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Originally Posted by Mongoose
It wouldn't be very interesting. A lot of the sketching I've been doing lately is more about figuring out anatomy and posing than anything else.
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Love the modesty, but the whole idea here is:
anyone can sketch, not everyone has the talent to create new worlds for their sketches. Not to decry my own efforts, but I absolutely
suck when it comes to translating my ideas into sketchwork. On the other hand, your sketchwork - your "learning practice", as it were - is better than my best efforts at this time. Think of it more as an instructional moment; everyone wants to "be you," but not everyone has that ability. By revealing some of your views, you can help to inspire those others with an ounce of artistic talent to "break out of their shells". Of course, it's not easy to share the spotlight; but think how much brighter it'll shine on "the one who brought growth to the masses" (bad pun aside).
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Originally Posted by Mongoose
I attached the one that didn't make it, it's pretty rough, I put it aside before I had put too much time into refining the sketch. I don't think there is really anything terribly wrong with it, it's just that I realized that the angle was wrong for what I wanted to convey and if I drew it a different way, I could made the shot a lot more dramatic.
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See? I thought both works were fantastic, but that bit of explanation makes the difference between "something you created" and "something
you took the time to create". It adds more depth to the piece to understand the artist's motivations and history, and makes it really stand out in the mind of the viewer.
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Originally Posted by Mongoose
You will see what I mean when I post the final one later tonight.
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Hell, I just thank you for going along with the thought experiment. Not everyone steps up to that, and I tip my hat to you for the opportunity.
Now, all that being said... Matt Smith? Not to pick on the work, but I always favored David Tennant. He just seemed to be the more "justifiably psychotic" of the latest Doctors. Just the same, that's one scene I'd pay to see in the series...
