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mortal-coil β How to make portraits
Published: 2004-09-29 17:51:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 7625; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 691
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Well, i made a tutorial about how to make portraits cos many people asked me for it, so here it is, hope this is helpful.Related content
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this is great! i was asked to draw a self-portrait for sum1 i know. this will be very helpful! thanku!
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Thanks to you actually for your compliments!! I'm glad to hear this will be very helpful to you, good luck in your portrait!
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you're welcome!! 
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thank you for your tutuorial
very very helpful
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Thanks to you for your nice comments
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no problem, but I'm having trouble finding specific mech. pencil types, where did you find yours?...
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I found them in an art shop of my city, but I guess you can't come to Spain to buy pencils or so 
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are they mechanical? is that what I can read on the package...faber-castel pencils...I'll definately look for them...store and internet
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Nope, they are regular pencils, I prefer those, but mechanical pencils are good for small details. I'm sure you can finde them in any store.
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wow tis is like a online tutorial
very nice..^^
i think this should helps others get their drawings to look like their refernce pic,.. i kno mine never look rite.... haha..
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Hahaha, thanks and don't worry about not getting the likeness. Actually what matters is that the final drawing is well drawn and not so much the likeness. However, it's all about working on that, don't think my first portraits looked like the refference, they didn't at all!!
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well... i kno... most importan is weather it turn out lookin gd or not but for me rite... my 1st drawin... ta was when i was young ... i was learnin from my dad how to draw a cat in side view with simple shapes usin cryon n my drawin ended lookin like a dog.... not a cat.... so it seem funny at ta time ... but to me, i remember it til now.. n since then i try to get every detail to b same as e refernce.... cos i dun wan ppl to think its somethin else i'm drawin... hahah..... like say if i'm drawin a gal n ppl say its a guy... i'l get really piss....^^
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recently i veiwed somewan elses work n at a qick glane i saw a cat in e pic so i comement on it acordin but later i realise its a dog, it was embarrassing ^^ cos it really look like a cat for its pose n there wasnt much detail drawn haha...
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Lol, I see, well, those things happen
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mind if i ask u tis, i'm not sure if u hav done any freelance job but if say u did, how much would u charge? cos i'm doin a freelance animation job rote now n they never did say how much they r goin to pay me, today is my 1st day of work n stil i'm not sure how they r goin to pay me... sound funny isnt it
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Well, I'm sorry to tell you that I've never done a freelance job, so actually I don't know how much they should pay you. Sorry I can't help you
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haha its ok... haha.. i was told by a few fds its like tis, u take how much u b paid for a monthly salary, say..... $1600, u take take divide by e time u will take to complete e freelance job, say..... hmmm 1week.... and u hav e price.... $400 for a 1 week freelance job.... tas how my fd charge.... when he is doin a 3d model for a game developer
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i see, i had no idea about that
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HOLY CRAP. that was like... 
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hahaha, now you know
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very helpfull...i'm kind of new in the portait stuff...sorry can i ask you to explain me the 3ΒΊ step!!!i didn't understand it 
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yeah, that's what i meant, and thanks btw
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thanks!!!i never do that pass!!!maybe you could see my work "Marco" [link] and help me working better on the shadings!!! (sorry for thu pub but i really want to improve my portrait technique!)
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i would work further on the eyes and the outline of the nose, just that, and try smearing the shading, it gives a really realistic effect
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thankz a lot for tour support!!
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you're very welcome
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Wow, a terrific tutorial! You are such an awesome artist!
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thank you so so so much
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oh a tutorial..I might use it some time
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thank ya 
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well no matter who loves who, I think it looks great :wink:
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Hmm I think I might be able to draw humans for once this might be useful
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i will be waiting for the results
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ya let me find my graphites first
my room is so messed up
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Such an interesting tutorial.
My technique is sometimes similar, sometimes different 
Unfortunately I am drawing almost everything the same time and do not have a scanner at home 
Regards 
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thanks, i know how it is when you're evolved in many projects, right now i have 2 paintings going on and a drawing. Btw, why don't you buy a computer for yourself?
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You are welcome
I have started about ten projects
Actually just because of money. I could not afford it as long as my fiance is abroad (he left a lot of money at home for me - Remi organizes spending them, but I do not want to take them...). As You probably know, even my subscription is paid by one of my dA friends
But now I am very pleased, because my friend Sandra has found a great job for me. I will scan hundreds of photographs and correct the contrast/brightness balance. It is so easy and I will earn a lot of money. Sandra will do the rest of the work - improving the hue saturation etc.
Anyway, I do not mind using my friend's computer now. He has two ones but does not use them for whole days...
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i meant that it's a waste of money
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It depends on the point of view, if someone earns by the work with computer, it seems to be a good investition 
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yeah, that's basically what i said "...unless you need it very urgently"
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