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Alene — Scarlett Johansson 2
Published: 2007-10-21 16:00:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 2461; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 70
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This picture was done over the course of two days, during which I was a live exhibit/demonstrator at the Kelmscott Agricultural Show. I chose this image for two reasons: a) I was hoping that people would know who she was (not usually the case with my usual subjects) and b) There was a lot of flat black, so I could finish the drawing in a shorter amount of time. I just managed to finish it in the two days, and did a few touchups tonight. Since it's Traditional Art Day, I thought I should upload it. I should technically be doing homwork.
The original photo is a production still from The Prestige and is a bit softer and lighter. My black & white print out came out very dark, and I liked the look, so I stuck to it.
Time Taken: 15-16 hours. I was talking to a lot of people during that time, too, so techically a bit less than that.
Materials: Quill 110gsm sketching paper, 0.5 mechanical pencil with #B lead, #8B solid graphite pencil, plastic, kneadable and electric erasers, cotton buds, blending stumps and tissues.
Reference from:www.scarlett-photos.com.
Size: ~21 x 33cm
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Comments: 54
Thanks so much! Just seen that I did this ten years ago (I feel old) and I'd completely forgotten about it. Thanks for refreshing my memory! And thanks for the 
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Wow! my friend was right when she said that this photo was beautiful! i'm definately putting this in my favorites!
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Thankyou, I'm glad you like it!
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you're welcome! you're a really amazing artist!
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Thankyou! I suppose the idea with this sort of drawing is always to make people double-take
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I love the contrast beetween light and dark, and her hair and eyes
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You are the most talented drawing-artist on dA.
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if not, pretty damn close
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I think I could point you in the direction of plenty more talented than me, but it's ever so nice of you to say so!
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I really like the dark tone of this picture too. And that hair is AMAZING! I don't know how you manage to make it so detailed. Very nice job, as usual.
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Thankyou, and thanks for the 
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Thankyou, and thanks for the
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fucking AMAZING!!!!!! I cant believe how realistic you get your art to be, honestly, thats so awesome!
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When I first looked at it, I thought it was a b&w photo... You have done an amazing piece of work that has taken my breath away.
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Thanks ever so, and thanks for the 
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wow alison! this ones beautiful! But as you know, i am a sucker for the ciaro scuro lol.
amazing detail as always - i don't know how you manage to have the time with uni and all though!
xox
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Thankyou! I love strong contrast too!
btw, I don't have the time. But 'me doing homework' doesn't exactly make for an interesting demonstration, more's the pity.
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Wow, I love the dynamic shading and the patterns on the dress.
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Thankyou! I'm not too pleased with the shawl. I hate rendering watered silk, and it didn't turn out looking like it should. It's not too bad if you ignore the fact that it should be watered silk, though.
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I didn't know it was silk, but it is still fine.
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Looks great , you've captured her core. Though did you contrast or darken it in photoshop? I think the black and white balance is tipped a little bit too much towards the black. Because you have pitch black in the background, it'll work better if some parts have brightness at 100%.
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Thankyou!
I didn't do anything but merging in Photoshop, but you're quite right - there are pure white highlights in the original which turned up grey here. I've done a bit of an edit; it isn't too different - I loose detail if I increase the white balance too much- but there are a few brighter highlights.
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beautiful! i'm glad you decided to leave it darker.
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Thankyou, and thankyou for the
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i can never seem to do hair... im not sure if i dont have the patience for it - or if im missing the technique.. but this is great!
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Hair does take a lot of patience. I make a lot of it up, only generally following the reference, because if I try to stick too close to the original photo, I go slightly crazed.
I'm glad you like it, thanks!
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OMG - It looks so great. i love the dark areas, they seem to be so mystical
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Thankyou! I'm very fond of using lots of black in my portraits, so when my reference came out so much darker than it should have, I wasn't complaining!
You haven't uploaded any drawings in a long time! 
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To be perfectly honest, while your shading and technique are fantastic and beautiful, if you hadn't told me who it was I don't think I would have known. Not that I should be critiquing you when you are obvious so much more talented that I, LOL.
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Well, most people who actually knew the actress could recognise her at the show, so I can't have done too badly 
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I actually searched for the reference pic online before I commented to be sure, but thank you for the link anyway. Perhaps the scan doesn't do it justice.
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Scans never do pictures justice.
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I love the way you shade its quite unique..if you have any advice to pass on let me know...Shirley
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Thanks for the
I like to use a paper that has a little texture - I find that really smooth or really rough paper doesn't allow for such smooth blending. I build up the shades in stages, starting out really light, blending (with a cotton bud), and then adding more pencil, and blending, until I'm at the desired darkness. Then I use a tissue to smooth everything a bit more, so that the edges of all my different shades smooth into each other.
Hope that's what you wanted to know!
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