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Published: 2005-09-16 21:18:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 3405; Favourites: 123; Downloads: 206
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3/22/2010 EDIT: I found the high-res scanned version so I could replace the old photo I took of it years ago. This will be available as a print on my website soon.-----------
This took 5 weeks on a 24x18 piece of paper with Sharpie fine point 24 colors (although I only used about 18).
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The patience needed to complete this! You have my respect. This work has now provided a decade of enjoyment for all. Congratulations!
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Thank you! 
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I'm glad you still enjoy it. 
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The detail is amazing. Zoomed in...it's stippling.
Respect!
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You sir are insane, I would NEVER have that kind of patience, or accuracy.
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ah man! I wish my pointalism was as good as yours!
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one word......"WOW"
This is really good.
I'm in the middle of doing one with spyro for my brother and i started one with Sailor Neptune from Sailor Moon but I lost the markers!!!^_^
WOW you are really good, can you make a dolphin?
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Woah... when I first saw the thumbnail of this I thought it was a watercolor painting, but now I see it's all pointillism! 
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That's amazing!
And with sharpies even. I love how so many different colors, like you said, were able to become with stippling.
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absolutely amazing!!!
do you draw it in pencil lightly first or do you just freehand it?
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I did draw it in pencil first... sort of a paint-by-numbers technique so I wouldn't skew the image. The pencil drawing wasn't real detailed or anything, just a simple outline of the turtle's face, scales, and shell.
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hey, found this through facebook 
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Oh my jesus.
It looks amaizing, but i cannot even beging to fanthom the ammount of work put into this. WOW. Major, major props.
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I think I commented on this on FAC. I think your artwork is absolutely beautiful. 
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This is amazing! I am so impressed. It inspires me to try a pointilism of my own. Fantastic work
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The picture took half and hour to load, but it was well worth it. I 
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simply awsome! I've been reading Love Hina recently and there's a flying turtle in that... how odd...
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Ohmygod.
If that was a print and if I had money, I would totaly buy it. :0
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Turtles! 
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this is really really nice.
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As if creating a detailed turtle with such a lively color mix wasn't enough, you did it all dot by dot... I'm... speechless. This is infinitely, ridiculously awesome. And I can't believe you did 11 other pieces the same way. No, seriously, I can't believe it. Did I understand something wrong from the description?
I can't imagine the patience and talent it takes to master the colors like that. There are areas where you blend three or four colors to get those intrincated underwater hues. I have to make an effort to nitpick this, but I'd say I don't like the perspective/angle of the right fin, because I can't compare it to the left one. I also think the carapace should have a more tridimensional look, with the white lines turning into curves near the end. The gradient in the background could be a bit more uneven, but I like the design of the waves a lot. It's a really good idea to make them like that instead of attempting complex reflections.
This is the kind of art that brings tears to my eyes and makes me feel desperately attracted to the 
Just a question... Did you break any pencils while drawing the dots?
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You're right about the 11 other pieces... I hadn't done them, but they are due at the end of the school year. One down, eleven to go. 
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WOW! Absoluetly brethaking. I lvoe the detail, and the way the chading changes are so smooth and gradual.
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I tried doing one of these once.. Didn't turn out very well
That's why I'm impressed
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OOOOH MYYY GOOOOD.. This is DD worthy XD
well- in my book
Insta-fav
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Hooray! Let's hear it for simultaneous contrast!!!
.....I don't even know what that means. O_o
Oh, well... great piece! ^_^
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oh holy crap. i have to do one of those this year too T_T
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Why are you so amazing? ;_; This is so good. I just don't see how you have the patience to do this stuff. This has got to be the best example of stippling/pointillism I've seen in ages.
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Thats just amazing! You must have heaps of patience, i would just get fed up half way through.
All the colours are stunning, i love the way they just blend together. Lovely
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Fun to look at... I love the colors. What did you save it as to get the detial? I use jpeg but that butchers my art...
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.png (public network graphic)
The file size isn't huge, and it doesn't blotch the image either.
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Awesome, I'll be useing that then. Thank you so much!
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