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Published: 2008-04-18 01:10:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 204697; Favourites: 11270; Downloads: 0
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Description First of all: I drew this for the ones who supported me no matter what happened. Thank you SO very much. I truly love you all.



It is finally done:
Character L, also known as the detective candy addict from the manga series Death Note.



This guy got most of the votes of my poll 'What shall I draw next [...]?'
which is weird because I mainly draw game fanart (or better said: 'Square Enix' fanart) aside from the usual drawings.


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About Death Note

I don't know a whole lot about Death Note, except from reading *SilentReaper s comics, and from all the other fanarts I've seen before. And the movie of course, of which I took the reference from.

I know there are characters called L, Light, Mello, Near and Kira, and a crazy big guy with the name Ryuk.

But that's it really. Shame on me I know.


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About the drawing...

The whole picture in general wasn't hard to draw, but... argh... that damn sleeve! It was driving me nutty, I tell ya!!! St00pid folds!!! D:<

The hair was made up, since the reference image wasn't clear at all, so I drew it the way as I thought it would look nice without making it too fake or realistic.

As for the background...
Believe it or not, but that's entirely done with a 0.5mm HB mechanical pencil. No further comments on that.


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Stuff I used:
  • 4H, 2H, H mechanical pencils for the skintones

  • HB, B, 2B mech pencils for the shading

  • 4H, 2H, H, HB, B mech pencils for the clothes

  • HB for background KRGGGRRAAA

  • pencil eraser

  • tortillion, blending stick & tissues for blending

  • Hahnemühle Nostalgie 190 g/m² • 90 lbs sketchbook paper

Time spent: 2 days / approx 18 hours


Videos of how I drew this will be up soon.


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...JULY 15TH 2010 EDIT...
Finally covered this scan with a watermark.
Always use protection, people


Also: *GASP* 2nd drawing of mine with over 10,000 faves?! That's friggin' insane, crazy people! 8D <3 GROUP HUG!
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Comments: 1947

SisterVanity In reply to ??? [2009-03-06 15:16:09 +0000 UTC]

*sigh* I must favorite almost all of your stuff. It's really amazing. ^^'

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Geheroe [2009-03-04 23:19:26 +0000 UTC]

Anyone who can draw a picture like it is really a photograph, is amazing.

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Cataclysm-X In reply to Geheroe [2009-03-05 15:07:34 +0000 UTC]

well thank you

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ryuzakiandraito [2009-03-02 09:31:16 +0000 UTC]

it looks like a photo, it's so good!!! i could never do that! really good!

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Cieruru [2009-02-22 06:57:31 +0000 UTC]

*hails*
You are officially like, my art idol!!
This looks like a freaking PHOTO.
A PHOTOOOOOO.
*jealous*
Amazing * 0 *

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gloomy-think In reply to ??? [2009-02-21 18:02:38 +0000 UTC]

*__* humm nothing else to say.. you're a god

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Sdjalma In reply to ??? [2009-02-20 13:06:24 +0000 UTC]

woooow
no coments Oo
excelent pic

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righteouslywicked [2009-02-19 15:39:41 +0000 UTC]

amazing

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TenshiSakuraChan [2009-02-19 04:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Even though thou said you drew this, even though you signed it, even though I was able to see the pencil marks... I dun beleive u, there is no freaking way you drew this. It gotta be a pic! xD no, seriously, I love u O_________O Teach me, master ! ~ x3 L <3

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Elle-Shinigami [2009-02-16 09:27:51 +0000 UTC]

amazing

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Cataclysm-X In reply to Elle-Shinigami [2009-02-16 13:38:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Elle-Shinigami In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-02-16 21:24:32 +0000 UTC]

No worries my dear :]

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GaEv [2009-02-16 04:43:27 +0000 UTC]

Great drawing, I really like that actor and I think his portrayel of L was perfect. As soon as he appeared on screen I knew he fit perfectly.

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kelseey [2009-02-16 01:24:37 +0000 UTC]

wow.
i wasnt sure if this was a drawing or not.
it looks like a photo.
amazing

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victorianomad In reply to ??? [2009-02-15 12:24:29 +0000 UTC]

its truely amazing. i love L!!!!!

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L-Lawliett [2009-02-15 00:02:05 +0000 UTC]

oh my god. this looks like a photo, so gorgeous, great job

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KhamiyraInsanity In reply to ??? [2009-02-11 07:33:30 +0000 UTC]

That is really amazing!
you've put in every little detail, especially in his sleeve!!
I love it!

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Cataclysm-X In reply to KhamiyraInsanity [2009-02-12 17:37:51 +0000 UTC]

thank you! The sleeve was so hard to draw.

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kotlaska93 In reply to ??? [2009-02-08 21:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Just... AMAZING O.O
:Realizm love:

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peachess90 [2009-02-08 07:17:54 +0000 UTC]

this is soo amazing. gahhh
even though i dont know this series. lol
i just love the shading, you capture every
strand of hair and the texture of the shirt

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Kaulitzz-A In reply to ??? [2009-02-07 23:11:18 +0000 UTC]

o_o
THIS IS AMAZING O.O
L is my favorite character of Death Note (and Ryuuk too xD)

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DahliaMatsumoto In reply to ??? [2009-02-05 11:06:20 +0000 UTC]

Ken'ichi-san! this really looks like the original photo... grats! very very well done!

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MelloRocksNearsSocks In reply to ??? [2009-02-04 02:36:40 +0000 UTC]

OHMAIKIRA!! you DREW that?!? it took me like, 10 min to notice it WASNT A PHOTO! u r AWESOME!

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NotaMorte-IlVampire In reply to ??? [2009-02-04 00:55:20 +0000 UTC]

thats meh kenichi!

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Palaeo-Tempest In reply to ??? [2009-02-03 07:42:21 +0000 UTC]

ur lucky to have such a talent that wat u draw looks like a photo- not many people can do that

i love the detail in the clothes and hand ^-^ well done

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ClopinKingOfGypsies [2009-02-03 04:15:50 +0000 UTC]

Holy..... crap...

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NightmareGENESIS [2009-02-01 22:50:49 +0000 UTC]

I THINK I JUST SAW GOD

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TWILTHERO [2009-02-01 00:21:49 +0000 UTC]

This L pic is really amazing!!!!

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DNfreak In reply to ??? [2009-01-30 01:47:41 +0000 UTC]

O MY GOSH That's AMAZING!!!!!! I wish I could draw that amazingly well! YOU RULE!!!!

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animeblackfox [2009-01-29 01:07:48 +0000 UTC]

That's a drawing?! I thought it was a photograph! I seriously did!

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OrganicSoup In reply to ??? [2009-01-29 00:03:16 +0000 UTC]

Thats freakin amazing.

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sun-lvr242 In reply to ??? [2009-01-26 22:48:43 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. Do you wanna know how stupid I am? I couldn't figure out what HB ment and I thought you used some sorta "special" equipment but after a week I was taking a state assessment and when my teacher asked if anyone didn't have a #2 pencil I looked at mine and guess what, i saw a HB 2 printed right on there!!!! im soooo stupid!!! but it was still funny at the time and again amazing pic

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Cataclysm-X In reply to sun-lvr242 [2009-01-27 23:10:48 +0000 UTC]

lol! Aww it's all cool I was actually surprised a lot of people don't know what the H's and B's stand for

Today I firgured out H and B are European standards, so people from outside of Europe don't really know what HB means. My bad I guess...!

Thanks

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sun-lvr242 In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-01-28 02:18:34 +0000 UTC]

No,no my fault...I didn't notice something on what i've been using for YEARS!!! LOL poke someone y'know cuz it's FUN!! umm, yeah ^_^;;

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Cataclysm-X In reply to sun-lvr242 [2009-01-29 14:27:23 +0000 UTC]

others all the way!

lol it's not your fault people ask me questions about pencils and their leads all the time. I thought the answers were pretty obvious until I noticed people outside Europe have no idea what H and B mean!

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Funky-P3t3 [2009-01-26 04:19:09 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS AWESOME *u*

I love it! Cx

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TearzOfWolfz [2009-01-21 18:08:40 +0000 UTC]

oh em gee this is truely amazing

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Cataclysm-X In reply to TearzOfWolfz [2009-01-21 18:52:51 +0000 UTC]


thanks!

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TearzOfWolfz In reply to Cataclysm-X [2009-01-22 12:42:24 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Aritmia In reply to ??? [2009-01-20 15:57:39 +0000 UTC]

love the death note and this is... just amazing
wow
I thought that it was a photo at first

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animaniaczka In reply to ??? [2009-01-19 20:33:41 +0000 UTC]

It's amazing!

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INKgAb In reply to ??? [2009-01-19 18:28:05 +0000 UTC]

loco demaiss!

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Star-M In reply to ??? [2009-01-18 14:04:13 +0000 UTC]

awesome

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pirate-crazy In reply to ??? [2009-01-17 03:14:31 +0000 UTC]

i thought this was a photo at first too...i couldn't even tell the hair was made up until i read it, and i watched the movie O.o but i must say, it definitely looks better than the actual hair on the guy. (-coughwigcough-) lol. amaaaazzzing job, you captured L really well for not having seen deathnote!!!!

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Lifeless11193 In reply to ??? [2009-01-16 18:33:49 +0000 UTC]

OMG *squeels*
This is AMAZING!
I thought u just uploaded the pic of the real actor!

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Cataclysm-X In reply to Lifeless11193 [2009-01-16 19:12:47 +0000 UTC]

haha that would have been really weird, because that would mean I really did meet this guy!

But I didn't ):

So I'll leave it to drawing ^_^

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Rain-Fairie [2009-01-11 17:37:45 +0000 UTC]

Aww this is apamzing, you really brought him to life

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inspiredcreativity [2009-01-10 01:10:55 +0000 UTC]

There is no doubt in my mind of your status as a master artist. This is yet another beautiful work in amazing detail with stunning tonal range and quality.

There is an artist here who did three works completed using nothing but a Mechanical pencil, using the etching technique of drawing nothing but lines, and creating perceived tonal variants by varying only the density, length, and direction of the lines. I thought you might have an interest:

Classical Portrait by ~Philip88 [link]
Self Portrait Complete by ~Philip88 [link]
Copy after Nerdrum by ~Philip88 [link]

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rueyeet [2009-01-09 16:13:41 +0000 UTC]

It amazes me that you nailed L so well without ever having read/seen Death Note. The thoughtful look captures his active mind, where the pose hints at his eccentricity (and slight immaturity, really -- he's gotta be older than he behaves, to have the rep he does).

Your front page says you try to catch the spirit of the person in their portrait....I really think you succeeded, here.

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Ryusora [2009-01-08 22:49:15 +0000 UTC]

YAY L's My fave char off of Death Note! nice job I really like the way you've drawn him! *faves*

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