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Published: 2007-01-19 18:08:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 8775; Favourites: 152; Downloads: 114
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I had the idea for this just as I was about to fall asleep one night. I instantly jumped out of bed and scribbled down a sketch onto a scrap piece of paper. If you've ever seen JD Hillberry's pencil drawings, they were a huge influence also. But I wanted to see how realistic I could get with this. Everything is drawn that you see, the wood frame, the cards, the pencil, and the eraser. I am really getting sick of my scanner these days because it puts horizontal lines on my drawings. These are not there in reality, it's smooth tone transitions. If anyone knows how to get rid of these please let me know.12"x18" Fabriano Hotpress
3B, B, 2H, 5H pencils
blending stumps and tissues
20 hours
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This is so amazing! Especially the cards which look almost like photographs!
How do you approach your drawings? Gridding, observation, or photographs? The proportions and values are just perfect!
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This is really an amazing piece of art! 
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Thank you very much
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Featured this in my new journal -->[link]
Hope you don't mind
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This is quite stunning, I love trompe l'oeil
and plan to do something along this line sometime in the future, This is one of my favourite pieces
I have seen on DA, what more can I say ?
I am very impressed.
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well done, Hillberry has inspired me recently to do some trompe l'oeil drawings. Good work
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Hell yeah, that's awesome Brian. Great textures and nice depth of field.
Craig
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Amazing drawing!! It does remind me alot o J.D Hillberry's drawings. Why not take a photgraph of it, no lines then , or try scanning it in in photoshop as a colour picture and then convert it to greyscale, it helps with my drawings, cause I usually lose alot of tone values if i scan ity in as greyscale. Do you use charcoal in your drawings??
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wow thats awesome! i really like the idea!! The shading on the cards is awesome, i love that! the wood frame is awesome as well. I didn't really notice the scan lines until you mentioned it - wish i could tell you how to get rid of them.. but scanners hate me haha
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Hi Brian
This is phenomenal my dear
I also have JD Hillberry's book...it's awesome
I love your composition for this one...very cool
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If id were you id hate your eyes. I dont see any horizontal lines
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I Hate YOU!! Which really means that I love your work and am entirely too jealous. great work.
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The details are excellent. Is the perspective a bit off? Could just be me...
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Stunning! the shadow of the pencil really perfects the realism in this piece as well as the cards.....and the wood....and everything else!! fantastic idea too.
fave!!
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holy crap, i had to read the description to make sure this wasnt a photo...
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I swore this was a photograph until I read the caption. Excellent work!
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Not really aiming for photograph quality anymore, even though that was my opening goal. I'm trying to see the best I CAN now, and express works how I seen them.
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I've seen something very similar to this, I think in a book about perspective. Not sure though. Superb work.
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You've probably seen it in JD Hillberry's book, if you've read it. I have not read it although i will probably purchase it at one point, soon.
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haha, just got it! five card draw! hehe. seriously though brian, great work!! and thanks for mentioning circulism on your website, i tried it out and i love the technique!
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Haha, yeah I thought I was pretty slick when I thought of the title. 
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Great drawing - and nice play on words too!
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Thanks, glad to pick up a new watch for myself, you are great.
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Christ that is awesome!!! looks very good, nice smooth finish, great detail - and thumbs up 4 the derwent pencil 
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Thanks alot. Yeah, big fan of Derwent. I would never switch brands now.
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Haha. I wonder if the pencil broke it's neck when it fell. I watched the Saddam footage.
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WOW, that is so awesome!
did you use any ref.photo or?
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Thank you, nope not for this one.
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so did you just look a the materials in real life then?
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Yes, I looked at the pencil, the eraser and the cards in real life. The frame was made up from my head.
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cool, that's really awesome
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