really, i have no criticism for this. Great job in all aspects! Good composition and lights and darks.

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Wow, that looks amazing! So much detail! Any plans of having it coloured? I love all the bottles and books and everything really! Amazing!

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I haven't lost my mind - It's backed up on disk somewhere...

Thankyou. I'm glad you like it. ^_^
If you don't mind me asking, what is it about it that you like? ( Sorry, just doing my market research here. ^_^ ) You mentioned the books, bottles and parifinalia, so I'm guessing all the detail work?

As yet, there are certainly no plans to colour this. To be honest, I don't really like colouring things all that much. I have to colour enough commission pictures, so that when it comes round to my personal work, I just want to relax and do some of the black and white work which I love. I'll deffinatly bare the suggestion in mind though, so thankyou for that, although I'm not sure how well it would colour up anyway, since about three quarters of it is already black I guess I'd have to do a full painting job, rather than just colouring within the lines?

And finally, I'd just like to say thankyou for your comment, and for the +fav. I really appreciate it, and value your support. ^_^

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I dress like a victorian gentleman because I am one. Damn you twenty first century!

Well that's ok. A good critique is always helpful, but even the simplest "well done" is always highly appreciated. ^_^

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I dress like a victorian gentleman because I am one. Damn you twenty first century!

Wow. This is simply stunning. I wish to know how long it took you to make this. After I've been gone for such a long time you've seemed to have improved a great deal. Your details are down to the grittiest little line and it makes it seem so real. As if I am standing there looking at him. The shading is wonderful and all of the careful details make this piece lovely.

Hmm... No boobs — yet again. That'll be my only critique. ;D

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If I had the time at the moment I would offer to have a go colouring it myself, just for the practice as I am beginning to learn many new things with photoshop, and a lot of my own work has a lot of black in it too. I think what I like most about the picture is the style, as I love inkwork, especially when it has this much carefully thought out detail. So many people rely on photoshop to turn their original work into a masterpiece but this shows real traditional skills. The shading is well placed, and there is a great sense of depth to the piece, suggesting the wizard is in an overcrowded space with all his books and belongings piled up around him. The expression is good too as he is standing over his magic orb, preparing to do some magic. There is an expectant quality to it, and you wonder what he's doing or about to do. I hope that explains a bit more. But if you give me permission, I may see if I can try colouring it some time. It may be a disaster but I need to try colouring as many this as possible at the moment! Cheers! Zoe x

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I haven't lost my mind - It's backed up on disk somewhere...

Wow - amazing amount of detail! A really good job.
I really like this because it reminds me of reading fairytale books as a child ^ ^

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Thank you. That's some very high praise indeed. ^_^

It's difficult to put an exact timescale to this, since I generally don't draw things entirely in one go, but typically spread them out in little bits. At a guess though, I'd say this probably took me about 25 hours spread over a couple weeks.

This is actually quite old now. I still have a large backlog of images to post. Stuff like this [link] is actually newer, in terms of when it was drawn.

Well now, you know that everything is all about the details as far as I'm concerned. ^_^

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I dress like a victorian gentleman because I am one. Damn you twenty first century!