Alright, I'm gonna throw all my newly won artist cred out of the window:
I did a tracing with a pencil and then outlined it and I used a ruler for the big areas of crosshatching. I guess I have to make up for my lack of talent with craftiness. Also micron pens are divine.
Also there was still space on the paper and, to echo any other crosshatching artist, I soon enough cursed myself to have started it. But it's all I have for a style, so...
Does Reynir ever wonder whether he disappointed his great-grandfather when he left the safety of the farm behind?
Okay, so first of all I love this, it's great! I haven't seen much Árni art floating around, so it's cool that you drew him. (And I feel like adding Reynir is a great way to make any art piece even better...but that might just be my incredibly biased opinion, haha).
Secondly, you may keep all your artist cred and have some more, because guess what:
that's what rulers are for!!! I can't draw a straight line to save my life, and neither a lifetime of drawing nor an actual art degree have changed that. Half of being an artist is figuring out how to use the tools you have to make something, and the other half is practice. (Also, patience. I get so annoyed when I do anything involving straight lines, even with a ruler, that I tend to avoid it as much as I can.)
Anyway, this is great and I'm glad you posted it! Microns really are fun, aren't they? I need to let myself play with mine more often.