{"id":2754,"date":"2011-09-20T04:07:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T09:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/?p=2754"},"modified":"2023-10-14T21:14:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T02:14:15","slug":"tracing2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/tracing2\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Draw Comics.  Tracing &#038; Transfers: Part 2."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>So you have selected the drawing you want to transfer.  The next step is to trace it.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/2011\/09\/tracing3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing1.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Leroy Brown\" title=\"tracing1\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing1-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Note the tracing paper and original drawing are taped to the table to prevent slipping (orange arrow).  Now carefully trace your drawing using a soft pencil.  Do not make deep lines or dig into the paper, you just want a nice outline.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/2011\/09\/tracing3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing2.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Leroy Brown\" title=\"tracing2\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing2.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing2-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Once the tracing is done, it&#8217;s time to prepare the transfer.  Turn the tracing over.  Using a very soft pencil (3B or more)  apply lead to the underside of your tracing.  The best way is to use the flat of your lead (using charcoal is fine too).<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/2011\/09\/tracing3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing4.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Leroy Brown\" title=\"tracing4\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing4.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tracing4-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Tomorrow we&#8217;ll do the transfer!  Stay tuned. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/tracing1\/\">Read Part 1 here!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/tracing3\/\">Read Part 3 here!<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So you have selected the drawing you want to transfer. The next step is to trace it. Note the tracing paper and original drawing are taped to the table to prevent slipping (orange arrow). Now carefully trace your drawing using<br \/><a class=\"btn-more btn btn-danger btn-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/tracing2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,160,133],"tags":[55,24,165],"class_list":["post-2754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-drawings","category-how-to","tag-art","tag-freeze","tag-original-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2754"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8020,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2754\/revisions\/8020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icecubescomic.com\/today\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}