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Published: 2013-01-29 02:31:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 3301; Favourites: 139; Downloads: 0
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Description This is from my art class on Saturdays. [which is going great btw!] We spent about 4~5 hours working on this over two class periods. Unfortunately the still life was moved to accommodate the classes held in that room during week days so the set up wasn't exactly the same the second time. I think I kind of ended up just mixing the two images together but it turned out pretty nice imo. c: I'm working on a second still life for homework too. [if you have any title ideas feel free to leave them. I obviously couldn't think of much. ]

I can see a few mistakes personally because it's rushed [apparently still life from real life looks better than a photo so we tried to get all the work done in class.] but I'm going to turn on critiques for some extra constructive help if anyone wants to give some input. c: [I always forget this site even has a critique feature, haha. But I've been getting loads of good advice from my teacher so maybe you guys can help too.]

Used: Vine charcoal, charcoal pencils, black stick charcoal, white charcoal & canson warm grey paper. c: [all materials are provided by the class. This scholarship was one of the best things to happen to me in a long time! c:]


Please do not use or repost anywhere without asking and receiving my permission c':
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Comments: 45

elocin456321 [2013-01-29 04:33:06 +0000 UTC]

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Impact


You captured this still life very well! I really like the lighting in the bottle at the top and the saber tooth skull thing on the right side. the pepper turned out nicely as well! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b… " width="15" height="15" alt="" title=" (Big Grin)"/>

To improve, I would try to soften the fabric a little. Right now it is pretty high-contrast.

You may also like to try varying the values throughout the piece. Every object has a nice range of values in and of itself, but when they all come together it looks a little bland, especially in the bottom left corner. I would try and see which objects are lighter or darker than others. Right now they all look like they are the same value. And, they may very well be the same value in real life, but you could try experimenting with darkening and lightening different objects to differentiate them.

Apart from that, it's great!

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NynjaKat In reply to elocin456321 [2013-01-29 04:37:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the critique! I definitely admit to having trouble with that. I'm experimenting more with that on my homework c: [and it definitely looks better]

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elocin456321 In reply to NynjaKat [2013-01-29 04:39:11 +0000 UTC]

I am glad I could help! I am new to this whole deviant art thing. Keep up the good work!

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NynjaKat In reply to elocin456321 [2013-01-29 05:17:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! C:

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Yamill3 [2014-06-09 20:53:09 +0000 UTC]

I love this, this is beautiful! My strongest area is drawing still lifes. I love it, I really do   

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NynjaKat In reply to Yamill3 [2014-06-15 23:14:32 +0000 UTC]

aww thank you! ^^

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Quinofmoon [2013-02-11 11:00:46 +0000 UTC]

amazing. I love it.

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NynjaKat In reply to Quinofmoon [2013-02-13 00:47:48 +0000 UTC]

thanks c:

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HarukaMoon [2013-01-31 01:20:19 +0000 UTC]

I love the shading

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Sakura-chan5 [2013-01-30 01:58:14 +0000 UTC]

This looks amazing!!! Wow, your talent is out of this world <3<3
Wish I could take art lessons too...I really need them
Anyway, love this piece a lot!!!

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TM1205 [2013-01-29 23:28:36 +0000 UTC]

wow amazing

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NynjaKat In reply to TM1205 [2013-01-30 00:46:47 +0000 UTC]

thank you! c:

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Ralamac [2013-01-29 20:22:45 +0000 UTC]

this is so very nice

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NynjaKat In reply to Ralamac [2013-01-30 00:46:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much c:

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Ralamac In reply to NynjaKat [2013-01-31 04:08:35 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome lol xS

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JinxedbutLucky [2013-01-29 15:54:51 +0000 UTC]

This is the most gorgeous still life I've ever seen....

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NynjaKat In reply to JinxedbutLucky [2013-01-30 00:46:33 +0000 UTC]

daw thank you so much ;A; [but there's definitely more beautiful ones out there for sure ;w;]

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JinxedbutLucky In reply to NynjaKat [2013-01-30 01:05:47 +0000 UTC]

None that I've seen. You're very welcome. I'm a sucker for well-rendered skulls.

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BlackAprilBlossom [2013-01-29 13:47:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow amazing! Really beautiful drawing!

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NynjaKat In reply to BlackAprilBlossom [2013-01-30 00:46:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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BlackAprilBlossom In reply to NynjaKat [2013-01-31 19:17:56 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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contmike [2013-01-29 10:24:09 +0000 UTC]

Mistakes? What mistakes?? Your drawing skills are awesome! I wish to learn to draw like that one day.

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NynjaKat In reply to contmike [2013-01-30 00:45:55 +0000 UTC]

daw thanks ;w; but there quite a few in this xD

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AlexsandraRYU [2013-01-29 08:17:25 +0000 UTC]

very cool!!!!!!!!!!!

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NynjaKat In reply to AlexsandraRYU [2013-01-30 00:45:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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yellowsmoke321 [2013-01-29 07:08:43 +0000 UTC]

impressive !

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NynjaKat In reply to yellowsmoke321 [2013-01-30 00:45:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks! c:

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UsoppLover4EVER [2013-01-29 05:28:46 +0000 UTC]

Oh this is fantastic! Absolutely Fantastic!
The shine on the bottle! The shadows in the cloth and on the skulls! Just beautifully done!

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NynjaKat In reply to UsoppLover4EVER [2013-01-30 00:45:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! ;w;

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jbrenthill [2013-01-29 04:37:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is so impressive!

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NynjaKat In reply to jbrenthill [2013-01-29 04:50:52 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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KawaiiCandySweets [2013-01-29 04:04:35 +0000 UTC]

whoa that looks cool and like, amazing .u.

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NynjaKat In reply to KawaiiCandySweets [2013-01-29 04:50:46 +0000 UTC]

thank you YwY

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KawaiiCandySweets In reply to NynjaKat [2013-01-30 04:57:46 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome! ^^

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Narunar [2013-01-29 03:28:33 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty darn amazing way out of my league <3

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NynjaKat In reply to Narunar [2013-01-29 04:50:39 +0000 UTC]

daw thanks but I'm sure it's not ;w;

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Narunar In reply to NynjaKat [2013-01-29 23:09:53 +0000 UTC]

liiieesss

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waiting-for-wings [2013-01-29 03:25:05 +0000 UTC]

wow this looks amazing!

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NynjaKat In reply to waiting-for-wings [2013-01-29 04:45:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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rhem180 [2013-01-29 03:16:27 +0000 UTC]

Usually I'm not a big fan of still lifes but yours is done quite nicely so good job!

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NynjaKat In reply to rhem180 [2013-01-29 04:45:35 +0000 UTC]

aw, thank you! C:

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Cant4getHisVoice [2013-01-29 02:52:52 +0000 UTC]

Your fabric is amazing. Ive had to do similar things in my drawing class and I hated the fabric stills we had to do.

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NynjaKat In reply to Cant4getHisVoice [2013-01-29 04:45:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! The fabric was quite fun to make.

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witchpaws [2013-01-29 02:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is amazing work. The lighting looks awesome. Skulls seem to be the choice object for still lifes this year!
I can't really critique it because obviously we can't see the original, but it looks so so well-done : D

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NynjaKat In reply to witchpaws [2013-01-29 04:45:13 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you ;w; Skulls are very fun to draw C: my next still life for homework however will be much prettier [&girl] seeing as how I don't have any skulls laying around.

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