so I’ve been basically avoiding? learning to draw Gladstone’s hat properly for 2 years and there ain’t no excuse for that (also it is sort of important in the next comic so time to Sit Down and Study) I’m nearly there I think but for those interested in the process (which is similar to how I learn to draw Most Stuff): 

a) figure out what kind of hat it is - either a homburg or a fedora (NOT A TRILBY DON’T YOU M’LADY ME) in most comics or at least some sort of crazy hybrid. a homdora. fedburg… a ferg. then like, try drawing real ones of those a while and start edging towards stylising them for comic usage.

b) quickly realize the comics know how to do this much better than I do so look at those real hard and figure out how to break them down for drawing/start blending the notes I had on Real Hats with those to get the look I want

c) get some sort of semblance of understanding of the drawing of hats which is not at all perfect but is at least less bad and uninformed than I was 24 hours ago and I can use to build on and hopefully get better at it as I keep drawing lots and lots of hats forever and ever and eeever

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