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Published: 2012-09-29 22:59:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 827; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 6
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Inspired by I dreamed a dream from the musical Le Mis.... omg I love this song... I love the musical... I know the picture has absolutely NOTHING to do with the musical but the song... oh the song.... breaks my heart every time!Done entirely in pencil...
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I love the exotic look you gave her by webbing her fingers!
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yeah haha, not a lot of people notice that... it's one of those tiny details I decided to throw in...
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Cool! That feature would look nice on more of your lovely mermaids!!
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I love his wings! It's not often I see male fairies. I love that you made him beautiful, whimsical, and masculine all in one. Makes me want to draw my own male fairy now... Very inspiring!
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aaaw thanks! Please do draw one of your own, I'd love to see your take on a male Fae, it's always interesting how different people portray them. I found a lot of references that make them look very -how to say- boyish I guess... They all seemed to look like different versions of peter pan lol
I guess being a male Fae must be a lot like being a male nurse rofl haha
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Re: male nurse - Haha! That's probably a very accurate analogy. 
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p.s. I've commented on your drawings before, but I'll say it again - you have a great sense of anatomy! Do you use references? I have to use references, otherwise my figures come out looking pretty deformed, heh.
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aaw thank you, and sometimes I will use references, I also have one of those wooden dolls, you know the ones that you pose for references... and otherwise, well I've been drawing for awhile, and I really try to study not just the outer body but also the anatomy of muscles, where things are, how the light catches muscles differently. And you'll notice that in my gallery I find it easier to draw women... I don't know why but I find their anatomy easier to draw. Men still give me a hard time, even this guy bugged me, I'm still not happy with him from his elbows down.
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I have one of those wooden dolls too, but I've never used it. I usually look for stock photos that I either reference straight from the image, or combine bits and pieces of photos to make an original pose, heh. I'm interested in learning more about anatomy so I don't have to rely on references so heavily. That's interesting what you said about women being easier to draw... Do you think it's certain kinds of male builds that are harder to draw, like men with a lot of musculature, or just men in general?
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I personally think it's just men in general. I make myself practice a lot. The drawings you see on DA are only the finished products, I have dozens of sketches, and when I do men I force myself to do all types of men. I have drawn portraits of men like Jensen Ackles and Joe Manganiello (big muscular and tough) and also of Chris Colfer and Mathew Gray Gubler (Men with much smoother and more feminine features) I find them both difficult to draw.
Men who are very muscular would appear to be easier because of the very obvious symmetry of their body and face, however they have much more angular lines then women do, and to draw men that have a more androgynous appearance is the worst of all. Maintaining the fact that they are men while not wanting to take away from the fact that they have such fantastic and beautiful bone structure.... argh I'm getting frustrated just thinking of the process I go through. Personally all I can advise to anyone is practice. I do a lot of sketches, getting imagery stock from other artists gives you a great opportunity to study the human anatomy even if you aren't turning it into some fantastic piece of art. Just being able to sit down and draw a hand from different angles and play at shadows and lighting... difficult but so worth the effort! 
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No, it does make perfect sense! I can totally see why an androgynous man would be hard as hell to draw, just like a masculine woman might be hard too, for similar reasons--trying to capture two contrasting qualities in the same person. I don't do as much pure practicing as I should, because I get really excited about ideas for finished pieces that I want to do. I should practice more though. I was thinking that for November I was going to do a "One Sketch a Day" type thing for the whole month, which would be a prime time to just practice random body parts and poses.
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