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Published: 2005-04-23 08:46:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 2083; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 215
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The title of this piece is the name of the cathedral in the background. The cathedral was built on the spot where Russian Emperor Alexander II was mortally wounded in 1881. If you want to see the real cathedral you will need to go to St. Petersberg, Russia. If you want to learn more about Russian history, read a book, preferably one that implies that there will be something about Russian history inside.11x14 drawn with a micron pen and a sharpie.
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Some of the smaller details keep catching my eye, such as the speckled texture to the wall on the left, or how reflective the leftmost dome looks... I know I had seen this before, but must've missed 
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A really gorgeous piece of art. Wonderful detail, very well done.
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Great job. 
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Beautiful work on the buildings especially. I wish I could ink like you!
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Anyone can ink like me, just takes practice.
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Yeah, inking and watercolors are my MAJOR weak spots. I think part of the problem with my inking is that the pens I have suck.
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Ugh! I totally suck at watercolors, and I never really cared enough about it to want to improve.
So what type of pens do you use?
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I like watercolor cause it's so much softer than acrylic, although it's hard to control. I'm trying to get prisma or copic markers cause then I can get a softer look without watercolor, or CG.
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That's funny I definately prefer acrylics to watercolors. If you really like the softer look I would recommend copics over prisma markers.
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Okay cool thanks. I like acrylic a lot, I just find it hard to make soft lines with it. I'm not good enough to make high grade pics with only watercolor. I have to use colored pencils and then kind of blend them with watercolor pencils.
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Hmm.. that sounds like an interesting technique. Perhaps I will try it sometime, thanks.
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Details ... *dies*
I love her hair, and I especially love the cathedral. I'm very fond of Russian architecture.
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My sister got to see that place. Great rendition of the building BTW.
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You are from Kiev? I visited Russia in the summer about ten years ago. There was a lot of rain, very beautiful. There is nothing quite like skipping down Arbat street in the rain. Unfortunately I never made it to Ukraine while I was there, and although I wasn't born in Russia I do miss it sometimes.
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kiev is reslly beautiful and almost all my memories of it is of rain and me as a little kid loving the pudles. i hope to go back to visit and maybe one college is over to live. but ur pic reminded me of it so much. although i have been to Russia and Moskva, and that is what the buildings u drew are like, the round roofs look like the churches all over there. i dono the land there seams to breath differently, not just the people and well it nothing like here
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Hopefully someday I will be able to visit Kiev. Funny how the history of a place effects the overall feeling of being there. It is really hard to describe how it feels to someone who has never been there. I'm glad you like my drawing and that it sparks such fond memories for you.
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Amazing level of detail and I love how the composition is almost sectioned off as it were. Fantastic work
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Thanks. Seems like you haven't commented in a while, have you been on hiatus or do you actually have "real life" things to do. Glad you stopped in though.
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Well, as I announced in my journal several times and in a couple of submissions, I was burried under work for my film
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That's right. Sorry, my bad.
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That fence is spectacular.
I wish I had the guts to stand on my balcony naked like that.
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really good
less cartoonie and very detailed. fab!
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That is an AMAZING background! Grr! But she has GOT to be cold!
I'm still liking the sahding!
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Beautiful! Completely beautiful! 
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wow, I love the hair, and how the whole thing looks so 2 dimensional while having so much layers causing the whole deepness... great work
I'll definitely fav it.
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shit man! I cant fav' all your work! how about lowering the standard a bit? this is crazy detailed and pretty much flawless. *sigh* i guess 1 more cant hurt. your truly the mantis.
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It's very nice and detailed!
Love the hair and how calm she feels.... standing naked in the cold night.
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