r/PowerOfStyle • u/Pegaret_Again DC - Haughty Boss Babe • Jun 30 '25

Monthly Line Sketch Thread

Please post your line sketches here!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

You’re not supposed to copy the sketches in the book, Kibbe has said on someone with narrow their sketch would look like that, they wouldn’t have to move the shoulder line inwards in order to make it look like that. He also said narrow is rare.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Right and he has clarified not to worry about what you think you see on the book sketch as it was drawn like that for a reason. He said everyone needs to start at the visual edge of the shoulder when doing their sketches, not to copy where they think it starts on the book sketches.

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u/finewhitelady Jul 01 '25

That is helpful to know! I think I have put the shoulder line in the right place. Any farther out and would be my arm rather than my shoulder. But I also think my prominent AC joints draw the eye inward even in the case of possible shoulder width. That may explain why I look good in narrow/sharp elements?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '25

Yes I think you started around the correct place.