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For a final project this past semester...The assignment was to copy a masterwork (my choice was Escher's Eye) and then re-interpret it in a more personal way.
I drew my own eye with more vivid colors; I also tried to reflect a window with a path in the eye (to show why I'm so drawn to them-- the window to the soul, path to the mind, etc. Plus Escher's original piece had a skull reflected in it, a symbol of death... Somehow I tied that to Tolkein and paths... Yeah. My thought process is special.) but that kind of failed D:
Anyways...
I used Prismacolor pencils.
Reference was a photo (for proportions) and then a magnifying mirror.
4.5-5 Hours in one sitting.
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Hey
This beautiful piece is featured here [link]
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THANK YOU SO MUCH <3
Happy day xD
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Thank you so much <3
Magnifying mirrors rock!
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I have no words for this, it's simply spectacular! Congratulations to you on achieving such realism (with coloured pencils!) and being able to incorporate a surreralist touch that is slight, barely noticeable, but once you do notice it, deep and full of meaning.
A definite fave!
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Very beautiful, it has such detail... I thought it was work done with acrylics before fullview. Oh and you have very pretty eyes, too.
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Beautiful colors! The eye looks incredibly real!
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I won't say anything more. I'm not a professional to judge such a good drawing. As for me - marvelous!!! And depressing at the same time 
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Ha ha.
Thanks
Don't be so hard on yourself.
This drawing is far from perfect... Plus it's probably one of the least creative drawings ever.
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Creative or not, I like it
If you have a look at mine, you won't see any creativity either.
I'm working like a xerox copier. 
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Ha ha. Whatever.
What I've seen is pretty creative.
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If you say so...
Thanks.
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this is very lovely! whats great about it is that you actually use color everywhere, even in the white of the eye there are warm and cool tones. youre conscious of it, which is very very good. youre not just using white for highlights youre using COLOR. which is a problem a lot of people have, especially with prismacolors. i actually thought the lashes looked lovely! and really the only critique id have on them is on the bottom lid, the way they go when they get to that left side, they should be turning left to match the rotation of the eyelid, but theyre just going straight down. otherwise i wouldnt change a thing. nice job ^____^
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Wow..... nothing but skill skill skill! Lovely details!
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Upper eyelashes - WOW. WOW. WOW.
Bottom eyelashes bother me a little bit - I think how you did the darker entrance points into the bottom lid.
But honestly, this is amazing. Colored pencil. Wow.
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By the time I got to the lashes I pretty much wanted to shoot myself.
Do you think they should be lighter? Oooooooooooooor... I don't know.
Suggestions I guess?
Thanks for the comment
It's much appreciated!
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Hmm. Maybe a little lighter as they go into the bottom lid. But I'm not really sure.
Eyelashes annoy me, too. I made an online eye-drawing tutorial, and when it came to lashes I said, "There are two approaches to the eyelashes. Approach Number One is to try to copy them precisely from the picture, taking painstaking strokes to make things perfect. Approach Number Two is to start swiping at the paper with your pencil in the general direction in which the lashes go and pray that it looks okay. Quite frankly, I began these lashes with Approach Number One. I quickly digressed into Approach Number Two, however." :-D Then again, I avoid colored pencils at all costs and stick to a mechanical pencil, so you have even more kudos for your bravery of mixing colors.
And honestly, I'm just being picky about the lashes, because it took a little bit for me to notice them. So no worries
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I really appreciate criticism. Especially when it's constructive
Thanks!
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