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Published: 2012-12-30 11:15:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 2902; Favourites: 71; Downloads: 32
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Nov' 2012A4 Pencil
About 8 hours
You can buy the original, as well as prints of this and others from my Etsy account, makes a great gift
www.etsy.com/shop/Zomboids
Please do not use any of my artwork without my permission
Just for fun, hadn't worked with traditional media for a while and really missed it. Had trouble with the hair and would love a few tips in the right direction!
Thanks for viewing
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Comments: 23
This is fantastic.
I've always been very frustrated by the fact I can't draw. I have no talent or disposition whatever. It is quite humbling to see that other people can do marvels and wonders.
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Thank you, I really appreciate that.
Personally I find drawing just takes me an incredible amount of time, compared to other artists,
I don't consider myself naturally talented, just naturally patient haha
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Thanks so much! Your photography is awesome, I'm gonna give it a proper look now
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Thanks! I appreciate that, and thanks
for checking out my work
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This is so beautiful! Great work! Nice shadding!
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it, thanks for checking it out
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Lovely detail on the face. But the hair are a little too detailed for my liking. Above all they are not single strands but locks of hair, larger masses of shape that cast shadows and reflect light. As the face is the central, most informative part of the piece, the surrounding hair can be out of focus, not so pronounced as to compete with the expressiveness of the face.
The technique looks more like charcoal with the shading and use of eraser, I like it when the possibilities of a medium have been explored- in this case I'd expect to see at least some pencil work, but I guess everybody have their own method. All in all, I can say that it's 8 hours well spent 
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Thanks loads for the kind words and critique!
You can see from my other works that hair is always an issue of mine,
your advice really helps, I think I need to stop trying to draw every
strand of hair and think more on how it forms as a whole.
I'll definately be considering what you've said next time I pick up
the pencil, thanks for the help
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Glad I could be of some help. Keep up the good work and don't be afraid to make mistakes. No amount of time doing what you enjoy is ever wasted. I suggest trying some live model study if you want to really get everything looking right on paper as well as in your minds' eye. When you see the shapes that for instance hair makes, it's a lot easier to get the shading etc. right on paper. Everything has a shape and an inner tension- a photo just shows a moment- a drawing can capture the essence of that moment through the experience of the mediator, the artist.
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That last sentance was pure poetry my friend, I won't be forgetting that in a hurry!
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