HOME | DD

medli20 — Ratman's Notebooks

Published: 2011-05-21 23:45:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 1734; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 31
Redirect to original
Description Charcoal reduction drawing of Crispin Glover as Willard Stiles.

I was originally going to color this as well, but I was having a bit of trouble with my conte crayons, so I ended up sticking with black and white.

I can't believe the paper I started out using was originally white, lol.

Reference: [link]
Related content

medli20 - Mother says there are rats in the rockery.

medli20 - Commission: Ilya

medli20 - W I L L A R D

medli20 - Necromancer

medli20 - Muro Syd

medli20 - Steve

medli20 - Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?

medli20 - Muro Beefheart

medli20 - Portrait

FortunataFox - The Mad Doctor.

iamtabbychan - Bentinho

Slawekgruca - Portrait with a monkey

MarionMorgenroth - Rat in my head

benjelfs - Portrait of Banksy

AyameMarquis - The Fox's pipe

Maple-Gunman - Willard

DominikBroniek - Bugs

heidarafns - WhyTheSmile
Comments: 32

Cman1O1 [2019-07-15 02:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Neat.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

The-Necromancer [2014-06-21 10:02:18 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Jihan98 [2011-06-04 02:40:48 +0000 UTC]

wow it's so realistic (i'm sorry for my bad english) aaaaah you can do anything!!! >_<

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Jihan98 [2011-06-04 02:41:56 +0000 UTC]

Haha, well I'm still learning, so there are quite a few mistakes on this one. xD;
Thanks so much! <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Jihan98 In reply to medli20 [2011-06-04 03:08:10 +0000 UTC]

your welcome :3 i think theres no mistake here

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Midnight-The-Cat [2011-05-25 05:44:34 +0000 UTC]

It looks wonderful! The monochromatic format suits it, and you drew that ratty perfectly! I guess you did get to study my pets a lot.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Midnight-The-Cat [2011-05-25 05:47:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Sarah! And yeah, being able to play with your rats really helped me get a good feel of rat anatomy overall, so that came in handy while I was drawing this.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

keyokey [2011-05-23 15:46:17 +0000 UTC]

ill never blink

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to keyokey [2011-05-23 19:39:59 +0000 UTC]



Don't. Blink.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

keyokey In reply to medli20 [2011-05-23 20:15:51 +0000 UTC]

xD

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Overlord-J [2011-05-22 21:37:20 +0000 UTC]

Incredible!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Overlord-J [2011-05-22 23:03:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Overlord-J In reply to medli20 [2011-05-22 23:32:45 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Peeka13 [2011-05-22 02:51:56 +0000 UTC]

Ohsnaps. That looks like it must have been incredibly messy. XDD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Peeka13 [2011-05-22 04:38:38 +0000 UTC]

Haha, it really was, but I did my best to keep it clean. xD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Peeka13 In reply to medli20 [2011-05-22 04:45:43 +0000 UTC]

But srsly, there is NO WAY that paper could have started out white. XD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Peeka13 [2011-05-22 04:47:02 +0000 UTC]

No, it was definitely white. xD The back of the paper proves it, lol

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Peeka13 In reply to medli20 [2011-05-22 06:11:45 +0000 UTC]

Haha, okay. XD;; I wanna try this sometime, if I can figure out how to do it without making a mess.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Peeka13 [2011-05-22 23:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Go for it! Charcoal is a really fun-to-use medium, and it's really forgiving as well. I think it's actually easier to use than graphite, to be honest.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Peeka13 In reply to medli20 [2011-05-22 23:07:25 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I see.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

bugs92 [2011-05-22 01:01:13 +0000 UTC]

I read ratman and thought of an old Justice Friends on Dexter's lab.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to bugs92 [2011-05-22 04:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Nostalgia~

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

FJTrickster58 [2011-05-22 00:37:36 +0000 UTC]

Holy crap! That used to be white?! I can't even imagen how you did that.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to FJTrickster58 [2011-05-22 04:37:56 +0000 UTC]

With patience, charcoal, and a little bit of India ink.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

GiniXD [2011-05-22 00:01:09 +0000 UTC]

I think it's amazing how you used white paper xD

I love all the details in this. Even the mouse is super super super adorable and I never see you upload animals that much, so I suppose you're not used to drawing them. Also, I think the shading brings out a lot in this piece c:

Nicely done, Mel!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to GiniXD [2011-05-22 00:17:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Gini! ;D Yeah, I think that's the first time I've really drawn a rat before, so I'm glad it turned out well!

Thanks <3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Eriek-Zetei [2011-05-21 23:59:48 +0000 UTC]

Wait... You started with white paper? .... How messy were your hands after that?!!! X'DDDD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Eriek-Zetei [2011-05-22 00:06:22 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I started with white paper xDD My hands weren't THAT messy, though the tips of my fingers were so black, they looked frostbitten, lol.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Eriek-Zetei In reply to medli20 [2011-05-22 00:10:00 +0000 UTC]

Whenever I go all out with pencil, my sleeve, the side of my hands, and my fingers will be ALL SILVER.. You always know when I go all out with pencil XD The evidence is all over my fingers 8'3

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Triforce-Kun [2011-05-21 23:48:20 +0000 UTC]

Hooooly balls. And you started with a white page.

Personally, I don't think this needs color. It works very well in black and white.

This must've been real messy to work on! How long did it take?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

medli20 In reply to Triforce-Kun [2011-05-21 23:53:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad it works in B/W, because it turned out I didn't have enough colors to work with after all.

It was VERY messy, and it must've taken about... 6-7 hours, on and off? I wasn't really keeping track.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Triforce-Kun In reply to medli20 [2011-05-22 00:04:18 +0000 UTC]

Somehow, I feel that the image stands out more with the white than it would've with color It's always a nice contrast.

You're gonna be washing charcoal off your hands for a week

👍: 0 ⏩: 0