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Published: 2005-04-28 02:24:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 5136; Favourites: 147; Downloads: 159
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This was for the school literary magazine. not really a real 'art' piece because I just copied the rubber soul cover, but this was a commission really. (more like me filling in the blanks because we ran out of time to go assign someone the drawing and I'm on the staff.) but I put it here because, well first it's the Beatles, and secondly it surprised me by coming out to my liking. considering it was pen-straight-to-paper with not many mess-ups that I couldn't hide except ringo's mouth which had to be fixed in photoshop. ..doesn't really look like ringo anyway, hah. well, beatles. I like john's eyes.Related content
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It was during a high school art period so probably 40 minutes.
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I just cant get over how amazing that is! [link]
Wow!
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Thats really cool! I have to use a pencil, i could never draw that well with a pen! *Wow!*
in faving right now.
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It looks great! My school's Lit Mag never lets me submit anything drawn from a picture.
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Ha well - I wish ours make that a rule.. it's a good rule..
this was copied from a picture because the point was that it was supposed to be of a well-known album cover that wouldsignify somehting other than simply the band itself. the poem was to do with historic and culteral events through the second half of the 20th century, so we thought the development of rock music was an apt thing to include there, if just for a pop culture angle.
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That's pretty cool! I've been debating that rule with my friends like what constitutes it as copying even though I know but I love debating...
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Ace! The detail and precision of the penwork is top-notch. I really can't believe how good this looks. Seriously.
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I love it! Pretty damn good for just a pen if you ask me! Nice job!
---"I wanna tell her that I love her a lot, but I gotta get a belly full of wine..."---
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that looks alsome, they look so much like the beatles
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It's cool! And who says copying a picture isn't real art??? I'm sure it's what most people do when drawing musicians. I know I do......it would be impossible without a reference picture....
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sure, of course you have to use references when you're drawing bands. but then you have to consider whether drawing bands is art in the first place. art in practice, maybe, because you're holding a pen and drawing with it, but there's nothing mental going on between you and the piece. band art is, you know, fun stuff. some people do take images and rearrage or combine them so that they're coming up with an original composition, but in the end it is just fan art. doesn't stop me from doing it now and then - it can be fun :] Though most of the time I'd rather listen to the Beatles than draw pictures of them, because I've got other stuff to draw.
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fan art then is the only art I really like doing. like, when I had to do art in school- i hated every piece i did, even if people thought it was really good. im going to go ahead and call it art, because I see many people on the internet with their own site for their ART, which may be portraits of musicians they've done....and are even selling!
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the fact that it sells doesn't make it art. but - that's just according to my definition, and- well, to each his own.
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sorry to sound like a preacher...just something I thought about once.....
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yes...i agree with the last bit. i just think no one really has the right to say what is and what is not art. it's different in everyones eyes, and everyone will have different taste. i mean, some call a dot on canvas art. so there you go. i hated art at school- all this "have to do it this way" how is that expressing myself? it's doing what the teacher says, to pass.
and this may sound crazy, but here's a little theory- if you believe in god, which I do, think about us humans, the earth, animals. we were all created by god....so really, when you draw say, your pet, or mother etc.....you are drawing something not created by you...but do you still call it art?? yes
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the fact that it sells doesn't make it art. but - that's just according to my definition, and- well, to each his own.
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It's so nifty! My inking is teh suck compared to this. (Sure, my pencils are pretty cool, but....) Wow. I haven't seen such awesome straight ink in...ever, gotta say. George looks especially neat. All swishy. And Ringo does SO look like Ringo. Not perfect, maybe, but my pictures of Ringo are kinda off too. (You think he'd be easier!) I like the way you strayed for typical crosshatching and stippling and all that.
P.S., Rubber Soul=One of my favorites.
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Looks great!! Really close to the actual album cover.
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what's really funny is i actually have the CD of rubber soul in my collecting but we have no clue where it came from
i've never even seen what the cover looks like because it's just a random CD... but now i have a hint
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I love Beatles. It might not be an original piece, but it sure turned out nice. I love when you do Beatles-y things.
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yeah.. I like doing beatles stuff now and then.. I didn't enter the Beatlefest art contest last year but I think that if I can throw something together this summer I will. haha, so stuuuupid but I like it. ever been to beatlefest? nobody other than my mom will go with me but the concert parts are actually really good! billy preston was there last year!
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I'll go with you! But I don't have money for plane tickets. Ahh! I've always wanted to go. It sounds like so much fun, even though I'm not hugely obsessed like a lot of people there would be.
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I think they have beatlefests in different locations at different times of the year.. there's probably one out east too. ohhh but you live in... I forgot about that. ohh, man! well, if you're ever around, hah, let me know.
(most the people at the fest are much more obsessive than I am.. people dress up or create bands in the middle of the hallway.. and there are SO many overweight middle-aged couples wearing shirts with Beatle heads on them dragging little kids they've also stuffed into Beatle clothing..)
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balllllpoint. you took away the ballpoint look in the scan, but you should get away from that evil red oil-based ink and get into some slick and smooth water based black. bud. Even though they may not last as long.
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haaa. it wasn't really a ballpoint pen. it was one of those smooth ink ones, I found it in the art room. ...'ballpoint' sounded better with beatles for the title.
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