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RE: SteemitArtChallenge Entry Ned Scott Pen and Ink portrait
Alright,
you know the artist worked precisely if you´re unable to differentiate whether it´s computer animated or hand painted.
Amazing Work - Just Stunning!
I love it when people can totally lose themselves, in there craft.
All the best Roy
(By the way - awesome name :D )
Chris.Roy
Thank you very much!
To be frank the computer algorithms for doing this sort of stippling are too perfect and lose character. I saw a science paper from a Korean group that has done a very good job of creating the so-called Hedcut style made famous by the Wall Street Journal Artists. But they don't quite have the feel of a master like those artists at the WSJ.
I really hate to sound boastful, so please don't take what I say in that way. I haven't used pen and ink in over 10 years and probably closer to 15 so I'm rusty, but I know that the level of skill necessary to make a really good "hedcut" is high. I honestly ran out of time and patience and had to resort to basic stippling after a point. If you look carefully you can notice the right ear and eye are a different technique than the left eye. and many other areas.
(I'm not sure how much you want to talk shop about illustration, but if you do I can talk all day!)
So I'll just stop here!
Oh, the name?
Heh, nothing the God of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for. * wink *
Oh, I probably can´t talk about illustration all day. - Not that I don´t want to. I simply can´t.
I don´t even get the difference between the left and the right eye.
To me, it was just stunning, that I - as a newbie - couldn't tell whether it´s computer animated or human made.
You know, I´m more of the guy that sits in the last line, laughing all the time. Meanwhile, the rest of the room knows, I´m a totally newbie - because if I would understand what the teacher is saying, I would know that this is an inappropriate time to laugh.
Anyhow, Awesome work and I´ll keep a close eye on you!
Chris.Roy
Thanks again! I will follow you as well and hope that you will find some future things I do here worth your consideration!