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ShawnVanBriesen β Gil Elvgren Ink study Colour
Published: 2012-10-13 15:15:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 8315; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 849
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This is an exercise I do regularly. I redraw something by an artist I like as a way to see how they solve problems in their work. I generally have a few of these laying around the studio. It's a good way to get warmed up for inking.I applied a series of ink washes on this as well.
This is based on Gil Elvgren's The Wrong Nail!
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I like the way you think, and redoing a painting like this does indeed teach the artist something. I also did a version of a pinup drawing based on this Elvgren painting. you can find it here:
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Not quite the same as what you've done, but I hope you like it anyway. Haven't quite plucked the nerve up yet to colour my work like you've done.. getting there though.
Nice piece of work this. Fav'ed also and now you're on my watch list. MuHahahahahahahaa!
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Your technique is a proven one, and explains a lot about your skill--just copying the work of an artist (or writer!) you like teaches you how it's done--then you do your own thing. I had a 'Policeman's Gazette' flashback, looking at this one.
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Elvgren is great to study because he was so good at light and naturalism yet his work was always a bit above that. He did an almost heightened kind of surrealism. In retrospect on this piece, I wish had done less with heavy blacks and feathering on her legs and right arm. I think a lighter (but shaped holding) line would have worked better. This is actually an older piece (from last winter -I think?). I feel like I'm getting closer on the new horror stuff I'm doing.
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well at least shes wearing the proper picture hanging attire..lol
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