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Pencil Drawing of Preston Jones (Commission)On acid free mat board 15” x 24”
I don’t often do commissions but this one is an exception. It was a great drawing to work on; Preston has a very intriguing face, a serious, deep, gaze… a thinker and artist, but with more then a hint of kindness.
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TRUE TALENT, I believe you are the best artist I've EVER come across, and I hope to one day have the ability to draw as well as you do, it's like a super power!
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Your eye and ability to draw detail are two things you should be super proud of. Your are beyond great.
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Woah! I have trouble telling if this is a photo or just some amazing artowrk!
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His work is something magnificent, incomparable and inspiring.
Congratulations and Thank you for sharing your great talent.
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what pencild do you use (the brand ) ? And how much time took this one to finish? Great as usually
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wow how did you do that white hair and mustache this is incredible
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You have been featured on my journal [link] , please check it out and take a look to the other featured artworks.
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years of experience looking at things has caused me to refine my last opinion, previously i was struck more by your skill at photorealism but now i find i admire the expression and patience in your lines more.
you captured one person perfectly with a visible essence of you, the translator, still apparent.
this is so, so much more than a photograph, or a replica of a photograph, and each deviation from the line and form of the original moment or photo only adds to the drawing's excellence
basically, you're too good to make mistakes. mistakes from the tools of lesser talents are visually interesting, sure, but your mistakes capture the emotion and place of the subject better than light and silver ever could
same goes for your newer stuff too, damn
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years of experience looking at things has caused me to refine my last opinion, previously i was struck more by your skill at photorealism but now i find i admire the expression and patience in your lines more.
you captured one person perfectly with a visible essence of you, the translator, still apparent.
this is so, so much more than a photograph, or a replica of a photograph, and each deviation from the line and form of the original moment or photo only adds to the drawing's excellence
basically, you're too good to make mistakes. mistakes from the tools of lesser talents are visually interesting, sure, but your mistakes capture the emotion and place of the subject better than light and silver ever could
same goes for your newer stuff too, damn
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I have never been interested as a conclusion for my work to “look like a photo” now when I get a comment of that nature I do take it in the spirit it was given, as a complement. But a comment of this nature makes my day, week, year thank you, I appreciate it very much!
Armin
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oh god...i guess you didn't know
well....digital cameras have been invented a long time ago for capturing reality, we don't use pencils anymore....hahaha
awesome drawing man like a real picture!!!
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Gotta git myself one of them new fangled camera things you spoke of…..
The problem with a snap shot, digital or film is that it one second of time spent with the model is hardly an excursion into the mind and personality of this man. The process of drawing is the process of understanding, of observation, of becoming one with the model. It’s not just about the outcome but the journey. I
great photo is a great photo but it’s not my language drawing is.
Thanks
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54 that right 54 and that’s not in dog years... old as God, well not quite and I’m not bitter about it, no not at all
I’m only as young as I feel and I feel like shit
Armin
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haha and you are going to be my favorite deviant because i am also as young as i feel...and i feel like shit!haha
i would really like to see some of your first sketches..you know..when you were like me
a beginner
that is ofcourse if you have kept any at all
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Nothing really, when my mom died I found some old drawings that I did when I was ten or so, funny even then I knew what I wanted to do, to be an artist.
When I got out of school my passion was abstraction but I wasn’t great at it so I turned back to realism.
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thank you for your answers
i'll be seeing you around
cheers
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you are the god of pencil portraits....the best pencil artist on DA! im speechless.....
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I've never seen graphite done like this,looks so real!
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besides other things, I love how you captured the expresion in his eyes
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truely stunning work...
the jumper is rendered to perfection, it however does look like it was very time consuming and painfull... so on that note. very well done indeed.
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I draw on a drawing table... my substrate for this one is acid free mat board, younger models I use hot press illustration board
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Can I ask you something?
Whats your fav picture from yourself that you drew ?
liebe grüße
jecki
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Blues for Mama, sentimentally because its about my mother who passed away 18 months ago.
Waiting Edge (Jessica Completed) technically and conceptually
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r u sure this is a drawing? lol, thats how believable it is!
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I am totally overwhelmed by your ability to create so many different surface textures using pencil. This is a phenomenal drawing.... Wow!!!
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I think purely in terms of texture, this is one of your most impressive pieces. What kind of pencils and paper did you use?
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While the drawing as a whole is unbelievable what i'm most impressed with is his sweater. How did you manage to draw every stitch and on top of that using a pencil!? People always tell me my artwork is good but man mine is nowhere close to yours. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks for the good words although it’s a painstaking process I do think in the end it matters little if you don’t capture the true spirit of the model. Details are what I respond to as an artist, I like the whole Zen meditative process but I also battle the fact that this type of obsessiveness could get in the way of the main reason the work exists. My challenge is for it to still hold together in the end.
Armin
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Your depictions of realism are amazing! There is no thread or pore left untended, and each wonderfully crafted segment makes a gorgeous piece altogether! It's just..wow!
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U're crazy!>_<"
because it looks like photo!damn!
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Unbelievable !!! Absoluteley amazig !! this and each one of your galery
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It's simply beautiful... it's very rare for an artist to show such emotions on a 'simple' black and white drawing, and here.. you're a genius
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Amazing!!! How the hell did you have the patience for that sweater!?!? This is perfect to say the least. I hope you got alot for this.
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I can't believe I have the privelage of even speaking to you. The most amazing thing I have ever seen on Deviant Art. I take my hat off to you!
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