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22 February 2015
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"When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we donot see the ones which open for us."
-Alexander Graham Bell

Finally I get around to drawing something in graphite with shading and all! Plus it's Emma, from Victorian Romance Emma!
For those of you out there who like period pieces but have never found an anime with the same effect as a historical drama, then this might be a good series for you if you haven't seen it. I mean, I like other anime that are set in the Victorian Era, but anyone who watches Black Butler for historical accuracy should be punched in the face. Kaoru Mori's works on the other hand not only show the amount of effort put into accuracy, but it looks downright obsessive (and that's coming from me, who can tell if your wearing modern underwear with your flapper outfit just from glancing at you). Even the fact Emma wears glasses is brought up often.

This is pretty similar to style I use when I do caricature-y portraits at the university's art gallery.
I went around the internet looking at old photography from the time period to use as a reference, and I think the final look of her face works well. It was refreshing to draw and shade entirely in graphite. I normally use red pencil for drafting which can be removed easily in Photoshop or covered up in thick layers of Prismacolor, so it's been a while since I've done something like this. Hell, maybe as far back as that drawing I had of Arsene Lupin...
Granted, I upped the highlighting on the glasses, but only that section. The rest is all the power of super-sharp pencils.
Actually, since I'm a perfectionist and wanted a really smooth texture despite the paper toothiness I used a 2H pencil, with a little help from my main mechanical pencils.
But mostly a 2H.
I actually cut myself a few times on the thing.

Like always, comments make me, like the happiest person ever.
Also I listend to The Merry Widow Waltz at least 20 times in a row now.
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Materials:
-Graphite Pencil (2H)
-Mechanical Pencil; Graphite (0.5)
-Photoshop

References:
s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7… | 50.7.37.162/album_images/victo…

Estimated Time:
-2 HR

Music:
-The Merry Widow Waltz (Ian Whitcomb)
-Silhouette of a Breeze (Ryo Kunihiko)
-Minuet For Emma (Ryo Kunihiko)
-Homage to Queen Victoria (Johann Strauss I)

Description
22 February 2015
-----------
"When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we donot see the ones which open for us."
-Alexander Graham Bell

Finally I get around to drawing something in graphite with shading and all! Plus it's Emma, from Victorian Romance Emma!
For those of you out there who like period pieces but have never found an anime with the same effect as a historical drama, then this might be a good series for you if you haven't seen it. I mean, I like other anime that are set in the Victorian Era, but anyone who watches Black Butler for historical accuracy should be punched in the face. Kaoru Mori's works on the other hand not only show the amount of effort put into accuracy, but it looks downright obsessive (and that's coming from me, who can tell if your wearing modern underwear with your flapper outfit just from glancing at you). Even the fact Emma wears glasses is brought up often.

This is pretty similar to style I use when I do caricature-y portraits at the university's art gallery.
I went around the internet looking at old photography from the time period to use as a reference, and I think the final look of her face works well. It was refreshing to draw and shade entirely in graphite. I normally use red pencil for drafting which can be removed easily in Photoshop or covered up in thick layers of Prismacolor, so it's been a while since I've done something like this. Hell, maybe as far back as that drawing I had of Arsene Lupin...
Granted, I upped the highlighting on the glasses, but only that section. The rest is all the power of super-sharp pencils.
Actually, since I'm a perfectionist and wanted a really smooth texture despite the paper toothiness I used a 2H pencil, with a little help from my main mechanical pencils.
But mostly a 2H.
I actually cut myself a few times on the thing.

Like always, comments make me, like the happiest person ever.
Also I listend to The Merry Widow Waltz at least 20 times in a row now.
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Materials:
-Graphite Pencil (2H)
-Mechanical Pencil; Graphite (0.5)
-Photoshop

References:
s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/7… | 50.7.37.162/album_images/victo…

Estimated Time:
-2 HR

Music:
-The Merry Widow Waltz (Ian Whitcomb)
-Silhouette of a Breeze (Ryo Kunihiko)
-Minuet For Emma (Ryo Kunihiko)
-Homage to Queen Victoria (Johann Strauss I)