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ErnestoVladimir β Mientras tu dormias
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Published: 2011-03-10 23:46:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 6049; Favourites: 232; Downloads: 102
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Mientras tΓΊ dormΓas(as you slept)
Song: [link]
Personal thoughts:
I can't share too much background info about this particular drawing. This was commissioned by a friend.
I'm still not very good at all at getting the likeness of people on paper, but maybe I do add a little bit of my own style to them nonetheless. I started to get a bit creative with the hair in some parts and at others I just got lost and drew whatever
. The picture was really really contrasted: , so a lot of details were gone, which wasn't so bad since then I didn't have to worry too much of it looking humanly detailed 
I really liked the style of the photo, though, so I was glad to work on it, even though it meant setting aside personal projects.Materials:
about 12.5X24.5cm Cardboard Opalina
HB, 2B 0.5mm mechanical pencils
4B regular pencil
Regular eraser
Ref: [link]
Time: no idea, worked on it for about two months little by little
Some technique things:
highlights and white hairs are just drawn around, and sometimes erasing, and drawing around erased area to create background again. Used PhotoshopCs4 for minor editing(scanner dust, adjusting scan, etc.)
Featured here: [link]
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Wait... what... you DREW this? WOW you are amazing.
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Thank you, yes indeed I drew it
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Β‘El reflejo de sus ojos, su pelo, las sombras, pero quΓ© digo, TODO! Tu trabajo es completamente hermoso, y a mi pobre perspectiva PERFECTO! Mejor que una fotografΓa. ^^
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>.< Gracias por todos los alagos, jaja emm me gusta tardar tiempo agregando y mejorando pequeΓ±os detalles ^u^ Denuevo gracias!!
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Her hair !!! So WOW !!!! 
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Oh I love drawing hair, it's like my favorite thing to draw, even though it's hard. >u< Thank you, darling
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you're very welcome
I find it extremely hard to draw hair !
Its time for me to start practicing some
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Oh but your attention to detail is just jaw-dropping! It's just that with hair, you shouldn't be so concerned to draw it exactly as the reference, that's just ridiculous! Instead, capture the essence and add your own sort of style to it. I love the tutorials on hair done by , I learned through a combination of those, and my own technique! And I'm still learning!
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capturing the essence with one's own sort of style ...That's a great advice ! I'll really apply it from now onwards
and thank you very much for the reference ... Its gonna be so helpful , I know already
thank you once again
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Of course, of course 
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Neatness floors me!! I wonder how you manage to have such control over your strokes to ensure such a neat picture at the end !!
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I wonder that myself sometimes XDD I guess with practice and repetitiveness, muscle memory helps a lot!
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Fabulosa la manera en que trabajaste el pelo!
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Gracias 
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O: son dibujos realisticos! ME ENCANTA , dibujas a carbonsillo????
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Solo lapices grafito, y esos muy en escaces. La mayoria del tiempo; lapices de puntilla HB, 2H y 2B
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ooooH!! genial!! 
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Beautiful and detailed pencil drawing with a pretty model.
I imagine that your friend was happy with it.
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Thank you so very much!!
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Thanks a bunch my friend
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My pleasure.. Keep it up!!
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Beautiful! The detail on the hair is really really top notch!
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Thanks! Honestly I thought my fingers would bleed after drawing so much hair detail xD But it was worth it, I saw details I couldn't even see in real life after I scanned this, so it was a treat knowing my instincts while drawing it were right!
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I realize that to be really good at drawing is must be like that... knowing that the details are coming together even when you cannot see them. The girl in the drawing really reminds me of someone, which makes me realize how much the drawing looks like real life.
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That's a great way to view it :nods: And that's interesting that you know someone that looks like the girl in the drawing, you get an extra perspective of it :3
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Amazing work, I really love it. Congratulations
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Thank you very much ^u^
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una de los mejores retratos que he visto en mi vida!!!
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Gracias! aunque el emfasis no sea su rostro sino el cabello cx
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Beautiful work. You might not say your not good at getting the likeness, but the technique you used is awesome!
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Thanks so much! I just take my time and scratch at the paper with the pencil like a maniac
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Thank you! Hair is fun for me :3
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Yours look better than the original! Great job on hair!
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Thank you! Hair is one of the few things I think I am good at
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Thank you so much C:
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You are really great, I adore you.. I must admit. Within five minutes of exploring our gallery, I fell in love with your gift for creating such beautiful art. <3
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THank you so much for your nice comment c: I feel my gallery's really... all over the place xD But I'm glad you liked it in general! <3
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