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wavefreak — Room With A View - Final
Published: 2006-04-28 14:48:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2476; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 107
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I'm calling this done. Mostly because I was starting to feel like I was fighting with it rather than improving it..5mm 2B, HB, .3mm B,2H, 4H Graphite pencils. Strathmore 500 Series Bristol.
About 200 hours (mostly because I'm really slow)
Link to photo reference : [link] Thanks to for permission to use his photo.
WIPs are now in scraps.
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Thanks. It was crazy tedious, but it came out decent.
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Thank you.
It's unusual to get a comment that isn't "OMFG" or something like that. Those comments are cool, but they offer nothing in the way of constructive feedback. I'd be interested in where you see problems or room for improvement in this piece.
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haha..well, i didnt mean to be mean, if you know what i mean....(hahah!!)..but, i thought it could've been better....
don't get me wrong, i can see how much of an a** it can be drawing water, but yea, again, it could be better...probably more detail given would do it good..plus, the drawing in general should have a greater scope of tonal values, (meaning the lights, mediums and darks)...
as for the figure, more effort could be put in to make it more realistic, (meaning the figure's body proportions and stuff), and also the details making it photorealistic...
again, i have to commend on your attempt to draw water, coz i personally wouldnt even imagine starting to draw it..haha...
(check out my gallery to see what i mean...)
you're welcome on the honest opinion, coz i believe if i joined the rest to give you OMFG's, you wont really improve in your work..so, yea...
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Thanks.
You mentioned some of the things I was dissatisfied with. The anatomy of the surfer was tough. It is actually pretty accurate from the reference photo, but it seems like an unnatural pose. Anyone that is not familiar with surfing seems to find it strange. This piece is also the last time I used a grid. I decided after doing it that a grid breaks things up in an unnatural way and I don't think about things like tonality as much as I should.
Thanks again for your thoughts.
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hahah...i dun think the pose was unnatural, he IS surfing, so that's the pose you'd get i suppose..
but yea, i've said what i thought needed improvement..
no problem man, keep it up!
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Thanks. The water on that one was a real challenge.
And thanks for the
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Thanks! This drawing was a tough one but the water came out good.
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Thanks! It took weeks to get my studio dry after that one
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Wonderful pemcil work at it's best 
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I need to do a surfing emoticon. I wonder how you make those things. Smiley head doing a floater, driving back off the bottom into a barrel ...
Yeah. That's the stuff.
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ya ya ya thats the stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i want a TOTAL surfing CSS..ive seen partial..and I just inserted an image at the top of mine my dear friend made..( if ya look clearly? youll see Gilligan on the wall cuz i told him i used to run home to watch it!)
but i mean a css totally based around surfing
I know it can be done! but not by me lol
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I keep looking for Gilligan but I can't find him. Must be he got off the island.
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LOL. I seem him That's pretty funny.
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hehe 
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i see that you like surfing a lot..so probably one would imagine you're good at drawing waves.. but this is so perfect!! great work
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wow. Impressive - especially the water. Wish I had that kind of patience.
Thanks for the watch!
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And I wish I had your comic touch. Thanks for looking!
If you haven't stumbled upon this guy [link] you should check him out. I think you'll appreciate his sense of humor.
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I love the way you did the water. 
Really amazing! Congrats! 
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Glad you liked it. And thanks for the
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The texture of the water is amazing. 
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Thanks for looking
Lots of time spent on the water. I was a bit OCD. Something like 200 hours.
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You're welcome.
And wow, that's a really long time! I would have got so impatient.
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Thanks for looking. And thanks for the
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Haha, I have a new found respect fo this image... I'm currently working on an image that I'm nearly 70 hours into, and man... I couldn't help but think of this recently. I'm not sure if I'll ever get in a background, but I'm nearly 3/4th completed... so, I'm looking at maybe a good 100 hours of work... quite rediculous considering my subjects are anthro. But that's not what it's about then is it? It's about putting your heart and soul into a piece, it's all about the art man, and I'm sure you know all about that.
Take it easy, yo.
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I'm curious now. Make sure you let me know when you post it. I never really thought about how much time I put into it. I just kept plugging away at it, focussing on getting the look I wanted. If a drawing takes a few hours, cool. If it takes hours and hours to get what you want, that's cool too. So,yeah. It's definately about heart and soul.
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Yeah, I'll link ya, it may not interest you too much though. :\
That's right though, do as much as it takes to get what you want--work as long as it takes to make your heart content, a lot of people don't have that kinda dedication though.
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I peeked at your gallery. Maybe your stuff isn't like mine but they are well done so I don't mind at all looking.
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Like the view, eh?
I see you're a fan of all things wave like! Thanks for the watch!
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thats the one my brudah
you too!
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Wow, this is unbelievable. Ha, it didn't really take you 200 hours to make this, right? But I could beleive it took a very long time, regardless. I work at a snails pace too and I would have given up long ago on this image.
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Thanks!
It may mean I am not entirely sane, but it actually it took considerably more than 200 hours.
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Jeezes... I couldn't fathom putting that amount of time into my artwork... I mean, for me, about 20+ hours in like an eternity, and my average single character drawings take about 5-14 hours each. And, I honestly thought *that* was slow. You deserve a +Fav man, not only because it's a great drawing, but out of sheer recognition for the amount of effort you must have put into this beast.
It only goes to show though, that the amount of time you put into something is a direct reflection of the quality of what's produced.
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Thanks for the fav. At times working on that drawing felt more like a WWF wrestling match where I was losing badly 
Keep your head low over there. If the news is even half true, it seems as if bad things can happen just about anywhere.
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Again, thanks for the warm comments, and I feel the same way about artwork. I can pretty much enjoy anything... but it's the best examples of it that I'll take interest in, and if they've manage to do something unique with it that I've never really seen before.
I really liked you drawing and I feel bad that I forgot to +Fav it the first time around. Take care man!
And, oh yeah, I'm keepin' my head pretty low.
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Thank you. This means alot to me coming from you as I have admired many of your pieces for both their distinctive style and excellent techinique.
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