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Published: 2012-10-25 07:44:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 2815; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 71
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A commission: Rita Hayworth in Tonight and Every Night.I've done other portraits for this commissioner, and usually I choose the reference βΒ but I let him choose this time, and he chose feathers and sequins. What fun for me! >.<
For details of the sequins, feathers and jewellery, plus a progress animation showing how it came together, take a look at my corresponding blog post .Size: Just under A3
Time Taken: 28 hours
Materials: 0.5 mechanical pencil with #B lead, #8B solid graphite pencil, kneadable, plastic and electric erasers, cotton buds, tissues and makeup pads for blending. For more info on my portraiture materials take a look at my tutorial Pencil Portraiture - Materials
Reference: From DoctorMacro.com
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Thank you so much!
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Wow, I bet that was such a breeze to draw! (NOT.) -___-
Nonetheless, you did a fantastic job with the whole picture. The sequins and feathers must've taken ages! I hope your client enjoys the work you put into this...
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Haha, no, I was very tired of feathers and sequins!
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And I thought drawing rocks was hard! Feathers and sequins though, really do seem to top the cake.
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The sparkly bracelets were rather evil too βΒ although I had a high-res reference they were still all pixelated, so I had to fudge them as best I could.
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Ooh, the whole idea of drawing glittery things seems positively evil to me now! What say you about glass?
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Glass isn't too bad providing there's something behind it, or something reflecting in it. In first year uni we had an assignment where we had to colour a sphere to look like it was made of glass .... all alone, on a white background. It was evil!
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Eww... Draw a glass sphere on a white background... That's just positively evil. Since when do you have to draw glass by itself anyway?
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Exactly! Give me glass with something to actually reflect, and I'll engage to make it look like glass!
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I, on my part, will fail miserably to make it look like reflected glass! Unless you give me a whole week...
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I failed too, it was terrible!
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Oof. Making you draw glass seems terribly sadistic. I am hoping that I don't suffer quite so much from art classes.
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Well, this was an illustration class, so art classes might be less evil ^.^
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Hopefully. Then again, I might wind up drawing cubes using trigonometry and physics. A friend had to do that for her art class once. I'm not sure which is worse--drawing glass or drawing geometrically and trigonometrically correct cubes.
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Ewwwww! I did do technical drawing as part of my studies, but my class wasn't taught well, I think (the other class, with a different lecturer, all seemed to understand what was going on, my class.... not so much) so I'm still confused by perspective, no matter how hard I try to get it into my head. Add trigonometry into the mix and I would probably have run screaming for the hills!
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Oh, dear. Well, perspective is no fun for anyone. I can't think of anyone who enjoys trying to make those wonky angles fit correctly. Unless you are a mathematical genius or an architect, of course!
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No, but it's unavoidable.
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Unfortunately, ever since the Renaissance, people have become horribly picky about the angles of buildings and vanishing points!
Happy Thanksgiving, by the way! Gobble gobble and turkeys. XD Even though it's nearing summer where you're at. How's the weather?
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I knoooow. I'm battling with a derelict car at the moment
And to you! Of course, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving, but our inboxes do get rather full of Black Friday sales!
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The weather has finally stopped messing around with us. It finally feels like winter. I don't think global warming is helping!
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Just so you can feel really good about whatever weather you are having, they are currently forecasting 39 for Christmas Day (that's about 102F)
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Ooh, that's absolutely horrid weather! Is it the weather equivalent of summer in Australia right now? Sending e-ice cubes and e-ice cream your way. Beat the heat and think about snow and pine trees!
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The weather in the southern hemisphere is the direct opposite of the northern hemisphere; you've just had the winter solstice, we've just had the summer solstice, you've just had the shortest day, we've just had the longest day. So yes, it's summer. It's been gloriously cool with most temperatures under 30ΒΊ and we were hoping that Christmas would be just as pleasant but the forecasts for this week, starting with Christmas Eve (today) are 34, 39, 38, 39, 38, 38, 37. >.< It always seems to do that around Christmas!
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So sorry for the late reply! It's been a particularly hectic few weeks, what with travel sans internet and jet lag.
o.O 39?!!!!! That is absolutely horrid weather for Christmas. We've had a spate of extremely cool weather for a few weeks or so, although it's been warming up again recently. Nights are still pretty chilly, though.
How were the holidays? Were they spent indulging in goodies?
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It ended up getting to 39.6, but we were at least in airconditioning! 
How was your travel? I hope you had a good time!
I've spent the holidays working (yes, I know >.<) around the general socialising that comes with the season. And this last week has been extremely hectic, as my great aunt died (at the grand age of nearly 94!) and we've had funerals and memorials to plan, and booklets to get printed.... today is her memorial service, which I would have gone to, but I'm sick.
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I'm sorry to hear about the death of your great aunt, and that you were sick for her memorial service. Please accept my condolences.
Otherwise, your holidays sound pretty...er...nice? I'm guessing that you would contradict me here. But then, what are holidays without a bit of rush?
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Oh, thank you! 
Yes, they weren't too bad, all things considered, but I still have a huge list of things to do. >.<
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Oh, this came out gorgeous! There's so much work and detail in everything - the face, the hair, the clothes. The feathers around the neckline especially are just amazing.
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Thank you so much!
Thanks for the 
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Thank you! And thanks for the 
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Outstanding piece. I could never do it. Perhaps 20 years ago or so.
Awesome really. Instant
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Thank you so much! It does take a bit of practice, it's true. Thanks for the
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Thank you so much, and for the
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What a beautiful drawing of a beautiful lady! I'm sure those sequins and feathers took a long time, but they were worth it!
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Thank you! The sequins and feathers were very time consuming indeed. I think the sequins took me 7 hours. To make matters worse I had a samba dancer to do for another client (digitally) βΒ so more sequins and feathers!
Thanks for the
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I love Rita and this is one of the most beautiful drawings of her I've seen. I can only imagine how you were tired of details working on two detailed works. I'm so glad you did it though!
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Aww, thank you!
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wow!! It looks amazing!! I canΒ΄t understand why you donΒ΄t have more favourites and comments!!
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