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Published: 2013-05-28 03:01:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 860; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 2
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My second ever attempt at digital painting. Based off of this lovely photo of Colin Morgan.Not sure exactly how long this took. 'Roundabouts seven or eight hours, all told. Maybe a bit more, I dunno, drawing always sucks me into a bit of a temporal vortex.
Drawn on CS2
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I really love every single thing about this piece, especially the colours; those are simply beautiful! I wish I had your eye for details and art skills because wow I wish I could do this haha
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Wowo amazing! I'll never stop loving this show.
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The lighting is gorgeous. I love the way you've painted him and especially his scarf XDĀ
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Oh my gosh this artwork is stupendous. I'm still really learning how to paint digitally and this is really inspiring. What kind of techniques did you use? Like brush or how did you layer the colors? I love the rich purple on his skin. Beautiful work, wow.
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*squashes cheeks* I'm so glad you like it! Eehhhh, I didn't really do much special technique, honestly... I had three layers: the picture I based it off of (just to have it for quick reference - my photoshop doesn't like sharing the screen with other windows, it always glitches) and then a sketch layer, and then the actual painting. To paint it, I first blocked out the basic colors (dividing sections by lights and shadows) and then just started building up detail from there. The brush I used was just a round brush with really low hardness. I changed the size and opacity as I needed and just used a HSB color slider to change colors as I painted. I actually took in-progress screenshots... I guess I could post those sometime.
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I think I just died. This is absolutely fantastic! I love the colours, they are simply stunning. So much emotional depth in his expression... : o
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Holy mother of crap, Maggie, this is freaking awesome.
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Aww, shucks. Thankees, m'dear.
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This drawing...is.. epic!! I started watching the series about a month ago...And I really, really love this character Merlin! So much depth! 
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Thanks! Oooh, glad to hear you started the series. I don't think you quite understand what you're in for, but have fun!
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Oh man, the feels that just emenate forth and fill every cranny of my soul....GAH! Just when I think "wow, now that episode was jam packed with depth!" The next episode comes along and BAM!! Knocks me off my feet!
It's just... so good!!! Seriously. And...The whole brother-brother relationship between Merlin and Author...it's just ....so awesome and sweet!
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