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PreyingDantis — Rodney Dangerfield
Published: 2004-11-19 01:23:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 5090; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 490
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This was made with a technique where you rub burnt sienna oil paint onto a spray-fixed pencil drawing. You then use a kneaded eraser to remove the highlight areas and then apply colored pencil to that. I did this from a black-and-white internet reference, so I basically made up all of the color information myself. I'm proud of the way it turned out, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.Related content
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I love this actor, it's a shame that he's deceased, though.
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Dr. Vinnie Boom-botz was right. He is ugly.
When Rodney went trick-or-treating, some kids tried to pull his face off.
When he was a baby, he was breastfed by his father. His mother said "I think we should just stay friend".
This is a great picture. It reminds of all of the jokes he told.
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Rodney's life story may have been, "No Respect," but this picture deserves plenty of respect. Excellent work.
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"So I catch this guy sleepin' with my wife. I says to him 'who said you can sleep with my wife?' He says 'Everybody!' I tell ya, I get no respect, no respect at all."
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!
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Looks incredible, especially considering what you used as reference. Figuring out color yourself is quite hard to do; but you seem to have it down naturally.
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Handsome devil, that Rodney. And one of the funniest men to ever have graced this world. Rest in peace, brudda. May you finally find that respect you've surely earned.
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You've got his likeness down pat, but his eyes make him seem somewhat creepy though.
"No respect. No respect at all."
Rest in peace.
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Nice image - interesting technique. Do you use a tool to rub the burnt sienna on or just do it with your fingers? And do you lift it off straight away while the paints still wet? Be nice if you do another one to see some sort of WIP, while the sienna's going on.
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You just rub it on with a paper towel, though I suppose you could use your finger if you don't mind a mess. You have to remove the paint while it's wet, cuz when it dries it's there for good. Kneaded erasers pick it up pretty well, but you won't be able to use em for anything else after doing this.
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Lovely! Rhodney Dangerfield's buggy eyes always freaked me out. ^_^ You captured that very well.
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I just love it....You mentioned the this piece on the john williams one, so I definately had to check this one out.....the technique itself is quite unique (so much I've never heard of it before!), but it accomplished an awesome work in terms of shading, volume and whatnot; awesome job on portraying mr. dangerfield
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omg, this is AWESOME!!!! i absolutely LOVE how smooth the colors look 
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I love the color additions- the green and the purple. It's hard to use colors in shadows. The only thing that bugs me about this piece is the outline along the hairline. It takes away some of the realism. But otherwise, great job!
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wow, just wow. i love it, it just screams rodney!
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how the hell did you capture such realism with pencil crayons, you should work for mad
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I can't wait to try this technique - you do lovely work!
Is this done on paper or perhaps gesso board? I would think that paper soaks the oil up too much to lift it later on...
Peg
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Wow .. I really like the technique you used for this! ..I've some questions about it now! Like, do you wait for the oil paint to dry before taking the eraser to it? ..and do you mix the paint with another medium like linseed oil or just straight oil paint in a thin wash? I've not seen anyone else try this around school, not sure if my illustration instructor will teach it so if I could get one more tool under my belt that the other students will not have .. >_>
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It sounds like a really different way to get really good resultse
anyhow I dig this, his eyes always freaked me out in a good sort of way
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The portrait is gorgeous, great job rendering him! The eyes particularly stand out and so does the expression.
Kinda freaked me out though when I first saw it (with the look of surprise anyway lol) 
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That's amazing.
Rodney was a great comedian.
I loved the technique you used.
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DAMN!!!!! THIS IS SOOOOO GOOD!!!! Your eyes must hurt...
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hehe awsome a must fave i think i almost seen every one of his movies, a great comedian, it quiet depression that he pass on to the otherside and his fans will surelly miss him greatly, he was a great actor and comedian i figure hes in a better place and is happy for his alcomplishments and i think that everyone heard his name or seen his movies a great man. well on the happier note this is quiet impressing and marvolusly well done you should give your self a big hand of applouse for this really its well done!
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I seen the future
I seen the passed
I seen the present
I also seen your thoughts
I seen the echoes of your voice
And I seen your thoughts and dreams
But sadly to say I didn't see your heart
For your heart was blocked from me.....
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Gorgeous, gorgeous work. The detail is so amazing. Very funny comedian, true to life, sad that he passed on though
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Man, what a beautiful technique you've found! The character is totally in there, too, so lively!
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I love the technique you describe, I've never heard of something like that. Is it hard to do? I enjoy this very much, you captured his essence perfectly. this is so cool!!
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The only difficult part is erasing fine details with the eraser. It doesn't keep its shape and you have to keep kneading it otherwise you'll just put oil paint back into the highlights... Otherwise, it's UBER-FUN (probably because I love colored pencil)!
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yeah, 4th yr art at my school does a charcoal lifting like that, like a drawing in reverse.. a lot of smudges and stuff happens.
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Eww.... I despise charcoal lifting. This process is MUCH easier. As long as you do it in one sitting, though, because if the oil paint dries before you finish: YOU IS SCREWED.
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Incredible!!! What a nice technique! The result is really great!
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niiiice, to bad for those damned smudges!!! i get those a lot...so annoying.. 
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Great and skillfull painting. Thanks for the description also.
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Good description of your technique, and a great illustration. I particularly like the hilights and the expression on his face -- he's alive, and that struck me when looking at the thumb size (always a good thing it it can live up in small size).
Great work, although I'm not that proficient in that particular style to give your any comments that could help you more than giving you some kudos
S
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wow. if this is the first deviation, i can't wait to see what comes next. i had never heard of this technique, and am now quite interested in it. this is quite lifelike, you got his persona and his EYES wonderfully, which is a bit diffucult, as so many people know who he is. i really enjoy the shading on his face and the right side of his hair. i think maybe the left side of the matting could be a bit cleaner though, and the visible lines in the black on the left bottem side are a bit distracting. but i really like this.
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