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Published: 2004-02-06 15:48:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 546; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 153
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This is the final draft. This is a charcoal drawing done for a lady I work with. This is her horse, Tuffy. This took about 8-9 hours to complete. It is done on a light brown paper with a light texture. The paper is a pain in the butt, and I wouldn't recommend using it. Darker seems to be better.I'm leaving the first draft up for a couple of days, but I will take it down soon.
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Comments: 29
Gorgeous work! I love the brilliance of the white and despite whatever problems you had with the paper, the brown makes a nice contrast. Fabulous! +fav
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I saw this over at ~ThePencilClub and wanted to come here to comment. This is very impressive work! I love your attention to detail, especially in the face. And your coloring is wonderful. Great job!
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Thanks, I really appreciate your comments. I haven't had very many comments on this one at the pencil club. I'm glad you liked it.
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Excellent work on this, the colors and shading are fantastic!
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thanks, I really appreciate that
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It was well deserved, you are welcome!
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wow great job on this one....i really like it!!!! you did an awesome job on the bridle, which can be very difficult at times to do 
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Thanks, I'm glad you liked it. The bridle gave me trouble when I was shading it. The black and white charcoal on that brown paper just produced a strange tone that I was never really happy with. I thought that I never got it really looking like leather.
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oh wow! That horse is beautiful! It looks like it's going to come alive right before my eyes...You are excellent! Wonderful job!
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Thanks, I'm really glad you like it.
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n0 pr0blem. Y0u are like un-g0dly g00d. (s0rry I have t0 talk with 0's. I spilled s0up 0n my keyb0ard...yadda yadda I'm the irresp0nsible bad child.) I have to clean it >_<
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The horse's muzzle seems a bit stiff, somehow. Overall, though, it's a terrific work. How did you get the colors in? I thought one could only do blacks & grays with charcoal sticks. It certainly doesn't look like you added color in Photoshop--the paper texture shows in the way that traditional media have. That's a good thing.
Nice job.
kurvwerk
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Thanks for the comments. The horse actually looks exactly like my reference photo did, though. I only used black and white on the brown paper. The body looks brown because of the paper showing through. Glad you liked it.
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very wonderful! I love the expression, and the mane...oh my lords the detail! How wonderful! This is very wonderful.
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Amazing work, and charcoal no less! I find it's a very unforgiving medium.. I'm impressed.
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thanks, I appreciate that. I like it because it is so quick. You can cover large areas ten times faster than you can with a graphite pencil. You sacrifice some of the detail, but if you use a sharp blending stump, it's not that bad.
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You talk of sacrificing detail, but you yourself pack more in with charcoal than most people get with pencil.
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I appreciate that, but you should really take a look at some of the artists whose works I have in my favorite list. Most of them are working with mechanical pencils and are amazing at what they do.
Anyways, thanks very much for the compliment.
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thanks for the compliment and the fav
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wow two favs. not bad crim. this one is even better than the last and i'm not just saying that to make sure i have ha 100% in class but you know just in case.
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Absolutely beautiful. My fave drawing of yours.
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In...Incanse...Incnadecen..... Making fun of me for my big friggin words. This one is a way cool pic, Crim-man. I like it a lot! LOOK AT HOW PROFESSIONAL IT IS. How much did she give you for this... Anyway, I've gotta fave this one. Don't know why, I just like it a lot.
O.o
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The lighting is a little different on this pic. I took it at school under flourescent lighting. The other one was taken at home under incandescent lighting. Not a problem when you turn the image black and white, but it is pretty evident in color.
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