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Published: 2015-04-03 22:40:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 6148; Favourites: 182; Downloads: 33
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I wanted to take a break, but then I noticed that I haven't drawn Loki in his Jotun (frost giant) form yet. And an inverted drawing is like a "break" compared to my "normal" mixed media drawings, because this technique saves a lot of time.So here we have an evil Jotun Loki freezing Heimdall with the Casket of Ancient Winters, before he can strike him with his sword (and a colored pencil
).Reference was a screencap of Tom Hiddleston as Loki from the movie "Thor" (2011).
Of course I inverted the colours of this picture (= negative) in Photoshop before I started to draw (I used the normal and the inverted picture for reference).
Ursus sketch pad DIN A4 190g/m²; Faber-Castell Polychromos artists' colour pencils; time: ~14 hours
Please don't upload my pictures somewhere else without my permission. Don't infringe copyright!
Here are some other traditional inverted drawings:
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Comments: 104
I have no idea why some of my letters are in symbols :/
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Another inverted drawing, huh? You really like this technique I take it. You should, it’s a good technique and you’re good at it, getting better I can tell. This one should have been more difficult than a few of the others as it has more colours. One other you only had to use blues, getting yellows and oranges when inverted. The next challenge should perhaps be to make an inverted drawing using a reference where your first thought is to draw it normally? Could be fun maybe.
Lights, highlights and shadows, shines. All of that which makes the image seem real is well executed here. Ah! It just looks so good. Everything you put up on deviantart seem to be of top quality.
I mean, the light filtering through the ice he’s conjured with the casket looks great, out of focus and all. His cloak looks almost velvety soft, the metal in his armor is very shiny, reflecting the light properly… Just so good. I need to stop before I work myself up too much. On to the next drawing!
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Hehe, this technique is just so much fun! 
Thank you very much! Most of the parts of this drawing look so soft/smooth, because I used "colored pencil powder", by the way. That's pretty helpful.
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Wait can you please explain what inverting the drawing does? How does it help you draw?
And this is amazing btw!
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For an inverted drawing you just chose a reference, invert (negative: white = black, orange = blue, green = pink/purple and so on) the colours in a program, then draw it like that, take a picture of your drawing and invert that. It's pretty helpful if you want to draw a very dark picture. If you take a look at this drawing Loki (Inverted Drawing) you can see it better. The invert is much easier to draw, because you just have to draw a few lines and shades (everything else is white), so it saves a lot of time. Or for example if you have a picture with a sky full of stars you just have to draw black dots in the invert. And it's always fun and a big surprise if you invert your drawing at the end.
Thank you!
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Oh that's so cool. You learn something new everyday! Thanks for telling me!
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YEAS!! you should do MORE frost giant Loki's it looks so cool!! this makes great theme for inverted drawings! These always come up so well
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Thanks!
I'm still not sure which Loki picture to draw next, but at first I have to finish some other WIPs!
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hehehe, I really like this drawings. It's incredible the result. And also funny must be the face of someone who see you painting that and don't know what you're doing
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Thank you!
Lol! That's true! It looks very strange on paper...
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Psst...hey, guess what?
MY FRIEND SAW TOM HIDDLESTON WHEN HE WAS AT WORK ON EASTER!!! *dies*
(I am still jealous of him for that...)
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Lol!
I saw him on the Thor 2 premiere in Berlin (2013).
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WHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATT
*cries in corner* Why are there people I know meeting my favorite actor and I am not?! Ehhhehehh...SO JEALOUS!!!! D:
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I'm sure that one day you'll meet him, too!
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You just need a program which turns the colours to "negative".
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Ok, I'm not sure if I have such a program though.
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very nice 
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Thanks! Yes, you should really try it! It's fun and always a great surprise when you invert the colours of your drawing for the first time to see the result!
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you're welcome! Yes, one of the things i want to do when the semester ends
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Wow, ich hab ja hier schon einige Inverted Drawings gesehen, aber nie in Farbe
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Vielen Dank!
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Das glaube ich dir gerne
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Nur Mut! So schwierig ist es nicht, wenn man das richtige Referenzbild auswählt. Und der Effekt beim Invertieren ist immer wieder faszinierend!
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Vielleicht versuche ich es irgendwann mal
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I can see how these lighter colors would be easier, but...how is 14 hours of drawing considered a "break"? 
About the drawing: I just love it! It results in looking exactly like the screencap, so your accuracy in all the inverted colors is honestly mind-boggling. This whole inverted idea is really neat, by the way! I ought to try it sometime!
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Ok... you got me. That wasn't a break!
Thank you very much!
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Lol! No, no it wasn't.
Umm...bitte!...?
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Hehe, in Germany we say: "Es ist noch kein Meister vom Himmel gefallen!" (No one is born a master!)
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Das ist wahr!
My first colored drawing? You don't mean my current Loki drawing, do you? Because only about 1/16 of the drawing is color. Lol!
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I'm looking forward to this "mixed drawing" and of course to your first full colored drawing!
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My first full colored drawing? Well that sounds terrifying! Lol! It would be something I'd have to work up gradually to.
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You don't have to be scared. Just try it!
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Right now, my bravery to try a full colored drawing isn't here. But, I'm sure..."it'll come, in time."
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Very cool effect! And I don't see Loki as 'evil' for freezing Heimdall, especially since Heimdall had already betrayed Loki and was actively attacking him at the time. Not to mention the fact that Heimdall had always hated Loki (in the myths, if not the Marvel films). *spits at Heimdall* Personally, if I'd been Loki, I'd have dropped the frozen Heimdall off the Bifrost....
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Thank you!
Lol! Suddenly I imagine Loki (in a cute comic style) thinking "Wait a second! I forgot something...", turning back and dropping the frozen Heimdall off the Bifrost.
I think Heimdall just want to protect the realm, but I agree that he seems to betray his kings (Loki in Thor 1 and Odin in Thor 2) all the time for Thor...
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You're welcome! And I love your mental image of Loki belatedly remembering to take care of his little Heimdall problem.... *snickers* Maybe Heimdall secretly lusts for Thor, and is therefore bitterly jealous of Loki's relationship with him, even when it isn't the friendliest...?
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lol, break!
Really cool technique, I didn't know you did that! *runs off to gallery to see more*
It looks so strange when inverted. And you'd have to be so careful to get the values/hues to match, to make it look right!
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