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honeylocust — While it Decays
Published: 2004-05-06 17:04:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 923; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 98
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Into sweet decaymy mind does fall
as rain ticks off time,
I hold still.
The trees murmur
and whisper to the wind,
while the bog is silent and foreboding.
I know my feet will sink
if I try to walk on water.
Early leaves spin and dance
to the ground.
It doesn't need me,
and hypocrisy breeds like rabbits.
The world decays.
Nothing like finding a book of your own angsty teenage poetry to put you in a creative mood. I actually remember writing this one...it brings back a lot of vivid memmories of the Woods.
Anyway, onto the picture. I would like to say thank you to men's magazines for sometimes publishing artistic photos of nude women. It really helps me out when I don't have a model. I'm pretty happy with how this turned out but any constructive criticism is welcome as I am more than willing to make it better.
this is a resubmission of my last deviation. I've altered the background so that it is no longer a bunch of messy scribbles. I scanned the picture in darker but it still doesn't look as good as it does in real life. Thank you for all of the constructive criticism.
2B and 3B Pencil
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Comments: 50
no problem, it's really nice.
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Wonderful - I love her pose and I am baffled by the way she is sculpted by both, the lines and the shadows each time I look at it.
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I really like it and I would like to see it in full colours.
Pietro
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Thank you! I hadn't really thought of doing this one up in full colours, but now that you mention it I can only think, why not?
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I think it's a really good one for a painting. Please let me know if You will do it!
Pietro
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I have a few other ideas brewing in my head that need to get out first, but I think I will eventually do this one in colour.
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Wonderful, I think it will be fantastic in acrylic or oil. Keep the original photo as a model, for the light and shadow; it will give a feeling of realism to the artwork!
I am looking forward...
Pietro
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So very Beautiful! Now that I see the full view I'm even more amazed. To me, this is just stunning and it shows what a tremendous talent you have. This one defnitely deserves a fav!
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Thank you so much for your praise. I worked long and hard on this one and I'm glad you enjoyed looking at it 
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You can absolutely tell. You're hard work definitely paid off! Great job and you're very welcome! :herat:
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So very Beautiful! Now that I see the full view I'm even more amazed. To me, this is just stunning and it shows what a tremendous talent you have. This one defnitely deserves a fav! :herat:
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I love this! I really like the style, the thick outline of her body is a really cool touch. There are so many little things I like about this, the hands, feet, simple background, details in the hair, etc... And her face. I could go on. Anyway, nice work.
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Thank you. I tried to make every detail stand out by giving it a really flat background...guess it worked
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wow, this is AMAZING!!! i love the shading, and the way you did her skin.... it's amazing!
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haha! thank you for your words of praise 
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lol, i have a tendency to overuse that word sometime, hehe
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I really love this pic.. she is very cool.. great job.
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this is damn good
excellent job with the eyes and shading in general
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thank you
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Gmorning.
I do like the piece (I'm also a sucker for elves, lol), but I do have a couple constructive criticisms...
The cheek on the left is higher than the cheek on the right. Her eyes are also a bit large (though they're often drawn that way on elves, so that might just be your reference). Something is bothering me about her body proportions, but that's probably just because of the position she's in, which must not have been easy to draw! She does have nice feet though (what you can see of the tendons really makes them look real), and the details in her hair are fantastic. Keep drawing!
Gnite.
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Thank you for your constructive critisism, it is always appreciated.
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being an elf . . .
it's automatic 
i love her thin, strong looking arms
her forward push position
and her button of a nose.
something strange and sad
in her eyes . . . her pursed mouth
makes the effort look concerted
almost, determined.
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thank you for seeing those things. they are subtle, but definitely there. i can't describe the feeling I get knowing those things are seen. thank you again.
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my pleasure . . .
i try very hard
to pay attention
and you do very well
at conveying them
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Much better! I love the pose, the expression. The lighting really shows off the form. Great job. Keep it up.
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Thank you, the lighting looks much better now I agree.
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very cool, i really like how much depth and detail is in the girl and how flat the background is. nice little contrast there.
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thanks! I'm glad it works because I really am just a lazy bumb when it comes to backgrounds
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Thank you! amzing what adding a back ground will do for a drawing eh?
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Maybe use software to crank up the contrast? Like this. You can clear it up well without losing any detail. It's better to scan with normal lightness and contrast, then use software to enhance it later. If you have a good graphics program you can do other neat things, like read the words on the other side of a piece of paper you scanned, or enhance the indents so that you can see what was written on the paper on top of the one you're looking at.
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I'm pretty happy with the contrast now. I fiddled with it a bit before resubmitting andit just started looking really grainy and awful no matter what I did. So I left it as is.
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ooh, just when i thought it couldn't get any better. . . this is even more beautiful now, that shading really is second to none, and i like some of the extra little details you've tightened up a bit. see, this is why i put you in my journal- so more people can see your wonderful work
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if you could only semy face right now....I think my smile might blind you, so it's probably for the best that you can't see it...
thank you
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you have great technique - this is an awesome piece
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