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chipie · Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2001 4:32 am

crayon for a change. it's quite hard because the lines turn so thick and it's someone real drawn unrealistic and out of my mind...
any tips??

Shiro_tengu · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2001 12:48 am

You know there is something about this that grabs me. Maybe I'm way off but, stylewize the rough and loose linework is striking. The hair and shirt are well matched. It is an uncomfortable image of an untidy person. It makes one wonder what the subject has been through. A hard life? A broken home? Well thats what came to my mind.

Well Done.

Ahcri · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2001 7:07 am

Right, I think "uncomfortable" would be the right word. This image is powerful because of the lines, I think it's as good as done.

chipie · Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2001 12:59 pm

Shiro-tengu, thanks for replying.
it's hard to name a subject cause it's well..the guy is working in a cd shop and umm, he just looked really interesting and so i drew him. complications here at home, so guess that 'broken home' thing is just my personality that got mixed with the image.

and Ahcri - thanks also..you think i should leave it this way??
hehe..'uncomfortable', yes. ..

[ October 17, 2001: Message edited by: chipie ]

Pigeon · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 4:21 pm

By itself this picture lacks interest. It looks like an unfinished study. Not quite finished enough, not quite stylized or rough enough. However, I don't think you whould work on this particular sheet of paper anymore.

I think what would have real impact would be twenty or thirty of these posted on a wall. Drawings of folks you see around town, all drawn in the same front-on, detatched, blank background style. That would be an experience.

Shiro_tengu · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 5:34 pm

I hear that chipie. Hope things improve for you. Your image just needs the right frame and a wall.

HellSpawn · Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2001 7:06 pm

You know what's kind of funny... not funny HA HA but kind of funny.... Just take a quick glace at the picture... Does it remind you of anyone? I looked at very quickly and I saw Michel Jackson. Hehehehe....

Or then again it is late and I'm very tired and I should be going to bed ;-)

but on a more serous crit... the strokes you use in the piece really grabs me. I'm not sure if it's anger I feel or despare, you know where I'm going with this? hehe...

- shawn

[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: shawncollette ]

chipie · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2001 12:23 pm

Pigeon - thanks...hey i really like that idea with the 20 - 30 other 'strangers' in the same style..great! (hehe, i'm happy now).
Shiro thanks again. only getting better, plus i can draw and write a lot thanks to all this.
- Shawn...umm..jackson?! heh..don't see him, but nice some people take time to reply the new one's art.

Vesuvius · Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2001 3:56 pm

quote:
Originally posted by shawncollette:
You know what's kind of funny... not funny HA HA but kind of funny.... Just take a quick glace at the picture... Does it remind you of anyone? I looked at very quickly and I saw Michel Jackson. Hehehehe....

Or then again it is late and I'm very tired and I should be going to bed ;-)

but on a more serous crit... the strokes you use in the piece really grabs me. I'm not sure if it's anger I feel or despare, you know where I'm going with this? hehe...

- shawn

[ October 18, 2001: Message edited by: shawncollette ]

I saw michael jackson too...

chipie · Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2001 11:12 pm

oh no!

....that's kinda..... ..scary