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Dear Ali, getting your opinion before moving forward is very valuable to me. The bubbles turned out to be a bit harder than I expected, and I wasn’t sure if I was doing them correctly 🤔😅
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That looks really good so far!
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i like it may be needs softening a bit so it blends in . but hay i am still learning may self so don’t take that as gospel lol
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Hey Mehmet, the bubbles are coming along. The main thing to watch is the highlight direction. Keep that bright spot facing the same way on each bubble so they all look like they are catching the same light. The ones where you have done this already are reading as properly round and three dimensional.
rickie made a fair point about softening. Remember these are transparent spheres, so the darkest dark sits right next to the brightest highlight. Your darker rims are already helping give them form. Push that contrast a bit more, carry that consistency through the rest, and they will come together. Keep going, you are heading in the right direction.
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@alihaiderrehman For some reason I can’t quite figure out, I’m unable to achieve the crisp results I’m aiming for, even though I follow the same steps. I’m not sure if it’s the materials I’m using or the paper. For instance, I can’t seem to get those controlled, vibrant white highlights that you do when using the Mono Zero eraser.I still don’t quite know how I can do it better. 😅
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Hey Mehmet, I hear the frustration but let me settle the materials question first. It is not your paper or your eraser. Smooth white paper has less tooth than textured paper, so it cannot hold as much graphite on the surface. When you press hard, the pigment sinks deep into the fibers where the Mono Zero cannot reach it cleanly. That is why those crisp highlights feel out of reach.
The fix is to change your pressure and your layering. Build your darker tones with several light passes instead of one heavy one. Then use the Mono Zero with a very soft touch, short strokes, and a clean pointed tip. Think of it as brushing away dust rather than digging into the surface. Protect your brightest areas early by working around them, then the eraser only needs to skim the top layer to pull out a sharp clean highlight.
Apply this to the next few bubbles and you will see the difference immediately. You are closer than you think.
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@alihaiderrehman I’ll give it a try. I eagerly await the day when you’ll say, “It turned out great—you pulled it off. 😃😃🙏
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