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rough painting of the 3 legged raccoon I saw a couple days ago. Calling it finished because I don't have the patience to do more, haha. Bored of it. Also, the time is way off, multitasking.

elly (Jan 16, 2014)

Awww, sweet draw but I feel sorry for the fella :(

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Stone of Birth

elly (Jan 11, 2014)

Always been going to draw my birthstone, yellow topaz, but somehow I never found a ref that inspired me enough to put forth the effort…..till this one

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Miss_DJ (Jan 20, 2014)

and name it George, Dan? So pretty, Elly!!!!

Fly (Jan 20, 2022)

good work

elly (Jan 20, 2022)

Thanks fly!

davincipoppalag (Jan 20, 2022)

I remember this one!

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FISH AT PLAY

madscientist111 (Jan 12, 2014)

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davincipoppalag (Jan 13, 2014)

koi.. nice!

elly (Jan 13, 2014)

I love this :)

Wraith (Jan 14, 2014)

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Untitled

Roytje (Jan 12, 2014)

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Felistorm (Jan 12, 2014)

Love the colors and reflection!! :)

lori (Jan 13, 2014)

this is so beautiful, I thought for the longest time that it was an abstract, then it hit me this morning what it is! lol

Wraith (Jan 14, 2014)

ooh pretty!

Suntan (Jan 15, 2014)

Beautiful. :)

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Passionate Waters

elly (Dec 10, 2013)

No ref, just started in and went with it....I don't do this often enough! Enjoyable tho....

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davincipoppalag (Dec 11, 2013)

looks stormy!

elly (Dec 11, 2013)

That, it is dave......

madscientist111 (Dec 13, 2013)

Lovely, mysterious feel!

firecracker (Dec 14, 2013)

This is beautiful!! I love it.....:)

curiosity

thinbear (Nov 23, 2013)

ref used: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TjlUbs2yALg/UQWah1sg6eI/AAAAAAAAADU/jtABF5-_Q4E/s1600/animals-pictures-cat-eyes-macro-photography+%282%29.jpg
may "debug" tomorrow

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davincipoppalag (Nov 23, 2013)

nice job on that eye

thinbear (Nov 23, 2013)
drawn in 32 min

fixing the fur

elly (Nov 23, 2013)

Very nice painterly style! Nice use of color too! Ironically enough, I used the same ref and did a drawing of this as well some time ago...here's the link if you care to see :)
http://www.ratemydrawings.com/drawings/photorealism/415490.html

thinbear (edited Nov 24, 2013)

I think yours is better than mine! Such as the cheek, I can definitely recognize the outline and relief easier

Here's what I think: (could be wrong as most of my experience/tutorial are from internet)
I used to paint animal by drawing their fur, one by one, slow yet I thought it was "accurate".
Later I figured out using photo as reference is better than real object as the focal point is fixed. The unfocused area should be blurred or using a softer brush. (In a real object painting, your eyes auto focus wherever your stare at, I made this mistake for a long time)
Later when I see Roytjes' amazing art on 2draw, I learn that using "rough" "in-completed" brush stroke to represent the non-focused area/unimportant part (instead of blurring it), elevate the feeling of the whole picture to another level. It is very different from the realism painting I have been practicing.

It is hard for me to jump to his style, could be I am missing some basic lessons and lack of sufficient practice. (I tried several before and they turns out giving a very sloppy with weird color tones >_<) I think I can somewhat manipulate in "pixel level" well, but not "brush stroke" level yet.

In this drawing I intend not to "jump too far", experiencing somewhere between his style and realism where I am more comforted with.

About the color, someone taught me I can break down the color for lighten and shaded part; taken a green leave as example, the sun lit area can be colored with lime yellow or even yellow on the edge; the shaded part can be darken with blue or black. I sometimes even shift the color tone for fun, but not always success.

It is hard to express abstract things in second language, hope you understand. :)