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Published: 2005-02-26 21:22:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 1167; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 83
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Description One of the projects I worked on recently that consumed quite a bit of my spare time.

In planning, that is.

You see, I had to get the image exactly right. So I spent time. A lot of time. Preparing for the piece. In fact, it wasn't even meant to be a drawing at all. It was meant to be a frosted mirror stencil.

But anyways, I got a chess board, and some pieces. And I played the game through to a certain point. Then it came time for photography. I took several artistic shots of the piece for fun. Perhaps I will post them in due time. Then the real work began...

But, for all you curious folks, this image was too large to scan. WAY too large to scan. So what you see before you is actually a digital photograph of the picture, taken at about 2 AM on Thursday. The frame itself is a digital exact replica of the real frame that the image is in. So if you saw the piece hanging on the wall, it would look matted the same way...

I worked on this piece from 10 PM Wednesday to 2 AM Thursday without stops. And that was simply after all the pre-planning and sketching and such. Funny as it is, I didn't even know what the piece looked like until the next day. My eyes wouldn't focus while I was working on it.

Cheers!

-Droakir

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Media: Pen and Ink.
Time taken: Don't ask.
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Comments: 41

JamesyWaxy [2008-10-30 23:37:52 +0000 UTC]

I really like it!

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Darkknight495 [2005-03-08 05:36:29 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful!!
Great job!!
I love it!!

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Droakir In reply to Darkknight495 [2005-03-08 05:57:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Darkknight495 In reply to Droakir [2005-03-12 06:38:00 +0000 UTC]

Very welcome!!!

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rachaelm5 [2005-03-03 02:40:59 +0000 UTC]

That is BOLD. Excellent, excellent work. Those stark contrasts really make the piece stand up and shout. I'm glad you placed well in the drawing competition with this one.

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Droakir In reply to rachaelm5 [2005-03-03 03:51:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I'm glad that you like it. I'm kind of getting partial to this style - simple, yet dramatic, IMO.

Oh - and thanks for the fav!

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kaichai [2005-03-02 06:26:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is brilliant!

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Droakir In reply to kaichai [2005-03-02 07:15:38 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it!

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Blytz [2005-03-01 01:25:47 +0000 UTC]

I just realized something, you stayed up at 2 AM? bad Droakir!

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-01 03:53:23 +0000 UTC]



Yes. Working on a piece... art = ok. Talking to my friends = not ok.

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Blytz In reply to Droakir [2005-03-01 23:26:05 +0000 UTC]

=_= ........ it depends on what peice of art..........................

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-02 00:29:36 +0000 UTC]

What if it's your piece of art?

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Blytz In reply to Droakir [2005-03-02 00:33:55 +0000 UTC]

Then I guess it's Okay, but I prefer talking to you then you doing art work for me. I'm not the type of person who gets artwork a lot. XD I'm pretty happy with talking to friends! *nudge nudge*

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-02 00:37:23 +0000 UTC]



Who knows? I'll see when I have time... : X

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Blytz In reply to Droakir [2005-03-02 00:54:24 +0000 UTC]

haha, you live to work, I live to have fun with friends. Hmmmmm worrrrk.... friiiiends..... to me friends arae more important.


of course that is me, and you have your reasons to work a lot. :shrug; whatever, who am I to judge, I work a lot too. I'd just prefer to talk to friends.... holy chickencoop! I need to get off! I have homework and projects!!!O_______________________O


(btw: holy chickencoop is (c) to the old Batman Series )

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-02 00:59:38 +0000 UTC]



Well, when I'm on the computer, I'm usually working on stuff... when I'm not... go figure.

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Blytz In reply to Droakir [2005-03-02 01:04:01 +0000 UTC]

don't make me laugh, I ran hard today, so now I cough when I laugh. you bad person you.


I know this is random, but do you now any really good books I could read? I'm in need of a good book.

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-02 02:29:18 +0000 UTC]

It depends... I read a lot of books. What kind of book are you wanting to read?

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Blytz In reply to Droakir [2005-03-02 02:59:04 +0000 UTC]

Fantasy.... fiction..,.... anything good I suppose. I don't have a taste. As long as it doesn't involve just fact on boring crap. ^__^

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-02 04:05:05 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm... If you're in for the fantasy style, I'd go for the Icewind Dale Trilogy, the Phillip Pullman trilogy (first book was great, I didn't like the later two), Wheel of Time series, etc.

As far as fiction... Hmm... Not sure.

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Blytz In reply to Droakir [2005-03-02 12:15:47 +0000 UTC]

I read that series... I think. At least my eldest brother gave me a long series of books and the covers were all Icy and snowy. ............ Yeah I'm sure I read thta series .... Wheel of time, that was pretty good ^^

Hmm... Do you know Tamora Pierce?

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Droakir In reply to Blytz [2005-03-02 15:18:48 +0000 UTC]

No, I don't think so.

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MariP [2005-02-28 11:48:31 +0000 UTC]

I am so stunned I can't say anything clever..This is absolutely marvelous..

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Droakir In reply to MariP [2005-02-28 18:30:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Glad you like it!

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wisdom-of-trees [2005-02-28 09:19:54 +0000 UTC]

WOW! I love this! But I've always been a fan of images with strong positive and negatives. So you did a really good job with this.

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Droakir In reply to wisdom-of-trees [2005-02-28 18:27:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! I'm glad that you enjoy the piece! I love vivid blacks and whites as well.

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DAVEAC1117 [2005-02-27 23:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Gahh..that pic!!! you showed me... aaaahh your inking is so good

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Droakir In reply to DAVEAC1117 [2005-02-28 01:12:12 +0000 UTC]

Well, I'm glad you like it. Rest assured that it took countless hours of preparing, using different processes to get it quite right. You don't want to know how much time this project took... : X

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Lysozyme [2005-02-27 01:49:19 +0000 UTC]

I think I can just tell which are black and which are white. Very keen b/w work!!

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Droakir In reply to Lysozyme [2005-02-27 04:18:07 +0000 UTC]

That's good. Thanks! Glad you like the piece!

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JillValentine44 [2005-02-26 23:44:14 +0000 UTC]

thats awesome!!! great work!

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Droakir In reply to JillValentine44 [2005-02-26 23:52:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Falchion36 [2005-02-26 22:59:44 +0000 UTC]

INTENSE! Wish I could work 4 hours nonstop on a piece.

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Droakir In reply to Falchion36 [2005-02-26 23:06:31 +0000 UTC]

I didn't even take bathroom breaks. I was at crunch time.

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sunbrightscales [2005-02-26 22:46:48 +0000 UTC]

Are they black peices or white? The tension is killing me.

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Droakir In reply to sunbrightscales [2005-02-26 22:51:16 +0000 UTC]

Which pieces? If you look at contrast, you can begin to tell the difference. Note that the king in the foreground is white, and the king in the background is black. Go from there.

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DRD-1812 [2005-02-26 22:28:01 +0000 UTC]

Flagged as Spam

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Droakir In reply to DRD-1812 [2005-02-26 23:02:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Same goes to you. Hope both our things get accepted by the Jury (though I think yours will without a doubt). Don't know about those single category competitions. I hear it's rough.

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mbqlovesottawa [2005-02-26 21:34:23 +0000 UTC]

Looks good, your hard work paid off.

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Droakir In reply to mbqlovesottawa [2005-02-26 21:46:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. It took absolutely forever.

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BreathableAIR [2005-02-26 21:28:43 +0000 UTC]

freakin sweet!

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Droakir In reply to BreathableAIR [2005-02-26 21:46:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Glad you like the piece!

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