the pinch method

So there I was putting the finishing touches on the surface scene for the story, trying to come up with a way to make the mountains look better when I realized the page I was working on had crinkles. Crinkles plural!!! I actually didn't notice when taking the picture the first time round but when I was doing the touch-ups it was glaring. However, instead of a massive growl of frustration and brainstorming ways to flatten said paper I realized that this might just work out...I could pinch the paper some more and then trace the formations so that the mountains looked more interesting. *take that crinkled paper, you are no match for me muah hahahaa*

I set to work  and got very excited about the whole process. A little pinch there, some more lines here, scribble, outline, scribble. Needless to say I felt very artsy like I actually knew what I was doing and it should come to no surprise that I had gone overkill with the whole thing. I had lines where there shouldn't be and it just looked like one hot mess, so much so that my eraser gave up on me and was having none of it aka time to start from scratch. *round 2*

I dialed back the detail on the mountains and added cracks to the hill. I still think the hill/mountain in the middle needs something. I'm just a little hesitant to start the Pinch method again :/


Exhibit A: Overkill with the Pinch Method

The surface with details :P

Stars and Earth