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Published: 2009-07-22 09:30:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 1711; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 32
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Music was all my life.No, music is still my life.
Meet Bard, a ghost living in forest. No, he still hasn't name xD. But it was nice to draw him. (Dear Who Is Over Me, I hate having no idea what to write xD").
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About technical issues...
It's quite simple picture, isn't it? Before you will start complaining how simple it is, or how bad it's looks, remember that it's my first watercolours attempt. So please have a little of understanding I'm still learning and experimenting.
But understanding doesn't means that I don't wan critique! Because as always
critique is nice to see, and I'm looking forward for it
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P.S I know frame looks gross, but I was using some old gold paint and brush from... I have no idea when I bought it xD'.
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Wiem, że ramkę skopałam, ale to było jak jeszcze usiłowałam wszystko od ręki. Teraz bym zrobiła ją na osobnym papierze i przeniosła po prostu 
I dziekuję ślicznie :3. Bęe musiała kiedyś do nich wrócic!
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ah to od ręki robienie
mozna było linijka zrobić i potem kontur o3o
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Thanks you
Forgive me for amount of time I needed to respond ^^'.
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You Are Always So Very Welcome!
It's alright! But I took longer, sorry. =u=;
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To naprawdę Twoja pierwsza próba z akwarelami? Mieszanie kolorów i cieniowanie wyszło naprawdę profesjonalnie 
Ale mam jedno ale
Akurat dłonie to często jest postrach (ja sama mam z nimi nieraz problem 
Co do jeszcze akwareli - radzę je stanowczo wprowadzić do swej twórczości, naprawdę robisz nimi wrażenie
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Tak pierwsza próba, ale miałam dobrą mentorkę przyznam
Anatomia, anatomia, anatomia czyli moja zmora ^~. Nie ukrywam, że jeszcze dużo z niej zostało mi do opanowania bym była z niej zadowolona.
Co do dłoni, to był efekt zamierzony, by były płaskie i przeźroczyste jako taki jedyny element pokazania, że to stworzenie nie żyje i pałęta się w formie duchowej, ale fajnie, że zwróciłaś na to uwagę
I ćwiczę, ćwiczę, lusterko przed sobą i rysuję, atlas Sobotty i kości rysuję i tak dalej.
A co do wprowadzenia - mam taki zamiar, z resztą jak się uda to może wrzucę dwie drobne prae nimi robione dla koleżanki.
Pozdrawiam
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O tak, na te akwarelki będę czekać z niecierpliwością, jestem bardzo ciekawa efektu
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Hyhyhy, nie spodziewaj się żadnego mistrzostwa w galerii, wciąż jestem w fazie nauki
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It's so innocent and sweet! And I love how his hair comes out of the frame in a sort of breaking-the-fourth-wall effect.
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ależ on uroczo wygląda :3
i teraz w głowie zaczynają mi biegać postacie z lamento
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very simple yet very beautiful~ i love the colors~~
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Awww, you're way too nice for me *@@*
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Nice work! I like the coloring and the frame design.
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Skan zabił tą prackę. Na żywo wygląda o niebo lepiej ^^
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Wiem, mój skaner lubi zabijać prace i robić im krzywdę... ale dzięki
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Złoto zawsze źle wygląda po zeskanowaniu ;/
Ale reszta (kolorków) jest chyba bardzo podobna >,<
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ładna ramka
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I was just checking my watchers on my other account to see how they were doing and this was just simply amazing! It's so colorful and vivid, not to mention my style. It's so lively and wonderful! Switching from drawing to painting is pretty tough at first, but watercolor is a very forgiving and colorful media- one of my favorites. This picture actually reminds me of a tarot card or a tapestry, idk. I'm really loving it.
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Thanks you for all your kind words
Well, the hardest thing (for me) is mixing paints to get right shade of colour. But I must admit watercolours are very beautiful and they have 'this' what makes that I started to fall in love with them.
Maybe some tips and advices for newbie?
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I learned a technique last year in art class that oil pastels blend with oil paint (and thinner) while chalk pastels and watercolors blend with water. Maybe you should try sketching out or lightly coloring ambient or base colors with chalk pastel, use water to spread them out, and the do watercolors on top of that. You can keep layering like this if you give it time to dry or dry it with a hairdryer. I've only actually done it once before, and I think it worked out great.
In most of my pictures (more on my other account), I do a more Art Nouveau/anime mix (usually not intentionally) and when I do the lineart, I make the subject or the thing that is closest to the viewer more bold- by making the lines thicker around them. I learned to do this in the middle of my art class last year too. That helps the coloring and makes things stand out in my opinion. I use brush pens and ink pens with different thicknesses to help. You could probably use a calligraphy pen too, but it's probably a lot harder.
[link] This is probably my best example- the hand is outlined in front of the figure more and the body and hair are also bold, but the lines within that are not connected to the background aren't.
[link] This is one I'm working on now- I didn't really get the lines down as good and uniform as I could have but oh well. It'll be dark around her anyways.
[link]
[link] This one doesn't show it as much but you get the point, neh? This was when I was just starting to get the hang of it.
Well, I'm not an expert, I just LOVE watercolors. Also- try to start with the lightest colors first (which I don't because I'm lazy but you should... ><
Eh, that's all I have for now. :3 gl!
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Oh, and forgot to mention, great choice in using green and red. I hate them together, but they're opposite colors which work great. Even though it sounds weird, as a word of advice, you might want to blend as many colors in the picture with shadows where you wouldn't expect it. It's hard to explain, but if you do it when you really get used to painting, it'll help a lot. For example...
[link] - the blue covers most of the character's body on the edges where water glows.
[link] - purple glow on the edge of the cape and in the shadows
great example here- [link] -you'll find all sorts of blues, greens, and purples in the shadows and glows
this might be something you'd relate to - [link] -just look closely at the hair, clothes, etc. It's not all one color, and it's not one color with a bunch of values, either.
It takes time to learn and observe the techniques, but always establish a light source, and that may even include an ambient color for mood or effect.
Unless you're going for a bold and graphic look, blending colors especially with a dominant color in the picture or with an ambiance like you have green here helps. I'm not really good at it yet, and it's pretty tricky with watercolors. ><
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Masking things aren't needed (and tape would prolly ruin the paper when you'd take it off). I am not sure if you would be able to use this masking fluid if you'd try. It smells like hell and it's quite thick (but I guess it depends on the brand). So, it's not very flexible to start with, and you'd need a thin, thin AND crappy brush to apply it since it destroys everything it touches. Then after you painted you have to wait LONG for the paper to dry for sure and take it away with a hard plastic eraser and then you'll break your paper. Wait a couple of years more 'til you'll get the hang of basic panting at first. Gain some experience and see if it's something you REALLY want to do. Then you can buy the masking fluid if it's absolutely necessary.
But I have a little easier tip for the background... Just make a layer of water with your brush and then start adding paint to that. It should give some nice gradience and it saves time. You don't need the most expensive AND complicated methods and materials to get good results, remember that, always. Your own skill is the most important thing and no matter how good materials you have, you won't improve any faster.
And about the picture itself... what's up with all these dark green lines around the bird? Did you try making some shades or did the paint dry faster than you managed to blend it?
His hands look rather stiff too, try putting yours in the same position and see if you can put them the same way. Why are they transparent btw?
Another thing that hit my mind as soon as I saw this would be, if you're copying ~Impostor1 ? Since he just discovered painting himself.
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Thanks a lot about all advices about masking things. Because I know that they exist and nothing more (totally newbie).
I tried... but it dried too fast, maybe I add to small anought of water... next time I'll try to ad a bit more and maybe it'll looking better. Thanks
About this lines... both of them: I was trying to make some kind of shadows and the paint dry to fast. Hands... I'll try, I was never good at drawing hands I must admit it. Why they're transparent? Because I decided to paint a ghost and tail of bird was the only one thing to show that he is a ghost and a bit transparent too
You know I have no contact with Mateusz, so no. Some time ago one person suggested me to try work with paints and it's a very first result (and I have huge arrears about drawing here). And it's good to hear that Mateusz is working with something new
Give him a greetings from me, and both of you take care of yourselves
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No problem.
But shadows from the bird? Not a very good idea if you think about the light source.
And if the guy is a ghost, you should have used more pale colors on him to show that he is, and preferrably use some of the background paint to make him look more transparent like this too. He looks very much alive and sparkling with all these strong colors ;> (I won't mention hands, that's a practice thing. I've been practicing those for 5 years and they still look weird in some positions, no worries!)
You're watching him on dA, right? So you must've seen it somehow. But nevermind then, I just wondered. (What do you mean by "I have huge arrears about drawing here"? btw, I don't understand, sorry).
M'kay, thanks (: You too!
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Yes, I'm watching him but... I have now 735 Deviations to check, and this number it what I mean by 'huge arrears'. It's highly possible that I just missed his work ^^'.
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kyaaaaaa to jest prześliczne! świetnie Sobie poradziłaś z akwarelkami! Dumna jestem z Ciebie^^ Miłe mnie zaskoczyłaś
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Dziękuję Ci okropnie, ale to okropnie za wszelkie miłe słowa 
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nie mam za co^^ naprawdę podoba mi się ten rysunek jest boski!! jak na razie w moim poczuciu jest on najlepszy ze wszystkich^^ pomijajać fakt że wszyskie sa piekne
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nie wiem czy to nie wina wlosow, ale nos ma jakis dziwny
podoba mi sie ten warkoczyk wystajacy zza ramy - moj ulubiony sposob na zaburzenie pojecia widza o przestrzeni
Pewno włosów ciociu, bo nie umiem profili rysować to uciekam się do takich podstę
Nie widzisz? @_@ bo mam cholernie zaległości, ale obiecuję nadrobić i poślinić się do chłopców spod Twojego ołówka ciociu
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aaaaach XDDDD a profile sa proste do wycwiczenia na bazie jaja xP (slowem:wez jajo i doklej mu nos
Baza jaj o_o. Fajnie nazwane xD.
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x"DDDDDDDD genialne
bardzo mi się podoba połączenie kolorów, są ciepłe i przypominają wschód słońca. Ogólnie postać bardzo fajna, anatomicznie wydaje mi się, ze ma coś nie tak z rękami,a mianowicie sprawiają wrażenie za długich.
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Za długie powiadasz? Wydawałby mi się dobre przyznam, ale możesz mieć rację, nastę
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to ja czekam na nowe arty ^_^
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Z rękami jest wszystko w porządku, a w każdym razie wydaje mi się, że akurat za długie nie są
Pozdrawiam!
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Moja opinie na temat barda już znasz ale lepiej abym wypowiedziała się w nieco bardziej elokwentny sposób.
Bard wyszedł na prawdę pięknie. Kolory dobrane są genialnie. Aż mam ochotę go pogłaskać po tych rudych włosach...
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Głaszcz, pewnie nie będzie mieć nic przeciw
Dziękuję raz jeszcze i tulam
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Dziękuję. Jak się postarać to i ducha można pogłaskać.
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Bardzo mi się podoba efekt końcowy. To że dopiero ćwiczysz najbardziej widać po ramce, jest troche koślawa najprościej mówiąc ^^" Bardzo mi się podoba Bard.A ten jego "ogonek" mnie rozczula
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Wiem, że ramka to porażka xD". Jeszcze była korygowana miejscami, a to wszystko wina tego, że złota żelka mi się wypisała.
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I like his expression and how delicately his cloth and skin are painted 
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