Last Showcase of the Year

[Shashakiro]

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Breathtaking. You've got some real talent there, Shark.

[scorpio1690]

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We have a !

Honestly, this is just breath taking. The self portrait really shows how much hard work and effort you put into it. I admire how well you draw your eyes.

[Grandiagod]

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I hate to be one of the crowd, but you're freaking awesome there DS.

The las pic especially blew my mind. Good work. You get a Grandi approval point, for whatever that's worth.

[JurseyRider734]

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Nice work 8) I think 4 is really cool, and obviously the last one is really nice. You can tell you put a lot of work in to it. What are the dimensions of the paper on that one? Was it really big and you cut it down?

[darkshark]

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Dimensions were 18x24 on the final, trimmed a bit, but not by much.

[MEGAginge]

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Dear god this forum has gotten emo...


However, great art. Congrats.

[lord_carbo]

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3, 4, and 6 are great. Obviously, with the extremely detailed hair and realistic face, 6 is the best.

Great work you've got there!

[Tokzic]

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May I ask how you got the hair effect in the final piece? It looks incredible.

[darkshark]

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For the most part it was drawn strand by strand, and the small highlight details were done by rolling a kneaded eraser into a small point, and then dobbing it in charcoal shavings, which lightened the hair miniscule amounts, giving it a pretty decent light refractal property, the hair took about 10 hours to do, and was in ONE sitting.

[Windscarredfaith]

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Nice work. :] I basically think what everone else is thinking... so yeah, not going to say it.

Have any pieces in actual color? You seem to veer away from that.

[sleeplessdragn]

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Holy ****. I was taken aback already from the short eye sketches. The self-portrait made me go O_O.

[darkshark]

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Have any pieces in actual color? You seem to veer away from that.

I have a few pieces in color, but it is in no shape or form my medium of choice.
I have a few decent water colorings, and a pastel or two, but I don't like them all too much, I would much rather continue on with my charcoal and pencil work, because I'm not all too fluent in the blending of colors, which usually results in an off-toned mess, and I like being able to erase my mistakes. xP

[JasonKey]

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Bumping this as it should be ... really remarkable work!

[JurseyRider734]

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I have a few pieces in color, but it is in no shape or form my medium of choice.
I have a few decent water colorings, and a pastel or two, but I don't like them all too much, I would much rather continue on with my charcoal and pencil work, because I'm not all too fluent in the blending of colors, which usually results in an off-toned mess, and I like being able to erase my mistakes. xP

I didn't see this before, but I agree. I do the same kind of thing, I don't really enjoy working in color. I've always done better in black and white, it's much more simple. I really need to work on my coloring effects and all.

Speaking of black and white drawings, I think I'm actually going to color this one for some practice (drew the b+w version in about 15-20 minutes in an English class one day)



and I guess I'll just post this in this thread too because I don't want to make my own for two drawings

[SethSquall]

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Ooo I like them Jurs. Was the last one in coloured pencil and HB or something?