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Published: 2006-03-02 03:28:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 2344; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 199
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I did this for the state's annual Christian school competition. Took about, I dunno, two months maybe? Something like that. Took a very long time to set the under drawing just right, and even then my calculations didn't always work with the three-point perspective [the metric system wouldn't have given me such heartache]. It wasn't until after applying several coats of permanent matte that I realized my mistakes. Such as forgetting to sign the piece...Mind you, the grainy value fish eye view, and similar are due to this being an unedited photograph of the original. A 20x16 is much too large of my 11x9 scanner.
Willow charcoal, white compressed charcoal, and kneaded rubber eraser used. Image source taken by yours truly while on vacation in Japan, summer of '05.
EDIT:
As of March 17, this became the 2006 High School division Best in Show and First Place, the latter of which has qualified for the Nationals of the AACS Fine Arts competition [less formally known as the High School Festival].
EDIT 2:
Modified the image. Made it smaller, darkened the darks and got rid of a lot of the graininess.
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Comments: 20
Hey! It's IrishEyesSmiling from Gaia. This is absolutely amazing. I honestly thought it was a photograph at first glance. That sentence in an of itself should attest to how talented you really are XB <3
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Thanks! <3 I'm still pretty happy with it. I'd really like to redo this sometime though, since I can see all of my horrible old mistakes. XD
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Simply Gorgeous.
Charcoal is a tit to work with too. Gratz to you for being UBER!!
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I love this piece, its t3h coolness. I'd love to learn how to use charcoals, but that probably won't be for awhile.
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I've about had it with you, Tessy. What you see in the deviation IS NOT the actual peice, as it is a distorted image of the original, and you nor anyone cannot actually correct many faults [many of which I can see myself] due to this distortion. Not that this should not be critiqued, but that basically all of the points brushed upon are due to the distortion of the photograph.
When you quoted me from Gaia and said I claimed it was a masterpiece, I have to say it was rather foolhardy not to comprehend the understood "my" which is found in the VAST majority of Gaia signatures.
Communication and comprehension are both weak points in this commenting spree. I am not "they," this is not Gaiaonline.com, and while grammar is one of life's greatest joys, this is getting a bit ridiculous.
And finally, before I log off ad go back to being on vacation, I reveal my other reasonings to respond specifically to Tessy. It was the initial "critique" in which you said "but i'm only just startign to work with charcol so i dont know that much about it." Now that just ticked me off, as you've since had so much further input which I beleive to be erronious, yet admittingly know little about. Mind you, I don't normally mind corrective comments like yours, and gave my "corrective" opinion about it in a neutral manner. The comment after mine, I think, is QUITE a rude gesture. You hence threw away my explanation of photographic distortion [[notice also the pure black framing has thise grainy texture also...]], a side note of my "ink wash" goal, my reasoning of not using compressed charcoal for a specific reason, and replaced those with your continued response on the photograph, your want of wall highlights, your own usage of willow and compressed charcoal, THEN go on a tangent of calling me arrogant.
Yeah; I admit I have mistakes, open myself to critiques, respond to a comment about my art "personal best" I think should be straightened out, and I am arrogant! Perfect sense, of course.
Further into this twisted web I could delve into, though I sincerely hope my point has been exhausted, and henceforth discourage crtitique if this can be all that be acheived.
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Wow, why only correct your "communicate well" when you have about fifty other mistakes in your comment? It seems ridiculously unneccessary. And just because you make a HORRIBLE critique(only picking out everything that YOU think is wrong and not even stating why) doesn't mean they have to listen to you. I believe you, my dear, need to work on your communication skills.
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And yet a critique isn't even a REAL critique if you don't even provide why you are telling the person what you're telling them to do. If you don't provide why, then they have no reason to listen to you.
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And now let's critique your post:
1. There is no such thing as "an artists". "An" shows that there is only one or "singular". "Artists" is a noun that shows that there are more than one of it by using an s or "singular".
2. "And I would like to know your definition of a REAL critique if, by saying something doesn't look like the picture (as they were going for the photograph look), then well, there is no such thing as a real critique by your definition because I CLEARLY stated that I was being 'Picky' Which means that it was indeed well done, but with simple things that could have made them better." This is a great example of a HUGE run-on sentence. Also, when you said "'Picky' Which", you either needed a period after "'Picky'" or a lower case w on "Which". Also, "'Picky'" should have a lower case p.
3. In your first paragraph, it's "fault", not "falt".
4. In the middle portion of your comment, "in case" is two words, not one.
5. In the middle portion of your comment, "critic" and "is" should have lower case c's and i's because they are NOT proper.
6. In the lower middle portion of your comment, "in case", again, is two words.
7. In the lower middle portion of your comment, knowledge is spelt knowledge, not "knowlage".
8. It is websites, not "websights". There is no such thing as a websight.
9. There is no such thing as "un-awakend", it would be "un-awakened".
10. It is not "persective", it is perspective.
11. You need a period at the end of your very last sentence otherwise it's a fragment and not a sentence.
Wow, notice how I provided the WHY you should pay attention to my critique? Maybe you should learn how to explain things to the people that you "critique".
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Well.
Ignor idiotic people and let's not make DA a mess.
And don't be Grammar Nazis (quote DA Bestiary unquote).
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Deaht you've got alot of people here.
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I can't ignore the idiotic.
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P.S. No one cares about grammar and spelling on online posts, and post script does count.
I do. It determines how intelligent you are for me. If you mispell every other word and don't use correct punctuation and grammar, I will assume you are an idiot. If you type correctly, I will assume you are intelligent.
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I was quoting that first part, I meant I disagree with where you said nobody cares, many people care.
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Psst, try replying to the un-intelligent person, not the intelligent one. Also, try using quote marks, dear.
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0k ill r3wcr1t1ke my cr1twik3,
Your composition is very well done although, there are quite a few errors. You can thank your friend for this rhetorical, and absolutely illogical post. I think that your lines need to be straightened out because they are crooked. I think you need to clean up the lines because they are not clean. I also believe that when it comes to 3 point perspective you have a few errors in them, even though you stated this I am going to restate becacuse I have been asked to restate my restated statements. Furthermore, your blending needs some work because it is not well blended. The camera is not to blame for poor shading. A true artist will get over the fact that the small grains of texture do not apply to pictures (as seen in the artwork of the realistic artist Chuck Close).
Here I will bow out of the conversation, as I am tired of critiquing and recritiquing and recritiquing this piece. If the artist choses to listen they will, if not then they won't.
P.S. No one cares about grammar and spelling on online posts, and post script does count.
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Now that is a critique. See? Was that really so hard? Now the artist has reason to listen to you. Also, I believe spelling and grammar count every second of every day. It's how we communicate, and if we let spelling and grammar get out of hand, we won't be able to comprehend eachother and we will no longer be able to communicate.
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Brilliant! I am impressed. I'm sure the curve of the eaves didn't make it any easier...but damn you did a nice job! Congratulations!
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