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Description Valerie Brannigan: He's completely insane!
Thomas Kincade Brannigan: That, and a bit magnificent.


David Tennant as the Doctor in the Doctor Who episode Gridlock, with the most adorable kitty ever on his shoulder.
Pink bows are cool. I bet this is where the Doctor got his current love for bow ties (yeah probably not).

This is my first attempt at drawing something in my Moly (finally ). I had a hard time getting used to the paper, even though I loved it right from the start. Somehow it manages to have more texture than my Bristol paper, but still is more smooth than that Bristol paper. Especially tricky when you're trying to shade properly and keeping things from getting too blurry or too crisp.
Anyway, all in all I quite like it. I even had great fun drawing Ten's hair and the kitty's fur ( I always hate drawing hair)!


Prints of this artwork available at my Society6 shop !  

Done with:
× Moleskine sketchbook (13 x 21 cm)
× .5 mechanical pencil
× 2B, 4B and 2H pencils
× (Pink) Faber-Castell coloured pencils
× Kneaded eraser
× Tissue

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Comments: 115

N0rks In reply to ??? [2013-04-26 20:12:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Lu-no [2013-03-09 17:12:57 +0000 UTC]

hello! i love the shadings in this and i wanna ask if you scanned this drawing? i don't know why but whenever i scan mine , it either always come out very light or the colours are out of place.. do you think maybe you can help me?

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N0rks In reply to Lu-no [2013-03-09 23:32:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
Yup, this is scanned. Hate to burst your bubble but: there's a raging war going between traditional artists and their scanners. Nothing ever looks the way it does in real life, so try not to get too upset about that.
Second: I always scan my drawings, and then edit them in Photoshop. Usually it's enough to copy the background into a layer, and then set that layer to multiply. The original image then becomes darker, which (in most cases) solves the problem of oversaturation by the scanner's bright lights.
However, people have made tutorials on this and all are different as different people prefer different ways of correcting. Here's a good one: [link]

Hope that helps!

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Lu-no In reply to N0rks [2013-03-10 06:14:05 +0000 UTC]

oh thanks a bunch! i never knew they made tutorials on this. thanks again!

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N0rks In reply to Lu-no [2013-03-12 21:34:37 +0000 UTC]

I bet there are a few more if you search dA/the internet!
No problem!

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TrevorCarlsonGay [2013-01-25 06:02:24 +0000 UTC]

this is so damn good

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N0rks In reply to TrevorCarlsonGay [2013-01-29 19:12:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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TARDISgirl2 [2012-12-12 08:02:49 +0000 UTC]

That's fantastic! I've done a bit of drawing but nothing like that. David Tennant and a kitten, how much more adorable can you get?!

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N0rks In reply to TARDISgirl2 [2012-12-12 19:28:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It's probably one of the most adorable things in the world.

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ladypolitico [2012-12-09 02:10:41 +0000 UTC]

I love this scene. One of the cutest companions of the Doctor yet!

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N0rks In reply to ladypolitico [2012-12-09 21:41:41 +0000 UTC]

Yup, it is!

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AlexRose312 [2012-12-08 20:02:42 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love this.

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N0rks In reply to AlexRose312 [2012-12-09 21:41:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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PaulSkywalker [2012-12-08 17:16:42 +0000 UTC]

The shading on this is brilliant. Especially the hair.

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N0rks In reply to PaulSkywalker [2012-12-09 21:41:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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Galaxitis [2012-09-07 18:13:30 +0000 UTC]

Lovely!!!

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N0rks In reply to Galaxitis [2012-09-11 19:25:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Galaxitis In reply to N0rks [2012-09-12 12:06:39 +0000 UTC]

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steepedinwords [2012-07-05 19:12:00 +0000 UTC]

I love Ten's expression.

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N0rks In reply to steepedinwords [2012-08-14 21:18:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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MarieTaylor [2012-05-18 21:57:21 +0000 UTC]

woahh... you aced him love it!!

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N0rks In reply to MarieTaylor [2012-06-01 19:22:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Jeanne-Lui [2011-12-30 19:37:14 +0000 UTC]

Cuuutee! Very good job!

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N0rks In reply to Jeanne-Lui [2011-12-30 21:25:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Jeanne-Lui In reply to N0rks [2011-12-30 22:16:32 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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Qwenbryla [2011-10-04 13:57:29 +0000 UTC]

N'aww! How awesomely cute!

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N0rks In reply to Qwenbryla [2011-10-04 19:34:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Qwenbryla In reply to N0rks [2011-10-04 21:52:15 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! *hands you a cookie*

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N0rks In reply to Qwenbryla [2011-10-05 19:40:28 +0000 UTC]

Yay, cookie!

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Qwenbryla In reply to N0rks [2011-10-05 23:55:30 +0000 UTC]

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM

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EatenRibs [2011-09-17 22:25:29 +0000 UTC]

ow wow this is really incredible yay!!!! wow!!! what a master!!!1 :3 and if you hate drawing hair I do to and I hat backrounds haha!!!

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N0rks In reply to EatenRibs [2011-09-30 20:57:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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caseyhoke [2011-08-15 18:27:01 +0000 UTC]

This is the most adorable thing I've seen (love the episode)

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N0rks In reply to caseyhoke [2011-08-15 19:13:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I love kitties.

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0Hamster0 [2011-08-11 13:15:53 +0000 UTC]

It looks great For some reason I'm more drawn to the composition and 'weighting' of the drawing more than the drawing itself (not much of a DW fan ), but I think both have been pulled off perfectly so that's alright Kitty's little pink bow looks sweet too, even though I'm not a fan of the colour pink, so that's just great, really

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N0rks In reply to 0Hamster0 [2011-08-12 21:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
Great to hear you like everything you like, and also the things you don't like.

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0Hamster0 In reply to N0rks [2011-08-14 00:40:54 +0000 UTC]

That is basically what I said, isn't it? I didn't realise

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N0rks In reply to 0Hamster0 [2011-08-15 17:00:24 +0000 UTC]

You say the bestest things sometimes. I just summarize.

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0Hamster0 In reply to N0rks [2011-08-16 14:25:01 +0000 UTC]

I think it's to do with the experiences of our uni courses: you're used to writing reports and crunching data, and I'm used to persuading people that my ideas work and really don't need another week of work and pile of drawings (please, no more drawings...)

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N0rks In reply to 0Hamster0 [2011-08-16 20:27:38 +0000 UTC]

Makes sense.
Though with this research proposal, I think I'm slowly slipping into your mood. NOT ANOTHER REWRITE.

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0Hamster0 In reply to N0rks [2011-08-17 13:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Buy them their morning coffee - that worked for one guy I knew.

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N0rks In reply to 0Hamster0 [2011-08-17 14:06:19 +0000 UTC]

I hardly ever really am at uni.

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0Hamster0 In reply to N0rks [2011-08-17 14:10:16 +0000 UTC]

...Cyber-coffee?

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torak4renn [2011-08-06 16:59:36 +0000 UTC]

ZOMFG I think I just died from the cuteness!!!! ^-^ awwwwwwww, David Tennant I LOVE YOUU

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N0rks In reply to torak4renn [2011-08-09 19:28:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I guess.

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butterflybabe23 [2011-07-29 07:56:41 +0000 UTC]

you made him look all young and adorable

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N0rks In reply to butterflybabe23 [2011-08-04 20:34:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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musicartlovesmile77 [2011-07-22 16:16:04 +0000 UTC]

YESYESYES

I love ten's hair too! Great job
KITTY
KITTY
KITTY
TEN
Too much magnificence
Not reallly. Just the right amount
This rendered me a little incoherent. That's ok.

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N0rks In reply to musicartlovesmile77 [2011-08-04 20:34:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Oh and that's okay. You'll get back to coherent... eventually.

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musicartlovesmile77 In reply to N0rks [2011-08-15 20:40:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. It's ok to be a little incoherent once in a while...

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