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Published: 2006-02-16 02:40:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2777; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 96
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Finished, FINALLY. Started June last year.Mostly ebony pencil.
About 36 hours.
Reference: [link] (The photo I printed off totally wasn't that detailed...it looks so much better on the computer. =\)
Crappy WIP sequence: [link]
This piece was a winner in the McClean Fletcher βHealing of Heartsβ Art Competition. It was also displayed in a local coffee shop and at my high school in 2009 and 2010.
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Oh wow, thanks! Much appreciated.
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You really deserve it
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I'm afraid I'm still stuck within the bounds of photorealism...but who knows, maybe one day I'll "achieve" hyper.
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btw you have inspiration by chuck close artwork just wondering
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I'm familiar with his work - it's incredible! I'm guessing you're a fan?
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some what, well keep up the awesome work
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Thank you! And thanks for the faves as well.
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Love the expressions. It is absolutely adorable.
My only suggestions were the lack of any white highlights, it seems to be a whole lot of gray midtones. I read earlier that the picture made it rather sepia, so perhaps this is due to the picture as well. Photographing work can be as frustrating as working on it sometimes.
I feel like some portions of the texture of the pencil could be worked in a bit better as well- the left side of his face in particular. Everything else seems to mesh very well.
Beautiful piece. Love the emotion in it.
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Thanks for the critique!
You're right about the highlights. While the photo definitely washed it out and took away what I had (there is a small amount), the majority of the picture is midtones. That's something I'm definitely keeping in mind nowadays.
I agree with you on the texture...while I've found that occasionally pencil texture can look like facial texture, that definitely wasn't the case here...it was my first drawing, and I just didn't know how to blend yet.
Again, thanks for the comment!
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When I looked through later pieces in your gallery... you obviously grew and really took care of those things! I think its fabulous. You put really great emotion into them.
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jesus christ hahaha your only 17 and look at your drawings . . .
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Nah man, I did this one when I was 15/16. 
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Because it made me smile on a day where smiles have been scarce:
(Only thing I think is missing is stronger highlights to add more contrast... Otherwise it looks great!
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Thanks for the fav! And yeah, I totally know what you mean about highlights...unfortunately, I see that in my other drawings too...
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You're very welcome!
Well, it's never too late to change that
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Thanks! I really appreciate it.
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Heehee, thanks! I tried to pick a good picture, and that one happened to have turned out really well.
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Reference: [link] (The photo I printed off totally wasn't that detailed...it looks so much better on the computer. =\)
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Don'tcha hate it when that happens! I'm trying to work with a Charlize Theron Aeon Flux photo right now that is a bit that way!
Great work on this one!
KAC
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Thanks! I appreciate the comment. Yeah, it sucks to do every detail you see in the picture and then look at the one on the computer and it's just like crap. I missed so much detail.
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Thank you! You've got an awesome gallery, by the way. Really nice set of portraits!
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I really like the emotions u captured in this drawing, very well done!
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Beautiful job. Looks like a photograph. You captured their expressions wonderfully
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Nice image. The pencil work is excellent, but it's a great image to start with - love the cupped hands. Gives it a feeling of warmth, tenderness, and intimacy.
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Thank you! A feeling that was definitely, and is still definitely, felt.
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Awwww. Enjoy being in love - there's nothing quite like it. Time makes a relationship deeper, but there's nothing quite like the initialy intensity of being in love.
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Yeah. almost 1 1/2 years has already made a difference, but I still feel it.
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This is absolutly beautiful! the likness is amazing 
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Thanks! And thanks for the fav!
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yet another amazing drawing from you
you're really talented! it look SO realistic...
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Holy crap you're tallented at drawing. Damn. I envy you....
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