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Published: 2001-02-07 01:20:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 3935; Favourites: 55; Downloads: 158
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This is the third sketch in my Native American series.My best accomplishment in this one is successfully capturing the softness of the feather headress. Just wondering about how I was going to manage that made me delay even attempting to do this one for a couple of months- In the end it wasn't as difficult as I had feared.
In my own opinion this is the best one out of the series.
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Amazing work man, I couldn't agree more the feathers have a light-weight feel to them where his face carries the weight of his years, very well done!
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Thank you. It's a nice sense of accomplishment when you crack a difficult problem like those feathers.
Sometimes though I wonder if I made it too dark though while going for the high contrast.
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That is understandable but I enjoy the contrast, it draws your eyes to the feathers and then down the face. It is also important to note that I feel this could be viewed as a highly emotional piece based on the contrast and expression which work very well together.
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This was done something like 15 or 20 years ago so I can't really remember how long I spent on it exactly but in general these sorts of portraits took me anywhere from 8 to 20 hours or so.
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Amazing work. Someday I'd love to be this talented.
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Hard work and dedication but most of all a willingness to experiment.
Not everyone will be able to produce the same type of works - some artists are simply better suited for one genre or style of traditional art then another. It took me awhile to come to the conclusion that my natural talents fell into doing black and white sketches with a reliance on high contrast and the use of negative space.
Try different things and figure out what you're good at and then hone those skills.
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Thanks for your commments. It has been a long time since I've picked up a pencil for detailed traditional work. My last real study was done seven years ago, and I can't even remember the last time I worked with colors on paper. I've been experimenting with a lot of different media, mostly digital work however.
You have an amazing talent and I look forward to more of your work. *Hats off*
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Thanks- now if only my schedule would allow me to actually work on something
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Its lovely, looks like an old photo... brilliantly done
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really nice
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My friend, you are truly amazing. I can't get over how amazing this picture is....
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I love your use of darks here. It's not very often you see a portrait with half of the face in shadow, but I really like how it looks.
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Great job and I agree about the headress, it looks amazing
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I look up to you. 0_0
Haha. You do shadows so perfectly.. I have trouble with darkened backgrounds and heavy shadows. The person always ends up popping out of the picture, looking out of place... You know what I mean?
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You need to develope a good eye and light touch for the transitional shadows. Using some subtle shades between the darkest areas and the bright white of the page will help knit the two together.
It's just something which you need to learn through doing.
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wow, this is amazing.
at 1st i thought it was a really old photograph or someting, but wow, a sketch amazing!
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Very emotional sketch, it's almost like a photograph
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I actually thought this one was a picture...your works are amazing!
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I'm glad you decided to do it. I especially like how weathered his face looks. Really nice job on the skin.
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Great piece!! At first I thought it was a photograph AMAZINGLY drawn!! 
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nice drawing! this could pass as a photocopy of a black and white picture of this native american.
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I really like the Indian Art in your gallery as it reminds me of my heritage.
I just wanted to take a minute and compliment your pencilwork as I think it very good!
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This is awesome. You are VERY VERY talented.
Jackie
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dear lord...
thats absolutely breath taking!
i agree with you, his headdress is FABULOUS and it looks tickleshly soft
such an amazing use of shadow, unbelieveable shading, his expression, composure, emotion, hardness, dress, and those EYES are captivating
i love every aspect
this is, wishout a doubt, a wonderous piece of art
you have earned my respect instantly
for this i salute you
:salutes you:
keep up the wonderously breathtaking work!
~DAn
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Very cool, I love the lines under his eyes, and on the bridge of his nose. The light hitting his face is super realistic, and I dont know why on this one but the cords around his neck are cool too. I guess I like most of the image, but its to dark, is the image smudged or do you have a bad scanner?
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creepy, but still cool. nice technique. Its prefect
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You have captured the essence of this man.His proud expression comes through. Excellent work. I to, have dabbled in pencil artwork. My best results were a Farrari Lusso 250 GT, an Arabian horse and a world war 11 GI in combat. They were done in the early 60's when I got bored with myself. I just picked up an ordinary pencil and started ...unfortunately I can't share then with you as they were lost in the many relocations in my life.
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