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First submission since Feburary. The Merlin actor Colin Morgan's expression turns me on to drawing again. He can kill me casually with his smiles anytime. :love:

Link to the reference pic

(edit: 2009-07-08: replaced with a better image)

---a little update about me

If you have noticed my lack of activity... The past few months have been a little confusing for me. Every day I arrive home exhausted after work. So I'm making small steps sorting out my real life.

This quick sketch does not say 'I'm back'. Rather it was the magic of Merlin (some day... I will do a proper portrait of Colin!) made me spend 2 hours or so on it.

Thanks for viewing! I hope you can also feel warm hearted seeing this picture! :D

Oh I have also enabled 'critiques'. But this quick drawing may not deserve careful critiques. Anyway I'm enabling it and hopefully I might get something... Thanks!

Critiques


:iconkingsstone:
The mark making of the pencil in this portrait is so brilliant that you have captured and conveyed a great likeness of the actor, especially through the features like the eyes, mouth and nose. The charm and slight playfulness of the actor is also shown, from the glint in the realistic and well drawn eyes to the very warm and open smile, which has been achieved through great depth of tones.
As far as any portrait goes, this is superb and the talent you show is astounding, and as far as i can tell the face has been focused on the most. This does work, to show his emotion and warmth, but perhaps more details and tones on the hair and neck/clothes would also bring more realism to it, as the hair does seem to fade in the background.
However, overall it's a brilliant piece of work that looks very realistic and photo like. An inspiration to me and i am sure, many other deviants. Astounding and excellent.
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:iconwesternphilosopher:
I love your sketchiness: how you can bring out the likeness of someone with just casual gestures is wonderful, let alone the personality. Also I like that the most detail is on his eyes and smile, which draws your eye. The farther you get from the 'important' stuff, the more the detail fades out. I think the sharpness of the lines of his jaw (his right) are perhaps too dark; they draw my eye a little more than they should, but his eyes and smile are so nicely done that I get pulled back away from it. I hope to see more work from you: as tired as you've been, it doesn't seem to have hurt your drawing skill.
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:iconmazzi294:
Great drawing :) love how you've done his eyes. He has an interesting face to draw hasn't he?

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'Some day you will find me caught beneath the landslide in a champagne supernova in the sky' NG OasisForeverClub
:iconkatesw:
Wow thanks for the quick comment... and a fave! :D Yes he has interesting features, and interesting expressions :D Thanks!

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What I know cannot be added to what you know because they are not of the same kind.
--from Mostly Harmless

~ChristopherEccleston
:iconmazzi294:
You're very welcome :)
He has a lovely curvy face, very sweet :XD:

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'Some day you will find me caught beneath the landslide in a champagne supernova in the sky' NG OasisForeverClub
:iconquicheloraine:
Hi Kate! Long time, no see! I gave you a critique :D I know you think this is just a "quick sketch", which is an under estimation of it's value, but honestly, it needs no further rendering because it conveyed perfectly that joy and exuberance behind the smile and those eyes, viewers feel that, and the focus is just where it should be- that is really the whole point of great art.

I think it takes just as much talent, skill and vision to render and convey a thought or feeling in as few lines, objects, colours, etc., as it does to render everything in the most minute detail. Sometimes too much detail, the viewer gets lost in it, and the central point is lost.

Never under estimate the power of a "sketch" :D

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I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery. -Aldous Huxley
:iconjinkies36:
Extremely recognisable, they eyes are great!
:iconkatesw:
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like this. :D

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What I know cannot be added to what you know because they are not of the same kind.
--from Mostly Harmless

~ChristopherEccleston
:iconkatesw:
Thank you very much for taking time to comment and critique! :D I really appreciate it. It's just great to know you share what I feel about people portraits. That's why I would never completely leave this wonderful community! :D

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What I know cannot be added to what you know because they are not of the same kind.
--from Mostly Harmless

~ChristopherEccleston
:iconsgatlantisfan11:
Very Nice! This looks just like Colin Morgan! Merlin is an awsome show! Amazing work! ^^

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Special Agent Jasey Connor of Torchwood 4...."some thing's are better left unsaid!"

"The way we're living make no sense, When the fight for life was in the civil right" -Lines from Hollywood~By: Cute Is What We Aim For
:iconvigshane:
好甜美的笑容啊~很到位^^

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Hail Master Tolkien!
"You will suffer me!" ------Aragorn

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July 7, 2009
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KONICA MINOLTA
DiMAGE X60
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Jul 8, 2009, 6:34:58 PM

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