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The Watcher (and Old Rabbit)
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Published: 2015-01-20 23:32:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 5168; Favourites: 402; Downloads: 0
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Does re-posting an old image warrant stoning? Hope not--I felt that the changes were significant enough to warrant it.I had an art director look at the Watcher and suggest that the old woman be another animal instead--and originally the old woman was going to be a rabbit, before I had to cram some people into my portfolio.
Goes to show, go with your first instinct.
So the Old Woman is a rabbit again.
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Comments: 45
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You are more than welcome, my dear! ^^
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Wow, so beautiful! The scene itself and the colours... I want to be there!
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Thank you! I would enjoy a walk through those woods myself.
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Love this work! And the rabbit is a great idea..Tell me how big is the piece? And what did you use? Pencils?
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Thank you! The piece on paper is 9"x16" (finished size, with a little bleed). It's done entirely in black and white graphite, and I color it digitally. If you are interested, I post most of my graphite originals to my blog so people can see the "before and afters." 
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Was a camel used a reference for "the Watcher"?. The picture turned out really well.
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It was. 
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This is a really lovely illustration, and I love the rabbit as the old person. Beautiful details in this piece. Congrats on the DD!
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How did I know this was DD material? OH! It must be because I Watch wonderful artists. Congrats on the DD!
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Thank you! 
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Interesting style, what materials did you use? Very beautiful
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Thanks! It's graphite and digital. 
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I like both versions but yes, the story they tell is definitely different 
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Funnily enough the actual written story got more depressing with the rabbit. xD
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Because you had to rewrite it and the new version included more "sadness" or because it felt more depressing when the old lady was exchanged for an old rabbit?
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It's more due to my greater ability with animals than with human expressions. That seems backwards I know, but in the rest of the dummy book the images had greater emotional weight because I was better able to put the emotions I wanted to convey on a rabbit's face.
Because I am strange. xD
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Ah, that makes sense actually. I'm far better at 'reading' animal expressions than I am at human ones.
Doesn't sound the least bit strange to me
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In this case, re-posting is ok
It still looks really good no matter what species the old woman is.
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