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Purple-Taliesyn — Therawyn

Published: 2012-05-29 03:10:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 599; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 0
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Description Therawyn, my blood mage/spirit healer, aka the Grey Warden Commander in Dragon Age.

Vine Charcoal, compressed charcoal, charcoal pencil, vellum paper.
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Comments: 16

Isriana [2012-06-07 08:28:12 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful job! I especially love the look in her eyes.

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to Isriana [2012-06-09 16:08:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Isriana!

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BlackSahara [2012-06-02 10:36:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow, she's really beautiful! I wonder if it's not a touch blood magic...?
Attractiveness + blood magic = A dangerous combination!

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to BlackSahara [2012-06-03 20:11:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Elywen [2012-05-30 09:13:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh! This is so beautiful! I love how intense her eyes look in this. I also love how her looks, it looks so soft.

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to Elywen [2012-05-31 00:07:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Elywen I'm glad you like it!

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purplellama8 [2012-05-29 16:38:27 +0000 UTC]

I'd love to learn how to use charcoal like this. My attempts have resulted in smudgy disasters, but this is really nice.

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to purplellama8 [2012-05-30 02:01:10 +0000 UTC]

The best advice I can give is to keep practicing, draw lightly and work through the smudge. It's not unusual for my drawings to take on a smudgy look, although I try to redefine the main areas lightly after each time I blend. Work the general areas first to get in the values. Blend the areas with a tissue and lay down more charcoal. Expect most of your charcoal to come off with each wipe. Keep doing this until you are satisfied. Detail comes much, much later in a drawing -- or at least it does for me Charcoal is forgiving, so even when you think you have a mess on your hands, you still might be able to salvage the piece, as long as you did not draw too dark. You have no idea how many times I wanted to toss a piece, only to keep on working it until it came out OK. You might try charcoal pencils, at least until you start to get the hang of it.

Oh, and make sure you get some good charcoal paper!

Good luck!

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purplellama8 In reply to Purple-Taliesyn [2012-06-01 14:22:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the in-depth advice. I really, REALLY, appreciate it.

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to purplellama8 [2012-06-02 02:47:41 +0000 UTC]

No problem -- it's always helpful to get the perspective from someone Good luck!

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Bleily [2012-05-29 14:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful! I like charcoal ! I want to draw some pics by it too.

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to Bleily [2012-05-29 15:58:59 +0000 UTC]

Charcoal is pretty cool, especially vine charcoal. It imitates the feel of painting; you can push it all around.

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massivelyattacked [2012-05-29 08:10:23 +0000 UTC]

This is so extremely pretty...

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to massivelyattacked [2012-05-29 15:59:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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F3AR-THE-FAITH [2012-05-29 06:43:17 +0000 UTC]

So beautiful! I'm envious of you're talent.

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Purple-Taliesyn In reply to F3AR-THE-FAITH [2012-05-29 16:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks. Hard work counts more than talent

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