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PunkyMeadows — Pilot Whale
Published: 2010-05-15 17:12:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 4932; Favourites: 116; Downloads: 435
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This turned out to be a lot harder than i expected. Really tough to get the shadow, and light patterns on the body to look right. The grain of the paper didn't help, wish i'd used smoother paper.Time - 15 hours 9B to 5H on 140gsm A4 paper
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The shape on the animals body from the light in the water's surface! Great job here!
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This is totally amazing!! Your hard work has paid off!
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This one is cool!
You have really managed to get the shadows and the light to look alive. I'm especially impressed by the light patterns; the way it's playing over the body of the whale have such a realistic feeling. It's easy to imagine that it looks like that when it's in water ^^
And I like the angle of the whale, too. It's so easy to see the form of the whale, and how it thickens a bit at the stomach area and then gets thinner. Personally I would find this quite difficult to do since I probably would mess up the whole angle/"whale-form" area and not be able to make a smooth transition. But you have clearly managed to do that ^^
And I can't help thinking of the falling whale in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when I see this pic
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Thank you very much again 
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Amazing!! *,*
Now we need some water in ths picture ;D
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Thanks so much
And thanks for the
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Lookin forward to it one day
You're welcome ;D
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LOL I wanted to comment on this one as well when I saw it first.
Now I saw again at the PencilClub and I cannot resist to give you another WOW! ^^
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Thanks very much, its appreciated
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This is wonderfully done. I can totally buy the light reflection. It truly looks as if it is under water.
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Thanks very much, glad you like it
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I think you did a wonderful job with the light patterns. I can beleive it is under water somewhere.
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Thanks so much 
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Thank you so much
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Thank you so much
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Thanks very much, glad you like it
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Holy smokes, this looks awesome! The realism is great, and you really made it look like the tail was farther away. Excelent shading to
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Thank you so much
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You're very welcome
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Thanks very much
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wow I agree, great job with the reflections, lights and shadows on this piece!
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wow, it's awesome!
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Thank you so much, appreciate it
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Welcome, and very welcome
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Cool! This rocks!
Really good technique here in getting these values down right.
I use Fabriano Artistico, 140 LB Hot Press Watercolor Paper, with good results. Although it is not so easy to manipulate the graphite.
This is a really good and solid piece of work!
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i can imagine that would be hard lol, it looks terrific though!
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