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JillianLambertArt — Horsehead Breathes
Published: 2006-01-14 06:13:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 681; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 47
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EDIT, 7-29-12: Uploaded a color-corrected scan.My last pic of 2005 / first pic of 2006, referenced from the cover of a 1983 issue of National Geographic featuring Horsehead Nebula.
Prismacolor markers on marker paper.
Rework concept, 2011:
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What a neat interpretation of the Horsehead Nebula! Beautiful, and such a creative thing to do with the reference! WOOT!
You use those Prismacolor markers masterfully. I need to get some next year, definitely... sometime late in the year maybe, and start learning these techniques. One more inbetweener connecting wet media and dry media... right now I'm still exploring colored pencil variations having gotten lots of watercolor pencils, weirdness like Col-Erase and Verithins and Art Stix and pastel pencils.
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*late reply geek* Oh, you'll have a blast with those Prisma markers whenever you can get some! They're amazing, but expensive; they retail for around $3 each. Not as bad as Copics, though, which retail for almost $6 each!
Glad you liked my interpretaion of Horsehead.
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Yeah, they are a bit expensive. I won't be paying retail, I'll get a set at Blick when I finally get around to it. More like about $2 each at Blick, but still pretty hefty. I've never done much marker art so that's going to be boldly going where I've never gone when I do. But I hear they mix well and so something like 24 colors could be going very far with mixing. I'd like to try underpainting Prismacolors with them.
Yeesh there's no way I even want to try Copics. Not. That's just so not me.
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Oh man. This is...FREAKING AWESOME! Instant/must/immediatley
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*master of the late reply* 
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ZOMG!!! Its so pretty! 
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Sex for the eyes.... XD!!! I love you too, Ed!
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Wow.... this really blows me away. You made fantastic use of markers... how do you get that sort of washed out effect you used to layer the black with the otehr colors?
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Prisma markers work a little like watercolors when you layer them several times. Lighter markers such as the Colorless Blender and Cloud Blue, when colored over blackened areas, 'erase' the darker colors or just wash them out a bit. It's fun to experiment with. You can color dark first, wash it out, layer more dark, wash it out again: it can go on and on. Some of the stars, for example, were created by pressing the light marker tips onto black patches; the black dissolves and the original color of the paper shows through.
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thank you so much for the tips! I'm such an amateur with markers
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Crickey! The colours, the composition, the imagination behind this piece; it's all absolutely AMAZING!
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Thanks as always! 
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Thank you! ^___^
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Just remember to bring your cosmic condom!
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*squee* Thank ye, Cameron!
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Beautiful! 
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Thank you! 
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Great picture, fascinating composition! Nice work
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Thank you as always!
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sweet!
it looks like the horse is singing led zepplin!
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Stairway to Heaven, obviously XD
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*slaps head* Makes total sense! ^__^
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Ohhh this is beautiful. Every time I see a photo of the horsehead nebula, I always think how awesome it would be to do a good artistic rendition of it, bringing out the figure....and hey look, you've done it spectacularly. I love the radiance you've given this; now that digital art is so popular, you see people taking shortcuts with certain things, and it's refreshing to see real-media glowing effects on things like stars. Also, the balance of light & dark and the shape of the nebula itself gives it a unique atmosphere, sitting right between chaos and tranqulity.
As always, gorgeous work. I worship you.
((Sorry if this posts repeatedly, my computer is being difficult.))
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Ohhh this is beautiful. Every time I see a photo of the horsehead nebula, I always think how awesome it would be to do a good artistic rendition of it, bringing out the figure....and hey look, you've done it spectacularly. I love the radiance you've given this; now that digital art is so popular, you see people taking shortcuts with certain things, and it's refreshing to see real-media glowing effects on things like stars. Also, the balance of light & dark and the shape of the nebula itself gives it a unique atmosphere, sitting right between chaos and tranqulity.
As always, gorgeous work. I worship you.
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I'd love to do more drawings like this, especially for the Swan Nebula and Eagle Nebula. I geek out over space stuff, from the planets to even cooler things like black holes. (I am so happy we have The Science Channel!) I really admire the detail that artists can put into their digital pieces, but I plan on staying traditional. It's relatively less expensive and it works my hands without giving me one of those "Been staring at the compy screen for four hours" headaches! The stars are fun to make; Light Grey 20% and Cloud Blue are my marker frieeends. You just stick them on darker areas and whoosh! - out pop stars!
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LOL you remind me of my best friend (Actually the sad thing is thanks to her I know what the heck you're talking about).....
Yup, well lovely piece I think I shall add it to my favorites. ^-^
A+!
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*grin* That's great! I'm a geek for space stuff. :3
Thank you very much!
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Oh welcy, can't say that I'm any less of a geek now..... *wink*
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