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A study of Ernest Friedrich August Rietschel's Bust of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. I'm slowly working my way through CG Talk's Anatomy Lesson Series which is basically where you try to do 50 studies from master drawings in a month of either the head or torso. It's taking me a lot longer than a month because I'm completely unfocused and I'm constantly drawing other things, but since I don't have a scanner, I can't really get those uploaded.

I am still without a tablet pen, so this entire thing was done in Photoshop with the mouse. I spent about two hours total on it. Critiques encouraged but I probably won't update it, my hand hurts too much. I see a few glaring errors but I'm satisfied with what I've accomplished tonight, overall.

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:iconguiltatlast:
That is really awesome. I'm completely envious of your skills. :( You're so amazing!

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Banana, banana, banana, banana, terracotta, banana, terracotta, terracotta pie! :evillaugh:
:iconkahla:
Thank you, Julissa! :)

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"Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening when obliged to stop because of darkness I can scarcely wait for the morning to come... if I cannot give myself to my dear painting I am miserable." - William Bouguereau
:iconautumnembers:
I wish I could see the source so I could better aid you in the critique.
As it stands, you can always go back to it later since your hand is tired, and rightfully so. Silly mouse. =)
The whites seem a bit too harsh to me so maybe dim those a bit, as well as create a softer background. The harsh black doesn't do much to enhance your bust.
The shadows are good but I'd like to see them smoothed a bit more and work a bit on the ear to shape it and make it solid, unless the hair is covering it.

Hope it helps. =)
:iconkahla:
Thank you! The hair is indeed covering the ear and I used a black background because the background of the original was black and I felt like it would help me more accurately achieve the same values.

I guess later I should define the ear to make it more distinguishable from the hair. Thanks! :)

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"Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening when obliged to stop because of darkness I can scarcely wait for the morning to come... if I cannot give myself to my dear painting I am miserable." - William Bouguereau
:iconxtasteofinkx:
You did that with a mouse!? That's AMAZING!

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let's talk about____ spaceships.
:iconkahla:
Haha, thank you :)

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"Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening when obliged to stop because of darkness I can scarcely wait for the morning to come... if I cannot give myself to my dear painting I am miserable." - William Bouguereau
:iconnonvisiblebob:
My favorite part is his nose. It looks so very nose-like! Most excellent ;D

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.::Just tell Nemo you couldn't find him because you were getting stoned... he'll understand::.

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:iconkahla:
I'm glad the nose-ness of his nose appeases you! :D

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"Each day I go to my studio full of joy; in the evening when obliged to stop because of darkness I can scarcely wait for the morning to come... if I cannot give myself to my dear painting I am miserable." - William Bouguereau
:iconnonvisiblebob:
hehe, well, noses are particularly hard to shade, so yes, your offering has appeased the nose gods ;D They will bless you with an even more excellent nose in your future. haha

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.::Just tell Nemo you couldn't find him because you were getting stoned... he'll understand::.

Comments make me smile ;D

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