Drawing and Line

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Drawing noun - A picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene.

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Line is a synonym for drawing. In some cases you can use "Line" instead the word "Drawing" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: draw, drawn

Line noun - A series of persons or things arranged one behind another.

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Drawing is a synonym for line. Sometimes you can use "Drawing" instead a noun "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

old	old drawing	old line
good	good drawing	good line
direct	direct drawing	direct line
certain	certain drawing	certain line
Other adjectives: original, simple, small, actual, great, bad, infamous, funny, last, different, iconic.

Limited Animation deals with line boil by using the same drawing for parts of the character that aren't moving and only re-drawing the parts that move, though this may make the immobile parts seem frozen in place, a problem that occurs in computer animation as well.

Source: Line Boil
Note that he does not mean "Draw Badly" — he still has his artists use essential skills like construction and line of action, because as he pointed out, something about the drawing has to make sense, or the artist will have no control over their work.

Source: Creator / John Kricfalusi
The story is told using a simplistic line-drawing style and is about a little girl who is contacted by her clone in the distant future.

Source: Western Animation / World Of Tomorrow

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