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devouredex — Testudo Gigantea
Published: 2007-08-10 16:07:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 4314; Favourites: 96; Downloads: 0
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Description
Otherwise known as Giant Tortoise.Material Used:
- Derwent Technical Pencils: H - 2H - 4H - 6H - B - HB - 4B
- Gel Ink: Stabilo Fine: Black Gel Pen
- Derwent Artist Colours: Deep Vermilion and Crimson Lake
- Sea White of Brighton: A3 Sheet (Design A4), 160gsm²
Creation Time:
- 12 Hours (over a 15 hour time frame, one day)
Legal Information:
Copyright © devouredex 2007
Copyright © John Askew 2007 (Registered, All Rights Reserved)
“No Portion of Testudo Gigantea maybe Used, Altered, Sampled, Copied, Showcased, Sold without expressed, written permission from the copyright owner”.
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Comments: 150
I'm glad you like it, thank you
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I know I've sort of dropped off the face of the planet, in regards to keeping up with those I watch. Your drawings have always fascinated me, with the interesting style you go about with in these drawings that you do. You apply so much boldness in the subjects, and create amazing contrast doing so. I think my favorite aspects of this piece are the rose and the shell of the tortoise. I love the blood red and attention grabbing color, it does much justice for the overall composition. The values are so so smooth and flowing in this. It makes for a very somber look.
I love your work, and always have, even though I don't do much to comment anymore. I apologize with all of my heart, you're an excellent artist, you deserve all of the support in the world.
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I love turtles & turtle relatives. I'm more experienced with fresh water turtles though. I think this is the most unique tortoise. alligator snapping turtles are unique too. Thus the same age. I just really love these creatures. By the way great job on that picture.
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What a glorious homage to a truly magnificent creature... romanticised, humanised in the facial expression... and just beautiful.
Thank you for sharing
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Absolutely gorgeous shading! I love how only the rose is in colour.
Your gallery is amazing, and so intriguing. Thank you for sharing!
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Here again that combination where i can see its ur favorite too 
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I'm glad to see it worked how I intended it to. Many thanks indeed for Comment and Favourite
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awesome work john i love the creativity !! i always love how red looks with graphite it makes the artwork stand out beautiful work!!
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Im glad you like it, much appreciated
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Really beautiful design. Beautiful colors and well smudged out. The rose makes this work extra interesting. It's a great accent in the drawing. Very nice color contrast, and great composition.
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Thank you very much
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Marvelous creature and you draw it excellent. I like the details and especially the shading. You did a great work as usual. I think that the rose put some magic in this drawing.
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Thank you very much, greatly appreciate it
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wow... this looks incredible! such a different style for you too. really great work. Only thing im not completely crazy about is the red rose it doesnt really seem to belong imho. but it is a gorgeous rose.. maybe it would fit better in my eyes if there was a hint of red somewhere else in the pic ..or around the border.
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I did try changing the boarder, added red but i didn't like the final version, so I changed it. I just decided to stay with one area of red. Thank you very much
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This came out really well. (and for some reason it reminds me of neverending story
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lol, your not the first to mention that 
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I can sense the third dimension more in this work.
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i'm glad you think so, I am too pleased with this
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....AMAZING....BEAUTIFUL....STUNNING....
...may I ask, what are Derwent Artist Colors---are they akin to Prismacolors...?
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Much appreciated.
Those are very vibrant colours, rich in saturation to give great effect. If you happen to get any, you will see that pressing hard gives them a bit of a glow, bit like sunlight, especially on black paper, they are shown for their true saturation on black card.
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that's impressive. I love the composition, and the turtle looks magnificent. nice contrast between the rose and the rest of the picture, I like the idea. great job
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Many thanks indeed. Glad you like it
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How you do that? Looks like he is bursting out of the pic to eat the flower...
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I just ran with it, saw the image of a wise old Tortoise in an animal book, started sketching, and several hours later this is the result. The black boarder does add to the effect though.
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Hi ! You can find this wonderful image featured in my journal here ---> [link] . Please let me know if you'd rather I didn't feature it & I'll be happy to remove it.
Lauren
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Thank you very much once again
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Man, I'm really enjoying this new subject matter. Again, beautifully drawn with an awesome color pop with the red.
Tom
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