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Published: 2008-01-12 03:49:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 7080; Favourites: 310; Downloads: 0
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Woo, finally found a place in New Zealand that sells prismacolors
and open stock at that, for $2.50 each Gordon Harris, Newmarket, Auckland (they deserve the free advertising).So I bought all the pinks and peaches, some replacement pencils and a few other cool colours.
I'd been wanting to do a variation on this photo [link] by (used with permission) and decided to make the hair a bit more exciting, almost like it was glowing which gives a bit of an unreal feel to it.
21x21cm, upwards of 16 hours.
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The luster on the hair looks amazing, and I love the eyes.
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Hey I featured this piece here [link]
Keep up the good work, it's beautiful ^^
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i love the picture overall, but i especially love the eyes<3
did you use colored pencils for the inter work?
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sorry typo lol. i ment to ask if you used color pencils for the entire picture=]
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I like how you handled the hair which, in my opinion, can be the most difficult part of a portrait.
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It's beautiful 
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I genuinely thought this was a photograph when I first clicked on this 
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Your work has been featured in the following news article and journal: [link] and [link] ! Thank you for sharing your work with me!
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Wow! You drew this? I really thought it was a digitally manipulated photo! It's beautiful!
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This is absolutely beautiful. I see the innocence radiating in her expression, especially her eyes! Her eyes are very pretty at that!
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$2.50??? that's highway robbery >_<
as for the drawing, i think a little bit more could be done to the face to make it look 3-dimensional. the hair looks kick-ass though! i wouldn't change a thing about it
~christine~
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It's pretty much the cheapest I can get pencils, and I was lucky to get these at all, stupid americo-centric suppliers
Thanks. Yeah, you're right the shading wasn't exactly perfect, that's why I'll try to do better next time
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i'm sure you can get prismacolors on ebay for cheaper. try there. if not, look them up on a yahoo search engine. maybe you'll get lucky. it just makes me mad when i see people charging an arm and a leg for art supplies. we as artists shouldn't have to suffer because we thrive on art.
~christine~
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I just checked and some of them are cheaper by the pencil, but I'd have to buy like the 72 set to get any new colours. I'll think about going there once I start using up my old ones.
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that's a good idea. they go fast. especially if your sharpener sucks
~christine~
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Wow very nice colors are amazing
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Really cute and well done. I love the colors. Great job!
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The colours on this are vibrant and the details are flawless!
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