get some really sharp edges and sharp lines for clean sketching now because we're competing against a thick pencil and a thin pencil i need two pencils and my second pick was the hydex NUMBER_TOKEN now the hydex NUMBER_TOKEN is the only thick leathered heavy body whatever you want to call it mechanical pencil in the mix and there are plenty more available i i have to say actually this one feels reasonably cheap compared to some other ones i think you could get so it's not that it's the best kind of thick lead mechanical pencil it's just that it's the only one in this mix but i think it will show the versatility and if you like the look of how this works even though it is a little more complex definitely check out your options with that said i have two very capable feeling contenders to match up against my two insanely expensive mechanical pencil purchases i'm going to create a battle to the death artwork which is my favorite kind of artwork to make on one side i'll start off with the much more affordable pro range mechanical pencils on the other side the much more snooty expensive ones and see if i will eat my words maybe they just create magic that no other pencils can replicate with both of the characters that i approached in my fight to the death battle artwork i started with the thinnest pencil first i think using a nice sharp clean pencil when you sketch works really well because you tend to need to be pretty messy and loose when you're sketching as you can see i'm really moving the pose around quite a bit to try and find proportions that are comfortable a pose that needs to be reworked until eventually things start to lock into place a little bit and i can start shaping the anatomy on top by the way this is all an approach i go through in my skillshare class and i divide it into the three steps of drawing anatomy starting off with the blocking of the pose then shaping the anatomy on top and then finally deciding the detail that shows through now in this piece in particular you can sort of see where i start to allude to that anatomy and shaping that and reshaping it to define it but in the class itself i basically outline every single muscle group now when you actually draw final art pieces you tend to not need to draw every single muscle defined especially to become more and more familiar with how the anatomy of the body sort of holds together and works in different ways if anything you sort of build a really strong understanding of how the skin sits on top of muscle groups and how the muscle groups sort of work and intertwine then i'll switch over to my heavier lead mainly to lay down broader areas of shading and then to add a lot more depth in shading overall starting off with a nice strong dark skin tone but going for a softer blend as i can so that slowly but surely i can sort of add definition and shading creating more of a sense of physical presence as i add more and more depth so i keep it pretty rough and textured because i think that's the strength of mechanical pencils they're about getting the job done more than they're about creating the perfect outcome but with that said i have to say this is the closest i've ever felt to working with mechanical pencils in a way that feels like art pencils i loved using both of these pencils the thin pentel graft
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