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Published: 2008-12-28 13:00:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 23008; Favourites: 576; Downloads: 0
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The background story of this drawing is amazing. Info about this man and wonderful musician can be found in the book "Musicophilia" by Oliver Sacks.


You can also check this link for the CD. His music is beautiful and very touching.


The most difficult part about this draw was the background with lightning and the grand piano. I never drew either of these things before. However, the piano wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be, maybe because I drew a guitar before?
I loved to work on this every single minute.


Stuff I used:
  • 2H, H, HB, B, 2B 0.5mm mechanical pencils

  • tissue for blending

  • tortillion for blending the details

  • reference image

  • Nostalgie HahnemΓΌhle A4 sized paper

    • Time spent: at least 30 hours, whoa!
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    Comments: 140

    artbum1978 [2009-12-02 02:11:07 +0000 UTC]

    wow, wow, wow!

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    LaediOfArt [2009-09-13 17:46:16 +0000 UTC]

    Beautiful. I thought u named it Music of the Night b/c of the song from Phantom of the Opera... but idk.. great job. i only WISH i could draw as awesome as u

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    ClaireCollyer [2009-06-26 01:54:37 +0000 UTC]

    oh wow this is breath taking!!! I can not believe i am not watching you!!! Wonderful work... inspiational!!!!

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    ARIrish2 [2009-05-26 02:20:23 +0000 UTC]

    Was browsing your gallery and you have fantastical bags of talent all over the show, but I had to stop and fave this one because I loved that book/documentary, and that particular story makes for great subject matter, which you've captured marvellously.

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    TinorialPeredhil [2009-05-17 16:05:38 +0000 UTC]

    Amazing work!

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    Planetekrilin [2009-04-28 12:05:46 +0000 UTC]

    i loove 2 much your draws!!!!

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    TinasArtwork [2009-04-04 16:56:13 +0000 UTC]

    Your picture is featured in my journal [link] , hope you don't mind.

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    stargate4ever23 [2009-03-03 00:38:03 +0000 UTC]

    awesomely cool, another awesome one.

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    Lorelai82 [2009-01-27 21:54:59 +0000 UTC]

    awesome work!

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    Cataclysm-X In reply to Lorelai82 [2009-01-27 22:57:38 +0000 UTC]

    Thanks dear

    At has been a while! How are you?

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    Lorelai82 In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-01-28 00:09:22 +0000 UTC]

    youΒ΄re most welcome darlin ^^
    im fine..busy with work and in iΒ΄m love ^^

    how are you?

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    Cataclysm-X In reply to Lorelai82 [2009-01-29 14:44:09 +0000 UTC]



    Aaaah! Anne's in love! I'm so happy for you who's the lucky person?

    I'm doing fine. Busy as usual, but alive

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    Lorelai82 In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-02-04 22:59:55 +0000 UTC]

    itΒ΄s 29 year old guy and sadly he lives far away from me... but well itΒ΄s love ^^so weΒ΄re strong and try to handle it ^^

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    xxSwansxx [2009-01-22 13:30:14 +0000 UTC]

    I am insanely jealous of your mad skills. this is amazing.

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    motley-xx [2009-01-17 00:41:45 +0000 UTC]

    i have that book! It is really good. Your picture is amazing and you can tell you are an intellectual artist. Do you have any conceptual art?

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    ZuzanaGyarfasova [2009-01-13 21:13:31 +0000 UTC]

    your drawings are breathtaking and Mr. Sacks is amazing human. I havenΒ΄t read "Musicophilia" but I have 3 books he wrote and I just love it...itΒ΄s unfortunately quite difficult to search his books in my country,but this man is my hero. Brilliant work from you,thank you

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    Rain-Fairie [2009-01-11 17:36:25 +0000 UTC]

    You're phenomenal! is the background just pencil-strokes?

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    My-Way-Of-Live [2009-01-11 12:36:53 +0000 UTC]

    wauuu‘‘ awesome‘‘ i love the piano‘‘ is so realistic i really the first time i saw one of your drawings i though it was a foto in black and white and i was confused XDXD

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    YaminaYugineAtema [2009-01-10 16:52:55 +0000 UTC]

    niiice... jou piano ziet er beter uit dan de mijne maar ach,,, dat geld voor de meeste dingen die jij maakt..

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    InuYashakid28 [2009-01-10 03:59:38 +0000 UTC]

    love the effects with the lightning =]

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    Celena-O-Mun [2009-01-09 07:15:27 +0000 UTC]

    Im loving this!!!!!!!! wowwwww the piano is just WOW! really nice work you offer!

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    Cataclysm-X In reply to Celena-O-Mun [2009-01-09 11:28:30 +0000 UTC]

    well thank you

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    Celena-O-Mun In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-01-09 22:04:20 +0000 UTC]

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    CyrionB [2009-01-07 00:17:35 +0000 UTC]

    Both your drawing and his story are amazing!

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    Emilyahedrick [2009-01-06 18:19:36 +0000 UTC]

    awesome work wow

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    Cataclysm-X In reply to Emilyahedrick [2009-01-08 16:13:52 +0000 UTC]

    thanks

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    Emilyahedrick In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-01-08 17:54:15 +0000 UTC]

    welcome

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    Sara-lj [2009-01-05 16:51:02 +0000 UTC]

    this is perfect
    beautiful... keep going !

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    TinasArtwork [2009-01-04 19:12:13 +0000 UTC]

    I feature you in my journal , hope you don't mind.

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    Chibi-Tri-Edge [2009-01-04 17:51:22 +0000 UTC]

    was dit die 'unusual drawing'?

    gewoon effe een vraagje
    ik vind het echt goed, dat je niet alleen gewoone jonge mensen, maar ook oude mensen kan tekenen die bril ziet er ook goed uit, als ik dat teken lijken ze meestal stuk XD

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    1pen [2009-01-04 05:24:46 +0000 UTC]

    I was struck by lightning when I was nine while running home from school trying to beat the storm. Unfortunately, it didn't make me a musical genius, but it left its unique mark on me anyway as it does most of us. Most people don't realize that only one out of every five people hit by lightning die. Most survive, changed, but alive and grateful!

    And, of course, this is amazing pencil work as always. It seems a bit softer too.

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    carla-ng [2009-01-03 21:12:39 +0000 UTC]

    wow!.. just WOW!!

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    frozenpandaman [2009-01-03 05:32:56 +0000 UTC]

    lovely

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    itzjusdrama [2009-01-03 03:10:52 +0000 UTC]

    Maybe I'll go check out his music now.

    Interesting though, about the lightning. And Music of the Night is an interesting title for it. Phantom of the Opera reference? Or something else?

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    2753Productions [2009-01-02 15:55:16 +0000 UTC]

    Oh so gorgeous Nicolien Happy Birthday too hon - sent you a message on MSN

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    noukka [2009-01-02 14:59:28 +0000 UTC]

    It's beautiful! A it different from your usual work, but I really really like it.
    You are so talented.

    Gelukkig nieuwjaar en gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag (oke een beetjelaat maar nou en)!!!


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    AOIshuro [2009-01-02 14:40:37 +0000 UTC]

    Excellent work !!! It looks he's talking to me !!!

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    smileysmell [2009-01-02 14:34:17 +0000 UTC]

    it looks so real...especially the background lighting deserve at least one thousand fav in my POV

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    TortuousThrenody [2009-01-02 09:38:16 +0000 UTC]

    The lightning looks very realistic, good work !

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    BlackDelphin [2009-01-01 21:02:20 +0000 UTC]

    a bit more work on the beard and lips i'd say but other than that this blew me away!! different from your usual!! and the piano was something...
    did you ever considered still life?
    patterns and textures can be a real challenge sometimes

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    wacko77 [2009-01-01 15:04:33 +0000 UTC]

    Amazing! ^^

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    TBascom [2009-01-01 04:36:03 +0000 UTC]

    that is grrreeaat the piano in the background just makes it such a good picture.

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    xPlutoniiumxStephx [2009-01-01 01:08:18 +0000 UTC]

    Yeah, wow. Brilliant. Amazing. <3

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    Artemis3650 [2008-12-31 21:46:30 +0000 UTC]

    His music does sound excellent, and the artwork looks wonderful as well.

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    synconi [2008-12-31 11:43:16 +0000 UTC]

    So atmospheric, what with the lightning, but he just sits there, relaxed and smiling slightly- no-one there but him and his beloved instrument...

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    l--unbound--l [2008-12-31 08:32:12 +0000 UTC]

    I feel like after it was scanned, it was "fixed" on the computer...
    looks great nonetheless!

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    ShinkonoKokoro [2008-12-31 06:27:33 +0000 UTC]

    Beautiful drawing. I love the piano. ^_^

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    Whimsical-Soul [2008-12-31 01:33:52 +0000 UTC]

    Excellent drawing skills. You know your stuff when it comes to placement and shading. The man looks real, and I want to touch that piano to see if it might play.

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    nabey [2008-12-30 21:34:42 +0000 UTC]

    Impressive. The piano looks amazing, you can draw anything you want. Great work

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    Tahn [2008-12-30 19:32:05 +0000 UTC]

    You are a very great artist. Did you go to a school to learn this? I love how you do each hair, how do you do that?

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