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Published: 2011-09-05 17:51:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1367; Favourites: 65; Downloads: 31
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I originally just did this as a pen drawing and I really liked it as it was and I wasn't going to do anything else with it. But then I did and I think it turned out OK!I'm on facebook now and also have a facebook page for my art there. It is probably the best place to get hold of me these days if anybody wants me for anything. Let me know if you want to be friends or like me and have me like you back whatever.
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Morrissey is so cool and so is this! think i might listen to Your Arsenal.
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Thanks - and now that you have mentioned it I might have to go listen too!
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this is incredible. The best sketch I have ever seen done of him!
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i like this one, you really captured his expression
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The composition of this is really nicely done. I love the 'scribbled' lines as well, they add to the drawing.
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Scribbling is what I'm best at! I think the problem is finding a balance between scribbles and lines with a direction that are making contours and edges.
That probably didn't make sense at all!
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It makes sense. <3 You are definitely very good at showing the form with the scribbles.
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Thanks - it is nice to hear that I have made something realistic out of a lot of scribbling!
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I usually like drawing for being neat, but I love this one for the completely opposite reason! I love how you did sideburns , hair and eyebrows with a sharpie. It all looks very "postery", it's not like the other boring portraits
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This picture is really amazing. I love how you created the 3dimensional effect with those dark shadows ^^
(I think the shadow on the upper lip could be a bit darker though)
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Thanks!
The upper lip isn't quite right - it needs something but I think if you just made it darker the rest of the face would look odd by comparison. Just one of those things to think about afterwards and try and do better next time!
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I really love the contrast between the messy lines and the other smooth shading.
(Morrissey is awesome, by the way - great motive 
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I think the extra work you did on this portrait really brought it to life! His expression is perfect
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thats really nice drawing ....i like much that kept the hard strokes from the original in the face in make it look dynamiclly
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Nice soft values and overall features,but maybe be a little more detailed with the hatch shading.
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I'm not up on your actual art terms as I studied science, but I think that is just your basic scribbling rather than hatching.
Something more careful would probably be easier on peoples eyes but I like the point in a picture where you drag something recognisable out of chaos. So I guess I will stick to that for selfish reasons!
Thank you for your comments anyway!
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That's an interesting way to look at it....pretty insightful
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I love the texture the pen creates on his face. Great drawing.
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Thanks! I like the things that you can do with pens - but mostly I'm too lazy to do careful shading. So I always have a lot of respect for people who can do nice things with pencil and charcoal like yourself!
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Much appreciated. I'm so obsessed with realism at the moment that sometimes I would like to let go and see where the pen takes me such as yourself. Pen drawings are difficult and you've obviously mastered them.
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Pen drawings ain't so difficult. I think the trick is to keep the big picture fixed in your head from the start and actually have a little discipline. If you just start scribbling you generally end up trying to put in too many levels of shade and tone and detail and you can easily end up with a fairly solid and undifferentiated mass of linework.
So for me I think you need to be fairly clear on the features that are important enough to describe quite boldly and the places where you can go go wild and the bits that you are going to leave clear for balance and the bits in between where you can just use a few strokes to describe contours or textures.
And if you muck about a little you soon find that you can suggest contours and textures just by varying the width or direction of your lines and how they relate to each other, even though that is a huge jump from trying to represent things realistically and as they actually appear.
I think I rambled a bit more than I intended there, but maybe it might make some sense!
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I totally understand. Trying to develop my skills in the inking department so I've realized all the things you mentioned while practicing. Not to over simplify but less is more in terms of line work shading. At least for me that is
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The grey DEFinately made the face a lot softer compared to the WIP.
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I totally adore this. You caught his expression beautifully, and the texture and technique is uconventional yet eyecatching. those essential lines really enhance the overall feeling of this portrait. 
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Yeah, I had been taking a look and I couldn't help but notice that you seem to like much of the same music as me! I do love your work. It is wonderfully moody - I have been trying to think of a more eloquent description but I am stuck. And thank you for your kind words!
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aww thank you so much, I'm flattered! And no problem, I was just being honest. Keep it up, you sure have a powerful skill in conveying emotions!
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I like the technique used in this. The scribbles are used in a very controlled way. You did this very successfully
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Thank you for your kind words - I love my scribbling!
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Girlfriend in a coma I know, I know it's serious. Seriously awesome that is~
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He is an original and a legend. Bless him.
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This is very cool. My figure illustration teacher wanted us to attempt something like this. I forget the name, but he basically called it a 'scribble sketch.' Needless to say, my version was a complete failure, but you make it look easy to accomplish.
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It was quite easy! But only after a lot of practice, same as anything I guess...
And thank you. I didn't intend any disrespect to you in your thread by the way. I knew what you meant (I think). I generally don't intend things that I post seriously. I just felt there was a point, of sorts, to be made...
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It's definitely something I'd like to try again because seeing this was actually really inspiring.
You in no way disrespected me at all, so please don't think that. I understood what you meant entirely and you had excellent points to make.
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If you have a go the thing that I would say is most important is to avoid drawing the outlines of things, like in line art. If you look at the nose and the mouth and the edge of the face you can probably see that I have tried to make the shapes by scribbling around them rather than just drawing them in.
If you start combining line art and scribbling it sort of ruins the effect and just makes it look like a mess!
I enjoyed looking at your gallery, by the way. You make plenty of stuff look easy that I would struggle with!
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Thanks - it is something a little different at least!
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I recognize him. I used to listen to The Smiths very often about twenty years ago. He has a special melancholic expression on his face. You have drawn that in a nice way. Perhaps the shadowing with the pen strokes is a bit too bold.
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I was going for a quite stark high-contrast effect. But you try things and you see how they look and you learn from hindsight. Or at least I do!
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Of course we try and learn. I did not mean to give rude critique to you.
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