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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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you're too kind...
Your drawing is really very good
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XO i thought this was a really sweet black and white photo... Now i see that its a really sweet drawing <3
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Thanks. I'm happy to confuse you 
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titanic work; how did you do the black spots if you say you had 4H-> B pencils? i use H, HB, 3B ,6B and 9B but i don't have 0,3 mm pencil...
this is like whoa!!!!
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I used 4h -> 2B. 2B was for the darkest. The trick is to lay down the graphite in multiple layers. Each layer you press harder with the pencil and with a more vertical angle. The stroke needs to be in multiple directions so it fills the tooth of the paper well. The best stroke is little tiny circles. If you play around with doing it this way until you figure out the exact way that works best for you you can get really nice darks with alot less of the shinyness you commonly get with graphite.
Thanks for looking.
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thank you; im not really into penil drawing, but i'll mind your saying. i do lack precision pencils 
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Wow! You drew that!? As a preview, it looks like a b&w photo! Really great pencil skills and attention to detail.
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Thanks.
You got some nice Spidey drawings in your gallery. I always liked the web slinger. Didn't know he had a daughter. Guess I got old and forgot about comics.
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Thanks buddy. Oh, the daughter is from an 'alternate universe' that doesnt follow the same continunity. But thanks for looking. ^_^
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Wow, you did the water beautifully.
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Thanks.
Um. Just how does a llama become a blood sucker?
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XD When you've got a really twisted imagination, that's how.
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M'gawd, your poor thing, you must have a monsterous writing cramp.
But you did a great job.
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My hand is still on strike. It keeps saying "If you ever do that to me again your gonna get more than the finger"
Thanks for looking.
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Thanks for looking and for the 
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It's great to see this on DA, Bob! I love the water!
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Thanks, April.
How's your looooong journey coming? Your feet getting tired?
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Nope, but my hand does start to ache! 
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That has some seriously awesome detail m'friend! Only critique is that his left arm seems a little...like a noodle. ^^
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I wish my arms looked that noodley. 
I actually had more trouble with the surfer than the water. I need to practice figure drawing.
Thanks for the
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Rock on, and welcome!
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Great job! I like working with a grid, but my son tells that's cheating.
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Thank you for your kind words.
Ask your son if using a paint brush is cheating.
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See. Mom's always right!!
I figure that very few people get rich doing this. So you have to enjoy it. If using a grid helps you enjoy the process then who cares what others think. And there's times you definately wouldn't use a grid anyway. So everybody wins.
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Saw this through the Draw Club. Beautiful piece!
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Look good, the murky reflection on the water that you've achieved is really incredible.
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Thanks. Did you notice that I modified the falling edge of the wave?
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Yep, it looks a bit better that way.
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Beautiful! It's a very powerful action pose.
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Thanks. The pen and inks in your gallery are pretty cool!
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Thank you! X) I appreciate that.
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