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Published: 2004-05-15 07:02:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 473; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 49
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colored pencil portrait on black paperoriginal size ~18" x 12"
This is a scanned copy, of a photocopy, of a drawing I did, of a photograph I did, of my grandmother...did you get all that. Anyway, I was young and took for granted the time I had with her. When she died in 1997 I realized that I had only taken but a handful of photographs of her. She was a great woman, and deserved to be sculpted in gold. This drawing captures her love and her sparkle.
**EDIT~ I added a little more contrast and fiddled with the levels a bit in Photoshop to make her a little more visible.
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AHH THATS INSANE COLOURED PENCIL SKILLS, damn, how did i miss this one. excellent work on the eyes and glasses and the teeth, im always to chicken to go for the detailing of teeth, so kudos for that chicken
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wow...thank you so much...this one really means a lot of me... I am thinking about resubmitting a better scan of it...like of the original...I am currently scanning some really old art from college like 8 years ago...but what the heck...my friend says to submit it. so I think I will. I thought about posting the reference photo I took of her too, but I drew a grid on it...oh well...thank you sooo much...and don't be chicken...I usually suck at colored pencil...and it ends up looking like crayon, but I seem to be getting a little better with each try...its just that I dont do it very often at all. Thanks again.
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hehe, cute. very cool work. i'm a little bit confused about her hand though...
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yeah its hard to see if your monitor is too dark, but she is making a fist kinda with her thumb sticking out under her chin toward her neck...it is a weird angle...but the photograph isn't really that different. Plus the submitted copy is a really lousy scan of a smaller version of a copy of the original...so...yeah...bad quality. I should see what I can do about updating the image to a better quality one. We'll see. Thank you for the comment though...I really appreciate it.
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wonderful job, blah blah blah *kiss ass kiss ass kiss ass*
no, seriously though. i really like it. you caught her um "soul" in the drawing. which is hard to do.
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What a wonderful tribute. It's a warm, loving drawing, too. You did capture a sparkle in her eye.
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thanks.
This was actually the first thing I submitted to DevArt way back...hehe (not that long ago) But it is just now getting looked at. I appreciate the comments, because I think I am more attached to this piece, than any/all of my other pieces. It really means a lot to me, and I have it framed in my livingroom.
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shit what a brilliant drawing... damn you're (multi)talented. I'm guessin your Grandmother would be (is?) stoked to be immortalized like this. nice one
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This is a great piece you...
and you're right this drawing does capture a lot of sparkle from her...
well done.
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That means a lot. Thanks a bunch. She was a wonderful woman...I am thinking of posting a trio of silly pictures of her. The latter of which I drew this from.
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i'd love to keep an eye on you in that case
i'll add you to my dev watch if thats ok with you.
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