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oddballoffun — One Eye Blind
Published: 2006-07-27 06:17:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 1703; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 17
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look at me with your blind eyeit sees clear what others won't...
judge me with soul not sight
trying out a new style of drawing... and i can safely say i'm pretty satisfied! this is one of those few times where things just work. i'm especially proud of the monocle...
please any constructive commentry would be excellent!ballpoint, biro, bic, whatever you call it in your land... i call it pen. theres a fair amount of whiteout on there as well. took me about 3 days on and off, around a4 sise... much thanks to superior skill with the border and text, i seem to be completley PS impaired.
all of this belongs to me, oddballoffun. don't steal, copy or rip or i will set my devilcats on you. its all copywright see?
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Aww thanks heaps! 
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You're very welcome. I was going to put in a few more of your pieces, but in the end thought that I had way too many as it were. Maybe next time.
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you did it with a ballpoint pen. Damn very nice work.
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what a fascinating, yet kind of creepy face. Nice work!
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Wow what an intresting style! I like it alot... Very nice concept too... the shading looks good... can tell you spent alot of time on the hair- it looks really good 
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lovely, really passionated! keep up the greaty work!
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I may sound like a weirdo, but I love those eyelashes...
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eyelash fetish!!!
no, its ok, i love eyelashes too!
thanks
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Hahahahah! It's not really a fetish. They're just REALLY awesomely done.
I've tried drawing and shading in ballpoint pen, but it just doesn't work for me ;__; Any advice?
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you need a good pen first, throw away all the tacky $1 for 20 bic ones, you need one which is really smooth to write with, like... glides. (i sound like a huge freak saying that
for the shading you need a fair amount of controll over the pressure, just skim it over the paper so it leaves a line without leaving a dent.theres only so light you can get it before it stops working, so you space the lines further if you want it to have a lighter effect or blend.
its easier to start with bold lines and shade in from there, and use short strokes like you would if you were cross hatching, if you go back and forth make sure you take the pen from the paper when you change direction or you get a glob of ink
i suggest you invest in some whiteout too, the pens are best coz they dont lump unevenly like the brushes.
aaand, normal paper you buy for your printer is the easiest, suprisingly, coz it has the least amount of texture, which hacks at the smoothness of your light lines, and makes alot of the globy stuff happen.
i hope i help, i love seeing people work with biros, they have a great effect
good luck
oh and i only just realised how awesome working in multicoulor pens are! i havn't got me some but =megoboom has got some amazing work in them
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Ahh.. I've been working on crappy sketchbook paper that has a slight texture to it. I only recently realized that smooth paper is best for ballpoints. My pens are kinda cheap but not TOO cheap. I love the multicolored ones...
Thanks for the advice ^ ^
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s'alright! good luck with it 
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thanks for the advice, but i think it makes more of a statement in b/w.
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Very creative, a bit scary though, but I like it. Although the hands could use some work, in comparison to the head they are quite fragile and small.
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thankyou, yes alot of people mention they are too small, i modeled them off my own, which are tiny compared to everyone elses, so i can understand where they coming from 
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Welcome, and well then I can understand it. You are welcome, keep it up
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thanks
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Welcome, and well you don't need to, just explain why she has small hands
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Nice level of detail, Rhiannon. The amount of time and energy you put into this really shows, from the shading on the hair to the overall proportions. Although the eyes are large, they fit very well with this style of rendering, which is a type of charactature.
I also like the cleaness of your linework in this. Excellent job on the monocle, btw. It looks like it is postioned exactly where it needs to be!
Keep up the fine work!
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Your more than welcome!
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Beautiful drawing, with a very personal style. One of my fav works in your gallery. ^^
Much thanks for 
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Amazing use of lines first off. I like the concept for this one and the way you've completed this one with all that use of line it's really quite something. Not to mention her one eye is so doll like and bold
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