hatching tips

[real flame]

id love some tips on how to improve the hatching/shading
i know i messed up the hair here and im trying to practice this sort of recessed hairline, but long hair, more. my pen was also running out of ink so this was annoying lol
any advice?

[warm igloo]

i think u should just do it closer the darker u want it to become, also try to go in different directions, and honestly i didnt even see that the hair was bad i think it looks great, so yeah, but i am not that advanced in hatching i had a lesson in my school about it thats why i wanted to share my thoughts. hope this helps :3

[real flame]

like more varied directions? rather than always going in the opposite of the first strokes...?

i havent had any art instruction other than a few videos lol, so i appreciate it

[warm igloo]

wow but u are really doing amazing

[warm igloo]

yeah

i think so

it worked for me

[real flame]

hmm, ill try that, im usually worried about it getting messy or inconssistent

[warm igloo]

it can get that at first but it just comes with practice u need to kind of feel it

[real flame]

feeling it is a sadly rather common descriptor lol

[warm igloo]

:3

i paint and draw for like 5 years now and 2 years ago i just started feeling it and it was like jumping over a high wall everything became drawable and paintable and i just felt it

thats how i feel it at least

i dont focus on it

that much

[real flame]

i hope to get there someday lol

i've only been drawing for maybe three? though i only improved in the past year and a half

still a ways to go...

[warm igloo]

i think u are doing really well right now and if u keep up the work you'll see progress