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FlyingSaucerTeacup — Self Portrait 2
Published: 2007-04-22 21:39:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 2163; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 26
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Graphite pencils on smooth paper.Not sure how long...
Oh, and, I moved the WIPs to the scraps, but if you want to see them
WIP 1= [link]
WIP 2= [link]
WIP 3= [link]
EDIT: i finally used a scanner! it's truer to life now.
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Comments: 82
thank you very much! that's very kind of you
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Geeze you paid a lot of attention to detail on this O.o
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Hah, thanks.. I certainly tried to!
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Fantastic work! The lips are especially wonderful.
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Thanks so very much!
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Wow this is really amazing.. o.O It looks lika a photography... Just.. amazing..!
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Hah, thank you very much!
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This is really amazing! I admire how realistic it looks and I love the perspective, expression, shading!!! I love evewrything! Congratulations for such a lovely drawing!
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Thank you so very much! Ha ha, I really do appreciate your comments and enthusiasm!
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that is really cool. i love the mouth and eyes especially!
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Thanks very much!
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that's totally amazing! I wish that one day I'll shade that good
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Thanks very much!!!
After stopping by your gallery, it seems as though you're well on your way.
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Thanks so much!!!
And thank you for the favorite.
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this is absolutely shocking.
i bow to you.i seriously have never found another artist our age as good as you in my life
how do you draw your hair?i always have problems with it?and how do you recommend drawing darker areas?
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oooh thank you!
i always hear about "layering" the lead and people compare it to painting and it just screws me all up but that really helped
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Haha wow, thank you so much. That is extremely flattering!!!
I usually do the hair in sections, typically I use a super light pencil and mark out where the darker areas are. After that, I pretty much do it randomly, I really have no method... (you can tell on this WIP [link] ) Honestly, I have no idea how it turns out like it does... If somehow I figure it out, I'll let you know, haha.
And darker areas you can do a number of different ways. It's best to wait to do those last 'cause they smudge easier (although I never do because I have close to no patience...) but I either use a 6B and then go the other way over top with an HB or 2B, or you can find a 9B pencil, which are REALLY soft, and sorta hard to work with, especially in small areas. But they're super dark, and pretty sweet!! For the darker areas on the face, I always make them too light (not on purpose, it's just scary to make it so dark!) and then I end up going back and just going over all of it with more layers to darken it. (there are actually places that are still too light, but that's okay) Anyway, i hope that helped!
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Thanks so much!!!!
I hear we're having a 
That's super rad!
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Thanks so much!!
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you're welcome!
i do some experimental photos but not from studio..
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Sweet! I'll check out your gallery.
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i know!
thx a lot for the watch!!!!!!!!!!
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Really REALLY loved it. The shades and lights, the eyes, it's brilliance... So well done. Awesome.
I also love to draw the eyes, it's fun 'cause it's difficult, eheh! It's challeging!
Great job! Cngratulations.
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Thanks so much!! I really appreciate the comment, the favorite AND the watch!!! You're awesome!!! 
Eyes are definitely the most fun to draw, indeed They hold so much emotion and detail, it's incredible!
Thanks again!!!
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woaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
thats some nice drawin...
loooooove it
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Haha, thanks!
You're very passively enthusiastic, i like it, hahaha.
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Gorgeous work! the eyes are just stunning, and the different textures, skin, hair, clothing, are very well done. I lalso like the emotion, the feeling of the picture. Great job!
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Thanks very very much for such a meaningful comment!! I really appreciate it. 
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well, you sure did change between your Id and this drawing (having looked at both pictures for 10 seconds now..)
but seriously, i really like this, i read the comment of *Simzzzz and i agree with him. i really like the fragile, kindof hurt look in the eyes, the emotion of it all, gives a real touch to it. kudos!
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Hah, yes I have changed quite a bit in a year... and not to mention my hair is not blond anymore, but blue and brown, which makes it translate to black in a photo void of color, but that's beside the point. 
I'm very glad you like it, and thanks very much for the favourite!! (again) For school, I believe I will be doing more self portraits, because I'm the only person I know that will sit still long enough for me to draw/paint(some people let me paint ON them though)/create art from/etc... Plus I have a history of changing my hair colour quite frequently, like a chameleon, only not, 'cause unfortunately I only have boring bifocal vision and I can't articulate my eyes independently of each other 
And, as I told Simzzzz, this is probably the most serious artwork to ever be created by these (and by 'these' i mean 'my') hands, but nonetheless I still like it, for some reason... who knows!
Anyway, thanks very much for the comment, although you didn't necessarily ask for a novel in response, I suppose that's just what you get for commenting so kindly and thoroughly.
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holy shit it looks like a fuckin photograph, the eyes look amazing. and yes i do love sunsets haha
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Haha, thanks! The eyes are the most fun to draw. Yes, yes you do. haha
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holy shit it looks like a fuckin photograph, the eyes look amazing. and yes i do love sunsets haha
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great drawing, you have manged to get a lot of emotion / drama into the piece which makes it very interesting, like the cropped compostion adds to the overall aesthetics. very competent drawing skills.
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Thank you very much! I appreciate the comment immensely. You are one of the most accurate realists i have ever seen, and I can only aspire to acheiving your level of skill.
This is the most melancholy and serious drawing I will probably ever create (especially for a self portrait), as I am typically not a very serious person, but the intensity and emotion was intentional, so I'm glad you picked up on that.
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!!
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You did extremely well for a self portrait, they are very hard to do as one tends to glorify the image to make themselves appear more pleasing and how you think people want to perceive you, and there is always that instinct to leave out certain elements. pores, blemishes, marks, etc.. this is what contributes to our identities, you are obviously working from photographs so stay true to what you see and include all these and the work will appear very realistic.
I should also comment on how your work has incorporated a great sense of the photographic properties, the slight blurring and shallow depth works well and gives the impression of a photograph. the hair especially.
Great work and I will look forward to your next artwork.
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Thanks very, very much!
I've always battled (as I'd assume any realist does at some point) with that urge to create what you think yourself and your viewers expect to see, as opposed to duplicating details as you see them exactly. I was working from a photograph, because I deemed it wise to first nail down (or at least attempt) photo-realism before I even toy with the realm of hyper-realism. Thanks for the advice, very much. Any constructively critical comments are very much appreciated (especially from extremely competent and advanced artists such as yourself), as I am always striving to improve (as I'd imagine most artists are, correct?)
And thanks, once again! I think it's interesting how perception is altered through photography, and how light and shadows and depths and blurring are different through a single lens as opposed to two eyes. (although the latter seems much more difficult to translate onto a two dimensional surface!)
Thanks, I look forward to creating it.
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Nice, I think this is your best piece. Good work on the texture of the hair and clothing, and the reflections in the eyes.
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Thanks so much! Yeah, I definitely spent the most time and patience on this one..
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