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Crimefish — between angels and insects WIP
Published: 2011-05-21 15:13:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 2330; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 13
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I don't expect very much attention on this. Believe me, I getit. We all have our favourite subjects, and animals are not
particularly one of mine either. But I do have quite a few
subject-blind friends, and I do notice all the people who add
practically every single submission of mine to their
favourites. I SEE YOU. And I'm glad for the support. No one
likes to feel like everyone will disappear if they decide to
draw something different.
Each scan looks different 'cause my scanner couldn't handle
black paper. It guessed different each time as to what it
should really look like.
Looks more or less accurate,though. I'll put more effort into retouching the scan of the
finished piece.
Decided to break out my Derwents, 'cause there's barely
any blending to do here (so it doesn't matter that they
don't blend as nicely as my Prismas), and the pigment is
reasonably hard, so I can sharpen them to death for the
fur, without the tip breaking off.
Prismacolor pencils + Derwent watercolour pencils (dry) A4 black card (what you see is the top half of the page) reference: photo by Arthur Xanthopoulos finished drawing deviation:
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Comments: 36
Ive recently been inspired by animals and insects, God how nice it was to find this in my inbox.
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I love animal pieces, glad you did one! I watch all your work cause it's amazing but I do enjoy the change of subject as well, it's very very well done
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I was sure it was done in soft pastels before I read about the media you used. I have no idea how it's possible to draw on a black sheet of paper with watercolour pencils and coloured pencils.
Anyway! I must admit that the choice of black paper was a good decision. I feel as if this baboon was dangerous, as it was going to attack. Something mysterious is in it. Its eyes say "beware!". At least I have such an impression 
The lack of appreciation for not fan art drawings is a sad thing, indeed. It happens to me, too. How can you be creative when people appreciate only fan art? 
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Great colours and the black really makes them punch out. I am looking forward to the final piece and from a personal point ... I do appreciate this kind of work as well.
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wow! it looks great so far! 
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I like how you used a black paper to bring out the glow of the baboon's eyes. It makes him look sort of majestic
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is this a mandril? looks awesome. crazy detail is incredible.
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Yep. I think regular baboons are brown, and mandrills have more yellowy fur, and blue faces. They're way more colourful.
Thank you.
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...this picture looks so amazing...but i hate monkeys so much. primates arent my favorite animal at all and i am NOT looking forward to eventually working with some in my program XD
but though i am not a fan of baboons, i am still amaized by the detail you've accomplished with the hairs! the loose hairs around the face make it look like a photograph; you've illustrated the transparency of some of them so well
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The fur texture is beautifully done!
Wow!
I absolutely LOVE the eyes... They're so captivating!
Baboons have such interesting and diverse colours, I'm sure they are an interesting subject to draw!
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"My fanart almost always gets more attention than the rest of my stuff"
That's true with everyone, I guess. -Shrugs- Regardless, this is really beautiful. You've certianly mastered depth with fur and those eyes really hit you.
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how does it feel to draw on this type of paper? too me this looks more realistic cause all of your colours standout even the whites!!
i get what you mean about the fan art part i guess people are only concerned about the fandom and less about the are itself!!
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This is amazing, I can't wait to see it all finished 
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That is amazing. I love the colors. Drawing looks extremely vivid and detailed!
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Beautifully done so far ! With the black background the colors are really as vivid as jewels
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I love this so muuuuch~~
Man, I'm really impressed by this, especially since it's on black paper. I've tried using it before, and it went terribly - probably because the black paper was crappy and I was using the wrong pencils, haha. I should invest in some watercolor pencils.
You say you didn't blend much, but whatever you did blend, and whatever's solid, looks fantastic. I feel like black paper would be really difficult to blend with, mainly since you can't use black (you didn't, right?) or it'll look strange... I'm really curious as to what the black paper you used is really like, since your scanner doesn't wanna share the secret.
Anyway, good job! I probably say it too much (definitely too much in my head) but I adore your work, forever and always.
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Good question. I had to skip the guidelines this time, but it doesn't matter much for any part except the face. The shape of the body is pretty vague, and it'll still look fine if I get anything a little off. I copied the face and the edges of the fur exactly. The parts where the colours and tones change, I pay close attention to the reference. But the rest, where I'm just filling it in, I pretty much scribble all over the place. 
Another thing that's making it difficult is that I normally hold the drawing and reference up to the light to see if everything's in the right place. And obviously I can't do that here. The face is probably a little off, but as long as it looks alright, I don't mind.
I last used black paper 6 years ago, and it was really terrible. I think I was using the same pencils, I just... wasn't very good, and the paper was sugar paper, which is really cheap and really crap. It's what they hand out in pre-school for fingerpainting. -_-; This time I started with prismas, and they were too soft, so the paper shows through even if I press down. I had to go over a lot of the face with damp derwents. Oh well.
Unfortunately, black paper rarely seems to be black. It's more like dark grey. So you're right, you can't use black pencil, or else the paper won't be the darkest part, and it'll all look really weird.
Anyway. Thank you.
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Haha oh, I see I see! That all sounds reasonable. Still, it seems like super hard work. And man, I'm impressed that you didn't do any guidelines. Vague body shape or not, that's a pretty bold and talented move.
Yikes! ): But, you know, it's probably not bad like you said. Even if it was completely and totally off, it would still look pretty legit. 8D
Wow! nAn Yes, I agree, the cheap stuff is merely that. I think I may have just found some random black paper in a cupboard and tried to draw on that, ending up with the same results you had 6 years previously haha. I'm blown away, though, how you can excel in something you haven't even.. tried, and wow.
Well! :D I certainly hope you don't think of me as a crazy person. I ADORE YOU&YOUR ART. And you're very welcome~~!
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Why it should very well be invisible? You shouldn't downgrade your own art so much, it looks great! It deserves to be shared
Favorite subjects or not, artist makes art, and the art defines the artist 
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I'm not saying fanart is better; I'm just saying it's more popular. When I submit non-fanart drawings, they usually get a fraction of the comments and favourites. I'm okay with that, I mean I'm drawing these things for myself, so any feedback I get on them is just a bonus.
(I think what I really meant by it was, I don't want people to comment on this just because they comment on my fanart. I'm not going to get upset if it's ignored.)
Thank you.
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Hehe, okay!
You can count on it that I won't ignore it though!
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I still don't understand how you can obtain results like this,with color pencils on black paper
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whoa the fur and eyes look so cool! The black paper really makes the baboon glow too. Awesome job! Cant wait to see it finished!
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simply stunning!! love the way you drew the light reflecting from its hair!
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This is so good! You did a great job! Can't wait to see it finished. :]
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Look scary
But you did a real great job
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Ah, thanks. Hopefully I won't screw it up while I'm finishing it.
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Hmmm, The first steps, how draw his eyes on dark... And I'm scared of this animal X(
No, I'm sure you won't
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The face looks really realistic- Its awesome, can't wait to see it finished!
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Thank you very much. 
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