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LucaTedde — Stellina WIP_04
Published: 2005-05-31 08:03:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 6865; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 672
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Still working on 's portrait. I fixed the shadows of her nose, and added texture to her skin.After having rendered some shadows with a thin brush, I'm using a kneaded eraser to highlight some of the skin under and above the eyebrow.
Reference picture --> [link]
Pencils on paper:
* Derwent pencils (from 3H to 5B)
* Black watercolor pencil
* Arches hot-press watercolor paper
20 hours
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yup, but in a dry mode - no water added.
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Eww... quadruple post. argh.. I guess I didn't see page three -blush- sorry!
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lol.. how much perseverance!
thanks a lot for the comments
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Ah, my last comment disappeared! 
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This is quite lovely. 
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this is just so amazing.....it look scompletely real. i was convinced it was a photograph untill i saw your pencil and brush in some of the pics. its just so...real....
i noticed (mostly in the newer pics) that there are a lot of highlight working stuff. do you use something for then like white charcoal, or just leave the spaces? it looks so amazing.....i am dumbfounded, really....
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thank you! I don't use white chalk I just leave the spaces as white as the paper is. I draw "around" them or erase them with a putty rubber or some blu-tack .
I've also bought an electric eraser , but after having done this drawing, so I didn't use it here.
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wow.....see, i tried that, but it just never worked....of cource, i use a pink eraser which i'm told is bad), so thats prolly why....
did it take you a long time to get up to this level of....awesome? i know the whole 'practice makes perfect' thing, i tell people that myself, but did it take you like....years? (no offense or anything....im just curious)
o, and thanks for the links!
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I've always like to draw a lot. I've started drawing portraits at the age of around 18-20 then I stopped and started again a few years ago. I'm thirty-one now..
I think the "improvement" started when I started to observe a lot more other people's work and tried to understand how to render facial features in a more realistic way.
Never stop to observe and to learn, it's a long process but it leads you of course to another level.
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hmm...yeah, i've been trying....
and actually, i think i have improoved at leas a little...
your work is just amazing. for th elongest time, before i started exploring other medias, grapgite was all i had. i thought i was good...but then i saw deviantArt. artists like yourself just baffled me (and still do!)...its just so...beautiful. like....in your pics, i absolutely thought it was a photograph. you would be crazy good at tatoos...especially portraits.
thank you so much for the advice, i really appreciate it alot...
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Wow, this is amazing! O_o
And I love that you've taken your hand and tools in the picture.
And I saw the finished picture, you're really talented! Great work!
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thanks a lot!
yeah during that process I enjoyed taking pictures of "me drawing with all my tools"
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How do you give the skin texture? I'm totally going to try the paint brush thing next picture I draw (and boy I need some good paper the computer stuff just aint cutting it anymore)
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I add graphite with a paintbrush, then I erase some dots with a kneaded eraser, then I add graphite again with the paintbrush just touching fastly the paper with the point of the brush.
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Your work is absolutely insane, I love it. You wouldn't be planning on creating a tutorial anytime, would you? I've done two portriat attempts, and they've both turned out horrendous. The realism you create is wonderful
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yeah it would be nice to create a complete filmed tutorial... maybe in a future!
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WOW OMG! thats AWESOME DUDE! wish i could draw like that!
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.... how does it have something to do with my 20 hours spent on Stellina's portrait?
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That is brilliant, you're definitely a great artists. I love how the eyes are so realistic. The shading thus far is great, I should try out shading with a paint brush.
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Wow, utterly fantastic so far. How do you use the brush to shade?
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uhm... 
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Gotcha. Might have to try that, the next drawing I do. Sometimes it feels like the shading stumps aren't precise enough.
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Oh... I suck at using pencil stumps... when they're sold, there should be some kind of attached manual about how to use them... because I find they're so complicated to be used...
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Eh, I don't think that. They're great for giving things texture, but I find them to be a real pain in the ass to use for large areas that need a consistent value. Which is probably why I don't do portraits of women. Can't get 'em smooth.
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Just loving thw way this is coming out!!!! Thanks for the WIP explanations. It really helps!!! I'm new at this so excuse my nieve questions...did you use the thin brush with graphite powder to create the shadows?
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yeah... though I don't use it really loaded with graphite powder, I just rub it on a dark area to load it and then I caress the paper where I want to create a delicate shadow.
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Thanks for the advice! I never tried that technique.
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That is amazing... it's really coming along beautifully.... 
PS -- thank you for taking the time on my report, I am sorry I never recieved it!!
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Yeah I'm sorry too that you didn't receive my email...
It seems you can receive my notes, though.
I'll send you my text by notes service... and so I'll do next time
I'm glad you like how the portrait's turning out.
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Thanks so much!! I've really appreciated all your help this year 
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Amazing detail.. seems like her nose would come out of the paper.. great work!
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that's amazing
how on earth do you make it look so realistic
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Uhm... I don't know...
I really don't know how the drawing will be at the end... when I start there's just a white sheet of paper...
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ooooh......i love that cute white little thingy you're holding
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