Friday, July 15, 2011

Elephant Portrait 2



It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

George Dennison Prentice

Well, I have gone over the entire drawing once in an effort to give it depth. This is the process I enjoy the most, the fine tuning. It's amazing how much of the work now is done with the eraser. First the dark lines are put in, then some shading, then some blending, and finally some erasing. This process is done over and over until the final figure takes on a true look of three dimension. It's like pulling his face out of a snowstorm!

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