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zeldat — Hunky perfume ad guy
Published: 2011-09-27 22:24:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 3142; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 297
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This sketch materialized in a dentist's waiting room. I was the ride for someone who was getting a lot of dental work done and couldn't drive. I found an interesting photo in one of the waiting room magazines and this sketch is what came of it. I didn't try to get a perfect likeness from the photo; I used it as "inspiration." But it probably still resembles the reference photo.Freehand drawing, Moleskine sketchbook, approximately 5x5 inches, done in about 2 hours. Standard 0.5 mm mechanical pencil bought at the grocery store, HD lead.
I did some minor Photoshop adjustments and cleaning up on the drawing.
I like this sketch because again it's all CROSSHATCHING. Not one pencil stroke was purposely blended or smeared. I did lift up some pencil here and there with my mechanical pencil's eraser, but that was all. I kept some of the Moleskine paper creamy color in this scan.
Because I'm such a crosshatching geek, I made this cropped detail of some of the crosshatching:
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Comments: 30
Totally get the cross hatching geek thing, I love this pic.
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what am i waiting for? i'm calling my dentist right away! love it!
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The fact that you did this in a tiny sketchbook in damn impressive.
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Thank you, what a lovely thing to say!
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amazing sense of form, especially for 2 hours! great job!
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U have a perfect feeling of the shape. The lightness of the shades are just where they need to be. I can't find anything to fight the eye.
You spent hours at the dentist's waiting room well ^^
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Thank you so much, what a thoughtful comment. I appreciate it very much.
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wonderful
crosshatching is an extremly fun way to draw, and you really know how
i'm still working on it, but im not as good as you at all
anyway, wonderful and amazing work
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it reminds me of one of those Da Vinci sketches.
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Thank you, what a lovely, flattering thing to say!
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wow, he looks beautiful....i guess it's just that if you make your money with beeing a male model
Even though i don't know the refpic, i think you drew him beautifully.
I'm more of a "blending-girl" but this crosshatching-style looks awesome.
It adds some kind of hardness on his face or makes his cheekbones and lips more pronounced. And the eyes are mesmerizing
just...wonderful work 
PS: i hope your friend didn't suffer to much at the dentist treatment
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Thank you! I love crosshatching and have pretty much been drawing this way forever and I really enjoy it. And thanks, my friend was fine after the dentist visit. Heavy medication helped!
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Very neat! I'm baffled by your crosshatching skills...
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Thank you! I love, love, LOVE crosshatching!
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Cross hatching definitely suits his face, being all manly and stuff - no girly blending for him!
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Thanks! No indeed, no blending! To be honest, I haven't blended graphite in . . . forever! I just prefer crosshatching.
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Just been on your website - you got some pretty rockin stuff there
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Thanks! I'm glad you like the site! 
Oil painting is awesome but don't be intimidated by it. I started painting when I was about 13 and trust me, I didn't understand the complexities then, but still managed to get along. The secret is to just get started!
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