Please help with my shading

[low sorrel]

Yo so I've been practicing shading and I don't have a blender but I still want it to be smoother please help

[tough salmon]

hey, even without blender you can still use alternatives like tissue or q-tips, or even your own finger!

[mighty raft]

Make straight horizontal lines next to each other and make each line very light (dont make it dark on its first try) and bit by bit u darken the parts that need to be drakened

[low sorrel]

Thanks🫡

[low sorrel]

So cross hatching?

[mighty raft]

No it's another method

Ill try to show u the steps

First of u start drawing horizontal lines very lightly (and next to each other)

And to make diff parts darker you can either u one of the three methods

[mighty raft]

Note: if u want to do the oblique lines make sure they follow one direction only

[low sorrel]

Thanks, that helped a lot but if I want to dive deeper into this is there video on it on YouTube?

[mighty raft]

Ill check for u 😄

[low sorrel]

Thanks! I'm sorry for being a hassle 🙂

[haughty coral]

You have to be patient, you can't just speed run it like this and then smudge it with your finger, it won't look good #1313625397048381551

[low sorrel]

Thank! But the problem is that Im not intentionally "speed ruining it" it's just I don't know what else to do, if I add anything else it gets too muddy lol also I don't smuge it with my fingers btw. Thanks for the feed back!

[haughty coral]

Ahh I assumed you smudge because most people do, what I suggest in that case is you take your time with the strokes, make sure they're super super close together like this, it will take forever but this way you can't get the basic contrast down super super smooth.

[low sorrel]

Thank you so much for the feedback, I'll try it out next time!

[haughty coral]

For example look at how carefully this guy does it, and as a result how smooth it is -

https://youtu.be/C7Eb6Dh-cZA?si=6mFfzuZ66iRxfy1Z

[mighty raft]

No worries! I sadly couldnt really find the technique that i use( (i was taught by my teacher that's why) but this video is the closest one to the technique!

[low sorrel]

No problem! You've been a huge help!

[low sorrel]

I meant to only watch like 10 minutes of the video but ended up watching all of it. Very informative this video will be very useful... Thanks again for helping me!