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Published: 2002-10-05 15:32:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 83234; Favourites: 1527; Downloads: 10342
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Very long work before releasing this drawing that stretched out over years. This is the one that made me realize that my 'style' was details. Painful work, i must enjoy pain,maybe it makes me live.The adventure began a very hot day of august in a small and remote village of deep Spain. There was this age-old olive tree in front of me, and in my thoughts this gorgeous curly girl I would never see again. I came back a few times to continue drawing the tree, protected from the hard sun by its distorted shadow. Once back in france I just invented the rest (the intricated ground)
Stupid me,it has been drawn on a bad recycled paper from a sketch block, that turned to yellow. I looks like it is 2 centuries old now.
(I post it again, the previous one I had messed up with upload)
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Your use of detail is brilliant. It's a breath taking peace!
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So you "think" you like detail, huh? That's too funny. Your work is terrific!!!
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I don't think she was born when I painted this
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wow, how long ago did you paint this?
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Ten years ago... wow. I'm that old. Ok. Maybe I exaggerated a bit about Laeticia's age 
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Ah, well I think she would have actually been a model by that point, because I think she's like 30 now.
You never see her anything any more
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how do you make a drowing sow bright (like her skin) please tell me I wanna lurn!!
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i love the intricacy in it, an amazing image
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This picture is excellent. The girl is very nice, but its the tree that does it for me 
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Wow!! That is so cool! I love traditional art, and yours is just awesome! FAVE!
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The details truly are amazing. Excellent work.
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Good lord this is amazing!!! THE DETAIL!!! glad to see there are some true artists on DA bravo my good man
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Intriguing...beautiful and breath-taking...
Amazed at the included detail.
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The last outcropping before the branches fade into grey, left side of the tree. Is that a face?
Detailing here is incredible; feels like it'd be just terrible to reach out and touch that tree with all its minute crevasses, and that's a good thing.
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Hmmm no it's not. Even though it looks alike indeed. The tree was drawn from a real model, in a olive tree field at the frontier between Spain and Portugal. I have touched it once, but it was a long time ago. It would be awesome to find the model back, but I doubt I could locate the place and that the tree is still there.
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omg a reply; I am honored, sir.
mm, how beautiful that olive tree field must have been.
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OMG I love your work!! Yeah the first thing that stood out to me was the detail you had in it holy cow I don't think I could be that patient I always want to start a drawing and be done in like a few hours at most rofl!! This is very well worth it though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Awesome! Breathtaking! Magnificent!
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Excelent work...
Filled with details... All of them perfectly done...
I like it a lot...
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YOU ARE NOT HUMAN BEING!!!!
NOTHING TO SAY.. DAMN GOOD!!!
+ FAVORITES :
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wow, you've really got an eye for detail..it's really great...but one of her legs is a bit difficult to see since it blends with the background..
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you have trivialized natures details .. what you call "painful details" you endure it regardless, why?
maybe you think it is necessary, maybe you strive for perfection
i admire that
your lines within the tree and the log at the bottom.. they boggle my mind, the word that comes to mind is "composition", and yours if excellent.
i do hope you appreciate my feedback, as i appreciate you posting this art on DA.
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The Olive is the Tree of my Goddess Athenea.
My respect for your art.
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the detail is fantastic ur so good at this! maybe come and comment on my stuff sometime? im just a beginner and i don't do complicated stuff like yours..
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The detail and smooth textures of your work intrigue me. It is difficult to choose from such a gallery, but I believe this one to be my favorite *clicks the shiny button*
I'd love to see what you come up with next, please allow me to watch for further artwork?
Thank you for the glimpse.
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The tree... all the details....
Simply g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s
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Incredible and inspirational as always. Beautiful detail at the bottom, it's amazing. *fave*
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I love this piece! You are a brilliant artist and you really know how to capture the details! It's beautiful! ^^
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This kind of drawings are very hard to do, but are the more realistic, if you colored it i guess luis Royo will have a great oppositor
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Man to read you saying you take so long to make this, the patience you have is only equaled by the amount of detail and feeling I see in this. This is instantly a fav. I can't wait to see more of your work! +fav
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Loved the treeΒ΄s texture and shape... the leaves are great too.
Everything is perfect in my opinion.
Great work!
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Im speechless. The bark the roots the trees. Fabolous!
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f a n t a s t i c,
precise and beautifully detailed drawing.
You're a true talent!
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hermoso, me fascina como dibujas a lapiz
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Hej! this is amazing work! I love it! Really great!
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This has very soft tones and she is gourgous. It makes me wonder what she was doing before the picture was drawn.
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it deserves to be on the top. lets take it there.
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