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LyrebirdJacki — In a Parallel World
Published: 2010-06-30 18:03:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 3677; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 430
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Arches watercolour cold press A3 185 GSM, watercolour paint, acrylics & polychromos colour pencilsMy first attempt at a hippocampus! He's a mix between a white tipped shark, orca and a horse of course, to sort of give him the gypsy vanner look
im really liking my sea serpent too, just had to squeeze him in there. Only refs used were for the fish, hippocampus patterns and coral/anemone stuffsI actually only started this drawing cos i wanted to draw clown fish at the time, not the orange ones, the (false anemone fish) badass black ones
Then i started doing coral, and then wanted to redraw a sketch i did on a school camp at Depot Creek which has huge rocky gorges that towered where we slept 
I quite like this, but am not amused with the terrible face on my stallion there 
and that greenish yellow stuff is my attempt at algae, im not so sure about it atm, i guess i'll get used to it
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haha id love to strap it to the roof, not sure how mum would fare with that tho
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Maybe you could put foam or some sheet on the roof to stop the wire scratching? or do you have a trailer? I'm getting excited now I really want this to work 
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nah i dont got no trailer, we sometimes borrow one from my aunt so i might wait until then perhaps, or when i get myself a ute after i get my liesense (dont have the courage to get my P's yet!). yeah you need flat ground of it, that's going to be a big job itself methinks
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at least you can get your P's whenever, I have to do 80 more hours! But remember, all the work for the aviary will be so worth it
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yeah its pretty awesome that way
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shark horses = epic WIN.
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WOOOOOOOOOW!! did you draw that all by thought or..by reference! because you are really my idol if it depends on pencil drawings!
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its from my head, i only used reference for the coral, fish and orca patterns on the seahorses, i only use major references for realistic drawings, fantasy is all free-hand.
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oh my godness...this is then reallllly good..i mean how do you know where in every little little place to put shadow or light? when i draw something it only on one side bright in one dark..but ...this is so perfect!!
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well you just need to remember where the light direction is in your artworks, mine comming from the left so everything on the right is supposed to be darker when not in the light. the left side of the rock tho has a hole which light comes out of to make the left have a light direction as well, but very subtle because i thought that it'd be too plain with just a blue/black shadow for a rock
not sure if it made sense at all
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jeah mine are ALWAYS from left lightened^^ ...but...hmmm i don't know...my pictures doesn't have so much higlights^^ i am soo looking forward to more pics from you^^
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Are you left or right handed? I came across a weird survey that most left handed people mostly draw their characters/people/animals facing the right-hand side, right handers doing the opposite. I used to always draw my things going towards the right, but now i try to vary it a bit.
im glad you like my art, im just starting a watercolour painting at the moment, realism tho
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hmm i am right handed^^ and the characters mostly look into the left side..where the light is...i..well if i draw them inverse they doesn't come out that good...
jeahhh your art is amazing..i will practise practise practise..maybe i will aomeday be in the near of that "goodness" not the same though..but may good^^
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i reckon if you practised you will get alot better, ive seen alot of artists that keep on improving that way. You shouldnt really worry about lighting at first though, just make the object you are drawing how you want it and if you want some lighting, add it later, because sometimes when you worry about lighting, you get it wrong, i do it all the time!
Haha i have said the same thing as you to several artists i worship, i still hope i get as good as them, or even close to as good
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hehe well thanks^^ hmm but highlights can't be added later so easily..can they? because there..i don't draw that much..if i covered that pieces already with color....xDD haha i am so annoying..xD
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well paint always works, the white highlights on this picture are done with white paint, you just need to be careful not to ruin the artwork by smudging the paint when still wet. Nah you arn't annoying, im happy to give advice 
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ahhh..so this painting isn't drawn with colored pencils?
aww i am happy not to be ..well annoying^^
jeahjeah the white pencil i use when it is to rough for me...but i have the experience tht the color even start to attend being darker...oO
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its mostly coloured pencils, i used paint for small things, i cant paint very well so i only use a little bit.
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