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Published: 2012-07-10 08:23:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 230; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 7
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This is Cello. He belongs to . Cello is short for Arxhielho, good luck pronouncing that accurately the first time.It came to my attention long ago that artists simply can't be fuckered to get a single prominent feature of his right sometimes (even when paid), and he's a wonderful character with a soul of his own that really deserves more love than he gets. So I promised his owner that I'd do my best work in a portrait of him sometime.
A lot of what most artists get wrong is still missing here, but that'll be for another time. Face study first... face study first -sob-
I don't know if I like this or not. It really is just a face study. Composition is poop, pose is poop, perspective is poop. I just wanted to work out the features I know I can see in my head thanks to subtleties in his drawn art.
I can't do this guy enough justice. Gaahhh hopeless fangirl. Nrrgh.
(I don't advise stealing him. It'd be fairly obvious. I challenge anyone to think of something more unique than him.)
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Personally, I adore what you've done with his hair. He has lovely, writhy hair that seems to have a life of its own. (unfamiliar with the character)
And I envy your ability to do shadows and depths and things. Ugh. My faces all look flat, even when I try to shade them.
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|D He does in fact have sentient hair. His arms are big copper panels that double as wings and blades, so he lacks hands... so his hair moves. He's fashioned arms out of the two longest locks by his temples. The rest is kind of unruly... but yes, it is alive.
I have learned it is best to be unafraid of putting TOO much contrast in your shading; that's the best way to overcome flatness in my experience. This started off REALLY contrast-heavy and I worked upward from that.
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This is one of the things most artists get wrong, actually. It's kind of amusing.
All his refs are white and yet he still turns out like, caramel brown when artists draw him. The dreads and the accent apparently mislead people?
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He is beautiful. You are beautiful. You are downright amazing and I love you.
hnngnnnnnghnnnn.
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OTL no idea how glad i am that you like it aughrhgh <3 orz orz orz
it's always dicey doing semireals portraits and for me especially who is sort of nub at it thus far
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