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EmeraldAbsynth — Camui Gackt -- Shadows
Published: 2004-07-12 05:16:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 6203; Favourites: 243; Downloads: 583
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This portrait features one of my favorite musicians, the multi-talented Camui Gackt.I used a 0.5 Mechanical Pencil only, no smudgers or finger use to soften it - this left it more real & technically challenging too, though this scan is of really poor quality (gomen!) and the scanner cut literal inches off his shoulder & torso. The original drawing is 11.5 X 17 inches and much softer looking in the actual graphite...one day I might scan in a photograph of it so that you can see the whole thing with a truer quality. ^_^
Total time: 18.5 hours.
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Thank you!!! I love him too, too bad they don't accept foriegners in his fan club!
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-sniff- o well. i can still fan about him here..we have our own group.XD
DIR EN GREY WAS IN MY CITY...AND I CUOLDNT GO. DO U NO HOW SAD THAT MAKES ME....>.<
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i wasnt in the country..i missed the concert by 3 DAYZ!
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Wow ! How you did the sweather and the shading and the hair !!! very realistic, and I can't belive how you did that. Amazing! gackt!
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OMG. PENCIL!? SHEXXXYYYYYY...
ILU FOR LOVING GACKT.
Into my favorites...
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Oh wow, like the others beofre me, your technique is so refined that it's difficult to tell its done by pencil. Amazing.
You did an awesome job portraying the various textures, especially the hair. I can actually feel that it's soft and bouncy (is that the word for it? 
the only thing I would say is that the velvety texture of the t-shirt doesn't seem to suit the sleek/slenderness of the picture; I think it draws the attention away from his (rather beautiful ^^) face. Of course, this is only my personal opinion... so I apoligise if I'm offending you if it was intentional.
Otherwise than that, its stunning work. Those shadows tease the viewer, offering them some room to fantacise what is hidden.
Do you have a link for which I can see what you used as a reference?
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No offense taken! I appreciate the input, most people don't look as much into the fine details so I don't get that much back on it (from a technical point of view, anyways...) 
The shirt was actually a bit of a funny thing for me - you see, I drew this at school from a really poor doslab printout of the original photo.....so I drew, and drew, and I was so focused on the fine detail of it, that I even included "highlights" in the shirt that weren't even there. You know how in crappy printouts of B&W photos, you get those faded horizontal lines across the pic because the printer's so bad, and doesn't put out enough ink? Well, I was so into the drawing, I just included those too! Didn't occur to me until I finally looked at it as a whole and I was like....WTF?!?! So I filled in what I could, but some hint of it was just there to stay. As for the velverty texture, that was me being a little bit lazy, and also not having enough skill to do what was supposed to be. In the original, it was more like a very fine sort of weave, almost....I couldn't do it, so I improvised.
As to a link, sorry, I wish. It was a HUGE gallery, including pretty much EACH AND EVERY Gackt photo ever to be found. Heaven on a computer, basically. But it closed down for good a few years back and I haven't seen that pic again...
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*laughs* That's quite funny. I know what you're talking about. Once you hit that 'groove' (I guess you can call it), its hard to really see the entire picture instead of focusing on the minute details. In the end, you were successful disguising the lines. I'm sure if wasn't for that, you would be able to capture the weave. *thumbs up*
Oh, its alright... I guess I'll stumble on it sometime or the other. He seems to be EXTREMELY popular ^^.
I'll be sure to look around when I have the time. Just looking at one piece of an artist's gallery is like seeing only one view of a sculpture... I'll be looking forward to any new art in the meantime!
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That is amazing work, expecially the shirt, just awsome.
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Wow! You did this with PENCIL?! It looks like an actually photo!
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oly....shit...
this is like the most awesome thing EVER
i cant believe someone drew this......amazing.....
+favs,, k??
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oly....shit...
this is like the most awesome thing EVER
i cant believe someone drew this......amazing.....
+favs,, k??
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You are most welcome. ^_^
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sooo facking HOT! 
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Don't know who the guy is but - Man! what a great drawing!
The texture on the shirt is very good.
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^_^ If you don't know him, you should look him up! He sings beautifully, and with a large variety of styles so most everyone can find something they like (providing you like Japanese, of course. 
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I as well have no admiration for that guy, but you are an impressive artist. Hats off and congratulations. You are amazing. o_o;
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^_^ Thank you!! (And thanks for the Fav, too....I'm glad you like it.)
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^^ I do like it. Hehe. ^^
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wow the shading is amazing on this!! whoa!!
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ur very welcome!! ur so talented!!
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holy crap, man... I thought it was the photo a first, then I thought it was charcoal... that's some sweet shading... I love the cloth, so lovely... hell... *stare* there's nothing I can critique on this... but I do wish you'd have scanned it at a higher res so we can see it better... 
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I am speachless its fabulous!! 1. HE is sooooooooooo HOT!!!! ^^ *sigh*
2. YOu are amazingly talented if talent was something that could be stolen i would steal yours
3. critique is hard for me to say b/c of the whole scanner thing but overall the only complaint i have is a) i really wish i could see just a tad bit more of his eyes like a very little bit b) the wrinkles on his shirt could look more realistic like a little more differentiation in the shading
Well i hope it doesnt sound like im beimg to critical its just i like people to give me critique no matter if to me it seems wrong so anyway You should b every proud of this work! ^^
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I'm not sure about letting you steal my talent (as it is...
Either way, I ramble. So thank you!!
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I loooove Gackt 
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you did THAT with a pencil??????
and NO smudging??
woah....nice!
You have no inspired me to better myself
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Sort of inspires me in turn to continue to better myself as well.....so we can do it together, I guess.
By the way, that sunset of yours was gorgeous....and black & white photo's are just the best aren't they?
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Wow.. I am so inspired and impressed by this piece! I am adding you to my favorites!!
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Go extreme lighting go! Yar, I like it even more so with the absolute black tone range
Well, enough pertending like I know anything about shading
DOOOM!
Cheers.
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you darkend it. you forgot to mention it is also one of the most sexiest.
quite an awsome job.
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Very, very cool. The entire piece is just fantastic
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ummm.....thank you!!!!...I'm sorry!!!
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Heh... or mostly time which we could all use a bit more of. But, oh well. Hehe...
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This is so awesome!! The best Gackt picture/fanart I've EVER seen!! I have to favorite this!
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