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phew! my first term is finally over and sweet jebus the last few weeks were something...

this was for my life drawing final. i went a little overboard...






the drawing is about 7 feet or maybe a little bigger. to get a sense of the scale:



i doubt anyone cares but here's the low-down. for my life drawing class, principles of drawing with gayle donahue i ended up doing very poorly in the sketchbook, like only 12 out of 50 master copies and such so i wanted to do a good job with the final...

i also wanted a good final because, well, i've really fucked up the term and i just wanted to.. i don't know.. to do something nice, as if to make up my screwups.

so on the second to last week i began work on it.. even though i had a hardcover book project due the same week. i figured i'd do a nice 12 hour drawing or something.. shouldn't take longer than a day right?

cept i start having visions of grandeur. i originally planned on having a friend model for me but she changed her mind and i didn't have anyone else (even asked my sister! eww)... and i didn't want to work from a photo at this point cause i didn't want to spend all this time on another person's photograph.

so i decided to do a self portrait... which for most of u guys is not a big deal... but like i'm not exactly buff and a year ago i NEVER EVER would have done something like this (too embarassing) but for some reason.. i dunno i guess i was just caught up with the whole thing.. i decided to go for it.

anyway i get the idea to do a life sized drawing with multiple sheets of stretched and double gesso'd paper. this turns out to be a BAD IDEA. well good for the final look, but bad in terms of time and effort because it took FOREVER. i camped out at school - it became my second home - trying to make the surface... trying to figure out the materials and methods needed for something this big and complicated. it took me almost 3 days straight (maybe hour or two of sleep) to prepare the surface alone.. then finally the day before the final i begin the drawing!

the drawing itself, compared to the prep work didn't take very long. maybe about 12 hours straight through. i had to put a piece of charcoal on a stick to even attempt to draw it and get proportions to be right..

the day i finished it i had to start working on my design book which ended up being half-finished (aargggh so pissed me off) and all i was left with was a very burned-out me...

but it's all over now.. and i guess i can learn from my mistakes and shit. at least, in the end, i have some really kick ass work i can feel proud about (even if no one else feels the same, the final critique was a little... anticlimactic).

yay
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[Critical Pete]

Hmm... Yeah I like it. There's a real sense of emotion present in the face ( is he thinking? remembering? going crazy? ) and the way you did the hands totally amplifies it. The ear is probably something I can't say I like... But that's a really small nitpicky thing. I like the texture and the colour you used. But as nice as the image is as a whole, I find myself stuck to looking at the face/hands area. It's really a nice piece. I'm glad you used yourself as a model. Well, mostly because I'm in the same boat ( got pretty much the same body as you there ) and so when I see it turned out so well it gives me a bit more confidence to maybe try something similar out myself ( I'm WAY too shy to ask anyone to pose and I got my girlfriend to pose once, though it was a shot of her back, but it's hard finding good models ). Well... Sorry for rambling. It's good c.

[Max]

I like it. The colors...composition...lighning...everything looks interesting - well done

[Matthew]

Hey

Yeah I like it very much too, very nicely done.
As Critical pete I like the upper part the most and I have the feeling you have worked the most with the upper-part. The deep thinking is very cool, maybe it is the feeling of regret? well, the whole piece gives me some thinking to do and I like it, Very good work. :)

see you
Matthew

[Bobuke]

...this is a very beautiful piece of art. I�m deeply touched because the way you have captured your feeling of yourself tells me the history of your mind. I can�t stop looking at this picture so I�ve put it on my desktop. I think it is excellent from top to bottom , perheps except for the feet - it seems as if you got tired there....
Don�t think so in the future - feet can also tell the story of your life...
I wouldn�t mind seeing a portrait of your feet only....
No, I�m not joking I�m sure that would be beautiful piece as well....

Come on I will wait for it "C"....
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[CwStone]

Heh, looks like ur bitting ur nails. lol i would be too if i had to do a whole drawing (7 feet no less!) the day before finals! Good job!

mad hot
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[PawelLipka_]

i love it:)

[SolarC]

huge painting. Looks very nice too!

[viag]

nice , good to see this kind of art