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I can hear the pound of the hoofbeats and I sorta feel like I'm choking on dust when I look at this. It's one of my favourite works I've seen on this site. I've come back to it many times and can sit and look at it for long periods because it evokes a place and time for me.

Artiste (Jan 16, 2006)

thank you very much :) I am flattered.

sorry it took so long to say "i love you"

frootcake (Jan 2, 2006)

been away for awhile, so home and got plenty of urge to draw, saw this video adn thought it was beautiful.
I suck at linking

feel free to comment on art + music + video <3<3<3

15 comments – latest 4:

HunterKiller_ (Jan 2, 2006)

Hmmm... fascinating piece. Colours are great.

Zack (Jan 3, 2006)

I really like this. wonderfully surreal.

terracotta (Jan 11, 2006)

Peter Pan meets Picnic At Hanging Rock. Music sounds like the 70's band Yes in Icelandic. Love your picture.

kejoco (edited Jan 11, 2006)

This is a great picture but my first instinct was to laugh
I just pictured people heaving themselves off the cliff and falling, and the body position of the first guy together with the fact that he is out so far made me laugh

I'm actually a fan of sigur ros, and i am a fan of this drawing as well

Soft Beauty

Aswell (Jan 1, 2006)

Rams: Every goat's dream. reffy

18 comments – latest 4:

Rosemary (Jan 2, 2006)

best lookin' ram ive ever seen drawn.. beautiful picture :)..and im an aries (the ram) in zodiac :) love the soft look of the fur

woah_pockster (Jan 2, 2006)

yeah as clox said, it's clean. I love this and it makes me want to hug it. :[ :] nicely done <3333

Zack (Jan 3, 2006)

I like the style in that it feels like brushstrokes are in it. v1 is more overt in that respect.

tom_joad (Jan 9, 2006)

Incredible draw, smooth use of colors

K.O.

Jessor (Jan 1, 2006)

I dunno... proportion practice. c+c plz :)

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davincipoppalag (Jan 2, 2006)

Good action in this..you can almost feel the punch..

TOL-CREW (Jan 2, 2006)

you got knocked the $%^* out!

Opium (edited Jan 2, 2006)

you got it down, definetly! I like the way you did the head, it gives it alot of action. the only criticism I have is maybe have some shading on the left arm to draw it back more, like right where the elbow fold is...and are the nipples up too high? I think they might be more down and slightly askew outwards...but I could be wrong :) nice picture though!

Facial detail practise

alwaysLearning (Dec 7, 2004)

This started out to be practise just doing an eye and eye area, but sort of grew into a larger view. I'm practising the details of drawing faces, and this is one of my first from-scratch attempts to do so in colour, using oekaki. Yes, I know he (she?) is pale. Please let me know if the skin tones are so light that the shading isn't showing.

I fully expect to come back and finish this, but family responsibilities have been interrupting so much I thought I'd better do a safety save (and yes, that means that the timer is off, by quite a bit).

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davincipoppalag (Dec 7, 2004)

I'm just glad to see you back a.l.

alwaysLearning (Jun 18, 2005)
drawn in 2 hours 58 min

Well, I'm trying to get a bit more anatomical accuracy, depth of concept, and visual interest going on in this picture... ...but I still can't tell if I got the skin colour too light or not. Regardless, I think my next edit will probably be my last.

Yes, that is intended to be a blade centered between his/her eyes -- I haven't decided for certain if it's an arrow, or a spear, but I'm leaning toward arrow. Speaking of which, I'm hoping to address the perspective problems next time.

It may not be much of a picture, but I'm pretty happy with the eye, overall. Any useful suggestions for improving it (especially the eyelashes, which don't look right, and I'm not sure why) will be gratefully welcomed.

Here's to hoping to come around more often, and hoping that the intervening months spent working on sharpening my artistic skills are actually showing results. :)

Artiste (Jan 2, 2006)

Well, Im new here so I feel a little weird giving advice, but it seems pretty obvious to me that you need to 'let go' a little in your painting. There is a tendency in beginner painters to noodle with a painting for too long. Loosen your strokes a little, and dont be afraid to f-up the peice. Its not the sistine chapel. The eyelashes dont feel right because I think youve messed with them too much, and now they look perfectly symmetrical. If you look at a photo of a person's face you will see that eyelashes dont actually look like little hairs, they look very often like a dark area, and if youre looking up close, you wont see every hair, but rather a few hairs here and there. Your modeling is good... and the color part of eyeball is very nicely done.

Opium (edited Jan 2, 2006)

you've definetly got a great start! I agree with artiste, the eyelashes need some more work. the eyelashes on the top lid, you shouldn't see till about the end of the iris, then it should gradually be little lashes, and the ones on the end on the right, should be defined...you could even show a few eyelashes on the left side too, but those are very short and not as dramatic. the bottom should be very faint. and is that an eyebrow ring? I'd get some references of them and just look at them, where they're placed, and how their shadows look. It's a good piece so far! and I like the pale skin :) It fits. Keep working at it! It might help to get a mirror and use yourself kind of as a reference

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Opium (Dec 31, 2005)

10 comments – latest 4:

kristine (Jan 1, 2006)

CRIKEY! this is fabulous! that braid is so well done, ...i hate you >:] i cant do that! this is great! omgee!

davincipoppalag (Jan 1, 2006)

Legolas always sounds like those little plastic blocks kids play with, or some kind of Italian food. Great hair drawing..

Opium (Jan 2, 2006)

hehe sure you can kristine!
ty poppa :)

JK-Arts (Jan 6, 2006)

Very well done the uniform and the hair are amazing.

They Stare Into the Sun

RHISCarts (Jan 1, 2006)

Sketch with mouse

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iloveJesus (Feb 3, 2006)

i love the cross!

Roytje (Apr 10, 2009)

Please come back.

Thanks.

Wraith (Jul 13, 2010)

Looks like the big white cloud is hungry and wants to eat the rose. Excellent drawing.

Miss_DJ (Jul 13, 2010)

wow I never saw this one. It's so moving! I love everything about it.

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Garbo

terracotta (Dec 31, 2005)

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woah_pockster (Jan 3, 2006)

woah. you did a beautiful job with this her hair is amazing and the eye to the left is especially drawing my eyes in. <3 your art is wonderful, do moremoremore :P <3

Buu-dai (Jan 12, 2006)

Wow, this is fabulous! w0w. Breath-taking...in the truest sense.

suzie (Feb 9, 2006)

:O This is beautiful work. such clever tone blending and the hair texture is just fantastic! Can't wait to go see your other stuff now. :)

KuteDymples (Sep 8, 2006)

She looks like she just floated down from the 40's, she is amazing, as you are! True quality work.

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Dwarf Crocodile

Aswell (Jan 1, 2006)

This is a dwarf crocodile on the hunt. Here's the ref. And even though this isn't exactly like the ref pic, I like it better that way.. I mean, what's art if you just copy an image? Art should be an interpretation of your subject. I'm all for artistic liberties.

10 comments – latest 4:

Opium (Jan 1, 2006)

Great job! and GREAT study to do! I love these animals, and their eyes are what make them so freakin adorable. Their babies even have those huge eyes and small snouts. This is a way cool idea for scales *makes mental note* Great job and welcome to 2draw
~from a little mouse :D

Qwerty_Wittle_Fawah (Jan 1, 2006)

how cute is that wittle croc? but definately dangerous :-) Awesome job

Gemmy619 (Jan 1, 2006)

oh wow this is great, i love how u did the skin :)

xiau (Jan 1, 2006)

I absolutely adore the way you drew the eyes <3 You're amazing.
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