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Not sure about this but where better to get critique?Was feeling rather
when I came up with this - many, many faces hidden away and I`ve been told there`s even an owl!Drawn freehand with Staedtler pens - 1.0 and 0.5
..and yes I know I could use photoshop to blacken it further but that would be "cheating" and NOT then able to go in traditional art (My pet hate on DA is obviously altered works being listed as traditional when obviously digitally enhanced!, grrr... I`ll not climb on my soapbox now...)
PS - Adjusting contrast, tone etc to make same as original IS okay!
Its blocks of colour, blacker blacks, photoshop backgrounds, etc that get me all
Anywhen, back to this...
Created 2006
Original size is A3-ish
Not sure if will end uo in scraps or may just re-do and re-submit...
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Thanks lots, I was pleased with this
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Great minds must think alike. I have one called "No Subliminal"
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really has something Art Nouveauish... would love to have piece of furniture with this image on the fabric
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Thanks hadn`t seen this piece for ages - would make for some rather funky furniture
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absolutely! And then have it next to some nice antique piece... love the mix!
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It's like an abstract art nouveau piece - I love it!
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Thank you very much!
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Lovely job, nice and clean. Staedtler rule!
I know what you mean about Photoshop, tis a tempting ol' beast!
As you have seen already, I have used similar style to this in my work - and being quite impatient at times, have often resorted to using black marker for the block shading and then the drawing pen for a crisper outline.
Jason
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Thanks a lot - I am happy you enjoyed it 
Photoshop is evil
Sometimes use black marker but usually isn`t black enough so have to go over it anyway!
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Very nice - might also fit into the surreal category, IMO....
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Thanks - its always hard to know which category they could go in as usually fit at least in two every time
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Sorry - wasn't meant as a criticism, but rather an accolade!
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It was okay I didn`t take it as a criticism I wasn`t sure where to stick it.
Else you wouldn`t have had happy emot in corner
An accolade eh, love having them
PS Hopefully I can find some of my old surreal pencil workings - you`ll probably love them, just got to wait for manic spring cleaning
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*grin* Glad to give 'em where deserved. IMO, 'course.
PS - That'd be great! As you can...
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I do draw happy faces sometimes
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I do too. Just not on carrots.
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I like making happy faces out of fish cakes
... and top of coffee jar is usually a happy face in the foil, until I need to get just that little bit deeper I have to tear it all together - perhaps I should take a photo next jar?
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I didn't get your complete message. 
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Probably, don`t know for sure when asleep since then
Suppose I better buy a new jar of coffee next shop then
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Super intense! You have an amazing talent for layered details!
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Thanks a lot - I am happy you enjoyed it
I do like my layered details eh? 
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Just a quick question---what's A3 size? I see it on Illustrator when I print from the Mac G5s at school, but I dunno what it is besides a size.
Oh, and that image is so freaky.... I think I saw Cruella deVille's face in there....
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Hope that "so freaky" is a good thing?
As in US - I`ll measure in inches 
Even down to cartridge paper, watercolour paper, etc...
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Yes, "so freaky" is a very good thing.
Thanks for the heads up on the paper size. So A3 is almost SuperB Tabloid, eh?
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Hard to work on anything bigger than A3 unless I use my easel...
Strange how paper size isn`t standard everywhere really isn`t it...
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very cool. I have you tried to create a patern around a central theme? I sometimes draw a circle and work around that type thing.
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Thank you very, very much
Have done that before, can look funky - think have a few in early bits of gallery unless I tidied them up...
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im glad a watch you 
i would love to see this airbrushed on a wall. maybe with the hidden images more defined.
but enough critique! me likes!
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Aaaaawwww Thank you
Would like to see it on a wall, sure would be awesome
Though maybe hard to get the hidden images more defined as each one is part of at least one more, took a lot of working out at the time...
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hey! love it check out my pic, mine looks just like yours! it's called "whatever.you.want"
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Great way to get me there
Isn`t any picture called "whatever.you.want" there though! (Unless DA gremlins striking again)
Anywhen - I am happy you enjoyed it
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Aaaww Thank you 
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I've seen a cat there!... Don't scrap it, it's an intriguing picture. I wasn't quite sure whether you didn't put there some hidden message or something.
So, you're an absolutely traditional art fan? That's cool to see such people are around.
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Now I`ll go have a look at original - maybe I cannot remember or usually find everything I put in these
Yes proper traditional art fan - makes me sound antiquated, still I`m weird like that
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Maybe that was just my eyes playing with me, I've been looking at it for so long.
That's nothing bad about it, I guess. I'm myself a fan of pens and nibs and ink and do my comics with them.
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Aww thanks for looking at it "for so long"
Looked at original last night and there is a cat-like one - I didn`t remember drawing that!
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faces faces faces - they're all glaring at me!!!
This is WAY cool 
I feel bad for cheating now too ... my scanner kills stuff and i often have to adjust the contrast a little to take out the shadows the scanner added in 
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Have added a PS to description now
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Didn`t realise they were glaring
Nope adjusting contrast etc is okay, so no don`t hate you
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phew 
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