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Description Finished it finally...(well ok...I stopped working on it, which is the same thing!). Liv Tyler as Arwen from Lord of the Rings, slowly building up the collection!

I've been crawling along doing this for 10-15 mins a day at work, but going to call it here as I'm getting bored hehe

Drawing is about 7x10" on A4 Bristol Board using 2H - 8B pencils, with a Mars Lumo to get the black in the hair. It's the first time I've used a Mars Lumo properly as part of the drawing since my Legolas picture and it works well to get the black

I used a well known reference pic I got off Google and for those who saw my Works in Progress (In my Scrapbook ) I have blurred out the mark on her right cheek which was caused by paper damage (my fault heh...something got stuck to the paper and I tried to remove with a craft knife ) That's the only editing I've ever done (apart from colour balancing to get rid of the washout from scanning)

Anyway, Enjoy!
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Comments: 170

Lizzie-T [2012-06-17 11:56:52 +0000 UTC]

beautiful!

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Kalgoras In reply to Lizzie-T [2012-06-22 19:38:24 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks!

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AngelinaBenedetti [2012-06-08 11:24:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh my holy God! You are such a master! Just look at her hair and just look at her dress!!!! Please draw me with a Padmé Amidala!!!! You will get all my points!!!!

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Kalgoras In reply to AngelinaBenedetti [2012-06-11 18:25:55 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, I'll have to see if I can get a Padme in there somewhere ;D

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HayleyLV [2012-06-05 12:57:29 +0000 UTC]

Hey! New drawing from ya!^^
Thsi is sooo beautiful, I love Liv tyler! She's such a beauty! Love the hair and eyes, they are my favourites!

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Kalgoras In reply to HayleyLV [2012-06-11 18:25:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton

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HayleyLV In reply to Kalgoras [2012-06-12 18:41:45 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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esayelemay [2012-06-03 23:40:40 +0000 UTC]

this looks absolutely amazing :)
very detailed, beautifully done

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Kalgoras In reply to esayelemay [2012-06-05 12:03:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Salma! :0

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Sheila280792 In reply to ??? [2012-06-03 17:14:27 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely awesome o.o

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Kalgoras In reply to Sheila280792 [2012-06-05 12:04:04 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

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nackmu [2012-06-03 15:54:41 +0000 UTC]

wa wa wow!! :socked:

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Kalgoras In reply to nackmu [2012-06-05 12:04:12 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Curlie-11 [2012-06-03 11:12:21 +0000 UTC]

it looks great as it is, especially the hair!

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Kalgoras In reply to Curlie-11 [2012-06-05 12:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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eajna [2012-06-02 20:11:05 +0000 UTC]

wow, this is fantastic

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Kalgoras In reply to eajna [2012-06-11 18:25:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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sweetpie2 In reply to ??? [2012-06-02 02:57:11 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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Kalgoras In reply to sweetpie2 [2012-06-11 18:25:15 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

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Corchet [2012-06-02 01:32:04 +0000 UTC]

Sublime!!!

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Kalgoras In reply to Corchet [2012-06-11 18:25:09 +0000 UTC]

Daww!

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Shinthanatos [2012-06-01 23:12:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG! Arwen, you capture the beauty of Liv Tyler perfectly in this portrait. Very nice!

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Kalgoras In reply to Shinthanatos [2012-06-11 18:24:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

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StaceyQuay [2012-06-01 20:02:37 +0000 UTC]

EXCELLENT!!!

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Kalgoras In reply to StaceyQuay [2012-06-11 18:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou

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GloriaDei In reply to ??? [2012-05-31 00:37:33 +0000 UTC]

Great work here--I like the sharpness of the fine details, and the pose has good balance between dark and detailed, and light and open. Very good indeed!

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Kalgoras In reply to GloriaDei [2012-06-01 16:52:27 +0000 UTC]

Cheers buddy

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Moontessa In reply to ??? [2012-05-29 18:26:24 +0000 UTC]

Amazing drawing, the hair and the lips are just unbelievably skilfully drawn)

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Kalgoras In reply to Moontessa [2012-05-30 19:18:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much

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ArielRGH [2012-05-28 01:59:10 +0000 UTC]

This is super awesome Jon, congratulations! It's definitely one of your best. When will we see another drawing from yours?

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Kalgoras In reply to ArielRGH [2012-05-28 16:41:40 +0000 UTC]

Sometime this millenium with any luck my friend! Thanks for the comment

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ArielRGH In reply to Kalgoras [2012-05-28 16:47:08 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure

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desdainart In reply to ??? [2012-05-27 20:59:59 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job, Jonkal! I see you've improved so much on doing hair-- her hair looks fantastic. The realism and likeness is also really good. I think the only thing I want to see more of is you pushing towards a wider tonal value in skin tone. See how dark your shadow is on her left shoulder under her hair? I would love to see that darkness for the rest of her shadowed areas. I also love the details in the small piece of fabric on the bottom left corner. Good job!

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Kalgoras In reply to desdainart [2012-05-27 22:10:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Meks! Yeh I need to not be scared of the blacks....I'm trying...but....I just can't bring myself sometimes

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desdainart In reply to Kalgoras [2012-06-02 20:57:53 +0000 UTC]

Haha.. I completely understand. But you're an awesome artist so trust your skills.

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Kalgoras In reply to desdainart [2012-06-11 18:26:26 +0000 UTC]

Aww....when are we going to see some more from you Meks?

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desdainart In reply to Kalgoras [2012-06-12 23:35:39 +0000 UTC]

Hopefully soon. I haven't been in the best of health. Now that the weather is more calm I can get back into drawing again. I'll start out small and slow and work my way to my usual drawings.. hopefully.

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ghostreader88 [2012-05-27 17:24:57 +0000 UTC]

so realistic :]

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Kalgoras In reply to ghostreader88 [2012-05-27 22:10:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much

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donna-j [2012-05-27 15:12:01 +0000 UTC]

excellent work!

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Kalgoras In reply to donna-j [2012-05-27 22:10:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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hairywookiee [2012-05-27 11:32:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome dude...can't get enough Arwen piccies Will have to look at the Mars Lumo as the hair is rather very good although that amount of detail must have driven you up the wall! I'm still very attached to my mech pencils but with half an idea to do a monster A1 piece, I'm going to get through a lot of lead. Plus I need to dig out my gargantuan A0 drawing board from storage, strap it to the roof of my car and slog it up t'yorkshire before attempting anything that stupid.
I had a dangerous idea the other day - what about a collaborative pencil piece one day dear boy...although that would probably end up creating a singularity and destroy us all

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Kalgoras In reply to hairywookiee [2012-05-27 22:11:26 +0000 UTC]

Jeez that's going to be a piece to remember! Ouch a collaboration could be awesome, but it's just fitting it in

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hairywookiee In reply to Kalgoras [2012-05-28 06:20:15 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...tell me about it. Time is not on my side either...so much to do so little time. I needs me a DeLorean. With a Flux Capacitor. And a Mr Fusion.

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jessemitchell20 In reply to ??? [2012-05-27 06:05:19 +0000 UTC]

That is really well done!!!

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Kalgoras In reply to jessemitchell20 [2012-05-27 22:11:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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waynecampbell-art In reply to ??? [2012-05-27 03:29:14 +0000 UTC]

This is very good work!

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Kalgoras In reply to waynecampbell-art [2012-05-27 22:11:39 +0000 UTC]

Glad you liked it

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Virus-Tormentor [2012-05-27 01:14:31 +0000 UTC]

It's a beautiful work!

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Kalgoras In reply to Virus-Tormentor [2012-05-27 22:11:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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