Same View, Similar Sketch, Four Years Apart

In hunting down the older clutter sketches I came across this one.

Likely sketched Autumn 2021.

I realized this is the same view I sketched this week, so I had to put them side by side and compare!

I definitely like the variable brush tip better than the single width. I like that I went ahead and did sketch in all the background. Might use a smaller brush for the background next time. (Which I did in one of the other clutter sketches I did this week.)

Another thing I find very interesting, is that my technique is the same for these. I traced over a photo in Procreate to create these line art sketches. You’d think there would be no difference in the drawing skill. But I see differences and improvements between these two, and frankly, that surprises me. The biggest differences I see are drawing the lines that denote thicknesses. Those alone create much more three-dimensionality. That which seems to be the difference between what I used to feel looked like “coloring book” sketches, versus more realistic sketches. It’s taken me years to learn how to make things that look less like “coloring books.” Ha! Ironic that it is a traced sketch that reveals more of that learning.