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Published: 2011-07-12 17:50:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 3599; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 0
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Finished my first attempt at the male physique after doing my first female one in my Battle Sister Eden picture! ([link] ). Have to even up the gender odds!
Next time I'm going to choose one WITHOUT a tattoo!!
Reference below is the awesome ~SteinZupancic by *DiamonEyes so go check out his amazing gallery!
'Gunz Loaded': Actual Size photo:
This is done on A4 Bristol Smooth (8”x12” but had a tiny 5mm border around the edge for me to hold...now cropped out
) using 2H – 8B Graphite pencils and a lot of time and swearing (bloody tattoooooo!!!). I could darken the background a bit more and just constantly keep fiddling with it...but it's time to post!
Fullview is a LOT bigger than real life size (see above), so you can see all the technical flaws heh! *Updated image as I saw some blotches
*Hmm really need to improve my tonal values! Not made some of the dark areas dark enough....something for next drawing! I am pleased with how his hands turned out though!!
Hope you like it, I think it's one of the best I've done from a technical point, but tons to learn still! Comments and criticism welcome!
- Kal
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Oh this is great! The face and the firsts are draws so amazingly well!
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thankyou!!
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I am too
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Yeh, this one, his left arm behind his body should be much darker, so should his torso...in fact the whole right side of the picture is a bit light
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Thats great! You're a tattoo-specialist
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Lol! Well hopefully something tattoo-free next time
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Then maybe a body full with piercings?
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Lol!
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Then you could draw..... erm....... Gollum!
My precious... My preeeecious!! MUST HAVE!! MY PRECIOUS!!
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Good point!
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haha yur the best! In german he says "Yippie ya yay – Schweinebacke", direktly translated it would mean pig-cheek
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No cheating
Maybe it's not as rude as Motherf..., but in german Schweinebacke is a really swearword
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Ah
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This just seriously kicks ass! Nothing i don't like about it at all!
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I don't have any complaints either! I think he did a BADASS job interpreting my photo!
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It came out good! Really like how you drew his fists
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Thanks Rick, but I think I failed you on this one...my dark tones aren't dark enough
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Something nice?
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Of course, I LOOVE IT!!!
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that looks amazing!
the tattoo's awesome :]
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Thankyou!!! The tattoo was a nightmare
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ohh i see
well it did work out
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Eventually
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xD
im so lazy with my butterflies drawing, sigh
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Same hehe...I might work on my 'alternative' drawing
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This very good, Jonkal! You've stepped up your game. I'd say the blending is my favorite part. I'd like to see you go even further with future projects and expand your tonal values-- 'cause you're really good at this.
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Yeh I think I could have gone darker on the dark areas...I was a bit half-hearted in many places
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I do that sometimes myself. That's why when I'm done with a drawing I set it aside for at least one whole day and then I come back to it to see if I'm still satisfied. If I am, then I'll spray it down. If I'm not, I'll continue working on it. After a day or so with a fresh mind you'll see that the half-ass shortcomings are an eye sore and you will want to touch them up.
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I may yeh go over this tomorrow and see what happens
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Meh.. backgrounds are of zero importance and I don't even make it a practice of paying any attention to them haha.. But yeah, you're right-- there are some dark shadows on his left arm and his whole front torso. You got this!
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yeh, those are the things...I just seem to be afraid to go as black as the references sometimes...I see how dark it is...yet...I can't bring myself to darken the image so much...must be some kind of mental block hehe!
I did it for my Aragorn pic and that was the standout improvement for me, so I seem to be slowly backsliding to my old ways 
Next image...make my blacks black!!!
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I completely understand what you mean. Sometimes I second guess myself when it comes to the really dark values. Well, if you take a look at your drawing and the most important part of it will be the face, right? Well, you can always use that as a reference for your darkest and lightest values. You can get by just using the same dark values as the face. For example, the darkest part of his face would be that hint of shadow under his left eye, therefore your darkest shadow on the rest of his body should be at least that dark-- you don't have to go as black as the photo. I hope I'm making sense.
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You are!
But I think what I'll try is be a bit more trusting of my eyesight and go dark when it's dark...see what happens
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Good luck on that! You're doing so great.
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Always pleased to get words of wisdom from you
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great work! great detail
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