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Nequarilj [2016-05-31 13:59:16 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tip, thanks!

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Furin94 [2016-05-29 23:12:47 +0000 UTC]

this sounds useful, i should try it. i do my lines in black over the sketch and spend so much time on them

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Hyenax [2016-05-29 10:23:10 +0000 UTC]

I always sketch in the darkest black... Maybe I should try this.

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Citrakite [2016-05-28 08:21:24 +0000 UTC]

and now we know.

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AJthe90skid [2016-05-27 21:20:57 +0000 UTC]

i'm going to try this from now on!

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bribble [2016-05-27 15:48:10 +0000 UTC]

Huh, wow, I do this naturally for some reason. I never thought about why.

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mastahofdisastah [2016-05-27 14:29:56 +0000 UTC]

*Raises hand* Problem, my program doesn't do color swaps. I'm broke as shit and use autodesk Sketchpad. On a Kindle fire. But it's neat to know for the future when I get something decent to draw on.

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stophim [2016-05-27 09:19:22 +0000 UTC]

Once, sketching in blue had a more practical reason. Back before computers and scanners were ubiquitous in printing and graphics creation, artwork had to be photographed. If the artwork was to be in black and white only, the cameras involved usually had a blue filter. "Non-repro blue" could be used on B&W artwork for markup purposes, but would not show up when photographed. In fact, this extended to B&W photocopiers as well.

In comic book art, where stark black and white artwork was created separately from the coloring, an artist could do rough sketching in blue, switching to black for tighter pencil drawings, or even simply inking over blue pencils, and not have to be concerned about erasing any blue lines before sending the art off to be photographed. This is why the professional bristol board supplied by the major comics companies to their artists always had guidelines printed in light blue. Non-repro blue is a tradition that survives long after its original utility has been outdated.

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