line drawing
Pen and ink
A line drawing is a picture made using only lines, without shading, color, or tonal variation.
The technique relies on contour and outline to represent form: a simple line drawing of a house, anatomical line drawings in a textbook.
Line drawings reproduce well and remain common in technical illustration, cartooning, and sketch work.
Bounding line of shape
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
inking · rendering · tracing · freehand · gesture · draftsmanship · penmanship · brushwork
Picture explaining something
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- thumbnailReduced preview image
- conceptAbstract mental construct
draft · caricature · portrait · cartoon · doodle · figure study · storyboard · preliminary
Bounding line of shape
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- shapeExternal outline of something
- formShape or document
- profileSide-facing outline
figure · negative space · proportion · balance · contrast · depth · perspective · foreshortening
Detailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- CADTechnical drawing technology
- vectorQuantity with direction
orthographic · isometric · dimension · scale · precision · engineering · architectural · mechanical
One favoring bare essentials
- abstractCondensed version of text
- stylizedGiven artistic treatment
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
elegant · modern · contemporary · expressive · gestural · loose · precise · delicate
contour
Bounding line of shape
- hatchingEmergence from an egg
- crosshatchingIntersecting parallel lines for tone
- stipplingDot-based shading technique
shading · inking · rendering · tracing · freehand · gesture · draftsmanship · penmanship · brushwork · linework
illustration
Picture explaining something
concept · draft · caricature · portrait · cartoon · doodle · figure study · storyboard · preliminary · observation
contour
Bounding line of shape
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- shapeExternal outline of something
- formShape or document
profile · figure · negative space · proportion · balance · contrast · depth · perspective · foreshortening · anatomy
blueprint
Detailed technical drawing
- schematicSimplified technical diagram
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- CADTechnical drawing technology
vector · orthographic · isometric · dimension · scale · precision · engineering · architectural · mechanical · cross-section
minimalist
One favoring bare essentials
- abstractCondensed version of text
- stylizedGiven artistic treatment
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
sparse · elegant · modern · contemporary · expressive · gestural · loose · precise · delicate · bold
pencil
Graphite writing instrument
ink · marker · brush · nib · felt-tip · ballpoint · stylus · tablet
- connect-the-dotshidden picture, number sequences, sequencing
- drawing basicspencil sketching, basic shapes, shading, shading techniques, sketch pads
- drawingssketch, portrait, landscape, still life, cartoon
- book artillustration, book covers, frontispiece, book cover art, cover art
- draftingblueprint, blueprints, technical drawings, dimensions, mechanical drawings
- drawing lessonsbeginner exercises, pencil shading, cross-hatching, basic shapes, foreshortening
line drawingpainting
Pigment on canvas
oil painting · watercolor · gouache · impasto · airbrush art
line drawingphotograph
Image from a camera
photography · snapshot · film still · screen capture · 3D render
line, drawing, lined, outline, drawn, drawer, underline, draws, drafting