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Portrait of Tupac Shakur

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭snorlax


    looks exactly like a photo :)! fair play Shrimp :).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,863 ✭✭✭✭cormie


    Very good son:)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    snorlax wrote:
    looks exactly like a photo :)! fair play Shrimp :).

    thank you Snorlax
    Cormie wrote:
    Very good son

    Thanks father...:rolleyes:


    Merry Xmas btw..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    Cool. How do you get it so black. What pencil technique did you use?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    Pencil Technique? Hmm.. The one where you put the pencil to the paper.


    Have you not heard of 6B 7B 8B or even 9B?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭snorlax


    probably means smudging, cross technique etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,142 ✭✭✭TempestSabre


    Shrimp wrote:
    Pencil Technique? Hmm.. The one where you put the pencil to the paper.


    Have you not heard of 6B 7B 8B or even 9B?

    What kinda ice cream is that?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭snorlax


    please stay on topic thank you :). Shrimp don't hold us in suspense you have to enlighten us all now :)!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    To get it dark I just use dark pencils, surprising enough. Never smudge, there's not one part of that drawing which I have smudged, Smudging it the method of a beginner that's getting nowhere quick. If you learn one thing, dont smudge. It looks terrible and flat it doesn't make the picture feel alive. Don't Smudge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,382 ✭✭✭snorlax


    i used to be a terrible smudger when i first started using charcoal the temptation to smudge was always great, but my pictures looked so dramatic and life-like when finished when i hadn't smudged them :).

    the softer pencils often smudge, sometimes indirectly so you have to be careful when using them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,645 ✭✭✭Shrimp


    I find to avoid accidental smudging start at the top of the picture and work down, especially for portraits.


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