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I really enjoyed the places that pondering your picture and comment took me. I finally came to this..... Reflection, a place where the heart and mind learn to reside together. Great work!!!

frootcake (Jun 15, 2006)

wish i could spend an hour of my own time this way

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Say bye bye Mr. Worm...

Miss_DJ (Jun 14, 2006)

just a quick 'nightcap' draw to end a fine day. love, Dj

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Sweetcell (Jun 14, 2006)

The early fish gets the dangling worm, and the patient fisherman gets his supper.

And I so agree with you on modern art Hunter. Seems more production these days in the high end galleies than actual focus and meaning.

Miss_DJ (edited Jun 15, 2006)

it's so nice of all of you to stop by and comment. I appreciate all your input. As for wondering what the green blob is, it's a fish of sorts, nearing the surface of the water about ready to nab his lunch. Thank you for your compliments hunterkiller and poppa and you too, sweetcell, and I'm happy you find it interesting, artguy79! I love to just create and not concern myself about making things perfect. It's just the way I wanted it. thanks. ((hugs)) Donna

ps as an aside...I know it takes MEGA talent to create realism and copy exactly what a photo might look like...and I bow low to those who know how to do that, but I had an art teacher say "why create something that already exists, make something of your own." That's what I like to do.

Pantera (Jun 15, 2006)

I am with you Miss DJ :)

HunterKiller_ (Jun 15, 2006)

why create something that already exists, make something of your own."

True words.

Allow me to explain..

Miss_DJ (Jun 14, 2006)

I did this in pieces to explain how I do this to anyone that wants to know. I use many, many different colors and various size brushes to color the palette until I'm satisfied with how it looks. Then I use the difference tool and make any kind of lines I'd like to. Then I'll set the opacity and brush pressure at about 100, and use the desaturation setting. Then I 'carve' out the shapes that I'd like to accentuate. By using this setting, it tends to bring stuff forward, 3-d-ish. I'll choose the sharpness tool next, highlighting any parts I'd like to for sharpness and 'sparkle.' Finally, I'll grab the blur tool at full strength on opacity and brush pressure and make the background appear even further back, which makes the 'carved' objects appear that much closer.
So, that's what I do. Not sure if that's a clear enough explanation, but since some of you wondered, I thought I'd let you know. I left the upper part of the draw alone to show you the difference of how it looked before I started playing with the different tools.

ps...THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE NICE BIRTHDAY WISHES! IT'S BEEN A LOVELY DAY!

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Sweetcell (Jun 14, 2006)

Well I was right, you used the sharp tool and colored the piece first. :D

Thanks for the explanation Donna, I know there are a lot who'll appreciate it (me being one of them)

Go find the present I made for you.

davincipoppalag (Jun 14, 2006)

A volcano that spews forth stained glass! Glad you had a great birthday~

say i do.

tandrew971 (Jun 14, 2006)

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Sweetcell (edited Jun 14, 2006)

Well, everybody needs a wedding feast after.

And if you get married today you get a coupon for Al's large deep fries.

davincipoppalag (Jun 14, 2006)

Vegas even has a drive-up penis enlargement place.. Can you imagine the attendant? "Yes..would you like to supersize that?"
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tandrew971 (edited Apr 3, 2008)

thanks dba and poppa

davincipoppalag (Jun 15, 2006)

hehehehe

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'kay

Violette (Jun 13, 2006)

Ugh, you know what? I DON'T LIKE THIS. STUPID SHI-PAINTER GOING SO SLOW I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE.

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Sweetcell (Jun 14, 2006)

Terrible of me to say, and slap my wrist, but she looks like a naughty maid. Ok, done now.

Like it Violette X]

Violette (Jun 14, 2006)

Thank you!

SYTHE (edited Jun 14, 2006)

This might be your best picture yet, I especially like the coloring.

TammyF (Jun 15, 2006)

Very eyecatching!! I like the shading and color choices!!

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?????????

Lucifer (Jun 14, 2006)

Oi,2draw!

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Axil62 (Jun 14, 2006)

Now go to your rooms and think long and hard about what you've done!

Sweetcell (edited Jun 14, 2006)

Go Zack go, I agree this is getting out of hand. Maybe it is the same person but my God, be civilized people, I feel like I'm in grade school and everyones bullying the new kid. You want respect, show some as well. And stop with the gay bashing thing. *sheesh* kids.

LOL Dan.

Zack (edited Jun 14, 2006)

I appreciate the support but I would rather see this subject dropped entirely. No further comments by third parties, please.

Backstabbed_and_broken (Jun 15, 2006)

Zack is right i want to be left ALONE.

lantern

tandrew971 (Jun 14, 2006)

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davincipoppalag (Jun 14, 2006)

I'm glad you like this place, because we like having you here. I am enjoying watching you learn the tools, because I know soon there is going to be some "blow your socks off" stuff outta you.. hell...the candle already is~

tandrew971 (Jun 15, 2006)

you are so sweet poppa, thank you.

DeadlyBlondeArcher (Jun 15, 2006)

I see such an improvement and so much growth every time you post something, won't be long before you're rockin' the boat, here. :) (OH, and don't let that dirtbag talk you into taking your socks off, not even your socks!!!! :)

tandrew971 (edited Jun 15, 2006)

thanks dba..

Grapes

TammyF (Jun 14, 2006)

I don't know........was going to draw fruit, was thinking of grapes, started with the backround, began playing with the tools and this is what it turned into.

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tandrew971 (Jun 14, 2006)

i do that alot. most of the time i never draw what i start out. i like this, the color is pretty :)

Sweetcell (edited Jun 14, 2006)

When grapes dream it's in 70's technicolor. Ola Tammy.

TammyF (Jun 14, 2006)

Thank you Tiffiny, must be an artist thing :~) Oh, Barb! Perfect! Now I know, or at least I think I know, where it might have come from! LOL!!

She only smiles when there are no cameras around

BunnySlippers (Jun 13, 2006)

Since I gots a tablet I decided to try realism... D:

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BunnySlippers (Jun 13, 2006)
drawn in 14 min

@___@ what do you guys think so far? any advice on how to do hair?

davincipoppalag (Jun 13, 2006)

I think it's a pretty good start, particularly since I have no luck whatever on faces. The nose looks a bit too wide? I can't help you with Shi-Painter.. don't know how to use that.

BunnySlippers (edited Jun 14, 2006)
drawn in 1 hour 22 min

it's kinda hard to tell, but she is wearing her hood up. c&c please! :D
outta space. callin' it finished.

Sweetcell (Jun 13, 2006)

I couldn't say Bunny without a ref to look at. There are better people here who are experts at realism portraits so I have no right to say. I do have to say though, and this is eerie, it looks a little like me <8O

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MINE!

The_Chosen (Jun 13, 2006)

meh: I havn't been here in ages

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Felistorm (Jun 13, 2006)

Will be watching this one. Looks cool right now. I like how you've gotten this drawn out so far.

HunterKiller_ (Jun 13, 2006)

Looks promising.

Sweetcell (Jun 14, 2006)

I like this. That's a very colorful dragon, I'm guessing the Rainbow Dragon, the movement you got out of it, and what is the other creature that's fighting him for the carcass? Hmm, something to get used to, dragons being possible scavengers.

Sasuke-fan-Sapphire (Jun 14, 2006)

cool! I love that dragon! =D

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