@WojTek-ツ
I remember pulverizing charcoal and rubbing that on paper long ago but I didn’t do it here. Luna’s head is a bit larger than my thumb so it’s all really small for me to do the shading with that method but I will remember using it for larger backgrounds. Thanks for the advice! ^^

So yeah!
Hehe, yeah, I don’t know if you tested that method before this one with the actual pencil and hatching.

@WojTek-ツ
Do you mean like scraping off graphite from the pencil’s tip and rub the graphite with a cloth on the paper?

@paajbach
Geez, what an awesome dad giving art advices. He is a real one!
(o^^o)

The other trick I do for an almost same effect is to sharpen a pencil‘s tip and with a piece of cloth or even paper to swipe around the small pieces of the tip where you want to shade carefully like I did with my Flutters art.
(´ε｀ )

@WojTek-ツ
thank you for noticing! My father tought me that if you don’t want to see pencil hatches you must press as light as possible and take your time layering the graphite on the paper. The rest I figured out by experimentation. But it takes a long time indeed, especially the nightsky to be dark and overall have the same tone! That’s why I pressed a bit harder and made longer strokes in the end to make the effect of pointing all the hatches to the moon.

The levels of shading and this style is something I really admire because the amount of precision and time to accomplish is a mad respect!!
Brethren, I’m in awe what you have in store for us…and I’m totally impressed by all means!! 🖤

Can’t wait for your OC finish!
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@Acid Flask
Thank you! ^^

I’m almost done with the drawing for WojTek as well an I’m already really happy with it! I think you’ll like that one too!

Damn that’s a good luna.

@OperationalHazard
You’re right! Every next drawing I try to do something I haven’t done before: poses, additional characters, shading and such. Right now would be the shading, drawing clouds and I’m working on drawing my OC in a flying pose where I want to give a lot of attention to her wings.

Thank you for your comment!

I think sharing is great for feedbqck and stuff… even if you don’t plan to be a professional artist, id you enjoy drawing, why not seek a way to improve yourself?

Even if you keep this only as a hobby… people pour a lot of energy (and time, and sometimes money) to improve in what they love to do.