Art: Opposites attract

[rueckenfigur]

I was trying to get some complementary opposition going, but I think I went a little overboard with the shadows on Steve's face ...

The medium is graphite on paper, size is A1 (so 59x84 cm or 23x33 inches).

Also photographing graphite seems to be hard (I only bought the pencils today, so haven't worked with them a lot yet/need to figure the photographing out), so just imagine that the paper is actually white and the graphite a very dark shiny grey?

Comments

[laireshi]

Ohhh, I really like this! I love the shadows, actually, and I know it's MCU but it's making me think of the "one was life, one was death" thing.

(also A1 is GIANT, like, WOW, I'm impressed!)

[rueckenfigur]

Aww, thank you!

I can't do small, for some reason ... it ought to be easier, but for me, nope, no way, it's not. So I can theoretically ... wallpaper my flat with assorted character portaits?

[marinarusalka]

This is really good! I'm impressed with how much detail you got into the shadowed part f Steve's face. (When I try this sort of thing, it just comes out like a black blob). I also love the expressions on their faces, very intense.

[rueckenfigur]

Thank you! Erm, some of the detail on Steve's face is actually white acrylic that I applied after the fact ... his eye, for example, had a black line that was all wrong ... .

[fluffypanda]

This is so nice! They way they stare into each other's eyes! So intense! Now they just need to smooch.

You probably already know this, but I think a scanner would be handy for this sort of thing, better than a camera. Maybe someone has a scanner/printer combo thing you can use? They sometimes do that sort of thing at places like libraries, copy shops, and Staples.

[rueckenfigur]

Thank you!

Yes, I shall at some point dare to venture into bodily contact ... the angles become all complicated then, though, and there's got to be things like hands and motion and ... argh.

The problem with scanning the image is how big it is - I've put a sharpie on it here, for scale



all the places I know can only scan up to A3, and this is A1, so ... even work, which has a nice and fancy A0 plotter, can only do A3 (not that I would take this to work with me, erm, anyway...).

But maybe the scan app on my phone might work, I'll try that. Thank you!

[fluffypanda]

Oh! Wow, yeah, I didn't quite realize how large A1 paper was! Maybe it's not a good idea, in which case don't listen to me, obviously, but perhaps you could scan it in sections and put it together on the computer? You know, if your phone app doesn't get the job done.

I was mostly joking about the kissing, so don't worry about it too much! (Though if you ever did draw it, I'd love to see it)

[erdesque]

Wow, really cool!

[rueckenfigur]

thank you!

[bradygirl_12]

Ooh, nicely done! You've really captured their likenesses and the expressions are so intense.

[meatball42.livejournal.com]

This is totally gorgeous :) <3