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06-04-2010, 03:06 AM #2
I use this exact technique during my second XTG/ATG pass or my touch up, so I know it works for me... YMMV.
The idea is to pull the skin away from the Adam's Apple to the side and up. When I do this, the whiskers twist a little bit from a true N-S grain, to a kinda NNE-SSW grain. Then I do a scything motion that curves a little bit to a NNW-SSE direction, which gets about to an XTG. Hopefully this makes sense. Really the idea is that you can stretch the skin and make the grain change just enough to find a more manageable XTG stroke.
I used the Whisker Map, but I only messed with the sections you asked about.
Edit: It should go without saying that I use a shallow angle and a really light touch for this move. Spectator's usually inch to the edge of their seats...Last edited by BingoBango; 06-04-2010 at 03:09 AM.
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