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Published: 2011-09-28 21:08:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2426; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 131
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Description PLEASE DON'T JUDGE ME before reading the art notes! I know the likeness isn't very good!

I thought I'd show this because it was drawn in ballpoint pen, which I really enjoy, but don't use that much anymore. Part of the reason for that is because with ballpoint pen I had no hopes of erasing any errors. What I got was what I got. So the likeness in this portrait is not quite there. (If you don't know who it is, that's fine! )

When I scanned it in, I corrected two small areas (the ear and an eye) but not to a huge degree. I didn't feel bad fixing those two things because, remember, I had no eraser when I originally did this! Mostly it is as it appears in the sketchbook, except I tried to clean it up because it got some weird stains on it (you can still see a few on his chest). It looked rather skanky before.

I had written notes on the sketch paper, which say I did it on a flight from LA to NY. Ah, I remember that trip; good times!
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Comments: 9

nelchee [2012-07-26 11:54:09 +0000 UTC]

I like your sketches very much I enjoy sketching with ballpoint pen in my sketchbook too, but I'm still far from rendering portraits this well..

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spartan-locke [2012-03-27 05:53:14 +0000 UTC]

I like the varying shades of blue you were able to achieve. [i assume with the same pen] I'm curious about the dark spots though particularly the eye brows and front of his hair. was there some sort of special technique you used to get it that dark, or did you just attack the page till it was that dark?

Great work btw. really impressive stuff...

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jos2507 [2011-11-19 14:21:26 +0000 UTC]

it looks like Mel Gibson in the Bounty : am I right ? fantastic portrait Zeldat ! you have such a style !

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CrystalEnceladus [2011-10-07 08:18:11 +0000 UTC]

He looks like Mel Gibson! Digging the deep tones and contrasts and the hatching.

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zeldat In reply to CrystalEnceladus [2011-10-07 15:09:20 +0000 UTC]

LOL, that's who it was! Glad that there is at least a fleeting likeness! Thanks for the lovely comments.

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MischievousPooka [2011-10-04 05:59:03 +0000 UTC]

Great detail! Any type of ink can sometimes be a bit tricky. I usually use a little bit of white indian ink to fix small mistakes when I ink. It works pretty well for me.

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zeldat In reply to MischievousPooka [2011-10-04 23:06:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Yes, I usually use a little bit of white to fix up errors, but I guess I didn't have any on the plane!

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ArtByJenX [2011-10-01 13:47:06 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is amazing!

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zeldat In reply to ArtByJenX [2011-10-01 14:29:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much!

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