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This is a special drawing for me as it is of our old Dog Storm (a Hungarian Vizsla)who had to be put to sleep recently due to cancer. So this drawing is in his memory, to Storm the best dog ever.Mechanical pencils, mainly 2B on A3 Bristol Board.
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Keith, Sorry to hear about your dog Storm, I have a son his name is Storm he was born on a morning of a bad summer thunder storm so be it that was his name I gave him. The drawing you did is beautiful I really like the shading and the way you did Storms eyes. from Monica God Bless You
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I love the way you drew those eyes! There is so much personality and emotion in them 
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Thanks he was a very handsome vizsla
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What a beautiful commemorative piece. You put a lot of effort into this... and it shows. I'm terribly sorry to hear about the passing of your dog, Storm, even though it was many years ago, but I'm sure there were many fond memories to overshadow the sad ones. Again, lovely work.
-- Mitch
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thanks for you lovely comments, bit of a late reply I have been away from deviant for quite a while
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You're most welcome, and no worries.
-- Mitch
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I honestly must say that I didn't follow any of your works after i left the forum. To my regrets there are some artists that loose in my sight. I'm very sorry about your dog. The drawing looks awesome and got much soul in it!
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beautiful pencil work, he has a has that "what that look on his face"
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this is one of the most beautiful dog drawings I have seen on this site, let alone in my life. You are very talented. I'm so sorry for your loss. May Storm rest in peace
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Wow thank you so much really glad you like it so much, it was very much a work of love.
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Outstanding work! You did a great effort on his leather!, and pretty emotive
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Aw, I'm sorry for your loss - he was a beautiful dog, though, and the work is stupendous
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Thanks yeah he was a beautiful dog, very handsom
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this is a beautiful drawing. Sorry about your dog, Storm.
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Keith this is an absolutely beautiful drawing. It looks like you've captured the soul of Storm. I'm so very sorry that he's no longer with you, but I hope his memory stays alive through your drawing.
On a different note, you've done such a brilliant job of this, if you have any suggestions for how to achieve such realism when drawing dogs I'd love to hear them. I'd like to draw my own dogs one day, but not before I can do them justice.
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Hi Lauren thanks for that, picture hangs on the wall now and I find myself stopping and staring at it from time to time...
As far as tips goes I'm not sure what to say really, I use similar techniques as I use for my pencil portraits just with a lot of painstaking little strokes to get all the fur in. As with any portrait I always think its the eyes that really capture the subject so I always try to get those right first. The fur I just built up with progressively darker pencil strokes until I got the sesired effect.
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Im sorry. Great drawing. Something you can keep forever and every single time that pencil hit the page you put love into it.
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I'm sorry for your loss. This is a wonderful tribute.
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Thanks it was kind of a sad and happy drawing to do as it brought back all my memories of him as I was drawing it
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You're welcome. I understand what you mean.
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That's a cute dog, sorry about the loss.
A very good drawing too, very detailed and I love that you see the fur so clearly
Beautiful.
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Thank you, I spent a long time putting all the fur detail in, I wanted it perfect.
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You're welcome. Effort well spent then! Looks perfect to me!
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Aww, very sweet. Im sorry for your loss.
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