October 27, 2012
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Guess Which Xangan
Okay, I'm going to prove my bravery, once and for all. Well, once and for all for today, anyway. Here is a photo of a pencil sketch I just finished. I began the month creating a portrait of Ocean Starr . Here's another portrait, just completed. It's another Xangan. Another beautiful woman. How do you like this one? My drawing "style" if I have one, relies heavily on the fact that I cartooned long before I got serious about drawing people. I used to see how few lines I could "capture" a person in for charicature. I prefer dark, solid, clean lines. As I age, the capability of my fast fading left hand to be able to draw this way is sometimes on and sometimes off. I didn't even experience my hand going to sleep this afternoon, and this took about three hours on and off to draw. So that's a welcome improvement. My mood has improved since Friday. 1. It's the weekend. 2. I just completed an art project. 3. I pre ordered The Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection of 15 films in a blu ray box set, available Tuesday! 4. One of our customers at work sent an email to the vice president, who was explaining a longer lead time, by stating, "Mike Nyiri Will Save Us All". I said I want that printed up on a tee shirt!
Let me know in comments who my subject is. I won't tag her, and let it be a surprise to her. (Hopefully the portrait is drawn well enough that it won't embarrass her!
) I didn't get it off her Xanga, it's from her FB account photo collection. And I've left at least four hints, so if you look closely (or see accidentally), you'll know who my subject is.
EDIT: 10/28/12 10:28 a.m. pdt Yes! As guessed immediately, it's Xanga's own Nataly (@ShimmerBodyCream). I made an attempt to capture the love between the subjects as evidenced in the photo. I was also particularly interested in the physics involved in getting the correct "heave" of those breasts. Thank you for all the recommendations and the comments. I'm humbled, and spurred to think of perhaps making more Xanga portraits in future. MFN/ppf
Comments (21)
The shape of the boobies are startlingly accurate.
@ShimmerBodyCream - At least two of the three hours were lovingly spent making sure of that fact you understand.
Close, but the girl in the portrait appears to have a soul!
Natalyyy! I love that woman!
I recognized her and her cute doggie right away!! This is great! Love her!!
Is it LoBornlyte?
It looks like that dog's ears were really cropped. Oh yeah, ears must be my fetish....
Wow great job!
ShimmerBodyCream
The accuracy picture is 99%
shimerrrrrrrr
I would recognize those boobs anywhere.
very cool
You draw too? Excellent!
Not sure, but very well done all the same. Expressive....
looks real good
Shimmer, er, my girlfriend is who immediately came to mind before reading the update.
lovely :3
The face doesn't look quite right, but you nailed her boobs. Glad you hit the right focal points!
You did a grand job of replicating the photo of Nataly in pencil art, except maybe for her nose. Don't think I need to add to comments re: boobs.. I used to be able to do pencil drawings from photos of my friends when I was in H.S. I don't know if I could do now. I haven't tried. I'd welcome your doing more with these kind of drawings in future. Geez, Mike, you are sooooo multi-talented!!! I see you have more posts, but I'm running out of comment time. ~~Blessings 'n Cheers
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