>>7881719
show inking for comparison

because you're coping

>>7881720
this
>>7881719
hurry up fuck head

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>>7881720
>>7881724
ok

>>7881725
what don't you like about it? and what makes your sketch more appealing?

Chicken scratch gives you the average of all possible lines. Inking forces you to choose which line you want and that's scary because you're probably going to be wrong when you start and you need to criticize yourself to figure out why

>>7881726
Basically >>7881729 you can kind of imagine the perfect "ideal" line, but the ink makes it look like the shapes and proportions are all off.

>>7881734
It could also be your style/skill with inking. What are your artistic inspirations style wise?

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>>7881729
This is the best explanation I've heard for this... very nice, anon! Thanks.

More variety in line thickness. You’re probably just using one consistent line weight for your line work and that’s a big indicator of not knowing what the fuck you’re doing also makes it instantly look both boring and overwhelming

>>7881894
Too bad it's fucking wrong
Retard shitters simply forget that they're drawing actual things when they try to do lineart, as if taking an abstract abstract liquid shit on a real object should somehow still allow the form and substance to shine through
The lines, sketch or finished, communicate things, if you think of them as just lines you can't say anything, and for some reason everyone gets it when they're sketching and then everyone forgets it when they're finishing their lines
Think about it this way
If the sketch looks better than the lineart, then the sketch is good and the lineart is bad relatively speaking, so the thing that you're missing in the lineart is something you can already execute better in the sketch, and you're just being retarded about applying your knowledge in the thing that looks bad
The lineart literally only has to communicate the same information as the sketch
It's the same task

>>7881960
Calm down sperg

>>7881987
No
Fuck you
And fuck your work

>>7881894
>>7881896
I guess my question would be what sort of style/direction should I be going for for linework? Generally having the thickest lines for the outer most outlines, and then thin ones for everything else? Variable line thicknesses?

>>7882318
The term is line weight. It's not an exact science.

Parts that are closer to the view plane = more thickness
Parts under the object, or in shadow = more thickness
Objects made of a heavier material = more thickness
Member that the lightest weight line is no line at all = implied line

All of these tricks can work and you don't need to use all of them in the same piece, try experimenting, and analyze work made by good comic inkers or manga artists.

>>7881896
biggest indicator is the fact that it's 2d, he needs to learn form through contour drawing, line weight is putting the carriage before the horse, he'll just end up with weird deviantart-esque drawings with that thick illustration outline added on. Op needs to take a trip to 3/4ths angle hell for a bit before he starts to "get it."

>>7881729
Searching lines do that, chicken scratch is a bad habit. There is a big difference. But yes this
>Inking forces you to choose which line you want
is generally correct, however lines need to be full and deliberate even if they are searching lines, there are some line groups where none would be correct in op's image because he started and stopped randomly.

I always end up losing a lot of what i was trying to portray in the sketch too, idk how to fix it other than redrawing like 30 times till it looks right

>>7881725
You need line weight

>>7881719
chicken scratching is like blurring
the lines are undefined, even the shapes are somewhat ambiguous
look at all those lines around the face
think about how many different choices you can make to define the shape of the face inside that mess
your final choice was poor, so your final drawing looks "worse" than the sketch
the truth is that you don't know what you're drawing and when you're forced to commit to a line that becomes even more obvious
I'm not saying you shouldn't try to improve the quality of your lines, but you need to do a lot more fundamental work before you worry about that

>>7881994
Keep seething, angry crabjeet lol

>>7881729
this and also line weight. youre giving yourself differing line weights by chicken scratching, they arent really directed in any way, but some line weight often looks better than none

>>7881725
>>7881719
Because when you're inking you're only tracing over your sketch. Also because your scratchy sketch may contain a combination of lines that would've looked nice, but once you flatten it into one line it collapses into the unappealing ones. Schrodinger's sketch theorem

>>7881725
Put them side by side so you can see it more clearly. It's just line weight.
Look at the sketch see how the hair looks lighter. It's the line weight

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There's a couple of reasons your chicken scratch looks better. For one you're unintentionally adding value (or shading) to your work due to the chicken scratch another side effect is that the scratch also adds noise that is removed when you're inking- especially when you leave the construction lines in. As other people said you're actually using line weight in your chicken scratch drawings which gives it more depth.

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Tried again and focused more on line weights. Tried to vary it a bit particularly for the hair and kept the main outline pretty thick. I think it looks a little less bland.