If you have access to a light table you should rough it out and then tighten it up in stages, then make a tight sketch by tracing it on a light table. Trying to draw it that tight from the start is going to be like stabbing yourself in the eye repeatedly with a spoon. O_o
I. Cannot honestly say I have any idea what any of that means, except that I know what a light table is. This is for a costume design class, can you believe that?
Try using a blue colored pencil to sketch out the rough, basic shape of the cactus VERY lightly. Slowly tighten up the image with darker and darker lines with each round of tightening, and leave things like the needles for the absolute last. Once you're happy with it, go over it with a black or regular pencil to finalize the lines. Then using a light table, lay a fresh piece of paper over the original drawing and trace over your final lines. It will save you a ton of frustration.
PS: "Tightening" = getting more and more final detail in the piece.
PPS: Here's an example of what I mean by tightening a drawing up:
This would probably all be vastly easier had I ever had any kind of training whatsoever in drawing, but I haven't, and our teacher keeps insisting that we don't need it we just need to teach our eyes how to see things the right way. I'm not sure I'm convinced that's how it works.
Thank you, though; even having some idea of the basic steps is wayyyy more than I knew five minutes ago. x___x
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PS: "Tightening" = getting more and more final detail in the piece.
PPS: Here's an example of what I mean by tightening a drawing up:
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This would probably all be vastly easier had I ever had any kind of training whatsoever in drawing, but I haven't, and our teacher keeps insisting that we don't need it we just need to teach our eyes how to see things the right way. I'm not sure I'm convinced that's how it works.
Thank you, though; even having some idea of the basic steps is wayyyy more than I knew five minutes ago. x___x
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