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Published: 2013-11-12 00:45:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 4383; Favourites: 53; Downloads: 17
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My first drawing of Monkey D. Luffy! Well I haven't drawn One Piece in a while. I'm not really happy with it, and I hate the shading/:I wasn't gonna finish it but my friend says he wants it soI guess I gotta finish it Dx
What do you guys think? I need to get better at shading, I'm not good enough yet! Dx
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This looks JUST like Luffy! *Fan girl scream* 
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Hahaha xD I'm glad you do ^-^
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Very awesome!
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Uhmm.. I'm not sure if you have asked before O.o I get asked a lot though so it's no biggie xD
I just keep layering it and then use the blending stump after every layer. It helps not leave an pencil marks for me cause if you just go straight in with a dark black even after you use a blending stump you can still see the pencil lines. That's how it is for me anyway 
Oh and thanks xD
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Your welcome!
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awesome piece man! and how did you get the hair so smooth looking? mines always have lines from the pencil Dx
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Well, you can either try to layer it a lot or you could use a blending stump. If I use a blending stump I'll still layer it though
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ive got blending stumps, i'll try the layering thing along with the blanding. hopefully it will look as good as yours
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I guess it's just about practice. I've never been that great with shading xD
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pffft dont even say that, your the shizznizz at shading man!
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Haha well I can't argue with that xD
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Only thing I can say, that I love your style of shading!
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Awhh thanks :3 I just saw your journal, can I ask what you're working on?(:
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Haha, you wanna know, hm?
I'm working on two birthday drawings for SageDemijan and KozaKun.
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Nice! I bet they'll look great ^-^
I'm always curious as to what you're working on xD
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Haha, just wait... *take a look into my drawing list* .... 3 more days.
That's great and I appreciate that, but why? xD
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Haha xD
Because you're one of my favourite artists on here, I always look forward to you work
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... Are you kidding? O.o
Wow, I'm highly honoured - it's really nice to hear that from one of my idols here on dA.
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Haha no I'm as serious as a heart attack! I think of you as my idol too xD
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For saying that... it's great to hear that other artists feel the same way as me.
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If you want my advise on the shading I'd just make the darks darker. Put a little more contrast in the piece. The placing and general look of it is pretty awesomely well done. You are amazing as an artist, have a little more confidence in your work. :3
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Well I did think any that myself however with his clothes only being red I don't want to make it to dark Dx
I'll probably finish it and go back and darken it a little more just to see what it looks like first(:
Awh thanks xD I try but it's just hard >.<
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I see what you're saying about not wanting to go too dark. I think if you just make the medium shades on his skin a tad bit darker it'll help some. ^^ And I think the finishing it out first will help you get a better perspective on it, sometimes you can't tell how something will turn out until it's done. And there's no need to thank me. You are quite the talented artist.
I can totally feel your pain with how difficult things can be. :0 I scrap a lot of my work because some things are just so hard. I admire your determination to keep working through what is difficult though. I wish you the best of luck. :3
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Well, I'm almost done with it now but imma have to see if I can get a good picture without darkening anything too much more than I already have done! I don't particularly want to but it is what it is haha
I haven't darkened the skin yet, I don't really want to Dx I guess I'll see what happens when it's finally finished though xD
Awh thanks:3 I don't really think of myself as talented xD
If I didn't carry on working through difficult times I'd probably just flat out stop xD I love drawing though and I can't seem to stop and I don't think I'd be able to even if I wanted to haha xD Thank you very much, you also ^-^
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Well no problem. 
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Take a look, the finished version is up ^-^
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It looks really good, I like it.
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