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Old 10/31/2007, 07:35 PM
jjjo jjjo is offline
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Pen and ink house portraits

anyone interested in a pen and ink house portrait??

and im serious. will post pics of my most recent house portrait
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Old 10/31/2007, 08:19 PM
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this one aint done yet. mind the bad camera angles distorting it
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Old 10/31/2007, 08:21 PM
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i usually dont do this "style" either... i dont care for the "swiggles".

i like crosshatching better
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Old 10/31/2007, 08:54 PM
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Very nice work.....
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Old 10/31/2007, 10:30 PM
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Wow, always wished I had some artistic talent. Nice. Wish I had something worth drawing.

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Old 11/01/2007, 02:27 PM
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jjjo, do you do any photo-realistic ones?
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Old 11/01/2007, 07:59 PM
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i can do photorealistic house portraits. although i dont have any on hand, i do have other photorealistic pieces. color on the other hand, is not my biggest interest, although i can do color.

this is a hand and paper PENCIL only study. all from direct observation. took 2.5 weeks @ 45 mins per day for 5 days per week.

Palm area


Left


Right


hand


Full
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Old 11/01/2007, 08:00 PM
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Hand pencil study 12.5” x 17” 2007 x 2.

each is a separate drawing matted into one entity
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Old 11/01/2007, 08:00 PM
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i can make houses like that too
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Old 11/01/2007, 08:14 PM
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WOW!!! You have an AMAZING Gift/Talent!

What do you charge for the house portraits?
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Old 11/01/2007, 08:28 PM
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*-simple - 2 weeks MAX (im in highschool so im very busy)
**-complex 1 month ("") (the house i posted above^^)
***-very complex (angles lighting etc) (could take a while... all worth it though)
****same as above but BETTER

8" x 10" - $30* $100** $200***
11" x 14" - $60* $150** $240***
14" x 17" - $80* $200** $400***
5" x 7" $10* $30** $60***

custom BIG (bigger than 14" x 17") very time consuming so...
$150* $300** 750***

Custom small (smaller than 5 x 7)
will cost $3* as sketch

Anything bigger than (24" x 36")
$1000****

sound about right??

I am also interested in a MH light for a 55 gallon reef hint hint
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Old 11/01/2007, 11:08 PM
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cool hand pictures, kinda weird though too. I'm not an artist.
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