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Published: 2010-10-08 06:42:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2846; Favourites: 111; Downloads: 47
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Do keep in mind, this is just a practice run.
I plan to do some more work tomorrow, but this was simply another one pieces to take the rust off my hinges so to speak. 
Ultimately I just had fun with this one!
You can also find a close up of this particular iris and the technique I use here!
And I promise ~roarsaystigers and *Allendra3 I WILL get to work on your manipulations here soon!
Really just glad to be back. 
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this is awesome!!! i keep wanting to photoshop something like that to the iris but i can't!!!!!!! mind giving some help please ?
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Thank you!
And sure I'd be happy to help. 
I created a tutorial of how I manipulate my eyes, it's a bit outdated and created in GIMP but it should still work well in photoshop. Here's the [link]
I also plan to create a tutorial based on this deviation, so hopefully that should be of some help here in the near future.
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ohhh THANKS (:
the link doesn't work
it's great cause i use GIMP too! looking forward to the tutorial!
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Oh, I'm sorry. Here it is again [link]
If that still doesn't work it's the featured deviation on my old userpage ~LoupxEnxargent616 .
It should be to the left of the screen when you view it.
And that's awesome! I'll definitely let you know when the new tutorial comes out.
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wow i just tried it! it's awesome xD
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And thank you!
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You're welcome
I'm gonna see if I can take of my painting in a few.
I'm using acrylic paper and not canvases so.. it kinda curled a little.
I'm gonna do my next three on my 8 x 10 stretched canvases though.
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I definitely need more practice though.....
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Again, that's the only way to develop awesome skills with acrylics.
Practice.
And you learn to layer and blend after a bit as well.
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I like doing the details, but I run out of paint on my brush easily, and being raised on pencil work, I have a bad habit of making many short strokes instead of one long one..
and then there's getting too much paint at once..
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Believe me I know all about the too much or too little paint problem.
And my habit's almost the exact opposite, because I worked with paints more I always want to make long, curved strokes.
Same reason I can't draw or sketch in GIMP.
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Pencil is just really my thing, lol. I've been working on a pencil portrait in Art Academy and it's coming out great.
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I know what you mean.
And I can't wait to see it.
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I've really been taking my time on it, I just wish my options weren't so limited. This is literally what I have:
2H, HB, 2B Point (sketch, etc.)
2H, HB, 2B Flat (shade, on it's side, etc.)
Eraser Point
Eraser Flat
That's it unless I switch to Paints (which I'm not), but if I were, here's what I have at my disposal:
Small Round, Medium Round, Large Round
Small Flat, Medium Flat, Large Flat
and I have the ability to have No Paint, +1, +2, +3 paint, and No Water, +1, +2, +3 water.
And although I can mix colors, it's still kind of limited.
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Better than anything I have as far as pencils go. Though I do have about a total of five kneaded erasers or so. One of my favorite traditional tools, as well as one of my favorite sculpting mediums as well.
I also have tortillions {paper shading sticks} but I don't use those all too often.
I have no idea how many paintbrushes I have. I have almost every style and size in everything from harsh bristles to horse hair.
Took about ten years to gather that kind of a collection.
And explain that +1, +2, +3 system to me. Never heard of it before.
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I have 8B-4H graphite pencils, some are different brands too and react differently to the paper. I also have a bunch of different kinds of paper, I'm running out of the kind I like to use. 
The +1 system is just how much paint or water is on there. +1 is little, +2 is in-between, and +3 is the maximum amount you can have on your brush at a time.
IRL, I usually end up with about +8.
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See, total traditional graphite artist. You know what you're doing the majority of the time. Jeez, you give me even a mechanical pencil and I drag the graphite all over the place.
And I usually end up there too!
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Yeah... I don't like mechanical pencils. 
I wish I could have you as an art teacher.
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No, that's why I only sketch on printer paper.
If I actually want to do substantial work I usually use my sketchbook.
The acrylic paper with pencils sounds like an interesting idea. Let me know how it works out.
Aww! 
Why?
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We do the same thing
I think you'd be able to help me with my painting. We just... work well together.
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Well I'm sure you'd be able to help me with my graphite pieces.
And we really do.
But you know what they say about great minds.
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wow... 
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I agree!
The stock pics belongs to ~aluc23 and is simply amazing.
Her photos are just screaming to be used in deviations.
Glad you like it though!
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Thank you very much!
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