Thank you!

It could be his nose... I was thinking maybe his eyes were more off... But yeah the nose does look a little jacked. :X

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Don't worry, Kit! It just takes time and practice (I know that sounds cliché, but it's depressingly true). I try not to use too sharp of a pencil, either, kind of at a 60-degree angle? After a while of drawing like that, the graphite will wear down to a flatter area, that's ideal. And for unblended, don't do the "layering" thing like for the blended drawings. If you layer, it starts looking smoother, so for example, if I need a dark area, I don't just lay on more HB, rather I use the 3B in one layer, one shot.

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Very helpful! Hmmm but 60 degree angle [gets her compass]. It'll take a lot of practice, but I'm determined! You're a great role model, Twip.

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Thankee.

Yup, can't stress it enough. Practice, practice, practice. And never rush, well, unless you have a deadline. I used to rush my drawings when I was tired of drawing and just wanted to finish them. Oops. Bad idea. Take however much time you need, but nevar evar rush.

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You're quite welcome, and

no, i really like the expression on his face...it mighta been the nose, but don't change it!
'Tis too amazing!

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Thanks!

By the way, guys, if you guys have any requests for what you think I should draw next, I'd love to hear them! I will certainly take them into account, and you never know, you might see your request the next feature on Twippo's Drawings!

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^ooh!
cool!!

*thinks*
Could you draw Kiera Knightley!?

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Ooh! That's a good idea. She's so beautiful.
I'll probably draw her as Elizabeth Swann. Or some picture from a premiere or something.

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Oh, and another suggestion would be Aragorn. But I love the Kiera Knightly idea also.

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Holy... You are amazing! I haven't graduated past stick figures yet.

My vote goes to Aragorn.

Hey, welcome to Twippo's Drawings!
That's also a good idea, I wonder why I haven't drawn Aragorn yet! :O Oh, well I have once, but that was one of my first drawings! Which reminds me, I should post it sometime, I really want to show you guys what you have to start with to get here.

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^yeah you do that.

to inspire us all.

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Hi, finally found the time to add this, it's an old Frodo sketch from January of '04. I just wanted to show you guys what I started with to get where I am now. It took a long time, more than 2 years, but I think it was worth it!

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Thats better than what I'm at now Twippo! At least with people ...oh well I like drawing birds....You can go so over the top in details!!!!! SO I leave people to you Twip!
Oh and my vote goes to Keira!

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Oh wow. It's safe to say that you've improved a LOT! And it probably wasn't a smoothly paved road trip.

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You're right, it wasn't, not at all. A lot of time I spent on DeviantArt ogling other people's art. I was like, "O_O... How the frick do people draw that good?!" And it didn't help that my older sister was also getting into drawing realism. So I had a little bit of, eh, competition. Plus, in the beginning, you might work on a piece for a couple hours and suddenly find something terribly wrong with it. But mistakes are the best teachers, so I never forget a mistake I made in the past, eh?


By the way, a big big big THANK YOU to our art contest judges Kitoky and Eruadan here, I had a great time participating in the contest, and I understand that judging is not the easiest job in the world. And thank you to the peeps that were full of support as well, I felt like I had more reason behind the drawing when I submitted it because of you guys. Thank you from the bottom of my hobbit heart! Props to all of ye!

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Hi guys, had to post this one. I did this in memory of the late Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin. Hope you all like.

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