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I'm liking the skin colour with the shade of lipstick--dramatic. Liquids are hard. Could I suggest that you might find it helpful to just draw a single drop of water on skin or some surface so that you can study how the highlight, shadow and transparency work together to give the effect you're after? It's tough to work on a portrait as complex as this and figure out a technique like drawing liquid at the same time--recipe for frustration.

I like the painterly brushstrokes you get with your skin tones.

a quickie

Aswell (Jan 22, 2006)

Quickie is too similar to her ref. What use is a drawing if it's simply a copy of the truth? A copy of the truth is just that, the truth, and lies are a dozen times more interesting. What the heck does Allen Ginsberg want? Why is America so easy to generalize? Why do we believe everything we see on the television? Can't we think for ourselves anymore? Could we ever. What will become of our computers when the Electricty takes off her clothes I can not think of what I would rather want a toothbrush or a toothpick why do i think so much when i draw and why can't i stop thinking now im okay

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terracotta (Jan 23, 2006)

I think this is a very effective picture. I tell myself that I copy the truth in order to teach myself to really see something, not just glance at it, make a snap judgement, store it in a vague memory or dismiss it. I love to draw but I do not have a natural facility for noticing visual details and storing them in my 'mind's eye'. Work that is copied or referenced directly from a source is rarely something that will elicit an emotional response from me, though I may admire the technical skill displayed. I want to believe there is a stage or phase in one's development of skill where the urge to 'speak' or express one's feelings or thoughts melds with one's technical abilities and something I think of as Art happens. I'm not there.

Renuar (Jan 23, 2006)

it's a great drawing, with a nice idea behind it.

mx (Jan 23, 2006)

as terracotta mentioned between the technical skill vs. expression....i have a great conflict between the two myself. I want to do the realism as this great pic, yet, i wanna be freed from the technical restrictions. I have not found my style either and its causing a great deal of frustration i must say.
Great technical piece though for the time spent

HunterKiller_ (Jan 24, 2006)

This is a quickie? Wow, amazing. Very well done, you've captured the alert mood of the bird perfectly.

kiwy foh cam

woah_pockster (Jan 22, 2006)

represent.
THIS BE NUMBA ONE ATTEMPT. and it isn;t exactly a kiwy? rofl :[ this looks more like an elf T_T I SHALL TRY AGAIN.
happy birthday cam :P <3

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Noremac (Jan 24, 2006)

hahah danke ashlins :3

woah_pockster (Jan 24, 2006)

FRET NOT CHILD OF ADAM AND EVE. I shall make you a much cooler one that actually looks like a kiwy :P

Punky (Jan 24, 2006)

That hairstyle is HOT. And im mostly saying that because I have that haircut, but its looks really nice. :)

I love your coloring. <3

woah_pockster (Jan 24, 2006)

lol :] thank you punky<3 you;re one of my favs on here I really love your color choice, content, styling and all that good stuff GOT MUCH LOVE FOR YAH :P <3

School Pictures

TheCrimsonKing (May 25, 2005)

At the school for the totally awesome.

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friend (May 26, 2005)

Ya...I hate school photos also. :P

laurael (May 27, 2005)

Great colors, lines, subject and bg...hell, the whole thing is mahvelous...

sincity (May 27, 2005)

This picture is totally awesome! Love it! :}

terracotta (Jan 24, 2006)

I want to grab him by his firey red shirt and slap him silly. Oh, wait.

Masi

Rudeezy and Punky (Jan 15, 2006)

YOU GUYS WANNA SEE A DEAD BODY?

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Punky (Jan 24, 2006)
drawn in 17 min

My lighting skills = NONE

Rudeezy (Jan 24, 2006)

It's awesome! I'll have to recolor my dude to fit the backround, but you did an amazing job.

Punky (Jan 24, 2006)

Thanks. :D

The styles do seem to clash a bit, but really I like your cel-shading and lineart. C:

Rudeezy (Jan 25, 2006)
drawn in 17 min

I tried to get that glowy effect, but it didn't work so good. D:

finally..

xswirvex (Oct 4, 2005)

..picture changed 3 times :P
hmm dont really feel like coloring it though..
if anyone would like to color it memo me

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xswirvex (Oct 4, 2005)

its unfinished... it'll be over 30mins when its finished.

impolsion (Oct 9, 2005)

:o That's friggin awesome x333

whitebunny1063 (Jan 24, 2006)

I'll colored them!

xswirvex (Jan 24, 2006)

i rather someone more 'intermediate'

Hide and seek

Felistorm (Jan 23, 2006)

Artists block. It is supposed to be fairies playing in the dark forest. ;) really it is. :D

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Noremac (Jan 23, 2006)

its nice, its a bit dark though. hard to catch some of the actual detail

davincipoppalag (Jan 23, 2006)

I like it , too. I may see it some better, it's not so dark on my screen, I guess, I see a lot of details.

~Wolf~ (Jan 24, 2006)

I like this I think it's dark but not to to dark.

Kasey

Becksie (Jan 23, 2006)

FINSISHED IT! <3

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Becksie (Jan 23, 2006)
drawn in 22 min

added some colour.... but the colours go weird on my comp so I have to finish colouring light tones with my other comp... xD

~Wolf~ (Jan 24, 2006)

Cool background.

Curly Horse

mooseflower (Apr 18, 2004)

I saw a bashkir curly horse at the KHP, gotta love them lil hosses...

Well, I'm done... *sigh* I hope I did it justice. Ref pic: curly horse

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mooseflower (Apr 20, 2004)

Hey thanks you all! :D Right on davinci, and yeah DBA, you're right, I think it's cheecks shouldn't be quite so round like that and that ear should start higher.

Knockoff (Apr 20, 2004)

Yeah, the checks should be so round. (unless you had a mouthfull. :)) Everything else looks awesome though.
Great tezture. I like the fluffy cloud.

DrsFan (Jan 24, 2006)

I love Baskhir Curlies!They look so different!This picture rocks and I wish i could draw as well as you

Maiko (Jan 24, 2006)

ooh lovely :3

the curly horse looks like a sheepy X3 so cuute~ <3