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Published: 2005-03-04 23:07:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 5799; Favourites: 80; Downloads: 319
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Presentation and Design class project 1.We had to do a portraight on scratchboard ( and for those of you who don't know what that is, a scratchboard is a uh...board
covered with a thin layer of black in ( o___o i think? ) and when you scratch the ink away there's white)8 1/2 x 11 inches big
It was pretty fun too DX Sorry about the mess the scanner scanned in too, please try to ignore it.
( This is a finished project and yeah i got my mark for it therefor, critique if you want D: but ill ignore it <3 )
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This is incredible for scratchboard! I love thisΒ Β I've been getting into scratchboard but I completely jacked up my last boardΒ Β any tips or advice for a scratchboard novice like myself?Β
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Oh my gosh thankyou! I havn't done it in so long!
Hmmm start by using a reference or sketch, put graphite all over the back and then trace it onto your scratchboard so you have a basic of what you are doing.
From when I remember doing this I mostly used this tool thecozyred.files.wordpress.comβ¦
It's like a very hard brush, and I worked it very gently in circular motions over and over, like layering really slowly so that it took away the black rather softly.Β
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A scratchboard and one of these things thecozyred.files.wordpress.com⦠it's like this really hard brush you slowly scratch the black away with.
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Wow! The level of detail here is off the charts. You are quite outstanding with a scratchboard. If you did not get an A+ for this, I would be greatly amazed. When I saw this, I thought it was a picture at first!
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Thankyou! I'm quite a perfectionist haha, i'm sure I inhaled so much of the stuff I was bending over so close to it.
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The work you put in really shows.
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omg. this is spectacular..
a girl at my school won some big award for her scratchboard portrait. but it looks like turd compared to this. i love this so much
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This is amazing! I've played around with scratchboard before, but I've never some even remotely close to this sort of result! Excellent job!
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Hi,
I featured this piece here [link]
I hope you don't mind 
Ruth.
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This is beautiful!! It's really amazing how smooth of a texture you were able to achieve.
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this is very well done. i like the delicacy and smoothness of it, which i know is not easy to achieve with scratch board.
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This is so awesome. How do you plan out your drawing on it. I have scratchboard materials...but I don't know how to use them...
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A good way to have a sketch to a scratchboard thats easy to use is first
-Draw what you want on paper
- Put a light pastel coating on the back paper
- Tape the paper sketch to the scratchboard
- Lightly trace your drawing
The pastel will transfer to the scratchboard without scratching it, and in turn it's very easy to erase.
Afterwards you can use a dark graphite pencil or some ink to darken in some mistakes.
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it's wonderful. i know those scrathchboards and they are sooooo hard to manipulate (in my opinion), so well done!!
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Very nice :]
We're doing scratchboard now too.
It's paper covered in a very fine clay then is covered in ink
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This is really impressive! (^_^)// Did you use a photograph as reference, or did you make it up as you went along?
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I had a photographic referance along the way,but im not sure where i got it from anymore.
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O__O Thats insanely good scratchboard.....
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Beautyful! D: ZOMG. I've tried using scratchboard before in art class, and it's really tough to use. Excellent job. I'm quite impressed. <3
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Wow, this "Scratchboard" sounds like good practice on lighting, opposed to shadowing.
Great work with the portrait.
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OMG... O_O... *Is otherwise speechless*
Instant fave here too.
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whoa when i first saw this i thought for sure it was real!!!!
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holy shit, didn't know you did realism..atleast not like this omfg! :'x
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I remember scratchboard...I sucked at it 
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That is really amazing work! You should be pretty proud of this, I love how well you handle the shadows and light. Scratchboard seems like the perfect medium, great use of the negative space. Did you get an A+, cuz you deserve it.
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hey this is gorgeous. i saw some more of these in the third floor corridor
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DUUUDE. thats so fucking A!! it;s so realistic! Argh wow! you are too great!
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wow. thats nuts. its gorgeous stefness. i saw you at dawson today. i waved but i dont think you really saw me or recognized me - oh well.
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that was you? 
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its all good.
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SCRATCHBOARD IS 9X12 BOARD COVERED WITH WHITE CLAY THEN AIRBRUSHED WIFF BLACK INDIAN INK!
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'Tis kick arse, man ^_^ You maybe could have taken it into Photoshop and touched it up a bit, that's what I did with mine before posting it. ANYWHO. It's just awsome.
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*dies*
absolutely gorgeous. i mistook it for a photo manip at first!
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A+ PK!! A+!! I shoulda kept that picture for meself
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whoa.... stef keeps improving!!! @.@
instant fave, I hope you did well.
<3
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hehe congrats! <3 you deserve it lave ~
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