inking wrinkles in clothing

[Brian W.]

Hiya folks

I know it's been a long time, and for that, I apologize.

I am still inking the Top Cow stuff and I have used the opportunity to hone my pencil/finish skills.

I am at a stumbling block though....clothing folds and wrinkles.

With the pencil, I can do O.K. beacause of the greying effect I create.

How do you all translate that subtle greying in folds and wrinkles into black and white line art?

[clockwerkj]

everyone has their own method. Id consider buying original art from guys you like that you think do that well or finding them at a show and scouring their art stacks to see it in person. that stuff is a little hard to explain by text alone.

[Brian W.]

Thanks Jay!

I figured this might be the case, but before I went through the collection, I wanted to check with the folks here.

It's an odd thing to be stumped by cloth!

B

[justice41]

Too many people draw clothes as if it was just wrinkles on the body instead of a layer of fabric reacting to the movement of the body. If you have a newer version of Adobe Illustrator they have a feature that can turn pictures into linework. If you have this app grab some pics and convert them to linework and get a feel for how the folds and wrinkles can be interpreted, even if the converted pic has more black spots than linework.