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Step 8Trace
Tracing is an artform all unto itself.
There are several rules that you should follow at this point to ensure you get the most traced lines possible.
1) Sketch as lightly as possible. The truth is, no matter how lightly you sketch, as soon as that paper leaves the window and goes to your working surface, the lines will look about 3 times as dark as you thought you drew them. Experience will correct this.
2) Sketch any "meaningful" landmarks or contour you can see in your original. This includes outlines, major value changes, or anywhere you can see a clearly defined border between a lighter or a darker area. You ever see a topographical map? That is what your drawing should look like once it comes off the window. With a very detailed road map sketched out, filling in the details is about as difficult as doing a coloring book.
3) Don't take the paper down off the window until you are done tracing. Trust me on this. Once that paper comes down, if you see a detailed area you forgot to trace, you will never be able to "line it back up" on the master. Once it is down, it is down. You will have to run with it.
There are several rules that you should follow at this point to ensure you get the most traced lines possible.
1) Sketch as lightly as possible. The truth is, no matter how lightly you sketch, as soon as that paper leaves the window and goes to your working surface, the lines will look about 3 times as dark as you thought you drew them. Experience will correct this.
2) Sketch any "meaningful" landmarks or contour you can see in your original. This includes outlines, major value changes, or anywhere you can see a clearly defined border between a lighter or a darker area. You ever see a topographical map? That is what your drawing should look like once it comes off the window. With a very detailed road map sketched out, filling in the details is about as difficult as doing a coloring book.
3) Don't take the paper down off the window until you are done tracing. Trust me on this. Once that paper comes down, if you see a detailed area you forgot to trace, you will never be able to "line it back up" on the master. Once it is down, it is down. You will have to run with it.
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Jul 9, 2009. 7:31 AM
wobbler
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wobbler
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In order to realign your paper, just in case, put a couple of cross-hairs (or alignment marks) on diagonally opposite corners outside the picture before you put the drawing sheet over. Then trace these onto the top sheet as soon as you start copying it. That way, if you need to return to perfect matching you just have to realign these cross hairs. It will realign perfectly. I also do some of this type of drawing, but I do it by using a projector directly from the computer onto the paper, but your method sounds cheaper and probably better! You'll be amazed how much a projector can move when accidentally nudged (hence I use digital cross hairs on the image!).
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