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Stumbled across her while doing a search for reference pictures of birds, and figured this would be more fun to do. (Yay, portraiture.) She was the first female Australian aviator.

First Advanced posting, hope it's OK.

Ref: Link
Edit: Made it sepia in Photoshop: Link, Take 2

I'm actually proud of this one, yay.

16 comments – latest 4:

lycene (Aug 4, 2005)

Thanks so much, JK! I had problems getting the relative darkness and shadows correct, as I work from print-outs, and my printer is almost out of black and white ink. The whole pic ended up several shades lighter, with horizontal lines running through the whole thing (eew)! I didn't want to go into too much detail in the clothing, as I wanted to really focus on the face. (That, and I got lazy). I probably should have made the shadows much purer than they actually are.
Hideyourface, I can't really see the angle difference, but that's probably just me being biased and blind because I drew it. Oh, well, too late to fix it now.

Gigge (Aug 5, 2005)

I like this alot. I think it conveys that sense of free-spirit and adventure that she must have had to compel her to fly.

Renuar (Aug 5, 2005)

Much talent. Good draw. I look forward to seeing more.

Rosemary (Aug 11, 2005)

wonderful picture the expression is just great!

Moroccan Water Girl

Moosh (Jul 31, 2005)

Reference found on Google.

59 comments – latest 4:

Suntan (Aug 14, 2010)

I've come back to this so often!! I can't get over it. :)

Miss_DJ (Aug 20, 2010)

This is one of the best drawings on this site.

Imperfect (Oct 6, 2011)

Amazing depth of color and texture, and what a different choice of subject.

davincipoppalag (Apr 10, 2019)

Was a fine piece

japanese roof

hideyourface (Jul 22, 2005)

my first advanced. tell me what to do with it.

(The lines would be straighter if I actually had a tablet -_-)

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Animegirl250 (Jul 31, 2005)

I like it ^_^

nekodesu (Jul 31, 2005)

Great work on this. The murder looks awesome in this. :)

TaCO (Aug 3, 2005)

O.O Your Color choices kick @ss!!!

vertex (Feb 4, 2006)

facing the truth

zep (Jul 28, 2005)

a kind of gray...

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Renuar (Jul 31, 2005)

it's just like i imagined it. fantastic.

Asriel (Jul 31, 2005)

yeah i like the ones you do like this. they make you think.

sincity (Jul 31, 2005)

Awsome as usual ZEP! I really dig this one. :}

Gigge (Aug 5, 2005)

If truth is the desert, I'll stick to the fantasy. It looks so lush. :)

What lies under

Knockoff (Jul 23, 2005)

Well, first, I'm proud of this one. It combines several of my styles into one.

Secondly, enough with the shitty comments. If you comment, comment on the picture, please.

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Kenshin (edited Aug 1, 2005)

Great picture. I love the lips and her expression.
The background is different from the rest of the picture and that makes it cool XD

DinoFlorist (Aug 1, 2005)

I would say nice things about this, because there are a lot of nice things that you've done. However, when you only focus on other people's negative work (with the exception of the few people you think are too cool to critique), it makes it harder to do that. This picture could be a lot better if you made the transition from the waxy girl a little more consistant. I think you quit on it, which is easy to do. Good job on the nostril and the lips, but the bridge of the nose is weird and the eyes look like the skin is peeling off of it. Of course, it was supposed to be that way @_@! With more practice, maybe you yourself can be in that small group of people that you won't harass. There are degrees of crappiness and your standards are too high. And, there are degrees of tactfulness, and your standards are too low.

starmarked (Aug 1, 2005)

Okay....I just read all of that ^ and I am halfway confused because I think some comments have been deleted/removed. So KO I just want to tell you that I only visit 2draw to look at everyone's contributions and I comment on those that amaze me or those that I feel I can help out with my comment. I ignore and skip over all of the other mess/gossip/in the end just words that have nothing to do with art. This way I "protect" myself from becoming so upset about the latest topics taking place here. That enables me to continue visiting this site.

Now on to the more important thing, KO this is an amazing drawing! When I first saw it and that you drew it, I was soooo proud at how your skills have grown. Her nose, lips, chin, and cheeks are excellent! I like the extra bit of pink/purplish color you have added there. And the teeth add nice detail to her expression (which I also love). The outline of the eyes is not just right, and her eyebrows don�t quite fit the rest of the face. I also think that more emphasis would have been put on her expression and face if you made all of her hair black (or leave only a very few highlights) and remove the partial ear. Make the viewer wonder what is this girl looking at that is causing her to have this facial expression.

I am glad you incorporated your different style in the background. This will be one of those drawings that I think about and have to go back to look at it again. Thanks Knockoff :D

Gigge (Aug 5, 2005)

Welcome back, knockoff. I like the mix of styles.

From his perch...

kejoco (Jul 26, 2005)

I was going to move this to intermediate but it wouldn't give me the option while it was still hidden

Would a friendly neighborhood mod move this to intermediate

thanks

**edit**
I think I'm done with it

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