| "Love the texture and the expression on its face! It looks rather wise doesn't it? The rose is a nice addition, not only because of color but for interpretation's sake. A red rose, symbol of love and beauty, in front of something that looks old and seemingly "ugly". The tortoise is by no means ugly! Just thought I'd clarify". By ~tanabatablossom |
| "The detail is amazing - around the edge especially, which gives a nice outline to the drawing. I think the footprints and the eyes add to the whole sense of creepyness. And the rose give a sense of love or maybe abandonment(?). Great job". By ~herfarewell |
| "Gotta love that smooth shading. You say the background is last minute, but I find it very appropriate given the nature of his shows. It's as if he set a new recruit's contract on fire, haha". By ~Taefaros |
| "There is nothing to critique, so I apologize for that. BUT, I will say that I don't think I've seen a piece like this in a while that tells such a story. You've got a great gift with your style". By `FallenRox |
| I think it's safe to say that my interests cover a wide range of styles. Here are many works of art I consider inspirational and thought provoking. Take a step inside and see for yourself, you may like them. |
| I have the urge to plaster my walls with creativity so I can start the day with wonderful observation |
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| Is environmental work important? The history of all life on earth, including the 200,000 years of humanity wouldn’t have happened without a healthy environment, so what makes you think our future survival would be any different? Even our greatest scientists recognise the need for a healthy environment if we’re to survive into the future. Does hijacking planes and holding up gas stations do any good? Aviation and Oil and Natural Gas companies are required to provide financial contributions to environmental causes. Hold ups are financially damaging, especially if the companies have to compensate anyone and/or repair property damage. This money reduces their profit margin, which in turn reduces the value of any percentage they offer to environmental causes. Are we destroying the planet as some environmentalists claim? Not unless we have a bomb greater in power than every nuclear weapon, and every major volcanic eruption of the last 100,000 years. Oil drilling, deforestation and pollution will not destroy the planet; they will ruin our environment and impact our health, but not destroy the planet. Isn’t it true that the environment can recover from damage? Yes, it has recovered from meteorite impacts and super volcanic eruptions; however, the longer recovery takes the harder maintaining our way of life becomes. In order to ensure we advance problem free, we must ensure our damage is minimal. I will point out that our environment can survive without us, we cannot survive without the environment. Why is there such a big deal about reducing carbon dioxide emissions when nature thrives on it? Plants do thrive on carbon dioxide, but that doesn’t mean they have an endless appetite. The earths eco-system has survived over 600 million years without human produced carbon dioxide. The environment can handle a great deal of what we produce, but our own health is not so resilient, just ask the people of Beijing. Why is it such a big deal to save wildlife? Wildlife enhances the environment, especially through pollination. The Amazon rainforest wouldn’t be as diverse if it wasn’t for the many species living there. It also doesn’t seem fair to wipe out what has survived longer than we have. Most species aren’t even part of our diet, and their habitat is mainly destroyed to produce palm oil, which is used in vanity products and anything that makes you fat and gives you heart disease. Are we on the verge of an eco-catastrophe? I doubt it, there are a lot of scare stories out there. We are doing many things that aren’t good for the environment, but I don’t believe we’re anywhere near a catastrophe. If we carry on what we’re doing then sometime down the line we will hit that point, though this doesn’t mean we should slow down or even stop any clean up. Is climate change really our fault? We have evidence of climate change dating back millions of years. When an ice shelf falls off, it holds no sign saying what or who caused it, this part is speculation. Once we’ve cleaned up our environment and climate we can look back and see what we were doing, if anything. Even if we're not effecting the climate, which we cannot say for certain at this moment, we're definitely impacting our health with our activities. Is it really possible to run out of food, water and other resources? 7 billion people live on earth, the population is said to hit 14 billion by 2150. Food: The rate of crop re-growth will not increase like the rate the population growth, so as demand increases the harder it will be to provide. It is believed that people from developed nations waste up to 50% of their weekly food purchases, meaning the food purchases of the 310 million people in the US alone can support 620 million people. Water: Though it will take thousands of years to use up all the earths water, only 2.05% of it is the freshwater we need, so it will take far less to use up all the available fresh water. Many lakes and rivers are already drying up due to excessive use, if this continues all around the world we’d have to desalinate the oceans. Desalination is a short term solution, it produces chemical waste which would be dumped back into the oceans, the removed salt would also be returned to the ocean. This means over time the chemical and salt levels of the oceans will increase, which will have an impact on our health and fish stocks. Clothing: Most garments contain cotton which requires a great deal of land to produce. The last I checked food is more important than clothing, yet the land required for fashion is taking up land we need for crops. I’m not saying we should walk around naked, but nobody needs an outfit for every day of the week, and that includes these brainless fashion icons. Will switching off light bulbs make any difference? How is switching off a light bulb in your house going to make any difference when skyscrapers have them on 24/7? A commercial airliner running for 10 minutes will produce more carbon dioxide than a house light in its entire life, and there are over 1.3 million active aircraft. Driving a little less will make the bigger difference, especially to your wallet. There are also over 200 million active motorcycles, and vans along side over 600 million active cars. The problem is the energy and fuel used, and the responsibility for cleaning them up rests with the greedy pricks producing them. Aren’t environmentalists just anti-human and anti-technology? It isn’t wise to judge all environmentalists because of small groups of idiots. Both our environment and technological advances are responsible for our longer life expectancy, which is mainly due to disease control through medical advancements. Most environmentalists want advancements to continue while maintaining a healthy environment. We’re the most intelligent species on earth, surely this shouldn’t be a problem. |
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Any tips for drawing?
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Those from B to 9B are soft and easily provide smooth tones, these are best suited for shading. However be careful when using them, if you make a mistake you can leave smudges while erasing. Make sure you have a clean rubber or erasing putty, have a wide range and remove any graphite from their surface frequently. They also highlight finger prints very easily, the moisture from your fingers will bond the graphite to the paper, you wont be able to remove it completely. Make sure your fingers are dry and only hold the sides as little as you can, prop the paper on a stand so you also don’t have to rest your hand on it.
Those ranging from H to 9H are non-scratchy providing a lighter tone, they don’t require much pressure to be applied and are best suited for detailed drawings. Be careful though, the graphite is hard and if you apply too much pressure, you can leave marks on the paper, which will show up if you apply shading later.
You need some good quality paper too, avoid printer paper, only use it to sketch while practicing, I use Sea White of Brighton for final pieces.
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Should I start simple with practicing shading like shapes and such?
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Anti-abortionists and anti-homosexual marriage advocates don’t need laws preventing them from participating in either, so the only reason they’d vote for them is if they believe they have the right to control the lives of other people.
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"Merman,"*cough...cough...cough*", merman,"*leaves and coughs*-Zoolander
"Sorry God doesn't like very much... Even if I went he'd probably chase me away!"-FMA Manga Ed
"We're damned if we do and we're damned if we don't."-Bart Simpson
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Anti-abortionists and anti-homosexual marriage advocates don’t need laws preventing them from participating in either, so the only reason they’d vote for them is if they believe they have the right to control the lives of other people.
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