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And here's ~LeviDansam 's prize for the #B-and-W-Forever contest! It's a first place prize, so I wanted to make sure it was extra special. The drawing I was given to base my prize off of was an illustration of a monster giving a young guy a violin, so I decided to throw in my own drawing of a monster and add a little bit of a background to it.Like *imacrazytrekkie 's prize, this one also sat as a basic sketch in my notebook for months because I was so scared that when I drew the final sketch over it, I'd mess it up somehow.
but surprisingly, it came out better than expected!I hope you like it, ~LeviDansam !
Thanks for waiting!
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Haha, that is too cool! 
Yeah, I think that would have been nice if I had thought to do it. Man, now I wish I had!
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Wow that's a really good marker texture. I fell for it.
Do you have any future livestreams planned?
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I know right? There are some really great ones here on dA
I have been thinking about it, but I'm never sure when I'm working about who would show up. I always love when you show up, though, because I love being able to respond to real-time critique! Are you off for break yet? I have a composition I've been working on lately, a redrawing of my Merelda painting, but I haven't gotten far yet.
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Yes I am. Maybe you could try giving the livestream notice a day ahead of schedule to give people a chance to free themselves.
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Alright, I'll do that! Once Christmas is behind us and we can all get back to our computers, I'll give a 1-2 day warning. Maybe on a weekend, or during the early to late afternoon hours?
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Sounds good to me!
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May, you dont by any chance happen to draw in dry pastels do you? I know you draw mostly digitally, but the way you handle images reminds me very much of dry pastels
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I've never even tried them, but I've seen what they can do. o.o I have played with conte and charcoal in art class before, though
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oh I cant imagine shading on a computer - you have to literally pick each color as you go. I'm sorry, I dont think I'll ever have the patience to draw much on digital media! It gives me a headache just to stare at a screen for more than a few hours.
You should buy a pack of chalk pastels, some rough paper, and try it. I think you'd enjoy it! I love working with my hands and getting messy XD
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Haha, it's not too bad once you learn a few shortcuts. I just put down a few base colors and keep picking from them the rest of the time with the color dropper tool XD But yeah, you have to take breaks in between so you don't tire yourself out. My eyes can only take so much e-e What painting programs have you played with, flyaway?
That sounds like fun! I'm so underconfident with traditional media, though. And the first day of drawing class last semester was my first time using messy tools to make art (namely, compressed charcoal). I was covered up to my elbows; I hated it! But later it got really fun and I started using only my fingers to blend XD well, washing it all off was never fun ...lol!
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heh painting programs? photoshop 7.0 and ...microsoft paint
Oh but the messiness is half the fun! have you tried clasic pencil and paper or pen and paper? much less messy than charcoal. I would like to see your work from last semester!
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Just gonna interrupt very late in the game here. Have you considered Painter? It's a digital program but it's designed to mimic traditional painting and instead of blending by using the color drop tool, you just use the blending brush.
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How expensive is Painter?
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Pretty pricey though cheaper than Photoshop. I know you can get a student discount for it. That's what I did but I bought it as a combo with a tablet so I don't know what it's individual price is. I do feel I should mention that the program is not as comprehensive as PS. Things like adjusting the overall hue or putting filters on drawings does not exist in this program. I find that the pros who use this will do most of their painting in Painter and then switch to PS to finish the piece. Painter also has a history of having lots of bugs in each new version they create. On the plus side, you get a lot of features PS doesn't have like being able to pick the canvas texture that you work on. The paintbrushes range from watercolors, oils, charcoal, pencil, etc. It's pretty overwhelming at first. I still recommend having a program like PS so that you can do some adjustments but only if you have the money for that. That's about all I know. I really haven't gotten the chance to play with the program very much so it'd probably be in your better interest to research the product and perhaps talk to some artists who use it before making any kind of purchase.
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hmm... I have an older version of Photoshop but that was pricey enough. I will probably stick to the traditional hand drawn stuff unless I actually in some future date have the time to focus on art more. Physics and Biology are demanding majors when paired together.
Thank you so much for the information though! I will look into it!
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That PS version should work just fine. This is where I bought my version from [link] That's the latest version of Painter though. You could probably find an older version for cheaper. I hear you about sticking to what you have. I shelled out a lot of cash to get an intuos 4 but hardly use it. Still, I don't regret the purchase.
Double majoring? *whistle* And in science too. I can see why you're busy. You have a much better excuse than me. I'm just plain lazy.
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Haha, oh its pretty sad. I have no time for art, so instead I study for my physics exams sitting in the art building surrounded by people who DO have time for art. I'll listen into the music echoing through the hallways. I'll occasionally glance up at the dancers practicing in the square. I'll go for a walk in the university art museum as a study break... Oh dearly beloved feild of all things Art, have patience with me! You know I have not abandoned you!
(Although I must confess, dear world of Art, to be honest, my heart belongs to physics. May it toss me into the hot turbulent arms of the universe and spit me out alive!) But I consider art a part of my study of science anyway. My high school art teacher used to say that there is a difference between what you know and what you see. Sometimes our knowledge (or at least what we think we know) blinds us to what is plainly before us. I know that the door to my room is a rectangle but from where I stand it is actually a trapezoid. Art keeps me from going blind to whats around me.
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Well that's a very philosophical way of looking at things and makes a whole lot of sense too. Science is concrete and art is abstract, which could probably explain why most people don't see the value in it.
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SCIENCE IS CONCRETE!? YOU ARE TELLING A PHYSICIST IN TRAINING THAT SCIENCE IS CONCRETE!?!?!? I've joined my professor on a dark matter search related project - dark matter is something that as of yet cannot be detected - it just accounts for the "missing" mass in the universe that would help explain why galaxies and stars move the way they do. I'm in better shape than the guys next door. The guys next door are trying to find the Higgs Boson which theoretically gives all other particles their mass and may or may not actually exist.
I would also argue that art is anything but abstract. Even the most abstract art must be tangible. But we get meaning out of it because it resembles reality OR helps define/challenge reality by contrasting it.
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Yes I see them as being concrete and abstract by way of application. Science has practical application. Art doesn't. To quote Oscar Wilde: "All art is quite useless." What meaning and value it has can only be admired.
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hmm, is advertisement(art)abstract then? It has a practical application, as well as art museums or designs which fit various functions and are then marketed in shops as clothes, furniture, etc - huge money industry. And what about theoretical physics or theoretical mathematics or knowing that dinasaurs existed (science)? Those things dont necessarily have practical uses. I feel like there is quite a few overlaps
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I really really like this
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Hehe, I like to think that he's a friendly monster too. Just misunderstood XD That somehow reminds me of the guy who stole the really expensive violin out of the LSU school of music (good thing that guy was caught!) Thankees flyaway!
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there was a guy who stole a violin out of the LSU school of music? I never heard about this - then again I dont go to LSU
Well I was hoping this friendly monster somehow can create violins and gives them to friendly people who appreciate him and his violin crafting skills, I will not accept a stolen violin
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Yeah, a really expensive one too. It cost thousands of dollars and was custom made and everything, but luckily they got it back. I felt so sorry for the student that got robbed :/
I wouldn't want stolen goods either! The title of the deviation I based my drawing off of was titled "the gift of the thief" or something such as that, though. Though it'd be cooler if the monster made violins itself - or created them magically!
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You've gotten quite confident with your colour and anatomy Mayfire44. It pleases me to see the improvement you've made.
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Thanks Evyn! I'm glad you see progress (and I'm quite glad to hear from you again)! 
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I like critiquing, it's what I'm good at.
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This send a shiver down my left side. I'm serious.
Violin-boy, cities. Yeah. We know what you can do. The beast, combined with the subtle background BLEW MY FUCKING MIND.
Nice job
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Wow, I didn't know my art had that kind of effect on people, but I've always wanted it to. o.o That's so awesome. 
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Gosh may, your colour theory lessons really show in this picture alone!! I can see your workings on the sky and how the reflect, not just on the buildings, but the character and monster. Despite the flaw with the violin, he could just be resting with it in his left xD I think the monster is my favourite part, how it completes the picture with a frame, and how detailed it is!! Great job may >3< <3
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Thankees Llama! late comment is late, as per usual XD That monster was really fun to draw; I actually ended up sculpting it in Play-doh for a project I did in class later. Perhaps I'll have to post that up : D
Hehe, you can see them now! Do you see the main complementary pair I used in this one? I used it everywhere! It's a bit tricky, I'll admit, but I bet you could spot it (look at the so-called "neutral" colors ;D).
Circular compositions FTW! I love circles because they draw the eye toward whatever's inside them while repelling anything outside of them. Faces (particularly eyes) the sun and moon, and circular frames (ofc!) all draw the eye right in. I was aiming to make viewers look at the moon first, then trail down the monster to its eyes, then look at the city and save the boy's face for last. That way the eye would go back to the moon and continue around the circle XD
And hey, I like that! He could totally be just resting it in his hand. XD Thanks again!
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Late reply is late late, as usual XD I'm always later then you. Not that its a race lmao!! YOU MUST POST THAT UP, IT SOUNDS PWNSOME.
Ahhh I dunno!! Im thinking the yellow and green, but I know Im wrong. Im awful at this colour stuff 
Circular frames are so pweettyy -3- Unfortunatly, I got dragged to that monstar..right over thar XD
See, I know how to lie about anatomy rofl! Theres always a way around mistakes
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Thank u for awesome pic 
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You're welcome! I'm very glad you like it!
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Woooooooooowwwwww, May!! You have such a knack for these colours schemes! I just love the background... The colours, and the design of that monster too! The whole thing looks so amazing, so great job!!
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Aww Snow, thankees. You are too kind!
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Hehehe, in that same fashion I just can't escape from blue-purple colour schemes! xD
And nonsense, am I being too kind. Your work is always so beautiful! Keep it up, May!! 
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Meanwhile, I've had to make myself use more blue and purple! XD That's truly funny, how we artists can get hung up on particular colors. What's weird is that I don't even like brown that much in real life; I just love using it and orange in my work. It's better than the rainbow I used to do before I developed a color intuition, though!
Aww, and thankees Snow!
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Awww not at all May!
And yes, I hear you! XD Although purple and blue are my favourite colours and I really do overuse them! XDDD I wish I used more green-blue combinations. :3
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Doo eet, Snow! I want to see you pull off eye-stabbing lime green one of these days XD I want to try and pull off something a bit more subdued sometime soon
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And what can I say to that?!
I tell you what though, it might be fun to branch out. My colours are always so subdued! xD
Well that, or just trading our colour preferences to each other!
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Wow!! Very nice! So detailed and I love the circular frame and the city you drew in the background. The mood is great too, is he relaxed, or depressed? hmm I wonder what he's thinking bout.
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Thankees, Dotti!
For some reason, I just love circular compositions. So there had to be a circular frame! 
Oh yeah, I hope you and Travis had a great Easter (with lots of chocolate!!)
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This is so neatt!
I love the whole composition of it, and the color scheme is SOOOO Nice. <3333
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Hehe, thanks Hailey! 
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I usually feel like I use to many colors in my stuff. XD I generally just get bored with a few colors, and want to and some more.
I really do enjoy this, though! <3
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Wow! I really like this one. The detail, although everything seems rough still, is stunning. I like how the bone dragon forms the circle around the boy! I love the small city beneath his feet. It almost seems like he's above his life when he gives in to the dragon!
... just one thing. Violinists hold the bow in the right hand, not the left one... XDD Just saying!
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Thanks Denny! For some reason, my rendering has been really rough lately. I guess because I've been focusing more on composition and less on detail? I dunno 
And I'll be darned. *headdesk* After all that referencing of muscles and bones and buildings, you'd think I'd be smart enough to put the bow in the right hand! >.> maybe I can flip the image horizontally ... then everything will be right |DDD Thanks for pointing it out!
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