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Spectrum-VII β Four years of practice
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Published: 2015-11-05 05:10:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 3547; Favourites: 122; Downloads: 0
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Just thought it'd be cool to compare my two attempts at drawing Daniel Craig, finished four years apart. Poured a lot of hard work into improving my pencil technique, hopefully it shows!Related content
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even if I don't like that guy at all, I'd say 2011 looks better. no clue why, maybe just because the light comes from another direction or so
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This looks wonderful.Β The lines are soo crisp and clean.
I would love to know what you did to improve your pencil technique so that I myself can have a go at it.
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Honestly, there's nothing specific I can point to-- as long as you try to make every new thing you draw better than the last, improvement will come naturally. I'd suggest getting a sketch set that includes a good range of hard and soft-leaded pencils; 8B for dark areas and at least a 2H for the light areas.
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Thanks.
I think I'll change my pencil set. I dislike the ones I am currently using.
Thanks again for the advice
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Your work appears to be more sharper. There's a lot more confidence evident, as well! I like it! Good job, buddy!
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both look good. i like the new style more. Β at first, i didn't know it was done in pencil (i thought it was done in digital). Β it looks very sharp, smooth, and detailed. great improvement.
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You improved so much in the past 4 years, I'd like to see Cedric or Scott drawn like this in pencil. It would be so awesome
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No idea how to pull that off, but maybe I'll give it a try!
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It would be cool, if you can't do them maybe you could make a realistic looking anthro character using pencils.
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4H-8B sketch set and HB mechanical pencil.
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I went a little overboard with the wrinkles back then
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changed his hair style as wellΒ Β Β .Β
Spectrum-VII ,Β well jokes apart, the progress you made as an artist is brilliant, i wish i could draw like you do.Β
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How long have you been drawing when you drew the first picture?
Awesome artwork btw!
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I think I'd been drawing for about three years at that point. Thanks!
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I feel like they're similar, but you definatly learned to use negative space better! 
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Good to hear, thanks ^^
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I love how you've pushed the darks and lights in the shading. It makes it so much more dynamic. This is something I've been working on in my own work as well. I also love the texturing on the turtleneck.
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Thanks! That's the major aspect I was hoping to improve.
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Weird as it sounds, I actually like the older one a bit better - however, that has absolutely nothing to do with your artwork's quality, which is absolutely beautiful.
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That's kind of surprising, but thanks ^^
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The first one already looks so good. And now you improved much more! Very well done. Both pics. I have to say that I like the second one because of the contrast in it and the very good pencil technique. Both thumbs up for this
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There's a definite improvement
...You even made him look younger xD
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Oh dang, didn't even notice that-- I tried to make the wrinkles more subtle in the recent one, but I guess they were too light for the scanner to pick up, so... he gets an unintentional facelift!
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Ha, I don't think Daniel Craig would mind looking younger than he is
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This is awesome! Your grey tones improved tremendously, along with the sharpness of your shadows and the accuracy of your drawing. Now to see how much you'll improve in 4 more years ^^
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Thanks, good to hear! Hopefully I can keep the ball rolling
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