- Ancient
- 09 March 05
- Illustration Friday
- 14 Comments
This will have to do for this week's theme, and I'm posting it (relatively) early as I'll be away for the next couple of days. Yes, I'm off fishing aboard the MV Top Cat! Alas, it's charter boat fishing as opposed to my preferred fly-fishing, nonetheless I'm ever thankful for the opportunity to dangle a line.
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this is beautiful! but i am so confused…it is 3d or 2d? it looks like an ancient piece of stone from a temple or a manuscript! amazing and quite eerie! -hollie
p.s. i’m very jealous you get to go fishing..even if it is on a charter boat.
Posted by hollie on 09.03.05 at 10.12pm
wow.. very interesting… is this all graphite?
Posted by Rebeccashane on 09.03.05 at 10.53pm
Good subject for ancient. Looks excellent (of course). Have fun fishing!
Posted by Cheri on 10.03.05 at 03.14am
Beautiful work. That illo just makes me sad for some reason. (Is it a purse?)
Posted by Braidwood on 10.03.05 at 03.20am
Oh, I have a pin and earrings just like this…I had forgotten about them until now! Great job!
Posted by Ellen on 10.03.05 at 03.56am
Hi guys/gals and thanks for the comments. Just to answer a few of your questions:
It’s 2D, mix of graphite and charcoal, and it’s a brooch - which I thought fitted the theme.
And Ellen you’re commenter #100 - who would’ve thunk it that I’d get anyone looking at this site let alone 100 comments.
Posted by Detlef on 10.03.05 at 05.52am
Gorgeous illustration!
Posted by Val on 10.03.05 at 07.20am
WoW. Now that’s some photorealism right there, YUP! That’s fabulous. It looks truly three dimensional. Beautifully rendered, Detlef. Hats off! Now you’re making me realize that I’ve really got to carve out some time to do an illo for illustration friday this week too, especially given the fact that it was my suggestion this week!! eek. I feel so coerced! (kidding). Have a fabulous time fishing (hard to envision that from my very frozen lump o’ Winter and Canada!!!)
Posted by wee on 10.03.05 at 07.20am
Very cool!
Posted by Shano on 10.03.05 at 09.13am
This is a beautiful illustration.
Posted by Michelle on 10.03.05 at 06.34pm
great picture detlef, i like the way you rendered the metallic look
Posted by Karen Winters on 11.03.05 at 08.50am
This is stunning. Fantastic work.
Posted by shelly McC on 12.03.05 at 10.37am
What is there left to say! This is magnificent, Detlef. I hope that you enjoyed your fishing trip and have come home restored.
Posted by Robyn on 15.03.05 at 02.26pm
why have i not been here before? your work is so well rendered… your highlights and lowlights actually bend the drawings… making them come alive and pop.
Posted by Beth on 18.03.05 at 02.36pm