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Those of you who are at all familiar with the history of the world or Ancient Egypt will recognize this as a sketch of the bust of Nefertiti. She was the wife of Akhenaten, with her name meaning "the beautiful one has come" and I think she truly is very beautiful. I was thumbing through a book looking for something to draw, and my eye fell on a photo of the sculpture. I simply had to draw it, knowing one of my friends would probably get a big kick out of it!
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Thank you so very much! 
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Hi! I've featured your deviation in my latest journal. Hope you don't mind, have a nice day! [link]
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On the contrary -- I'm quite honoured!
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profiles can be hard, but this is a great picture, I especially love the shading.
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They are very hard, for me. 
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same here and your welcome!
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If you look at all of the ancient Egyptian sculpures of women they were all very beautiful. I believe Egyptian women of today are very pretty
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Whoa, that is so beautiful! Nefertiti always brings on fond memories of the book The Egypt Game.
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Thank you!
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You did a great job on her features, especially the eyes and I like the shading.
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Thank you! I tried to capture the hard edges of the sculpture's eyes.
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I like how it is even more exaggerated than the sculpture, which is also exaggerated. her eyes, or eye are/is beautiful.
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Thank you very much!
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This is a really lovely sketch. Beautiful job with the lighting/shading. Excellent work.
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lol! I remember studying her.... Something about her being really weird or... something? I don't think we spent a lot of time on her, and just mentioned it in passing. Lovely sketch!
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Um, her husband was "unorthodox" in the sense that he started a monotheistic religion, if that's what you mean. He worshipped the sun god.
Thank you!
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OH! That's it. The reason it was really weird because the Egyptians NEVER EVER change anything so people didn't really like him for changing the religion.
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Yes, exactly. But weirdo husband or no, I think she's very interesting looking. Not a traditional beauty, but certainly a dignified one.
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P.S. I didn't actually say anything about the drawing there, sorry- it's great! Excellent shape and shading, Personally I've always found profile's to be difficult. Well done!
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LOL, that's okay! And thank you. Profiles are extremely difficult for me, so I'm pretty pleased with this one!
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You're welcome- and arg, profiles! The doom of us all. *eep* don't talk to me about the history of fashion *has just done exam on it bleh...* Lol, thx.
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Oh did you really? I'm quite an enthusiast on the subject so that would probably be fun for me!
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Unfortunately, my teacher was crap and the course was awful and utterly dire, I would have liked the subject more if it was what it was suppossed to be and not just a gigantic waste of time. Bleh...
Still got an A in it anyway. Mwahahahaha.
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Aww, that's too bad. That could probably ruin any subject, lol.
Congrats!! And that's all that counts, right?
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Thanks!
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Nefertiti!! God, I have just recently read that book, fantastic picture, was the picture in the book a drawing or a photo of the bust (*takes time to kill all immature people*)?
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It was a photograph in a book on the history of fashion.
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