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Published: 2014-01-03 02:48:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 979; Favourites: 49; Downloads: 0
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A still life I did with charcoal, black pen, and gold ink on bristol board for my portfolio (maybe). Good lord, realism is so hardCriticism is VERY welcome, because I'm pretty new to this type of art. Please help me improve v_v
How was everybody's New Year's?
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wow. your so good at a young age. The drawing's beautiful. Β
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You take art to the level all people find when they have a beautiful passion! I love love love your art!~~~<3
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the french horn is BEAUTIFUL!
i do have to agree with the person who commented about the ambiguous looking oil, but other than that. daNG, MAN.
also the reflection of the body of the horn on the wine bottle looks like an ear and it is supREMELY amusing
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Yeah, something needs to happen about that oil.
Thank you! Haha I just noticed about the ear :^D
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Hi, this is magnificent. I'm curious as to why you decided to add the crown differently above Buddha's head? I like it better that way 
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Thank you!
Welp, I was trying to celebrate all the different cultures that mix together in my community, so I thought it would be appropriate to put a Western-style crown on Buddha's head. I did it in an unrealistic style to emphasize it along with the music but I don't know if it worked or not, ahaha.
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I find it as the focus of your piece, because it lacks dimension - unlike the rest of the piece. Kind of like you pasted a gold star 
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I love so much how you approached this! You have tons of talent. If anything, I would focus even more on the positive and negative shape relationship of objects, and how forshortening plays a role in things. For example, I am not convinced that the tuba head is the right size or shape, and that is causing the sense of space to flatten. Try to look at the angles that make up the positive and negative spaces like that, and this will help you get even more exact 
Hope this helps! Let me know if any of what I said is confusing, and I'll try to find a better way to say it (for all I know, I could be spewing nonsense haha). Regardless, love this! Beyond impressed with this, and I'm sure all the colleges you apply to will be as well.
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Thank you! And thanks for actually critiquing me, it's very useful.
It's a French horn, not a tuba -- but I think you're right that I drew the bell too big. And that's true facts about the olive oil looking all misty. I was trying to draw these weird warped reflections in the bottle, but it didn't work out so well.... welp.
Thanks :^)
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You're very welcome! Glad itΒ helped.Β Wow, I feel very silly calling it a tuba...I knew it wasn't a tuba, but I forgot it was called a French horn. Whoops! Regardless, keep drawing and practicing. You can only get better from here
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Nice stuff. I'm glad you're doing more drawing from life. I like the texture and the well-observed perspective. I think the final product could benefit from some of the reds and oranges in the photos; it's looking a little flat.Β
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Aaaaaahh dude you're right, I should have done that.
Thank you though!
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I really love this, Noah. I know you usually do less realistic things, so I found the Buddha and the lower left part more compelling. What I like is the shading and how detailed it is. The horn and wine bottle reflections are more abstract and less consistent with the rest of the drawing. I think I would have liked it without the blank in pen better, if you're going for the whole realism deal. Still, amazing as always.
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Yeah, I went a little overboard on the pen. Thank you though!
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Oh my goodness gracious 
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Good lord, I know. Never again will I draw a French horn
Thanks!
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It turned out fantastic, though.Β There are certainly more complicated instruments to draw, though.Β Like the.... um... I know there has to be something more complicated O_o
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Tschaikowski...? Czajkowski? That sounds like a polish surname.
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Tschaikowski (or Tchaikovsky) the Russian composer. He died in the late 19th century, so I figured I could put in some of his music without getting in trouble for plagiarism.
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That is a beautiful french horn ___________
The still life is breathtaking, as well.
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Wooooooooaah Noah that is so incredible! I say definitely include it in your portfolio. It makes all the pieces in my own portfolio look massively incomplete bleuuuugh. I love how you blended both the traditional elemtns of a still life with more stylistic options like the crown and the musical elements.
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Thank you Figs!!
I am calling you Figs because that is how I secretly think of you inside my head. So I hope you don't mind. Figs.
That's good, I was worried I might lose some brownie points for mashing styles together. 
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Ha I don't mind at all. But really, I think the "mashing styles" really worked out here. (And thanks, though it's nowhere near as glorious as yours will be)
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Duuude totally put this in your portfolio, it's absolutely wonderful. The shading is fantastic and you did a hell of a great job not only making it extremely accurate, but your placement of the gold ink appears to be very thoughtful, pulling the eye around the piece. You did a good job keeping it bottom heavy, and really the only thing I can criticize is that in future pieces, perhaps try to work on perspective, or doing a work that isn't centered in the middle of the paper-But those are just things for you to experiment with in the future, I honestly wouldn't change a thing about this drawing. Β Great job!Β
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Thank you!!!
That is a true story, I really need to work on perspective. Thanks about the gold ink, that's what I was going for :^D
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Noah, man. This is incredible. I can hardly believe that the little middle schooler I paid five dollars to draw a picture of us would turn out something like this. I don't know enough about art to give any criticism, but this is amazing. I hope you had a good new years. Are you coming with us tomorrow to ice skate?
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Buh, thanks Gavin. Those middle school memories
Yeah man I'm ice skating! I might be a little late, though. I'll call you.
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