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Description Don't draw Alex nearly enough and since all I want to do is portraits of late, he had his turn ;3 But rather than just leave it greyscale, he gets a slight sepia tone, 'cause he's all 18th century-y as a pirate an' all 8D I just rarely draw him because I never feel I can get him right/do him justice - he's my oldest character and I'm always sceptical about getting him down on paper. Still, I'm happier with this than anything I've done recently in the past year (aka the two thumbs at the bottom, both of which are meh). Which is, like, two things, haha xD

To match:

(these two are boring in their grey glory, as they're metallic
Texture - [link]

It's not like I have better things to do than draw constantly at 1am. It's not like I have essays up to my eyeballs on Roman marble ships, museum websites, dissertation crap and an old boat full of Playstation controllers and toilets to write >.>

Alex Sheppard's miiine c:



And just for the lulz since I was looking back at Alex pictures... for those who get disheartened about their artwork - I swear, you can improve and you will improve, 'cause look at the state Alex was in 3 and a half years ago xD If I can make him look at least half decent in that time and get rid of those horrible tentacles on his head, you can do something similar xD
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Comments: 43

ClassicJazz8 [2014-05-11 00:51:03 +0000 UTC]

Could you send me that link again please?I wasn't thinking when I sent that last message. Oops..
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Cherrypie26 [2013-07-19 23:44:12 +0000 UTC]

the eyes are very soulful

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Sheppard56 In reply to Cherrypie26 [2013-07-20 00:49:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you C:

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Cherrypie26 In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-07-20 01:22:45 +0000 UTC]

very welcome

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EDMeadArt [2013-05-10 19:31:59 +0000 UTC]

This is excellent!

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Sheppard56 In reply to EDMeadArt [2013-05-10 21:58:10 +0000 UTC]

Thank you C: ^_^

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EDMeadArt In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-23 17:42:27 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing!

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CountessFoxington [2013-05-07 12:11:02 +0000 UTC]

He. Looks. Awesome.
A pirate you said? I think I like this guy.

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Sheppard56 In reply to CountessFoxington [2013-05-07 18:24:24 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeed, a pirate C: A pretty pathetic one at that, since he's too soft and sissy really, but pfft, haha xD

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CountessFoxington In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-11 08:56:49 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe~ He's still awesome cuz he's a pirate.

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Ondori-Mizu [2013-05-05 06:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful ^^

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Sheppard56 In reply to Ondori-Mizu [2013-05-05 16:19:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you C: <3

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Ondori-Mizu In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-05 21:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Nothing ^^

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Ezmerla [2013-05-04 02:20:58 +0000 UTC]

Great idea with the strong collar bone and neck line. Makes him seem strong. Hubba hubba lol

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Sheppard56 In reply to Ezmerla [2013-05-04 18:38:56 +0000 UTC]

Thaaanks, strong necklines are ~manly~ ;D

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Ezmerla In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-05 00:22:07 +0000 UTC]

lol, i agree

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LEO-GENDARY [2013-05-04 02:08:49 +0000 UTC]

It is pretty good, what I like is how detail is the hair have you tried to do portraits of you or other people?

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Sheppard56 In reply to LEO-GENDARY [2013-05-04 18:38:40 +0000 UTC]

Nah, I haven't tried myself or others - I'm not confident in drawing women, so that rules me out, and I don't really draw any others besides my OCs - there's no 'real' people that catch my eye enough to usually warrant me drawing 'em.

Thanks :3

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LEO-GENDARY In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-05 05:21:22 +0000 UTC]

I am not that good either but I usually give it a try, sometimes I even amaze myself! As for OC I always keep creating new ones and kinda forgeting the old ones Ā¬pāŒ'

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Sheppard56 In reply to LEO-GENDARY [2013-05-05 16:19:25 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I don't really have that problem because my OCs stick around ;3 They're more literature based characters who occasionally get drawn, so it's hard to forget about them when they're a main character in something, haha xD

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LEO-GENDARY In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-06 09:06:05 +0000 UTC]

that is good for you! I will try to draw mine over and over, but, well, with my job I get really tire and I just want to go to bed most of the time. However why I am awake at this late of the night, well sometimes I need to chill while surfing the net. ^-^

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Meek-penguin [2013-05-03 14:46:13 +0000 UTC]

I love your minimal use of color on semi monochrome ones, and thanks for the encouragement/inspiration

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Sheppard56 In reply to Meek-penguin [2013-05-03 18:11:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you C: And you're welcome too ^^

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Peter-CaliferGames [2013-05-03 14:28:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, only 3 1/2 years between the two, pretty fast improvement there.

Tentacles...lol...I still draw tentacle-heads...

I think this Alex portrait is my favorite of the three characters here, too. What are you painting in, and where did you get that texture? Is this all just done in photoshop?

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Sheppard56 In reply to Peter-CaliferGames [2013-05-03 18:10:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks C: It's all done in Photoshop with the standard hard round brush with pressure sensitivity on etc etc. The texture's from - [link] - I'd just forgotten to link it in the description as I'd done with the other two >.> It's two versions of the same texture on top of each other, one at 100% and on multiple, the other at about 45% on divide and moved slightly to one side ;3

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Peter-CaliferGames In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-03 20:58:18 +0000 UTC]

Great work, I really thought you had to have used some other brushes. Proves again that it's the artist, not the tools you use, that matters most.

Thanks for the texture link, I didn't know people made such awesome free textures

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LegoVasavouchi [2013-05-03 02:19:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh ho~my. What lovely eyes you have Alex, m'dear. I ... hmmm.

okay so brainfart because suddenly i can't think of anything to say but then i guess maybe a stupid comment with lots of words that don't actually say anything is still better than no comment....

OR MAYBE NOT, COME ON BRAIN


I AM SO SORRY

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Sheppard56 In reply to LegoVasavouchi [2013-05-03 18:07:08 +0000 UTC]

D:< I am oh so offended by your comment of words. Those precious few seconds I spent reading your comment...? Gone forever D:

<333

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LegoVasavouchi In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-04 05:45:38 +0000 UTC]

askghlahdslk nuuuuu I knew it :c

:'D

omg unrelated note but I just learned that "quite" in Britain means something different than how I would use it; like, when I say I quite like something I mean I really like it, quite = very much, a lot. But then somebody said Brits say quite = mildly, meh. (or something, I'm so smrt) IS THIS TRUE??? And if so, if I ever said I "quite liked" your art or anything along those lines, know that I meant I liked it very much, not "meh" okay??? D: alghakldsghakfhlk *tiny language barrier*

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Sheppard56 In reply to LegoVasavouchi [2013-05-04 18:33:15 +0000 UTC]

I totally typed out a response to this then thought, pfft, we should talk via note because we could have so many awesome conversations off of art xD (or it'll die instantly, but I TRIED! xD So your answer is in the note I'm about to send 8D

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UltraLiThematic [2013-05-03 01:06:36 +0000 UTC]

He looked so innocent back then. Now he is all mature and dangerous. Like a pirate!

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Sheppard56 In reply to UltraLiThematic [2013-05-03 18:05:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ;3 He's probably still not exactly mature or dangerous, since he's a bit of a softy for a pirate, but he'll get there one day xD ... Maybe >.>

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Bleu-Bells [2013-05-03 01:05:45 +0000 UTC]

HOT-A-WHAT

woah talk about an improvement there hun C:

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Sheppard56 In reply to Bleu-Bells [2013-05-03 18:05:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh bby ;3 Thanks C:

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xxyuikoxxyamazakixx [2013-05-03 00:43:01 +0000 UTC]

looking hot

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Sheppard56 In reply to xxyuikoxxyamazakixx [2013-05-03 00:45:56 +0000 UTC]

Haha, thanks C: <3

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xxyuikoxxyamazakixx In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-03 00:47:02 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome

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TheIdealMistress [2013-05-02 23:49:43 +0000 UTC]

OMG so cute

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Sheppard56 In reply to TheIdealMistress [2013-05-03 00:07:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you C: <3

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TheIdealMistress In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-03 00:09:45 +0000 UTC]

welcome

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PunkStar49 [2013-05-02 23:47:08 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME

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Sheppard56 In reply to PunkStar49 [2013-05-03 00:07:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks C:

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PunkStar49 In reply to Sheppard56 [2013-05-03 00:07:47 +0000 UTC]

np what friend for right

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