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Published: 2010-05-15 23:11:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 1862; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 85
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Contessa from Emilie Autumns Bloody Crumpets.It's not as accurate as I'd like, because the photo I was working from was blurry and I couldn't be bothered to multiple source. This is just a sketch I was messing around with in PS, I hope to do a better one soon with much better pencil work and a much better likeness.
All textures and photo resources my own ^^
Pencil Sketch with Photoshop Colours.
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I love Contessa 
I think you did a great job, the expression says it all...
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Thanks 
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OK I know this shouldn't be such a big deal but...that llama you just gave to me upgraded me to "Super Albino" 
And do you have the original pic for me to see?
I love Contessa's expressions. When I saw her live she kept crying because her "husband" had gone plundering...
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I have a lot of original pictures XD most of them are awefully blurred which is why I drew them. Trust me this is the better version.
And Super Albino Llama for the win!
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This is gorgeous. You really captured her signature expression.
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XD thanks. The expression was what drew me to this photo out of many others I took on the night.
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and now there's another one ^^
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I just saw! Going to look now <3
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Hey this is cool! I love the coolours and the expression on her face
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Thanks ^^. I'm working on a better one, that's not quite so scribbly now lol.
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Great! cant wait to see it!! But I love the scribly effect of this one i looks free and lose i love that about it!
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but there's scribbly and there's not quite right XD this one isn't quite right lol.
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Thats what u think cos U drew it! I think its definatly right! lol
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that's what I always think, but if I didn't I'd never make better pictures 
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lol same here. I do exactly the same thing! I dislike everything i do, theres always something i dont like!I dont think ill ever be 100% happy with ANYTHING I produce!
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sometimes I am, for a grand total of about 24 hours.. XD
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haha!! yeah me too, but then i hate it afterwards!
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heh, a split second thing I just happened to grab a shot of
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Ah nice. It's a natural expression
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yes lots of pout from contessa XD
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okay tell me this;
WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET YOUR TALENT
okay but seriously,I'll try and give a critique,but looking at this picture it might be hard to do the down sides
what's amazing is how you can pull of such detail
(trust me,i can TRY but it looks like...well not very good)
i love to soft little blush
all in all,it's lovely
(seriously,looking for things that need improvement,but you know how that is)
-faves-
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The truth about talent and people who are good, is that we never settle for what we make. There's always something wrong with it, sometime to improve, and instead of saying "wah I'm shit I give up" (like I see a number of people) We go "ok so this isn't working, next drawing work on that" Such as here I feel her eyes are too small for her face, as is her lips, and the hair and roses are drawn in a completely different style from her facial details, so next drawing I'll concentrate more on facial anatomy, and style of the initial drawing. You can dress things up with photoshop (like I did here) but it doesn't take away from any core drawing issues, just hides them a little.
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oh lord,i have a nasty habit of either cutting things out,or leaving the things i need to fix up til last,well,only when they keep choosing not to work,but i'm trying to break out of that habit (will be easier once i get a tablet fff)
although i kinda have to settle with gimp,although strangely enough,(despite having new kick-ass brushes) I still prefer mspaint.(brackets are fun aren't they?)
and very strangely,things seem to work better in paint ._.'
now that I read this it looks like im avoiding the subject
but I'll keep trying,although something tells me i should go back to making the lineart in paint and gimp it... :l
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I make my lineart by hand, with a pen or a pencil. I find that 9 times out of 10 computer generated lineart is cold and impersonal to the person who created it, and looks like every other piece of lineart. I do colour things digitally, but I prefer to do the drawing the good old fashioned way.
And gimp is awesome. A lot of my dolls are done in gimp, despite being a photoshop user also. I like the colour brushes in gimp, the react better.
if you really really really want to be good, you can have it, but not by cutting corners. You have to work hard, and be very very critical with yourself. You don't always have to have other people critiquing you, so long as you're not just going "i'm awesome, tell me I'm awesome". For me, I've always been happy that each piece of work is the best I can create at the time. Then a day or so later I go back to it an analyse it. You have to allow yourself some enjoyment, if you're constantly beating yourself up about your art, you'll never enjoy it. And don't fall into the trap of making art for other people, like making a certain type of art cos it gets lots of favs or something. That's how people get sucked into never improving, or into constantly doing a certain type of fanart. Some of the best art on dA has very few favs and recognition.
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I simply like the way you sketch, especcialy this one, I also like how you drew more attention to her eyes by making them darker and the expression on her face
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Thanks
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