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Rapsukka — Portrait of a Moth
Published: 2006-10-13 16:47:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1106; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 6
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Again, A3 with that damned old pencil and the same theme. Spent maybe 3-4h on this, probably wasn't worth it.. I like the idea and the look she has, BUT anatomy is all but gone
, her hair looks stupid, facial-tattoo isn't symmetrical and I got too bored and frustrated to finish the rest of her (maybe I just should've put her in scraps, hooray for me.. 
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XD Aww if only they could all see the coloured version I did for you ah ha.
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=O You should show them the coloured version I made of her.
XD Definetly not made for the scrap pile! Not while I'm around! Lol.
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=o You should add the coloured version to your 'artists comment' so they would get an idea what she would look like with colour. ^.^
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what are you talking about?!! this picture is so...deviously beautiful!
don't throw it to the scraps, show it off with pride!
*salutes and adds to favs*
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Naww, so much appreciated
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=o Check it out! [link] I painted your picture with photoshop! I hope you enjoy it lol
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You're very critical of your drawings. But sometimes that can be a good thing. Perfectionism seems to suck most of the time though, huh?
I think this is gorgeous, though. 
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You noticed.. 
It is what keeps me going, so yes, a good thing, although irritating too.
But really, if it is inspiring, that's all that it has to be.
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hypnotic. as i watched her, it almost came alive. this artwork is good. like a cube, with a little chipped side. aren't we all that way, a little chipped
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It isn't THAT bad that the tattoos aren't symmetrical, I didn't notice it until I read your comment
I totally love that hair btw!
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Well thanks 
Maybe I'm just causing people to look for mistakes when they normally wouldn't
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lol, that's what I do too 
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It's because we know what isn't right, if we could see our works and not remember them and think they belong to someone else, I suppose we wouldn't see the mistakes
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Yeah I think so
I wish I could see my drawings like it were somebody else's. I hate basically everything I draw because I see everything that's wrong. It's particularly frustrating when your mom starts to tell you how amazing it is when you want to throw it away
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I do know what you mean, even though my mum said nothing about my drawings, except "it's good" or something else in a monotonous tone. I don't think she ever figured out just what to say, because she has no artistic talent.
I always drew for the fun of it, I never really got praised for it. But at least I learned that it must be for me and only me
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My mum has all my drawings sticked to the wall in our living room
I always drew when I was younger, then stopped for a few years and now I'm picking it up again. I try to improve, but it's not really going very fast (also due to school 
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Well, I don't remember my drawings ever being on the wall, at least not put there by my mum. But it's nice that you're drawing again, you should try and draw more
I don't know if it is appropriate for me to say, and you've probably already thought of this, but.. I'll say it anyhow. So when you draw, you could try and think of the things you draw in 3D, so that it'll become easier to see where you've gone wrong, that's why drawing without any reference is good practise. Sorry about all the blabbering
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Oh, don't worry, you can talk as much as you want
I'll try that! I dunno if I tried it before, most of the time I just start drawing 
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I can't blame you, I just start drawing too and it starts to change into something completely different as it develops
It takes a concious effort to keep to the original idea
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Yeah, that's very hard 
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Call of Cthulhu? They made a video game out of that. Never played it though, I think I didn't have the right system or high enough specs for my computer.
But you are on a roll Rapsukka. And the tatoo "mistake" isn't noticable. I had to count the lines twice before I noticed they weren't symmetrical. Lol. (BTW, love the hair. ^_^ )
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Thanks 
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From the previous comment I now remember what was so familiar with this style of yours; H.P. Lovecraft!
Though the Call of Cthulhu is the only book I've read of him. Although a very old book it's still one of the best horror stories ever made.
Great drawing! But theres something with the eyes that looks... odd.
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Thanks, but the eyes look odd?.. hmm, maybe because they are asymmetrical, and she has no eyelashes. Or maybe her eyes are too pale?
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Im not sure about what it is. I think its the pale irises that bugs me.
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Oh well, you can't like everything
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Maybe it's just because my wife is reading a book by her, but this brings to mind the H.P. Lovcraftian writing of Caitlin Kiernan to me. It's truly a fascinating work, though...don't scrap her!
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Nah, used too much time on her to put her in scraps
H.P. Lovecraft? Heard the name, but Caitlin Kiernan definately says nothing to me
I'm happy that you like it
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H.P. Lovecraft was the originator of the 'X-Files' style of writing, where one poses a number of supernatural questions in a tale that are either never answered...or answered in an unspeakably horrible way for the protagonist. (most of his protagonists either were eaten or went mad) Caitlin Kiernan, an author with a great amount of respect for Lovecraft, writes in a very similar fashion, but uses more young women as her protagonists and tends to be even more elusive about finding resolutions in her tales. I recommend her if you want to be enormously frustrated by having the explanations of the event in her tales left to your own dark imaginings.
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Ok, so that's what this is all about, it's just funny to hear that my works are alike with a writers works.
Since I don't really know the writer or his books, I think I'll just take it as a compliment.. Maybe I should try to read some of his books then
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Caitlin Keirnan has a slightly different slant on horror than her predecessor; I may be misinterpreting her work, but it seems to me that she sees beauty in horror and several times in her works that I've read has visited and revisted the idea of something can be so evil or horrifyingly different that it actually becomes beautiful in the mind's eye.
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THAT IS SO GOOD i could only wish to be that good!!
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Thanks for commenting (and liking), and for the fav on the other one.
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I love the movement of her hair--and its a scary picture! cool.
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Thanks, glad to notice someone liking it. And if you think this is scary, look at the ones I posted earlier on
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