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Quick doodle trick that actually fixed my messy lines

I kept smudging my ink sketches until I tried drawing with my non-dominant hand for the loose parts first. Has anyone else tried switching hands to loosen up their doodles?
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the_nathan
Ngl I've noticed that in sports too, switching your weak side first just kinda unlocks better flow.
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joel_butler
Read somewhere that ambidextrous artists often have looser sketch lines.
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jana_scott
Yeah, "looser sketch lines" really hits home for me. I'm about as coordinated as a baby giraffe with my non-dominant hand, so my sketches usually look like a spider fell into an inkwell. But I get what they're saying - when I try to draw left-handed, the lines are so wobbly and uncertain they end up having this accidental looseness that looks almost intentional. My right-handed stuff is way too tight, like I'm trying to write a parking ticket with a ruler. Take this with a grain of salt though, I'm definitely not an artist by any stretch - just someone who doodles badly in meetings.
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