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Published: 2005-01-01 16:06:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 4137; Favourites: 140; Downloads: 302
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While unpacking from my recent move, I have stumbled across some more work I had tucked away. I was going to put this in my sketch section, but just wanted to change up my deviation page.This is truly a sketch, and came from one of the rare sketchbooks I tried maintaining. (I tend to always draw on loose sheets of paper.) This was about an hours worth of work, standard soft lead and mechanical pencils.
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Excellent lighting - good drawing skills. Excellent hair.
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Crimafreakinnitty that's awesome! Such form and such mystery! Got a great attitude and emotion.
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Thanks for the kind words, and taking the time to stop by my gallery.
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Thanks... I had a lot of help from the sun when I worked with her!
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i've gone through your entire gallery..and i'd love to comment all of them..and i will as i get more time to do so..
But i like this one best..i know from viewing some other drawings by you that you've got a sort of obsession with drawing detailed hair..and that is the biggest reason i like this...and the contrasting shadows on the face..
i like everything about this drawing "Sketch" as you call it..its simply gorgeous
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Thank you so much for the kind words, and taking the time to look at my stuff.
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oh this is just lovely!to call it a 'sketch' makes me shiver! my stuff are sketches in comparison! what a lovely portrait, i love the way it just trails off and you've used such strong contrasts...its a very subtle yet bold image
truly inspirational
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Thanks for the kind words. I guess I use the word sketch when I work in Pencil, and this in fact was one of the rare times I working in an actual sketch book. Maybe that influenced me in calling it a sketch.
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hehe, its great - i want to do something more like this myself...probably to prove to myself I can draw without a mouse haha!
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I just started drawing with a mouse myself. I do not know if that is really a good thing for me seeing as I already spend abuot 10 hours a day in front of this machine for work. Traditiional art would be a nice break, but I am having fun painting with my tablet!
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Wow... and you say this is just a sketch? It's fabulous!
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Glad you liked it, and thanks for the fav.
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I was going through your gallery and decided that I couldn't egress without leaving a comment. Any of the pieces you have included would merit praise, but I chose this one because, well, I guess I really like monochrome!
I enjoy the way that you portray hair, not just on this work but on all of your images in general. Just structured enough to give it shape and flow, yet organic in it's feel.
My favorite part of Kara has to be the area around the nose and mouth. You have really captured the planes of the face as the shadow curves around the left side of the mouth and spills out over the chin. Also, that one stray strand of hair that comes from the left temple, crosses the nose, and leads the eye back over the left cheek! Very nice.
I also like the way that you rendered the shadows in general. Not a flat black, but one that has depth, allowing for a little reflected light to be cast around a bit. Thanks for sharing it! Looks like a favorite to me!
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I am glad you like Kara, and found so many points of interest. I love working in pencil, and if the world was a different place I would probably spend most of my time working with it. It has always been my first love, but now life, and work seem to keep me from her.
I have always loved hair, and it is the single most enjoyable element for me in my work. The part that I feel is for me to simply get lost in. It captivates me as I work. I believe each strand has an expression all to itself, and each strand has something to say. Either that or I am as loopy as people say I am.
I do not know if this always comes across in my work, but I approach my drawings, and paintings from a sculptural point of view. Maybe it has to do with the plaster casts I used to work from in anatomy class, or more recently with the 3D software I experiment with for work. It is probably both.
Shadows... They can never be flat. They need depth so that mystery and intrigue have a place to call home!
Thank you so much for looking at my work. The Fav on Kara, and taking the time to share so many of your thoughts with me. I really appreciate it.
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Good thing when we become speachless, we still have keyboards!
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That is so brilliant and beautifully exicuted! Such dramatic lighting and work in the shading.
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I am glad you liked it, and thanks for the fav as well!
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Very impressive. very dramatic. I think this is one of your stonger works. Man, you've got skill with hair!
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I am glad you liked it, and thanks for the fav!
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Great job with the light and dark and those individual hairs.
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This is truely beautiful, wonderful work.
You make me want so much better of me. Wow.
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As always thanks for the kind words. I hope by next weekend to finally be producing some of the new ideas I have swirling around in my head. Right now they are just spending time with the voices up there!
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Just so long as there's no arguing goin on up there.
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Thanks.
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Kelso
Once again nice picture love the shadows and texture of the hair. By the way Marcel and I will be out in the Eastern US this Thurs. and Fri going to checkout Staples Studio in Farmingham Mass near Boston. Hope you had a great Holiday.
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Hey Stevie-
I have been to farmingham... make sure you and Marcel have some lobsters, and some Clam Chowder for me while you are out there. Had a good holiday, and I hope you enjoyed yours as well.
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holy crap. wait. let me express myself in (hopefully) more eloquent vocabulary... this is .. gorgeous.. the contrast is amazing.. not to mention the hair which i usually half-ass, being not able to create such a life-like rendition... gah. *runs to check the rest of your gallery*
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Your so called less eloquent expression is just fine with me. No need to clean up your vocabulary on my behalf. Plus it puts a smile on my face!
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Pencil is where I started,a nd will always be my first love. Thanks for the fav!
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Hair is my obsession... you should know that by now!
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wow great job, i love the detail in the hair, just amazing work
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I live for the details, most of all the ones I find in hair!
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