/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5092619
Doing it on a second layer is fine, if you take a few minutes to watch the process of other anime artists you'll often find that they do two or three additional layers to draw over their sketches. It may seem tedious to draw the same picture over, but the results are usually worth it and when you build up experience you'll find a momentum to get it done quickly.

Focus on the "confidence" part of line confidence, it's a leap of faith to start doing long strokes. Don't be intimidated by doing them wrong, you can always undo - make use of stabilizers (Sai and CSP have them built-in, Lazy Nezumi is great for Photoshop) and hotkey canvas rotation so you can quickly adjust the picture to line up with whatever natural strokes your arm can produce.

Here's more info that may help you: https://youtu.be/F2hm544loqc