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jmcdowell
San Antonio, TX
January 27, 2008
06:30 PM Post #4461745
| Hey guys,
I thought you would be interested in seeing a video I made a while back of a drawing from start to finish. It runs about five minutes on windows media player (dial-up user warning). I made it as a demonstration video for a portrait drawing group I was in.
To see it better right click on it and play it 200%.
Let me know what you think. :)
http://www.samurals.com/images/katewinslet2.wmv
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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missingrosie
Hillsborough, NC
January 27, 2008
07:19 PM Post #4461931
| Great from start to finish - and a beautiful drawing
I don't draw at all - but I always thought of it as placing various shades of grey/black on a white or lighter background --but creating the image with the pencils lines. Like what is important is the image created by the pencil ON the paper's whiteness.
Maybe it is a confusion caused by the technology of the video - the time lapse, etc., but it appears to me that the pencil's marks are used to isolate the white background more than putting the drawing ON it... As the pencil surrounds and isolates the white ..the drawing emerges. Does that make sense? I really saw it with the necklace... a big blob of white and then the pencil isolated the parts of the necklace rather than drawing the necklace ON the paper.. Guess it is six of one ..half a dozen of the other. (smile) Anyway, it is a different way of looking at how it is created. Thank You. |
2vernes
Blytheville, AR
(Zone 7a)
January 28, 2008
01:40 AM Post #4463699
| Thank you so much for the most informative video. I loved watching it and would like to watch it in real time so I can soak it all in. Fantastic, just fantastic and an exact replica of her. Laverne |
Gardnerkett
Pass Christian, MS
(Zone 8b)
January 28, 2008
10:37 AM Post #4464360
| Wow,
That was fascinating, thanks for sharing~beautiful job! |
zenpotter
Minneapolis, MN
(Zone 4b)
January 28, 2008
01:44 PM Post #4465243
| It wouldn't open on my iMac. |
jmcdowell
San Antonio, TX
January 28, 2008
01:46 PM Post #4465259
| Thanks guys. zenpotter, can you play windows media files on a Mac? I have no idea, I have PC's. If not, that blows. :) |
katiebear
mulege
Mexico
January 28, 2008
02:17 PM Post #4465388
| Jim - Thanks for posting this. I enjoyed it.
Ji's website is http://www.samurals.com and it shows more of his amazing work.
I love the dinasours especially.
katiebear |
jmcdowell
San Antonio, TX
January 28, 2008
02:22 PM Post #4465409
| Thanks Katiebear ;-) |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 29, 2008
12:12 AM Post #4467906
| WOW James! I'm speechless! I really enjoyed watching you draw Kate. The music that went with it was great too. How in the world did you do the time lapse video-ing? |
jmcdowell
San Antonio, TX
January 29, 2008
09:24 AM Post #4468635
| Thanks Janet,
I set up a webcam over my drawing table. It came with a program that records timelapse. It ended up being a total of 7 or 8 different clips and I just strung them together. |
UniQueTreasures
Beaumont, TX
(Zone 8b)
January 29, 2008
11:21 AM Post #4468964
| Super Job! And an excellent teaching aid as well. Your talent is awesome James. The site you created is well put together. I wish you much success with the mural business. Your incredible talent warrants the big bucks! :-)
Janet |
rogue_designer
Chicago, IL
May 20, 2008
07:11 PM Post #4980360
| Nice video, and nice sketch!
Good luck with the Mural biz!
Mac people can play Windows Media files by download a conversion player like VLC - which I believe has a free player. |
angel_tree_baby
Orange Park, FL
(Zone 9a)
July 25, 2008
12:48 PM Post #5318223
| I am going to show my dd this. She is a tweenager and into charcoal drawing mostly. Her room is decorated with all her artwork. Thanks for posting. |
amuckey
Robinson, KS
(Zone 5b)
September 28, 2008
06:34 PM Post #5610520
| I also could not get it to open on my iMac. Spectacular drawing! |
evr
Toronto, ON
(Zone 5b)
October 04, 2008
08:52 PM Post #5633983
| Amazing!!!! jmcdowell, you don't use tortillons/stumps at all? I watched the video and I just see cotton swabs and pencils. I haven't tried tortillons before, I did get a gift set along time ago when I was a kid but I didn't do too well at it lol. I'll just stick with hatches and lines lol.
I love your drawing of the girl blowing bubbles - the detail of her fleece sweater, her eyelashes and the golden/light hair. =D. |
jmcdowell
San Antonio, TX
October 10, 2008
01:57 PM Post #5655654
| Thanks evr,
No, I don't really use tortillons or stumps. In my more recent work, I haven't been using anything for blending.
I really prefer not to blend. I think so many people get carried away and over blend which is a big mistake.
Of course, for some effects, you really need it, but then I use a chamois, or felt squares, or and old t-shirt.
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