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Published: 2008-05-23 01:37:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 1420; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 0
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Original Size: 10x13Medium: Brush, Quill and Ink on hot-press illustration board
Copyright Notice: 2008 by Bob Giadrosich/Sharayah Press. All Rights Reserved.
There's something to be said about running around the woods with a paper mache raven's head strapped on your shoulders.
Just plain ol' summertime fun.
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Comments: 45
I thought of saying something profound that would capture the essence of this piece, but a few other people did that already, so I'll just say;
I enjoyed looking at this one several times, finding something else I liked about it each time I did
Excellent!
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Thanks, Ellen. Once and I while I like to try and combine different techniques and such. Sometimes they work out, and other times, well...not so well, lol. Thank you for the fave on this one, also!
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I huggeth trees. With passion.
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"Odd?" "Etheral?" Don't tell me you have never run around the woods with a paper mache raven's head on your shoulders? Doc! Where have you been?! Obviously, missing out on the grander things in life...
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Well, it wasn't paper mache, and it wasn't a raven.... 
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????, lol! Hmmm. I may not want to know!
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Excellent as always, I particularly love the way you drew the background.
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Thank you! I love doing backgrounds! Sometimes, more than the central characters.
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I love the linework and structure. Great detailing and fine stylization. The balance is superb.
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Thanks, Rakesh, for the comments and the fave! This was a fun piece to do, with the stylized background against the detail of the tree and subject!
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Thanks, Alan. It's an older piece, but I thought it was time to post it, lol!
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Thanks, David, for the fave! This is an older piece (done in '06), but it still holds up well.
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That looks like so much fun! Great work on the detail, and as others have said, I love the negative space caused by the trees in the background!
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Thanks, Gowsk! To break the foreground out, I wanted to go with a little more of an abstraction in the background, while still keeping the forest intact. On overlay, I tried out a few different techniques, but the graphic approach seemed to work the best and get the look that I wanted. All in all, this is one of the experimental mixes that worked, lol! I've tried so many in the past that haven't.
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Overload is right, lol! I honestly tried to keep it simple, but things have a way of getting out of hand! Thanks so much for the fave, Ann!
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Amazing use of negative space!
The composition is really lovely and so is the inking
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Thanks, Dawn! This is an older piece that was published in a book last year. Lots of fun to do, especially since I got to draw trees, one of my favorite subjects!
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Yay! It's great to see another upload by you, Giad. Beautiful work as always. I love how you can use some of the simplest motifs to create the most elegant textures. Great composition of the roots too!
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Thanks! One of these days I'd like to do a book of trees, lol! Just trees. Drawings, sketches, and paintings...
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Oh man if you do, I'd so be the first to buy it! haha By the way, are you planning on going to any conventions on the east coast?
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This year, Dragon-Con will probably be the only show I get to go to. I've had to really cut back and reasses some things. Since I'm local, DC doesn't cost a whole lot to do, as I don't have to get a hotel room or any thing associated with out of town shows!
Thanks for the encouragement on the tree book. I'd love to do it, but I don't know it it would be commercially viable, but that has never seemed to stop me before, lol!
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Haha sounds awesome! I might make it out to dragon con, I might not. But if I do, it'd be an honor to meet you. Do you ever do self publishing through LuLu.com?
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I've considered it. I've checked out LuLu and some other sites, because mainly I don't have the time to package and ship stuff as of late. One site I've looked at is Estay for shirts and merchandising, but I'm a little put off by the high base prices that they charge on that kind of stuff. For the artist to make any real money, one has to charge an arm and a leg, and that drives the price up to expensive.
I've always tried to keep things inexpensive so that anyone could afford my work. More research is needed, I think!
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n.n That's an awesome way to look at it. Ja, I agree about having to charge an arm and a leg. I'm sure you'll find something that suits you best. Alls I know is that Lulu's pretty good, as far as tshirts and things, I'm afraid I don't know of a very good one to go to. Maybe Zazzle or something?
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wow, loving the detail, as always. the negative space in the trees makes it wonderfully light!
i wish i had a ravens head.
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Elements arranged and composed with so much grace and rhythm that you don't even realize how many there are until you start to look more closely; fantastic work.
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Thank you kindly! It was a lot of fun working this one out so that the background didn't clash with the detail of the tree and subject. Going with the stylization helped to mininalize (or supress, at least) the forest while keeping all the other elements in focus.
Thanks so much for the fave, Sam!
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You're a great, brilliant bastard you are, master Bob.
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Ha! Just a cleverly arrainged facade, my friend! Most of the times I stumble through these things and at the end am just as surprised as everyone else it came out alright!! How's the freelancing going for ya?
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Good, man-- crazy as a soup sandwich, and with how little sleep I got last night, I'm reminded all over again of how I used to feel day after day at my day job-- the difference, and it is EVERYTHING-- is that tomorrow, I sleep in!!!
Hope your new life is treating you proper, brother...
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The details on the roots and the all those leaves and flowers on the floor give a magnificent feeling when you first take a look at this drawing. Amazing job! keep it up!
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Thanks for the encouragement, Angel, and of course, the fave!!
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And as always it is a pleasure to be of some help to such a great artist
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Good summertime fun indeed!
The trees in the background are wonderful! I love how suggestively abstract they are.
And the tree roots make me want to curl up and sleep in them.
Gorgeous work. It makes me excited to go hiking.
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