>>1886
That's actually really smart, I'll have to try this later.
>Kind of a tangent, does anyone know any good guides for rendering in pencil?
I'm not entirely sure to be honest, graphite is a very precision orientated medium with how they work best sharp.
That also depends on what you want to know. Do you mean the technique of controlling a pencil, the materials, or maybe the techniques that go into forming accurate drawings?
If it's just on how to then it's the same as any other medium, analyze the forms and then recreate them.
The biggest thing specific to graphite would be the hardness scale, if you aren't taking advantage of that then make an effort to. You can essentially set the caps for your value range based on which one you're using, and can apply them how you see fit.
For example, I do my construction lines and initial layin with H, then go over it with 2B on the lines I want to keep, and I use 3 and 4 to shade the forms. Those are just for quick sketches on my subpar amateur level because I like to use construction lines. If you utilize the entire scale you can do full on compositions.
The thing to remember about graphite though is the precision it gives you, since it operates best on a fine point. If you're trying to do larger more organically formed things then you should be using charcoal and sharpening it like Proko does. Pencil works best, in my opinion, when you treat it like ink that you can erase.