the face!

[jainas]

Ho, this is lovely!
I love the sensitive linework and the almost otherworldly feeling it gives off... And I think coloring the skin would distract from that.

[goss]

I LOVE IT!!!! :D

I'm with the rest as well - The loose, squiggly lines have their own kind of beauty and movement. I feel like if it gets colour filled, that quality might be lost. I like it as it is. :)

[adafrog]

Wow.

[tarlanx]

I really like it :)

[lynndyre]

This is gorgeous and dreamlike.

[mekare]

Wow. I really really like this and agree with everyone else, don't colour the face. The colours in the fungi/hair are really well-chosen and I love the subtle blending going on there.

[minoanmiss]

This is really lovely. It reminds me of drawings in naturalists' diaries.