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Ninja Stare by ~5bodyblade is my reference.

His photograph inspired me so much I decided to throw aside my list for a little while and make this on my smaller sketch pad. Probably 9" x 11".

Tools: 17 colored pencils, some dark pencil (no clue what hardness), tortillion, 2 erasers sharpened with 120 grit sandpaper.

Time Taken: Probably around 6 or 7 hours.
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Critique by ~Craftykbl May 8, 2012, 8:41:47 AM
Okay....first off...SUPERB JOB!!! This is seriously fantastic! I looked at the original photo, and you captured that eye dead on! I have recently delved into colored pencils, and now have a newfound respect for them. So I know how difficult they can be to really get things looking great in an art piece, but it shows here that you knew what you were doing. Great job!! It's a shame the "impact" option on the critique didn't have a higher rating option. I was blown away the second I saw this. I know that in the photo that background was a little hard to kinda.."understand" what was in it.. but you still did a good job with every aspect of the drawing. Keep it up!! You truly have an amazing talent!
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Mood: Love ~Craftykbl May 8, 2012
Holy Crow!!! This is sooo inspiring for me to create something in colored pencils. Superb job on everything!!
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Mood: Adoration ~EditFreak May 6, 2012  Student Interface Designer
Omg this is like the best of the best drawings ever! I love the textures in the hair, skin and the eye is so alive! Cant believe its no photo!

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~ Im gonna pick up the pieces and build a legohouse. If things go wrong we can knock it down ~
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*DustyKnives May 6, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you very much!
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=ScarlettInTangles Apr 9, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Alright so the only things that I would change in the slightest way would be the flat black over the face. Although this could just be from uploading/scanning/whatever and the flat color on the ear. That's all!! It's still superb.
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=ScarlettInTangles Apr 9, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
This is your best work. Whatever you did here, keep doing it! The color, depth, highlights all look great! I love the hint of purple and red in the eye. What did you use to blend the color? It would have been awesome to watch you make this.
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*DustyKnives Apr 9, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you so much!!

To blend the color, I used the paper, actually. This was done using Crayola pencils, whose lack of a "waxy" feeling of Prismacolor allows a lot of white spots between the grain of the paper. I used a dominant color (the blue of the eyes) first, but I didn't press hard enough to completely fill the area. Then I went back over it with a very sharp pencil and hit all the white spots between the grain with a few different colors to give it more depth. After I did all that, I used a white pencil to gloss over the whole eye to give it the shiny/glassy look. :D

And yes, the black over the face was just the upload. =P
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~GodBlessTheDucks Mar 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
When I first glanced at it I was like, that's a good photo! When I clicked on it, I realized it said colored pencils, and I was like :iconwtfboomplz:

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...in bed.

:bulletblue: My friends say I act like Prussia. Is that good or bad? :bulletblue:

Click it, I dare you. ----->[link]
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*DustyKnives Mar 4, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:lmao: Thank you! :)
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~GodBlessTheDucks Mar 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
You're welcome! I showed it to a lot of people around my house (family reunion) and they were like "That's a cool photo!" and I was like "Colored pencils." So, um, like, 80% of my family now thinks you're amazing. :D

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...in bed.

:bulletblue: My friends say I act like Prussia. Is that good or bad? :bulletblue:

Click it, I dare you. ----->[link]
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*DustyKnives Mar 4, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
:lol: Well that's pretty cool! :D Thanks again! :ahoy:
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