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Akifan — BlackBastet's portrait

Published: 2004-12-09 06:37:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1778; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 212
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Description Well, here it is.. ...after aproximately 10 hours total time , the finished portrait for DA fellow artist Kat

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Media:

Ticonderoga Core-Lock Color Pencils:
1) Brown # 10
2) Lake Red #19
3) Terra Cota #21
4) Peach #14
5) Yellow #1
6) Light Green #8
7) Medium Green #15

Berol Prismacolor Scholar
1) Peach #339
2) Ocre #344
3) Red #326
4) Red #322

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Paper:

Bienfang Heaviweight Drawing Paper
114 GSM (70 lb.)
229x305mm (9"x12")

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Reference:

ooo- Source picture at this
[link]

ooo- 10 minute sketch (monochrome)
[link]

ooo- First WIP submittal at this
[link]

ooo- Second WIP submittal at this
[link]
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Comments: 89

Akifan In reply to ??? [2014-08-07 15:39:04 +0000 UTC]

Was a beginner's mistake, when I did most of these portraits I wasn't working on a reclined drafting table
to have my sight perpendicular to the paper, so as I drew on the dining table, it became a bit warped, and I also didn't use
a grid or pencil measurements. When I went to the painting course in 2006, our teacher did mention how you can
use your brush or pencil to re-measure proportions horizontally and vertically, which helped to correct proportion mistakes.
Thank you very much for your kind words and for taking a look around!

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kristymariethomas [2007-01-16 01:33:56 +0000 UTC]

FYI...I featured this in my journal!

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Akifan In reply to kristymariethomas [2007-01-17 07:10:15 +0000 UTC]

shizzling awesome!!!! thankee!!! i wonder if i can put thumbnails of other people's work on my journal?..since i dont have the member account...hmmm..

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kristymariethomas In reply to Akifan [2007-01-17 19:51:14 +0000 UTC]

What I've seen people do who don't have a subscription is put a link and a description when they want to feature.

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kristymariethomas [2007-01-15 03:47:34 +0000 UTC]

That's awesome... I love the style of this, and I thought it was a painting. Great job!

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Akifan In reply to kristymariethomas [2007-01-15 03:59:25 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much for your compliment!...the sweater took me about 4 hours!..lol!...and I definitely ran out of 2 brown hues of color pencils sticks!.. and thankee for the fav!

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v-i-o-l-a-n-t-e [2006-11-13 20:35:41 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful look!...i like it

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DepictAddict [2006-09-18 11:06:21 +0000 UTC]

Soo beautifully done. Great job. <3

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Akifan In reply to DepictAddict [2006-09-18 16:54:21 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!! glad you liked it!

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DepictAddict In reply to Akifan [2006-09-19 10:49:45 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. <3

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coolcatjas30 [2006-07-21 01:45:02 +0000 UTC]

JAW DROPPING ... agree with axelle-black.

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Pilvikki [2006-07-12 12:43:37 +0000 UTC]

i guess you are pro.
the characteristic texture of this technique shows well.. and you have given something personal to this.
you are

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Akifan In reply to Pilvikki [2006-07-12 22:53:31 +0000 UTC]

thanks!!...so awesome u think that!!...and means a lot coming from someone as hyper-groovy-talented like u! ...color pencils sometimes are terror because no much room is there for corrections and you should have seen me sweating with that sweater....pun intended!!!...the sweater itself took me about 4 hours

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Pilvikki In reply to Akifan [2006-07-13 12:19:18 +0000 UTC]

i'm amazed.

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Akifan In reply to Pilvikki [2006-07-14 04:10:47 +0000 UTC]

heeeheee... you´re going to provoke a chemical reaction in my brain expressed through my fingers inside a flat rectangle...

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Pilvikki In reply to Akifan [2006-07-14 09:22:08 +0000 UTC]

that's my purpose.

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Akifan In reply to Pilvikki [2006-07-15 14:55:36 +0000 UTC]

though...i need to figure out which one of those words means blue...and yours are brown

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Pilvikki In reply to Akifan [2006-07-17 08:49:27 +0000 UTC]

...hmm.. my eyes are kind of mixture of grey and blue and green ... i envy my littlebrother for his green yellow eyes.
but the sentence was perfect...and siniset is the word you were seeking. hey!

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Akifan In reply to Pilvikki [2006-07-15 14:53:58 +0000 UTC]

well, let me tell u...its working...besides Sinulla on kauniit siniset silmät

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wojtar [2006-06-25 06:54:59 +0000 UTC]

great work!

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Akifan In reply to wojtar [2006-06-25 07:03:42 +0000 UTC]

thanks again!! always welcomed to have comments and visits on dusty deviations...

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wojtar In reply to Akifan [2006-06-25 07:06:26 +0000 UTC]

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jennarooni08 [2006-03-31 02:36:00 +0000 UTC]

wonderful job! I love the eyes!

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jennarooni08 [2006-03-31 02:34:31 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful job! Prismacolor is such a wonderful medium. I'm amazed at the detail you put into her eyes!

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peaceoflorien [2005-01-12 14:38:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is absolutely incredible. I love colored pencil medium. I really like the way you made her face a lot more highlighted on this than it was in the reference photo. It really makes her eyes stand out. You've done an incredibe job keeping the colors realistic and true to life, yet they have a brilliance as well. Her lips and pallette under her nose are perfect, its amazing how you kept the topmost highlight on her pallette, it creates such incredible depth. That sweater must have taken you longer than the face. I really love this, colored pencil potraits always astound me and this is no different.

Incredible work.

Jenny

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Akifan In reply to peaceoflorien [2005-01-12 18:24:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much for a really insightful and descriptive comment! ...I'm so thrilled that you found this to your liking since you also love color pencils. My brown color went out like crazy and I had to get a new one! but it was well worth it. I've come to enjoy color pencils only until a recent time, since I use to work primarily on pencil and the first portrait i did in CP was the one of Norah Jones...hopefully i'll be lucky enough to have her autograph my original and I'll give her a copy of course.but anyways, i've been learning to explore what happens when you use the CP's in different ways.. like from lighter to darker tones..or from darker to lighters,not always giving the same effect...also the paper helped a bit..it was grainy but not that grainy... and the sweater was actually the fast part..took about one hour at the most...if you look closely you'll notice my strokes are actually fast and like on a rush (i was getting anxious to finish the portrait..hehe) so i tried to give more the impression of texture by simply doing closer straight hatches...and using at least 4 different greens and a bit of brown in the end to shadow overall...anyways..glad you liked this and favored this ..and i'll be sure to stop by your works soon too!!...i took a quick peek at your gallery and it's full of great works..keep it up!

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peaceoflorien In reply to Akifan [2005-01-12 23:38:10 +0000 UTC]

Don't mention it, its really refreshing to find an artist on deviant art who has the same interests in mediums. Its incredible how many things you can do with colored pencil. Its so awful when you run out of a color! it kills me! Thank you so much for the watch! I am so incredibly flattered. I can't wait untill you submit a new piece! I'll be waiting!

Always,

Jenny

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Akifan In reply to peaceoflorien [2005-01-13 08:15:10 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome indeed..and truly your work deserve the watch ...I wish i could draw as much as I've been having the 'craving' or 'mojo' lately, as another DA buddie refers to the drawing inspiration (agh..to bad there's not emoticon available of austin powers..lol ) but right now I'll be working my free time in completing a 3d render for a temptative remodeling they want to do at a YMCA where i swim during summer months. From october till the present day i've done about seven or eight drawings, three of them color penciled, and the more I do them, the more i feel i have to draw...it's like an enjoyable but controlable madness, or yearning... so right now i have to keep pencils down and work more on the puter...but thanks for the encouragment, it's also enjoyable to know that fellow artists will be expecting future uploads from someone, and by the same token, hope to be seeing more of your works soon!! take it easy Jenny ~ Juan Pablo

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Lazeeeness123 [2005-01-12 01:21:51 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is reallly nice. its so lifelike and it looks so textured!!

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Akifan In reply to Lazeeeness123 [2005-01-12 04:15:47 +0000 UTC]

thankies for such kind words... i'm very honored that you liked it!

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TurtleAya [2005-01-11 04:37:15 +0000 UTC]

Awesome ^^, I love this one

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Akifan In reply to TurtleAya [2005-01-11 04:46:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks again ...very glad you liked it!!!

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manuelka [2005-01-11 01:08:20 +0000 UTC]

Gorgeous. I usually write quite elaborate comments, but I'm at a loss here - simply speechless. Unbeliavable that this could have been achieved with coloured pencils. And I can't admire the skin tones enough, it's always so difficult... but perfectly done here.

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Akifan In reply to manuelka [2005-01-11 02:14:24 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much! manuelka... I'm very thrilled and happy that you liked this drawings, Kat's portrait was the second drawing i've done using color pencils...they're not very forgiving..and there's little room for mistakes..but i'm glad this one came out alright... so i know what you say about the skin tones...in the recent portraits i've been growing more confident to use larger areas covered with the pigment...a little wrong line or wrong pressure at the wrong place can be suddenly a disaster..hehe..but getting to know deviantart has certainly been a wonderful source for the most diverse and intricate sources of inspiration to keep the pencils busy ... thanks agian

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aneesah [2004-12-14 15:24:39 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty! I like the shading, like around the nose and lips. And thanks for giving such a detailed description up there It's hard to find nowadays...

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Akifan In reply to aneesah [2004-12-15 02:16:09 +0000 UTC]

thankies!!! I appreciate your fine comment and you're more than welcome too

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Anneliini [2004-12-13 18:41:29 +0000 UTC]

Very smooth coloring. I think color pencils are very hard to master, but you have done a great job. The eyes are brilliantly colored and so is the pullover. And I like that you have made this warmer than the original photo.

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Akifan In reply to Anneliini [2004-12-14 05:06:35 +0000 UTC]

Really?? Thank you so much for such kind words ...I thought at first that maybe I still lacked to have applied more shadow to 'her' right side of the face..but then again, chose to leave the colors as is. I was threading carefully all the time..because you say true about the color pencils in being hard...they are not very forgiving...and I'm trying to gain confidence to cover more and larger areas of 'sensitive' spots like skin colors...also because there's always the risk that your layer was not uniform in the way you make the strokes...then when you apply and adjacent spread to match the color..sometimes you 'overlay' the already covered area, which results in a darker unwanted spot..hehe.. but with enouragment like this for sure i'm really glad and eager to keep on working with color pencils. thanks again

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Foto-Graf84 [2004-12-13 08:32:49 +0000 UTC]

wow thats really a beautiful work
looks like arwen from lord of the rings

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Akifan In reply to Foto-Graf84 [2004-12-13 13:15:10 +0000 UTC]

(she's on my list of future drawing projects hehe { Arwen }) thanks a lot for the comment

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artzo [2004-12-12 19:05:05 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful picture my friend

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Akifan In reply to artzo [2004-12-13 03:10:40 +0000 UTC]

There she is!!! thanks a lot artzo!!....so kind of you to stop by this 'other' side of digi-town

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solist [2004-12-12 15:17:21 +0000 UTC]

really b eatiful!

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Akifan In reply to solist [2004-12-12 15:21:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks!...and she really is isn't she?

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allshadesofgrey [2004-12-12 02:02:47 +0000 UTC]

es excellente!
I know I probably said it wrong.
but it is

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Akifan In reply to allshadesofgrey [2004-12-12 02:34:38 +0000 UTC]

gracias!!!..(close enough..no worries ) keep fingers crossed...angelina may be rendered soon mwahahahaha... )

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Christopherlauren [2004-12-11 11:22:33 +0000 UTC]




Very good!

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Akifan In reply to Christopherlauren [2004-12-11 14:21:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!...glad you liked it

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cfitzart [2004-12-11 10:58:50 +0000 UTC]

thats amazing!! awesome colouring and toning. i love how the drawing is so sharp

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Akifan In reply to cfitzart [2004-12-11 14:17:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, Chris...it was an interesting challenge and color pencils are not very forgiving...I was trying to thread cautiosly all the time as I did this...because how little room there is (at least for me) to make adjustments to the blendings and shading, but once I got up to the point of the second WIP..it was more downhill ...it helped a lot to use my electric pencil sharpener and keep all the points sharp all the time, to spread in finer layers and hatch patterns the initial particles...that helped to create a first later to smoothen the texture over the paper, making it easier for the next layers to "fall in and blend", without so much blank little spots. thanks again buddie .

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