linework

From line +‎ work.

linework (uncountable)

1. (art) The technique of drawing lines.
   • 2009 March 1, Douglas Wolk, “The First Action Heroes”, in The New York Times Book Review‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 May 2023:

     Dalrymple’s linework, tremulous and twitchy, and Paul Hornschemeier’s muted colors don’t look much like any other superhero comics; there’s a sense of human frailty to their characters that inverts the muscles-and-action tradition.