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Published: 2010-11-12 08:34:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 2566; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 34
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Graphite pencil drawing of Jessica Truscott
Tools used:
~ Staedtler pencils 7B, 6B, 4B, 2B, H
~ 0.5 2B mechanical pencil
~ 0.3 3H mechanical pencil
~ Canson 9x12 Pure White paper
~ tissue paper & blending stumps
~ kneaded rubber & plastic erasers
Time: 6 days, ? hours.
Reference photo from
Work in progress shots:
*Edited 2/16/11, touched up the chin and hair a bit.
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Comments: 25
A great drawing that shows us that artistic license can be a very beautiful thing.
Sometimes copying a photo isn't good enough, sometimes you feel that you should change a piece slightly or make it different in some way than the thing you got it from.. This is called using your artistic license.
I could go on and on about how the nose's bridge is drawn incorrectly or how the bottom of the chin is not the same shape as the original, but I don't have to because this piece works as a whole and looks like a new person while still retaining it's realism. I feel as if the eyes are Staring into my soul. It really is quite beautiful.
My only real critiques would be that the ends of the hair seem a bit more stylised than the rest of the piece, as does the right hand side of the fabric of the chair which I think should be a slight bit darker bearing in mind the two-point lighting the photographer used for the reference photo.
I look forward to seeing where this artist develops their drawing style into, since this drawing shows me that they definitely have a very large amount of talent to play around with e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Thanks for your critique. I never really noticed that the chin was not right until you mentioned it, now it does look way off to me. I also do like to draw hair different by making it look more artistic and a bit surreal. I seem to learn something new every time I draw something. I've only drawn about 12 portraits in my life so I should get much better over time.
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I'm still always experimenting with different ways to do hair every time I do, so I know what you mean
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First of all I love the documentation of the work! I think this is a great thing to show w/ you final piece. After all we artist don't work hard at creating images
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I can not draw but it seems me excellent done.
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this is pretty good. i like the shading on the dress
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ZOMG this is AMAZING you have so much detail and the shading id perfect, how do you do the eyes? I CAN NEVER DO THE EYES!!!!!
I have fainted from the beauty
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I think is really good. But maybe you could try change BKG - now, when it's in this same pressure of pencil like she, it isn't nice. Looks like one thing. And something is strange in her forehead. Maybe it's to high? But, in the end, I could give you 8/10
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This is beautiful. The rendering of the hair is amazing!
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i love the detail,and the shading is great, you bring out an attitude expression which can be hard to accomplish which makes it like a real photograph. the only thing i see that i would change is the chin seems to off a tiny bit. but you have to study to notice. other wise i think nicely done. i do love the detail.
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this is really good... the shading is amazing!
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