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Commissioned portrait of Millie
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This is so beautifully done. The structure of Millie's head is excellent, and the shading is perfect. I feel as though I could just reach up to my computer screen and feel the soft velvet of her muzzle. Fantastic work!
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*grin* Thanks so much for the comment. Excuse my huge tardiness in replying! I love your little profile pic by the way. One day I will draw your wonderful kitty. Do you think you'll ever get more kitties? I wish my mum would, it's been some years now since our lovely one passed, I miss her.
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You're most welcome, and don't worry, it's quite alright.
omg...I'm floored...thank you so much. I would be honored if you drew my Parker. Thank you.
I did get a new kitty, a little Birman named DaVinci ( [link] ). He isn't Parker, but he's a very sweet, affectionate kitty, with a personality all his own. I need to get new pictures up of him soon, he's grown so much since I took that one.
Again, thank you so much for offering to draw my Parker. I can't wait to see it. I have other pictures of him, if you'd like to see them and use one of those as a reference.
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Such lovely pencil work.
Did you complete this commission using a photo reference, a live model, or simply your memory? All would be impressive, but I would be shocked if it were the latter. The confirmation of this horse's face is captured perfectly, without the natural tendency to roman-nose the horse, or make its mouth parrot-like. Furthermore, all of the wrinkles are in the right places for the pose. You show an excellent understanding of a horse's facial structure, which is a rarity with horse artists.
The shading and resulting contrasts are almost perfect. Do you tend to use the same one or two pencils and then layer them to get the darker shading, or do you switch to a heavier lead for the darker parts and use a wide range of pencils in your work? I am still trying to break away from the tendency of trying to complete the picture using the same, single pencil (simply altering the pencil pressure, or layering the lead), and would be interested in knowing how you achieve such a broad range of shades.
One of my favourite subjects, horses are. They were already made beautiful by nature, and the challenge is simply left in capturing that beauty.
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Wow, thanks for such a lovely comment
Thank you again for your wonderful compliments *blushgrin*
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I like your technique, brings everything you do to life!
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really good sgading specially for face hair,hope to see more soon
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Heh, I'm repeating myself in comments, but I'm so glad you like the shading, it was awfully tricky trying to get the contrasts right, I was quite worried about it for a while!
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I love this! The shading is wonderful , and I adore the muzzle! The eyes is very neat , and the hairs on the muzzle are very well done!
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I'm so glad you think so, the shading on this was somewhat of a nightmare!
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That's the coolest shaded nightmare I've ever seen then XD
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Aw thanks! This comment really made me grin
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