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"Who Are You? wait, Who am I?"
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first i have to say your work is just simply beautiful. It's a shame that comments are disabled on your works, when they are so captivating!!
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I cannot agree more with your signature.
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John, I hope you have a great birthday in a few days. 
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I adore your art and passion for true traditional artwork.
Any tips for drawing?
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All I can really say is practice as much as you can. Find a good brand of pencils and work with the various tones they provide. Work on the amount of pressure you apply while drawing. The Graphic pencils I use are made by Derwent and come in 20 degrees.
Those from B to 9B are soft and easily provide smooth tones, these are best suited for shading. However be careful when using them, if you make a mistake you can leave smudges while erasing. Make sure you have a clean rubber or erasing putty, have a wide range and remove any graphite from their surface frequently. They also highlight finger prints very easily, the moisture from your fingers will bond the graphite to the paper, you wont be able to remove it completely. Make sure your fingers are dry and only hold the sides as little as you can, prop the paper on a stand so you also donβt have to rest your hand on it.
Those ranging from H to 9H are non-scratchy providing a lighter tone, they donβt require much pressure to be applied and are best suited for detailed drawings. Be careful though, the graphite is hard and if you apply too much pressure, you can leave marks on the paper, which will show up if you apply shading later.
You need some good quality paper too, avoid printer paper, only use it to sketch while practicing, I use Sea White of Brighton for final pieces.
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Thank you! I've been trying to grasp onto the idea of the B and H penciles for shading. I'm in art and my teacher told me they were good for shading but lacked showing me a better way of using them. I could try and show you them if I ever get them back from him, they're not very good.
Should I start simple with practicing shading like shapes and such?
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It is best to do whatever you feel comfortable with, but I would suggest that, yes. Personally I never really had any structure to my practicing, I just drew and worked things out as I went a long. But a lot of people do the shape studies first. Go to your nearest book store, they may have some material by artists with step by step guides.
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Thank you! I've been trying to get someone who would take me seriously for ages.
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Thank you sooo much for your donation!
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you're welcome
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Hi! .
I reallly don't want to be rude,and if I'll be I sincerly apologize,but.
You look like a really kind person and I was wandering if you ca help me.How?Please!Donate me some points.(
Why I really need those points?Well.I wanna buy myself a new Premium membership when this ends or to make my friends happy,so please help me!
.Ofcourse.If you can,more important if you want.
I really hope that I haven't been so impolite!
Have a nice day,
Sergiu.
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oh dear thank you very much for the premium! ^_^
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You gave me a premium membership, OMG 
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Super llama, brilliant
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Hello!
Great deviation!
Please join if you like Salvador Dali!
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I am thinking of starting up a few features in my journal. would you mind if i threw a few fo your traditional surreal pieces in there in thumbnail form? I would directly link ur account, of course ^_^
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Thank you for the fav on "Birds of a feather "
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Thanks so much for the fave and comment! It's good to see a talented tradition artist on this site! Keep it up and good luck with all your endeavors!
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hi there
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Hi I just came back to DA recently too. I dont know if you remember me but we used to talk on here a lot. You were still on my watch list. I have uploaded some new paintings but I am not uploading as much becuase I am only uoloading finished quality pieces now and not concepts.... I have a couple more to upload but I need a new camera. Glad to see you back!
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wow old budy you sure have changed in style. you've still got the talent...
congratulations on making it this far. i'll keep watching.
see your art around
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...I've been staring at your GODFATHER poll for ten minutes and honestly can't decide if I favor one over the other....
I think both are film making at its best and they both have seemingly countless strong points. I simply can't decide!!!
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Thank you very much for the support 
Have a nice day
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Your site is so beautiful, I loved viewing it!
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I have just looked through your gallery and I must say awesome very awesome.
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You're welcome and thank you to for the watch.
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thanks very much for faving Yog-Sothoth!
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