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likelytodisaster [2011-07-15 16:30:45 +0000 UTC]
Elsie is the name of my aunt, and, awkwardly, the girl in the picture do remind me a picture of her in her youth days... Anyway, very nice drawing. You're awesome with poses and perspective, I wish I could draw something as natural as you do...
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EllieTooMuch [2011-02-15 00:09:17 +0000 UTC]
whoa. love this!
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DaisiesForMyLove [2011-01-28 03:35:12 +0000 UTC]
THIS REMINDS ME OF THAT SCENE FROM THE BOOK BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE. WHERE THE "WITCH" SHOW'S THEM HER TREE. BECAUSE SHE'S BLIND ALCOHOLIC, AND SHE HANGS ALL OF HER EMPTY BOTTLES ON THE TREE. /BRINGS BACK MEMORIES
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SaskiaDeKorte [2011-01-26 09:54:07 +0000 UTC]
well I think this looks fantastic :3
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Terror-and-Love [2011-01-18 19:33:56 +0000 UTC]
I am really enjoying your style
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KIRKparrish [2011-01-05 00:24:01 +0000 UTC]
dude your noir illustrations are badass. keep at em!
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nahrain [2011-01-01 22:03:57 +0000 UTC]
love it !good work talented.
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OrangePopFox [2010-12-31 00:18:01 +0000 UTC]
I would call this a successful attempt. Sounds like a hassle though, good luck with improving the process.
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ayuICHI [2010-12-23 21:58:58 +0000 UTC]
Awww so nice!
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explosive-toaster [2010-12-22 05:03:36 +0000 UTC]
This is really gorgeous, I like what you've done! The colors are just beautiful.
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INKNOSE [2010-12-21 23:06:03 +0000 UTC]
my favorite kind of illustration usually involves lines or "inks" which are bold and complete enough to stand on their own without color or painting... and I feel like you really have that down. but it would be cool to see a combination of the two, and I think you have found a nice balance in this piece!
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Mudora [2010-12-21 21:31:27 +0000 UTC]
Maybe it would work out better if you painted first, then inked it somehow... then again, I'm not sure if the ink would hold.
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tombancroft [2010-12-21 19:35:18 +0000 UTC]
This works great! I'd buy a graphic novel illustrated like this- by you! Go for it.
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portuguesemutt [2010-12-21 19:18:25 +0000 UTC]
All that hard work paid off. This is awesome.
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Sparry87 [2010-12-21 19:12:41 +0000 UTC]
I think you did a great work, but I want to comment that, you maybe should think about details next time. I hope I can describe it well, because my english is not well yet. your art is nice, but when I first time see the redhair girl, I think she got a black hat. because of the shadow from the rock behind her.
After that I could see that it was a shadow. Maybe you should remember it next time, so the another people should not misunderstanding somenthing in your art
When I first time see it, I think it was a pirate redhair girl, which was looking at glasses hanging on the trees
I like this art, the perspective, nature, linework, character. You did it all awesome
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Mizzy-chan [2010-12-21 17:06:30 +0000 UTC]
Ohh this process sounds interesting. What do you mean by soaking your Bristol? In water? does it just make the inks wash out? what did you paint in it with, acrylics?
and i love looking at all your painterly brush strokes.
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toerning In reply to Mizzy-chan [2010-12-21 18:47:29 +0000 UTC]
When you're using paper that isn't meant to take water, it gets really buckly and unmanageable. If you soak it uniformly in a bath and then staple it to a board all round the edges while it's still wet and then let it dry flat, it will dry in its stretched state so that when you use water-based medium on it it doesn't get all funky on you. I use a permanent ink so it only washed off in a few places, which was my hope. This makes it easier for me cause I can still use the lightbox to ink because I'm using a pretty thin paper (it's about the equivalent of drawing paper.) So I painted it with watercolor and gouache, as usual.
Hope that helps, and thanks!
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Funnybumps [2010-12-21 15:45:30 +0000 UTC]
This is absolutely beautiful, I love everything : the lines, the colors, the textures... Great great great work !
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flamehead23a [2010-12-21 14:50:36 +0000 UTC]
I know next to nothing about visual art, so I can't provide any helpful words of wisdom that could remedy your dilemma. Sorry.
what I CAN say is that this picture is hella awesome, and it looks absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic work, had as it may have been.
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Dialogous [2010-12-21 11:51:45 +0000 UTC]
This mix looks pretty nice to me.
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Jubesfan [2010-12-21 11:01:22 +0000 UTC]
LOVE LOVE LOVE
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1Spoon-of-Turquoise [2010-12-21 09:34:28 +0000 UTC]
Love it! It seems like it's a story there. You should definitely continue your little experiment. And now you encoureged me to try the ink...I've been wanting to do that for a while and you just gave me a boost.
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KypFox [2010-12-21 08:23:08 +0000 UTC]
Stunning! I can't wait for more!
I couldn't agree with more!
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Red-SkyeArtiste [2010-12-21 06:49:11 +0000 UTC]
iiii like it!
lovely technique... keep at it!
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ThreeMode [2010-12-21 06:44:33 +0000 UTC]
I LOVE the shading, how it goes from a bright color to total black.
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No-Nami [2010-12-21 03:11:15 +0000 UTC]
This is wonderfully done. =O What sort of paint did you use?
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toerning In reply to No-Nami [2010-12-21 15:13:15 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I used watercolor and gouache
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nicholaskole [2010-12-21 03:10:08 +0000 UTC]
Wait; you think the noir pieces DIDN'T WORK OUT? YOU CRAZY!?
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toerning In reply to nicholaskole [2010-12-21 14:38:46 +0000 UTC]
haha no no let me rephrase- I think they're successful illustrations, but they didn't find a solution to the painting-and-ink thing; during my final critique with those, MJ brought it up again and that was the time that finally convinced me to do it. Don't worry, I'm quite fond of them!
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fox914 [2010-12-21 02:58:49 +0000 UTC]
*I* think it looks great!
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dobie [2010-12-21 02:37:23 +0000 UTC]
whoa, so you ... inked it and then digitally put the inks over top the painting when you were done? holy shit!!! thats so cool! i was looking at this forever trying to figure out how you painted over the inks without ruining it
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GreenSprite In reply to dobie [2010-12-21 11:52:51 +0000 UTC]
Ah, that explains it. I was wondering how come the paint didn't cover the inks. Smart indeed!
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SeraphL [2010-12-21 02:25:08 +0000 UTC]
Also I like the scene very much. With the coloured glass it somehow feels very Christmassy, and I wonder who put them there
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