Help me choose the proper line thickness, please?
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Hi art folks!
I am working on some character art for a possible book project of mine and cannot decide, what line thickness would go better with my art?
Do you prefer character A or B?
It's going to be a humorous early readers book, with illustrations on every page, some full bleed, some just spots, some in color, some B&W. And I'm not sure how thick my ink lines should be...
Thank you so much! It might sound silly, but believe me, it's hard to decide!
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@mag I like the thinner one, B. The thicker one seems like it was added afterward which makes it look kind of blurry to me. There seems to be more variation in the thinner one. Really nice drawing!
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@mag I agree on B. The line work feels a little dominant to me with A.
I like A. If you were pairing A with a simpler rendering style – such as no shading or a minimal color scheme – I think it would work real well.
But with the rest of your work on A and B, I prefer A (edit: I meant B here).
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@mag my son voted for A
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I would say B too
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@mag I think B. For some reason to me A feels a little unfinished, like it's a concept sketch. B feels finished. I especially like it with the color added.
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I prefer b also, I agree that a feels A bit blurred, makes my eyes struggle.
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I tend to like B better, it feels more refined and easier to see characters.
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Hi @mag , I like B rendered, but A is better for B&W if you plan to accompany the book with some coloring pages for kiddos.
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I can see why this is tough to decide—I could see a place for both styles. “A” looks a little more like it belongs in a comic, maybe, and B feels slightly more geared toward a picture book. I will say, though, that even though I see what people mean when they say that “A” feels “blurrier,” it does, at the same time, seem to lend itself well to a humorous, silly story, maybe slightly more so than B, which feels more quiet and sweet.
