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I don't know much about art history or different drawing traditions, but I often see this style of line art (done in pen and ink I think?) which uses many thin lines for shading. Some examples of what I'm talking about include:
J. J. Grandeville, source John Tenniel, source
A hand, source Some animals, source

I never know how to describe this style of drawing and search for more examples. I'm also not sure if there's a term for this style of art, or if I'm grouping together unrelated art styles, but any help would be greatly appreciated!

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  • Hi ink, do note that the characteristic you're looking for is part of the technique, and not an artistic style. I've added the technique-identification tag.
    – Joachim ♦
    Commented Apr 14, 2021 at 13:33

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The kind of shading with many thin lines is called hatching.

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It's very common in ink or pen drawings and printing techniques like etching or woodblock printing. A sub-category of prints with especially fine details is the "old master print".

This site demonstrates a number of different hatching techniques and how they influence our perception of the shapes

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  • Oh this is very helpful, thank you!
    – ink
    Commented Apr 21, 2021 at 8:15

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