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g.owen · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:53 am

I have a version of this that was digitally painted in color. I like the pencil version one much better for some reason. I drew it in pencil and used a blending stump for shading. Then I touched it up using black and white digital painting. I used photo reference - but no tracing or grid drawing. I used a guide frame around the reference and drawing. You artists should be able to observe all the pencil marks (especially in the fabric) and recognize that it is NOT a filter/effect. If you cannot see this, click on the pencil work at the blogspot - that picture shows bigger than the one here.

I think this picture has...soul.

If you want to see the colored version, go here:
www.jesusweptart.blogspot.com

*It is a religious site with a lot of music and videos. But I think you will enjoy the sights and sounds...even if you are pagan. Laughing

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the_insider · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:03 pm

i guess my initial thought is im left expecting more..kinda like..."so what"
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iandredd · member Member # Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 178

Impressive rendering, could use some sort of background.

Awetopsy · Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 9:24 pm

being one person on this board that does appreciate the subject matter perhaps somewhat more than others might, I must say I think the rendering is very well done. But I agree with the above comments, something else is needed.

dont get me wrong, Im copying this into my inspirational folder.

I like it alot. but the expression seems... empty sort of.

Not sure how to explain it.

WillLull · junior member Member # Joined: 15 Nov 2005 Posts: 19

yeah it doesn't really raise as much emotion as it could because it looks like... post-cry.

very nice rendering detail wise though

3nasty · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 3:17 am

Strong! very nice rendering Very Happy

notic · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:51 am

very well done! however, if you want it to be more realistic, skip the linework around the hands and the figure. as others said, something in the background would be nice

as far as subject matter goes, i really can't make an input since i'm very non religious.

Cronus · junior member Member # Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 12

Was Mel Gibson your reference? Looks remarkably like him. Perhaps, for appreciation for the filming the passion of the Christ? You did a very good job on the pencil work! �Jesus wept� shortest verse in the Bible. While on his way to raise Lazarus. If you are looking to expand this work by adding a background may I suggest Lazarus� sister Mary with a small crowd of lamenting people trailing off into the distance?

SAM · Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:29 am

Really nice rendering. The hard outlines really don't have that "soul" you speak of, though. Makes it look cut/pasted, which might be helped with a background as was allready suggested.
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Tinusch · Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 5:31 pm

I think it looks more like Leonidas in 300... I was really skeptical when you first started posting here, maybe more inclined to doubt as a result of my views on religion so I might not have given them an open-minded chance, but you've pretty much convinced me these are just very, very good pencil renderings. Your values are impeccable, and I think the realism of your rendering is betrayed by the heavy outlines - on a less realistic rendering they might enhance it stylistically but in the context of such realism they really stand out. Anyway, great job on these illustrations, sure we'll see more soon.

g.owen · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:58 am

iandredd · member Member # Joined: 04 Jul 2002 Posts: 178

I think you can give it a background that makes it more pleasing to the eye without taking away any of the impact. That 100 percent white is just really painful currently.

designboot · member Member # Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 147

very cool!

g.owen · Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:48 am

I ran acrossed my old thread surfing the net. I see that I did not thank everyone for the feedback. Thanks a bunch!

www.jesusweptart.blogspot.com

www.saythatiam.blogspot.com

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Joe84 · member Member # Joined: 26 May 2004 Posts: 262

nice rendering its very well done, but the religious content of it all really turns me off it.

g.owen · Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:40 am

Yeah, I know what you mean. I am like that too, but in the opposite direction. If it is NOT religious I am most often not interested. Yet, the religious aspect does not have to be obvious for me to like it. It can be like Lord of the Rings, or Matrix, or Dune, or something along those lines - where religious thought is captured more in symbolism or as an under-current of the piece/story.
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