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Published: 2005-12-20 09:46:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 1368; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 188
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once again HB pencil on a4 paper, i'm really enjoying doing these, they fascinate menow i just wish i could get a seat on a train to work so i can do more rather than being nose to armpit of some smelly chap!
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Ahh, the teardrop - my favourite shape to draw - starting at number 65 I don't think I've stopped in many drawings.
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You can tell that you like them, hehe. I find I incorporate them a lot too (though not on the scale you do) : they're such a fundamental shape, in a way.
The way that you "string" them together is interesting, I have to study that...
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What do you mean string them together? the ones that are actually touching or clusters of them not touching but creating an overall link..?
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i just meant how you combine teardrops with other teardrops, both in "bunches" like on the bottom (and to a lesser extent, the top-right) border, and also in larger teardrops, like on the right hand side. The lower left teardrop shape is very interesting as well, how they are all combined in a way that seems quite chaotic, but flows well nonetheless.
I've found it's tough to combine teardrops, the way I've experimented with them, and not have it seem extremely static... you have avoided that totally, in my opinion.
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Right - I get you now.. the natural curvature of the teardrops I use make it easy to string them together..
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"easy" is a deceptive term...
but seriously, the curvatures you use might make it much easier for you to connect them to each other in the ways that you feel are necessary (i think that type of vocabulary works best for me... things don't just look "better" when they're in the place that i feel for them: _NEED_ to be where they are [hence what I call a "grammar"]).
On a deeper and more interesting (imo) note, I doubt that it's universal, though. This would be a fascinating subject to explore... I really feel that "doodles," when done well, have a true, and almost linguistic grammar to them. And just like French words with German grammar would sound grosstastic, just like the most melodic (imho, again) line in opera, "... ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me ..." wouldn't work in french at all ("mais mon mistère est enfermé en moi"... yuck!), there's something extremely subtle, but completely fundamental in how these things take shape.
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I agree wholeheartedly, and I've often used the "translating mind onto paper" metaphor when people ask what I'm doing. It usually gets me a blank stare, though
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Oh yes I understand, my friend Ella easily draws such fantastic hippy/pixie/colourful/bizarre drawings that I pale in comparison too, I guess we all have our fortΓ©..
I feel as if sometimes it's almost automatic - like automatic writing but in a pictoral sense - that translates my mind to paper..
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I agree wholeheartedly, and I've often used the "translating mind onto paper" metaphor when people ask what I'm doing. It usually gets me a blank stare, though
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Haha - yes, I always end up saying "I'm just doodling!" to save the blank stares
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You do these in pencil.. i should try that. I do all mine in ultra fine black in pens... Makes it hard to mix mistakes, but its fun cause sometimes finding a way to fix things makes it turn out better. Um, yeah ill try the pencil though...
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incorporating is a must when you make a mistake using pens - but i like to have dark pencil which is very hard to rub out
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I have this super powered high turbo crazy eraser. Im almost positive it could erase life itself... Maybe not ultra dark pencil though...
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lol @ erase life itself!! spot on
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I'm still amazed that you can get an HB to do such dark sections! This has a real sense of movement, from the top left to the bottom right, you can just see it sweeping round. I'm really impressed with the teardrops, they go really well.
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you can get an HB to do a lot of things (short of not smudging!!) i want to do more like this - it's similar to 65 and i like them both more than any other ones i've done
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Again a nice piece....
How long did it take to create this one???
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this one took about 10 - 11 hours
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Quite a time..
But very nicely done...
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this is honestly my favorite of all of the things you have done...
it has alot of good movement, and is really beautiful...
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cool - i really like this one and want to do more - but it means getting my larger pad out - i'll get back to this sort after a few weeks
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This one's got a tribal feel to it. I like the border use on it too
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a fav - thanks - yeah the borders are a must nowadays - although i'm thinking more organic and not adding one but creating one in the drawing
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You aren't by chance growing your hair out and wearing hemp necklaces, are you?
Finally figured out what these reminded me of.
Once more, I applaud your patience and skill.
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fuck - you got me Erik!!
damn hippies!!
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XD
I like some of their art, but most of the ones that didn't sell out by now are now perma-baked.
So, it's nice to get some groovy art AND good conversation.
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haha - perma-baked!!
i shall be that this weekend!
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*raises a toast to good times*
In moderation it's fine, but people need to know when not to.
*emembers weekends behind a local church...*
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o wow i wish i had your skills! they look like eyes... it's just gorgeous
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wow thanks - i like your name - is it celaeno-therapy or is a friend of yours *celaeno* a harpy!! lmao
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heh, i hadn't even noticed the "therapy" before. it's supposed to be like celaeno the harpy, who is one of the 3 harpy sisters that make large storms in greek mythology. her name means "the dark". usually harpy is spelled harpie, but i forgot when i made my account!
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actually it doesn't say therapy - i've only just realised - what a fool i am
harpy is an excellent word - i love it
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Wow! Really interesting stuff! I see eyes everywhere!
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i see dead people 
thanks for the fav
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haha - no i drew it there!! lol
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I actually like using trains - subways. But it just brings the whole feel of an 90's movie, with the romantic fella sitting there on the far side of the carriage wearing his mattered leather jacket gazing out the black window, doesn't it..
Erm.. yeah. Sorry. Carring myself away there.
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leather?? don;t you mean pleather lol
trains are cool - i get to draw on the train, not on it but...... ah me carrying away there!! lol
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cool - thanks - many many eyes
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nice. I can see you're getting into this. I see the contents of it--well you know that about me. Keep it up--see where it takes you ; )
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cool i will, thanks - i'm working on another few right now, i really like doing these ones
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good for you. Hey guy--I know you have to comment on many deviations---but I post like one a month--not even. No comment from you on my silly dog. Am I on your friends list? I thought I was.
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sorry i really don't have much time on my hands other than to submit works and do journals, i miss this place because of that
and i don;t have the net at home yet (YET) so i only get a chance to come on at work and stare at messages i don;t have time to reply to - your dog is one of the 83 devs to comment on - sorry to be a pain in the arse with delayed messaging
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hey man---don't even think about it. I know it's almost impossible to keep up with all this on da---full timers can handle it---guys like me and you is another story--and I don't have the army you do over there. I was curious--that's all--I get enough comments on my art---np---hang in there buddy
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