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Kalgoras — Graphite Gunz
Published: 2011-07-12 17:50:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 3596; Favourites: 59; Downloads: 0
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Finished my first attempt at the male physique after doing my first female one in my Battle Sister Eden picture! ([link] ). Have to even up the gender odds!
Next time I'm going to choose one WITHOUT a tattoo!!
Reference below is the awesome ~SteinZupancic by *DiamonEyes so go check out his amazing gallery!
'Gunz Loaded': Actual Size photo:
This is done on A4 Bristol Smooth (8”x12” but had a tiny 5mm border around the edge for me to hold...now cropped out
) using 2H – 8B Graphite pencils and a lot of time and swearing (bloody tattoooooo!!!). I could darken the background a bit more and just constantly keep fiddling with it...but it's time to post!
Fullview is a LOT bigger than real life size (see above), so you can see all the technical flaws heh! *Updated image as I saw some blotches
*Hmm really need to improve my tonal values! Not made some of the dark areas dark enough....something for next drawing! I am pleased with how his hands turned out though!!
Hope you like it, I think it's one of the best I've done from a technical point, but tons to learn still! Comments and criticism welcome!
- Kal
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Comments: 118
Woowaaw this is soo good nice work man, awesome !! love it
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Have you used General's Sketch & Wash pencils? I call them Jesus pencils as they come out none more black, which is amazing for graphite. They also lack the shine graphite gets.
Anyways, that is an amazing drawing! (:
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Thanks very much
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If you haven't been drawing for long, you have a massive amount of talent. The great thing about art is that there is no such thing as perfection. Just stay true to your style. (:
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I'm not even sure if I've defined what my style is yet hehe
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One could say that is the most important thing!
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Thought this was a photograph. Excellent work man.
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this looks fuckin amazing man! you have some true talent there dude, i don't even know how to respond other than thank you
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No problem bud
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really cool! 
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Awesome, it's good fun, the issue is deciding to blend the skin first or draw the tattoo while the grid is still there?
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Well I guess I'll find out what works best for me when I try it!
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Yeh the tattoo was a nightmare
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I know what you mean about tone balance. It's hard. Sometimes I correct it and sometimes I don't. Hey, I want to try that 20 minute thingy. And can you do more than one picture during that day (each pic is no more than 20 minutes)?
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Correct, as long as you stick to the rules...(only 3) the world is your oyster
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True, or any kind of phone or PC
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Hehehehe... so cool! I'll try something today or tomorrow. I'm on pain pills and muscle relaxers because I injured my back.... sooooo... I fall asleep easily. But I'll try this anyway.
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Aww bad to hear
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Shame!
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Tattoo must've been pretty hard. Looks quite realistic overall.
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Cheers bud
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