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Face study-Steve ParkhurstPencil on Strathmore 500 cold press illustration board
22β x 22β
Once in a while the best laid plans go off track. The background the very thing that inspired this drawing took over -it slowly overshadowed the portrait. There is enough power in this face, a contemplative man in his middle age, just like myself. Thanks Steve for sitting for this and for having the interesting features to give drama to this study. I worked about 30 hours on the background which was on the left but after making the hard decision to cut it off, it made sense.
Thank you all for you questions and comments
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Armin, as a print from you, since the quality, I am sure, will be far superior.
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DA print resolution is far too low.
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cant believe that this is a drawing O.O
Amazing!!!
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HOLY shit ... now that's what i call passion
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Great work, I really love the expression and how much depth you achieved in the eyes. They show a feeling and they absolutely seem to focus on the viewer. Pulls you right in
And the rich darks in this drawing are just gorgeous.
Daniel
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Will this ever be available as a print, Armin? I'd love to have a huge version of this on my wall.
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im not sure, maybe ill do that at some point, thanks
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Great! I don't think it's hard to set up the mechanism to sell them on here.
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It's really hard to believe this isn't a photograph .. such a detailed masterpiece!
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Dear Friend
Your work is selected to get in
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This is an invitation to joint...
if you agree
regards
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I look at this drawing and am amazed by the time and dedication that must have been involved with it. As I draw more and more and am driven by the possibility of the outcome, I find myself spending more time, adding more detail, building layers, creating details, and most importantly capturing the essence of the subject. (My latest works have yet to be uploaded to DA.) I believe patience is something learned by the artist and that you have mastered it. Your works are the accumulation of all the fore mentioned. You're and inspiration to young artist such as myself, we have much to learn from you.
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Thank you John, time is sure part of this type of work but it doesn't guaranty success my any means. Ive have spent many hour on works that in the end failed miserably.
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how do you shade? pencils? tissue? anythig? I'm sitting here drawing and looking at your picture trying to learn from you.
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i don't shade in the traditional sense of blending with stumps tissue or other things, mostly i draw with a hard pencil over soft that seems to work for me.
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This just proves that in a world over taken with 5,000$ cameras and digital editing, photo-shop, digital art and any other type of technology, traditional art can still "take the cake" and make people who are lost in a world of technical mayhem, stop for a moment and appreciate someone's true efforts in making something extravagant. Absolutely breath taking, my friend.
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I think you are mistake, this is photography not pencil
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someone who inspires you can be called a mentor, role model, leader and a guru but here on deviant art just one name sums that up Armin Mersmann
I always enjoy seeing people on here look at your work and be inspired you are an example of how art will always be around and continue to evolve artist to express more than just pencil on a piece of paper thanks
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thank you so much that means a lot to me!
Armin
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I think I'm coming up to 150 hours of staring at this
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that almost as much as i did.....thx
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Yeah I think I read that number somewhere in the comment chain! I haven't looked at it for that long yet but I do feel I have learned a lot from this drawing, so thanks for uploading
Don
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You're right, a strong face ... nicely drawn foreground, love the slightly 'out of focus' ears ...
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I am simply amazed that a human hand can create this.
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The more I look at this drawing, the more I love it. You are one of the people in this world that inspires me - looking at your work is true joy!
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f*** !!! i thought it was a photograph ! 
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I look at this great work you've done and I think the great eyesight that you have. I admire your vision. For me, knowing how to draw is the same as knowing how to see. You know see, then I admire you. I admire all your work.
Congratulations on this and all your work. Above all, thanks for sharing.
And,,, sorry for my bad english again!
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your English is fine and thank you for the good words!
Armin
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To you for your work. Just I can say wow!
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wow... this is absolutely fantastic! I know it has been said many times before, but it really does look like a photograph!
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You just make photos with your hands.
I can't imagine what you think when you draw it.
The all work is really amazing, but the expressions.. the skin, is so real. Perfect job.
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you're fluffing me, that's a photo, it's gotta be. it just looks too real not to be. You seriously DREW this???????? Well, I take my hat off to your amazement. . . If I had a hat. . . I have to show my family!
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Congratulations! This drawing has been featured in Monthly Feature Vol. 1! See [link]
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I'm still in awe... 
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this is amazing! the detail is incredible!
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incredible sense of painstaking and patient owned nimra. amazing work...
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i had to read "drawing" to believe its a drawing lol
amazing
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I am inspired by your work. It took me months of study and trial and error to learn from your work. I marvel at each work you complete.
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I'll tell you where I see the genius in this drawing. The shadow coming from the third white hair of the left eyebrow. Didn't need to be there, nobody would notice if it wasn't, but there it is. Brilliant!
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