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i love it!!!!!!!!

So Genuine.....nice one..

Thanks

I think that your drawings are simple but original ! I have an opinion that every drawer has its carma and draw wonderful ! No matter what other say. Believe that you got talent and everything will flow perfectly ! Keep on going ! :)

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spectacular job

thanks!

Nice work :)

Nice work!

VERY nice

Thanks!

thats amazing keep up the good work

Great work !

Very Nice! Have you used hugin before? It definitely tutorial dependant, but a good way to scan larger pix at home piecewise.

you got a good eye

wow, I dunnit! no idea how, though - they didn't show on "preview".

The paper I drew on was white, so you can see how long it's been lying about in a drawer! I had to make up some of it, to take out her hand and hte man in the original cover.

nice pic

Tell me what you think.

NICE job monsterlego. :-)

:D thanks

thanks
great job on the card
I love the style

They are very nice. I would only say you might need to work a little on lips a little.

Here goeS. Not as large as I want but I'll try again.

Heres another try.

nice

Duh! I just realised that if you double click on ithe image you can see it as I wanted you to. I did say It was a steep learning curve. Forgive me if you find me a nuisance.

Very nice, I especially like the first one, and the second, third, & fifth ones.

Thank you.
The first one is a portrait of myself, many years ago :)

You have a brilliant imagination, and certainly have a way of setting things down on paper. Your figures are clean and clear with particular variants that give it originality. Your version of trash is what many others would agree is something near a masterpiece (An example is how many people came storming to my steampunk drawing, saying how wonderful it was. That is what I mean, in case you were left wondering). I'm sure that if you continue practicing, you will reach the level others have landed upon -- maybe then you will be satisfied with your work.

Maybe then.

No, not a pile of trash, we all had to start somewhere :-) And it looks like you have a decent start too

Did you click the pdfs? They are better

Yes, I have.

very nice drawing....

If you mean that sketch of the wolf, that was done by Lonewolf, the author of this thread, not me :-)

Do you have any of the wood pictures?

I still have a few at home,  I would have to "take" pictures of them though.  I believe I sold the Santa one, and maybe even the ship.  I know I have sold a few wolves....it was one of my favorite things to do, besides  horses. :-)

I am sorry, but I can't seem to find ANY of my wolf pyro's (I liked the one howling at the moon, with a native American bust in the moon, one.  Was REALLY hard to do).

Here are a few others though: 

These are all very good. I especially like the second one in the first row. The wood is very striking.

Thank you. The one you mention was hard to do. It was a darker wood for starters, and also (not recommended) lacquered, as it was originally a candy dish, though formerly unadorned. I had to lightly sand off most of the lacquer (so as not to poison myself with fumes) before burning the area. I did one awhile back on Walnut too, a small piece (VERY hard to burn hard woods), that I didn't really like.....I haven't seen it for awhile. The ship (#1) and the toilet tissue holder (bunny) were two of the more detailed ones I did.

Wow! Those are really cool... :D

Thank you !

Love these. Awesome

Thank you. I do wish I could a picture of some of my wolves or the picture of the santa claus making his list (those were my best days, when I had REALLY good eyesight), the tiny little names on the list, which is only about 3 inches across, some of them are actually ledgible. That piece sold back aways, so I can't even retake any pictures of it.

Sorry about the picture quality, my wife took those, and I don't know where any of them are anymore to retake.

The one on the rectangular piece is actually done from a native American doll as the subject.

I had a picture of one from a Doll museum.

It seems odd, but if I do a picture from a picture, I "need" it to look the same, but if I draw some"thing" freehand, I can do that (but not so good from a 2-d picture)

The key to using a grid is to keep it small enough that you don't have enough room to get easily confused and yes a 1pixel x 1pixel is too small. LOL

Usually the photo reference gets a 1/4" x 1/4" square and the drawing gets a 1" x 1" square. That means a 2" photo reference gets enlarged to an 8" drawing.

If you are working from an 8" x 10" that's only eighty squares and if the figure is complete (not just a bust) then the face is most likely only one or two squares. That is a lot of info to tackle.

If you take it down to 1/4" squares then the face will take up 16 to 36 squares! That is much easier to deal with and makes the layout much less of a pain.

You can use a permanent marker on an acetate sheet (clear plastic) to lay out the squares and lay it over the photo. That way you can reuse it and also not damage the original reference photo.

I looked, and Michae'ls doesn't have pre-made grid sheets, but it does have Dura-Lar sheets which is an acetate alternative. I've never used the stuff but it looks like it should work. You're still going to have to put the lines on it, but that's not a big deal. LOL

It will save you time and resources in the long run, so take your time and be accurate.

Anything to help! ;-D

The ship is the most detailed of this bunch, but that hard wood bowl with the little bird in it, was difficult too.

I can sketch fairly well.

The first two are fantastic, and I like the second two as well.

awesome pics their really cool looking!

I love my Wacom!

Here is my Ibles' robot.

Wacom makes the Bamboo tablet which is usually 3" x 5". I have the Wacom Intuos 3 which has a 9" x 12" drawing area so it is like drawing on a regular drawing pad. I want a Cintiq which is a cross between the tablet and a flat screen so you draw on the image, just like a drawing pad!