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And it is an illusion indeed.Because it seems like a graphite-charcoal B/W portrait but its not what it seems.I used for this, Albrecht Durer Faber Castell watercolor pencils dry (the whole variety of the warm grays and cool grays plus black and white) and C.Kreul extrafine 0.8mm white for the highlights.It was meant to be a B/W portrait but not a typical one.I didn't expect the watercolor pencils to provide such a detailed work but i did sharpen them very well to make all the tiny lines happen.I am quite happy with the way it turned.
I was greatly inspired by Patric Shaw's amazing work [link]


all
so very much for viewing and commenting!
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XRlS In reply to ??? [2017-04-29 07:16:40 +0000 UTC]

thanx Gabriel

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Vespa7 [2013-08-25 16:16:48 +0000 UTC]

Love it

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XRlS In reply to Vespa7 [2013-08-27 13:25:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!!

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PutYourBraveFaceOn [2013-08-20 10:53:54 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I’m very glad to announce you that your artwork has been chosen to be amongst the best deviations submitted to our in the month of June 2013. You can check it out here: Featured & here: Hall Of Fame ( 38 – June 2013 ) . P.S. Please, don’t forget to show us some love by ing the Blog. If you had seen this Blog faster than we got to announce it to you, even better!

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XRlS In reply to PutYourBraveFaceOn [2013-08-21 05:35:35 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much my dear friend!

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hillsprint [2013-07-22 16:39:37 +0000 UTC]

detailed indeed... amazing texture

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XRlS In reply to hillsprint [2013-07-24 14:13:52 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!

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susanjo [2013-07-22 14:50:02 +0000 UTC]

I love the dream-like quality to this!!

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XRlS In reply to susanjo [2013-07-24 14:14:15 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much Sue!!

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KW-Scott [2013-06-28 19:35:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is so cool

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XRlS In reply to KW-Scott [2013-07-01 13:09:18 +0000 UTC]

awww!
I loved this one my dear,lately i have come to a conclusion.The things i like the most are the things ppl around me pay almost no attention to.So i dont feel like an alien anymore,i choose to just feel blessed.
But every time i check someone paying attention to the things I like,then...i get to have a big smile on my face.

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KW-Scott In reply to XRlS [2013-07-02 06:18:33 +0000 UTC]

Yes I know what you mean... I draw the things that grab my attention and not exactly what others see or think about so it's really cool when they see things differently and the way I see them

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devilbloody [2013-06-20 09:03:52 +0000 UTC]

AWESOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOME

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XRlS In reply to devilbloody [2013-06-21 09:42:52 +0000 UTC]

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devilbloody In reply to XRlS [2013-06-21 13:47:32 +0000 UTC]

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Lardas-Petros [2013-06-18 21:48:27 +0000 UTC]

................ΕΞΑΙΡΕΤΙΚΟ

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XRlS In reply to Lardas-Petros [2013-06-19 06:35:47 +0000 UTC]

αααααααααααχ περνας καλα στη Ροδο εσυ τωρα κιεγω ψηνομαι στην Αθηναααααα!!!

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Lardas-Petros In reply to XRlS [2013-06-19 13:06:13 +0000 UTC]

Η πρόσκληση είναι πάντα ανοιχτή για σένα Χριστινάκι. Πολλά φιλιά

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WheresYour-HeART [2013-06-17 13:53:25 +0000 UTC]

Perfection!

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XRlS In reply to WheresYour-HeART [2013-06-17 17:23:08 +0000 UTC]

aww thank you!!

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WheresYour-HeART In reply to XRlS [2013-06-19 02:02:20 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure!

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MSzilvi95 [2013-06-17 09:47:36 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful and detailed drawing!

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XRlS In reply to MSzilvi95 [2013-06-17 17:23:44 +0000 UTC]

thank you Silvia for the lovely words!

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katiousa15 [2013-06-17 06:16:04 +0000 UTC]

Great!!!

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XRlS In reply to katiousa15 [2013-06-17 06:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Σ'ευχαριστω πολυ Κατερινα μου,καποτε μου εκανε εντυπωση ξερεις το γεγονος οτι τα συγκεκριμενα εργα μου που αρεσουν σε ΕΜΕΝΑ δεν αρεσουν σχεδον σε κανεναν αλλον,γιαυτο το εκτιμω παρα πολυ οταν καποιοι (οπως εσυ προφανως) καταφερνουν να ξεπερασουν την στενωπο του "δημοφιλους" και να δουν πραγματικα κατι γιαυτο που ειναι.
Καταλαβες τωρα οτι το συγκεκριμενο ειναι απο τα αγαπημενα μου!

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katiousa15 In reply to XRlS [2013-06-17 06:56:18 +0000 UTC]

Υπέροχο έργο. Η εκφρασή του είναι εκπληκτική καί με τα μάτια λέει τόοοσα πολλά.Δημοφιλή;;;;; Δέν ξέρω τι ορισμό να δώσω σ'αυτό ή μάλλον δέν θέλω....
Καλή σου μέρα!

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XRlS In reply to katiousa15 [2013-06-17 07:09:06 +0000 UTC]

μπορεις Κατερινα μου να δεις (δυστυχως καθημερινα) τον ορισμο του δημοφιλους αν κανεις browse την πρωτη σελιδα του DA,ξερεις ποια λεω,την popular 24h.Λοιπον καποιες φορες απλα γελαω,καποιες θελω να βαραω το κεφαλι μου στον τοιχο.Μετα απο 16 μηνες στο site εχω αντιληφθει πληρως οτι αυτα που αξιζει να τα δει κανεις ειναι στην 5 σελιδα και κατω,κοινως αυτα που αξιζουν ειναι αυτα που οι περισοτεροι εδω μεσα απαξιουν να δουν.
Ποσο μαλλον να καταλαβουν!

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katiousa15 In reply to XRlS [2013-06-17 07:18:51 +0000 UTC]

Το ξέρω καλή μου που μπορώ να τα βρώ... Απλά εγώ δέν γελάω πάντα, υπάρχουν φορές που βρίζω .... Τα δημοφιλή δυστυχώς είναι αυτά που με πολλούς τρόπους μας έχουν εκπαιδεύσει να τα θεωρούμε ως τέτοια.Είναι κυρίως άχρωμα καί άοσμα..είναι εντελώς επιφανειακά ωραία καί τίποτα άλλο.. Αυτό όμως δέν είναι καί το ζητούμενο στή ζωή τών περισσοτέρων;;;

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KarinClaessonArt [2013-06-16 20:03:09 +0000 UTC]

Featured here [link]

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XRlS In reply to KarinClaessonArt [2013-06-17 05:14:38 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much my dear!

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KarinClaessonArt In reply to XRlS [2013-06-17 21:20:55 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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rawanaboahmad90 [2013-06-15 21:02:22 +0000 UTC]

amazing ^_^

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XRlS In reply to rawanaboahmad90 [2013-06-16 19:58:06 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much!

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unicornication [2013-06-15 13:33:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow. It's an icredible piece of work. I'm impressed *-*

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XRlS In reply to unicornication [2013-06-15 19:18:58 +0000 UTC]

thank you Kornelia!
welcome to DA!

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Artfreakish [2013-06-15 11:18:29 +0000 UTC]

An experiment that turned out great! Awesome Christina!

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XRlS In reply to Artfreakish [2013-06-15 11:43:29 +0000 UTC]

yep a bit different as in the aspect that i doubt anyone could have guessed the medium i used... i am quite happy with it,graphite smudges so much its annoying.No smudging here,just the whole variety of grays,in fact this is a color portrait but it looks like b/w.
thanks Kev!

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Artfreakish In reply to XRlS [2013-06-15 20:34:58 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! To do that with colours is very nice illusion indeed

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JREKAS [2013-06-15 09:53:47 +0000 UTC]

good!

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XRlS In reply to JREKAS [2013-06-15 11:41:21 +0000 UTC]

awww!

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LindArtz [2013-06-14 13:18:31 +0000 UTC]

Niiice!

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XRlS In reply to LindArtz [2013-06-15 11:38:14 +0000 UTC]

thank you Linda!!

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indianos72 [2013-06-13 18:26:20 +0000 UTC]

Me apla logia? teleia !!!

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XRlS In reply to indianos72 [2013-06-15 11:37:58 +0000 UTC]

esy poly me kakomathaineis teleytaia kai mareseiiiiiiiiiiii!!!

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indianos72 In reply to XRlS [2013-06-15 12:10:33 +0000 UTC]

Den se kakomatheno glukia mou tin aleithia lew!!latreuw tin eilikrineia alla kai tautoxrona misw to psema!!!!

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violet2424 [2013-06-13 16:38:14 +0000 UTC]

WoW!! Beautiful drawing . Love how detailed it is! Amazing

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XRlS In reply to violet2424 [2013-06-15 11:37:23 +0000 UTC]

thank you Veena you are always soooooooo sweet!!!

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TheNotSoTurquoise [2013-06-12 19:13:48 +0000 UTC]

wow thats really great work !

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XRlS In reply to TheNotSoTurquoise [2013-06-15 11:36:44 +0000 UTC]

thank you Lucy,so very kind of you!

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EdwardRobinGoss [2013-06-12 15:07:13 +0000 UTC]

A fantastic drawing. I would imagine it is quite large, what paper did you use?

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