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Queen of the Highway by ~Popothepenguin:iconPopothepenguin:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > People

©2008-2009 ~Popothepenguin
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This is my next charcoal. It took pretty long... like 3 days working a little at a time. I'm not completely happy about it. It's still hard for me to draw small stuff with charcoal, which I hope to change in the future.

I used a charcoal pencil, Kneaded eraser, finger to smudge, and an electric eraser for highllights. (and a reference...)

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~Project-Aquarius Jul 21, 2008, 8:47:41 AM
I love the tonal work on this, especially on her clothing and the marks you made to create the folds, very nice. I like the hair as well and how you've picked up some subtle highlights, especially over her right shoulder.

I'd love to get hold of an electric eraser, but my local art store keeps selling out :(
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~Popothepenguin Jul 23, 2008, 12:10:01 PM
Hey thanks a lot! :) I spent more time than usual on this one. Electric erasers are cool to a certain point, where then they ruin your paper or smudge up work rather than erasing.

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Call me the Midnight Rambler.
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~toastycreations Jul 25, 2008, 10:31:38 PM
This is fantastic. :)
Electric eraser?
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~Popothepenguin Jul 26, 2008, 1:42:20 AM
Thanks :D
Electric eraser has like a machine built into it to power an eraser. Sounds really cool in theory, but not very useful for anything other than highlights.

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Call me the Midnight Rambler.
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~VanRied Jul 26, 2008, 10:01:40 AM
She was a princess, queen of the highway. Sign on the road said "Take us to Madre"....
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~VanRied Jul 26, 2008, 10:13:58 AM
Seriously though, I don't know if musical interpretation was your intention, but your drawings of the women really remind me of the songs they're named after. The attitude, and expression in the faces seem to match Morrisons style somehow. Keep it up fellow Doors fan!
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~Popothepenguin Jul 26, 2008, 4:33:54 PM
Haha, thanks. I picked the song after I did all the drawings :D.

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Call me the Midnight Rambler.
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~toastycreations Jul 26, 2008, 5:38:55 PM
That's so random... you'd think it would over rub your paper haha and like, you know, I don't know the right word for it. (It's still early in th emorning :P haha) Umm, like when it gets all distort oh my. I have no idea how to describe that now haha... anyways. Surely a normal rubber would be just as good? I shall have to look for an electric eraser sometime.
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~Popothepenguin Jul 26, 2008, 6:32:49 PM
You found good enough words for me (yes, I guess it does do that, lol.) Yeah, a kneaded eraser dominates it in so many ways. But if there is a really small line that needs to be highlighted, it is sometimes easier to use an electric eraser like in this one where there are lots of thin strands of hair that need very precise highlighting.

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Call me the Midnight Rambler.
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