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What's the proper pencil grip?
Angle?
Hand resting on paper or hovering?
Citations are welcome

>> No.3449080

Whatever worka for you, see what kind of grip comic pro has:

https://youtu.be/gPWM8FkQb4w

>> No.3449102

Grab it like a tennis racket and draw with it completely perpendicular to the paper at all times

>> No.3449107

C

>> No.3449109

>>3449072
All of them are ok.
Your pen is a tool, a fork is a tool too.
You don't have just one grip, you grab it according to your need, and your need will vary a lot .

>> No.3449135

>>3449080
>no loomis
>no construction
>no perspective lines
>doing it all in one go
so this is what actually making it looks like

>> No.3449140

>>3449072
Any grip that is comfortable for the task you are doing.

>> No.3449301

>>3449135
i follow someone on instagram who draws faces without lifting the pen

>> No.3449445

As a kid I learned something like the H grip and it feels most natural, so I never thought about its advantages and disadvantages. But since drawing seriously I'm noticing the grip's most natural angle forces the thumb to put pressure on the ring and little fingers. After many hours of drawing this causes some chafing around the inner side of the ring finger (a tiny triangle of skin is peeling there right now). I think the pressure in general is not good for my hand, and fluid wrist motions are harder to make than with tripod.

One advantage is precision. I think I'm pretty good at getting the details, subtle curve changes, and lineweight I want because so many fingers are manipulating the pencil, and my little and index fingers support and steady the hand.

Overhand is like black magic to me, I really want to learn it for the big smooth curves, but I feel like I lose 80% of control with it. Baffles me how some artists lay in most of the drawing that way.

>> No.3449451

There's really no right answer, when I took y first college drawing class I had a couple friends who had the same class but different professors, and while some of them stressed a proper grip and some didn't, we were all told different grips were best for different reasons. I think we were told C, D, and H but H is the only one out of those that's remotely comfortable for me

>> No.3449454
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3449454

>>3449135
he has drawn the same character for over 20 years you mong

>> No.3449455

Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mLEThwNVtA

>> No.3449561

>>3449072
I actually do version I for handwriting, but do G/J for drawing because tripod is super common. Never did get why people hated using the thumb as a stabilizer and lock (got really sick of people snatching my pencil away from me as a kid).

>> No.3449622

>>3449072
Whatever is the most comfortable for you.
There's people with some weird ass grips out there.

>> No.3449703

If you do HAVE I will literally judge you as a retard.

J Master race here

>> No.3449704

>>3449080
i knew someone in school who drew like and he had the exact same style

>> No.3449706

>>3449301
i do this

>> No.3449770

>>3449703
>proud of vanilla grip

>> No.3449879

Tripod

>> No.3449942
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>>3449072

>> No.3449943

the way you hold your pencil is meaningless for artists if you were born without the ligameme