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The Illustration is based upon the martyrdom of Saint Catherine of Alexandria. It's completely done using my 0.1 mm Rotring Engineering Drawing pen on A3 cartridge paper (I gave myself a challenge to complete the whole thing with the 0.1 mm). I have been working on this for over two months now. No references has been used. I would very much appreciate feedback from all...OH MY GOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A DD FOR MY WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'M SO FREAKED OUT RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN BARELY TYPE THIS... I'M FEELING SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW THAT THEY FOUND MY WORK GOOD ENOUGH.... THANKS TO THE SUGGESTOR AND TO THE GM AND ALL OF YOU FOR THE AWESOME SUPPORT !
I'm sorry that I am not able to reply to each of your comments, but I AM reading them all and appreciate it very very much... The encouragement and feedbacks and criticisms that you guys are sending me is a great push towards better art for me... Thanks to you all...
And if you guys find this work in Wikipedia, it's ok... It has been put there with my consent. It is not stolen from me...
Peace !!!
People have been asking me to add a short description about the Saint herself. So I copied the content from Wiki. here it is >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
"According to the traditional story, Catherine was the daughter of Costus, a pagan governor of Alexandria, where she was born. She is said to have announced to her parents that she would only marry someone who surpassed her in beauty, intelligence, wealth, and social status. This has been interpreted as an early foreshadowing of her eventual discovery of Christ. "His beauty was more radiant than the shining of the sun, His wisdom governed all creation, His riches were spread throughout all the world."[1] Though raised a pagan, she converted to Christianity in her late teens. It is said that she visited her contemporary, the Roman Emperor Maximinus Daia, and attempted to convince him of the moral error in persecuting Christians. She succeeded in converting his wife, the Empress, and many pagan philosophers whom the Emperor sent to dispute with her, all of whom were subsequently martyred.[5] Upon the failure of the Emperor to win Catherine over, he ordered her to be put in prison; and when the people who visited her converted, she was condemned to death on the breaking wheel, an instrument of torture. According to legend, the wheel itself broke when she touched it, so she was beheaded."
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Comments: 438
bluemystic In reply to ??? [2011-02-06 01:29:07 +0000 UTC]
Oh wow,dear! I'm truly blown away by this awesome drawing!
First, the entire composition is so vivid and rich in details. You did this without a reference and that itself is amazing! You've done a fantastic job on on portraying action and emotion here too. Your Girl must be so happy with this masterpiece!
bravo my friend
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orioncreatives In reply to bluemystic [2011-02-06 19:02:46 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so so much, my friend, for that amazing compliment.... My gal loved it very much and she's proud of me too...
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m17qt17 In reply to ??? [2011-02-02 06:15:01 +0000 UTC]
wow very amazing work. how did you get the stop on here??
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meregoddess In reply to ??? [2011-02-02 04:17:36 +0000 UTC]
Wow! What amazing details! This is a fabulous deviation. I like it very much!
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orioncreatives In reply to meregoddess [2011-02-06 19:00:07 +0000 UTC]
I am so glad that you like it...
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Snow-katt In reply to ??? [2011-02-02 03:40:12 +0000 UTC]
excellent work as usual
deserving of every favorite and praise it gets
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orioncreatives In reply to Snow-katt [2011-02-06 18:59:50 +0000 UTC]
That was such a nice compliment... Thank you !
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d4riuss4v4ge In reply to orioncreatives [2011-02-07 00:49:22 +0000 UTC]
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madgus In reply to ??? [2011-01-25 19:29:40 +0000 UTC]
Excellent work.!!! keep drawing like that, where is the light source? is confusing seeing the shadow of the shoes, the lady or the clothes of the guy behind.
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God bless you.
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JoannaMoory In reply to ??? [2011-01-24 15:08:37 +0000 UTC]
No references? Wow, you are very talented .
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orioncreatives In reply to JoannaMoory [2011-01-24 20:10:17 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much
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JLDragonfly In reply to ??? [2011-01-24 13:54:38 +0000 UTC]
Congratulations! This piece has been chosen for BEST OF WEEKLY FEATURE!! It is currently featured in this week's [link] journal and [link] news article!
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orioncreatives In reply to JLDragonfly [2011-01-24 20:10:00 +0000 UTC]
wow ! thank you so much ! this is an honor... thank you !
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B-R-Benton In reply to ??? [2011-01-22 17:14:53 +0000 UTC]
This is truly incredible. I am so impressed by the amount of detail in this piece. Really excellent work.
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orioncreatives In reply to B-R-Benton [2011-01-23 12:24:50 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much !
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lamorth-the-seeker In reply to ??? [2011-01-22 06:00:51 +0000 UTC]
This is freaking bad ass! All of the lines drawn, wow. I have a set of Staedtler ink pens; 0.7mm,0.5mm,0.3mm,0.1mm,
and in no way am I thinking of attempting an A3 with the 0.3mm, let alone the 0.1mm!
(The one I use most is the 0.3mm)
That being said, I think you have a bit of proportion problems. The horses in the back look too small(to scale with the carraige) and the two men in the middle look too big(when compared to the woman). I think the woman and the man kneeling are perfect however.
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orioncreatives In reply to lamorth-the-seeker [2011-01-23 12:23:35 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for the feedback... and will definitely take care in the future
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lamorth-the-seeker In reply to orioncreatives [2011-01-23 18:42:36 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome. I like the picture, I just wanted to offer some helpful criticism.
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orioncreatives In reply to lamorth-the-seeker [2011-01-23 19:50:02 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much... that has been of some help to me
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lamorth-the-seeker In reply to orioncreatives [2011-01-23 20:04:56 +0000 UTC]
no problem.
if you haven't already, could you look at my drawings and give me some critique?
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almaticani In reply to ??? [2011-01-21 20:56:25 +0000 UTC]
This is really gorgeous. Looks like one of those old copper needle etched prints. Very very fine work...you have nerves of steal!
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orioncreatives In reply to almaticani [2011-01-23 19:49:33 +0000 UTC]
wow ! thank you so much... and i really had that style in my mind while i was working on this...
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almaticani In reply to orioncreatives [2011-01-25 18:36:35 +0000 UTC]
Most welcome.^^
I love those old works...
people showed some amazing skill
in that medium... but you showed
the skill in a more fashionable way.
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orioncreatives In reply to almaticani [2011-01-26 20:21:21 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much...
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xStelmariax In reply to ??? [2011-01-21 20:30:48 +0000 UTC]
Wow, it's amazing! I admire the way you brought out the light and shadows in here. But one thing I don't quite understand - where comes all the blood from, is it hers? Because her dress's so clean...
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