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Zoeymandel [2011-08-03 05:21:12 +0000 UTC]
Awesome drawing, love your work how'd you become so good?
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xDember In reply to Zoeymandel [2011-08-03 06:55:35 +0000 UTC]
Oh god, this is nearly five years old! xDD; I really need to redraw him, he's one of my favorite characters. @@;
As for your question, just practice, really. I've never been to any art classes or schools or anything, if that's what you were asking? ^^'
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Zoeymandel In reply to xDember [2011-08-03 19:48:12 +0000 UTC]
Well how long have you been practicing? Your really good.
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xDember In reply to Zoeymandel [2011-08-04 01:08:13 +0000 UTC]
Pretty much since I could hold a pencil, really.. ^^' Canines have always been my most active subject.
I didn't start consciously trying to improve until I hit around eleven or so, though; then I drew for hours every day, sometimes anywhere from four to twelve hours or more total, and many with few to no rest or interruptions.
A lot of the time, I'd draw the same thing over and over, because I was never satisfied with it and had to keep starting over.
I didn't start getting any level of real skill until I was around sixteen, though, when I got my wolfdog hybrid, whom I studied every single chance I got: his anatomy, his movements, his body language; how he looked from this or that angle or perspective in one pose or another...I'm not exaggerating when I say that I owe at least half, if not a lot more of my improvement solely to him, for having a living model to be around constantly. <3
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Zoeymandel In reply to xDember [2011-08-04 07:37:43 +0000 UTC]
O wow, see canines are my most active subject also, I'd love to have as much time to draw as you but i'm always busy, so I only have about 1-2 hours maybe every other day. And I only started when I was 11, and i'm only 13 so I wish I was as talented as you, love your work. <3
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xDember In reply to Zoeymandel [2011-08-04 09:05:07 +0000 UTC]
Hey, just do the best you can do. <3 And I wouldn't advise "practicing" as much as I did, anyway..I'll be twenty this month, and it's left me with moderate nerve and joint damage in my drawing hand. ._.;
Not to mention, even if I'm pretty good at drawing canines, I still can't do wings, humans, felines or horses, all of those being subjects I'd literally give my left hand to have a decent level of skill at. uu;
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Zoeymandel In reply to xDember [2011-08-04 20:10:25 +0000 UTC]
Ooh, i'm ok at drawing other animals, I just can't draw anything but animals haha, and wow can't believe you messed up your drawing hand that really sucks, can you like try to fix it or something?
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xDember In reply to Zoeymandel [2011-08-04 20:48:30 +0000 UTC]
After nine years with it only progressing and getting worse?.. xD Nah.
I've asked about surgeries, which are tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and which have a very slim chance of actual success, yet a more probable risk that it might render me unable to use it at all.
It's just what happened, I know tons of artists who've drawn far more than I have in my life, and they're fine. Guess you could say I got dealt a bad hand, eh? xDD;
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Zoeymandel In reply to xDember [2011-08-04 21:33:51 +0000 UTC]
haha, well hopefully it won't get much worse, your still very talented and I think even though your hand might be bad you should still draw.
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airhead77 [2007-12-14 21:14:33 +0000 UTC]
One of the coolest drawings I've ever seen. Awsome Job! Love the silver tint to the fur and also the amazing blue eyes! This is definatley going into my favs!!!!!
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bixrd [2007-10-03 00:45:13 +0000 UTC]
I *really* like this character design....
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vengeofthestars [2007-10-02 11:11:04 +0000 UTC]
oooo what aprettyful puppy ^^ and i like the tail. lol i think your scanner tried to eat it a lil bit tho didnt it? damn sanners >< lol
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xDember In reply to vengeofthestars [2007-10-02 11:18:01 +0000 UTC]
He looks more smooth and silvery in real life, but since it actually looks extremely like the original on paper, I'm /not/ complaining -- this poor scanner /has/ done a worse job before. XD Thanks for the comment on him. n__n
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vengeofthestars In reply to xDember [2007-10-02 11:23:07 +0000 UTC]
it looks like the scanner kinda made the whites like, glow a bit, or mebeh thats dA or my screen lol. but i know colored pencils dont do that so someone is to blame here! << ...>> lol XD
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xDember In reply to vengeofthestars [2007-10-02 11:34:44 +0000 UTC]
Actually, I used metallic silver pencils and white charcoal-chalk for the white. >3 I sort of like the glowy effect. In real life, if you tilt the paper under a light, the metallic parts are all shimmery, though. :3
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vengeofthestars In reply to xDember [2007-10-02 19:51:51 +0000 UTC]
ooo thats neet. i luv shineh stuff! lol
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xDember In reply to pho0b [2007-10-02 10:09:34 +0000 UTC]
nn; Thanks a bunch. I'm really honored to get such nice comments, especially on art I started months ago. Honestly, thank you. :3
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