Not COH work. Just enjoying pencils
By
8baller,
Posted on: 2007-06-21 20:38 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
Wow, you do that as a break from art? You've obviously got too much artistic talent there, and must have most of what I didn't get. 
Very nice work, and fave'd. Makes me want to request a pencil piece next. 
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I already snuck into dA and tagged this with a +fav. Mua ha ha ha ha! 
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...I kinda jealously hope it took you for ever ... but I have a feeling it didn't...
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3 - 4 hours. I did it during a marathon of "Deadliest Catch" over the weekend. I almost always do my sketches in one sitting.
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I ate curry durring that marathon.
I think id rather be able to draw that well, than eat.
Empress: I so know what you mean...
Doug: Honestly, you have too much talent. You take something as clunky and rough as Poser and create beautiful things with it, and here you do the same with a single, common mechanical pencil (I bet it's a cheap disposable one, too). Why WotC isn't *begging* you to illustrate for them is beyond me.
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...MY question is how do you avoid smudging??...
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I never rest my hand on the pencil work itself; just the clean parts of the paper. I turn the sketch around and draw from different angles so my hand can rest in places that I haven't filled in yet, remaining aware of where I can and can't put my hand down. If I'm going to detail an area that is completely surrounded by pencil, I'll rest my hand on a flat ruler.
I never use any smudging techniques because it makes the pencil work look dirty. Plus, skin oils will damage the paper over time.
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"...But how the final product ends up looking like he never erased makes me think that maybe he didn't ... and that is impressive..."
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I rarely erase. Again, it can damage the paper and spoil my ability to leave a clean shadow. Soemtimes I need to fix small areas like an eye, but I do everything possible to avoid it.
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"...At school, I would see a lot of people wearing golf gloves. It helps I guess. Doug, what kind of pencils you using? It better not be just one either. So mad rite now. ..."
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Just one pencil. I've used a .5mm mechanical pencil for 20+ years. I never bought into the technique of using multiple pencils when pressing lighter with the same one will get the same effect. Plus, once I start drawing, I don't like to stop. Lead broke? *click click* keep drawing.