Wonderful job! His gaze and realism really pulls the viewer in. I especially enoyed how your shading creates great texture. The smooth metal of the ring looks so realistic against the subtle grain of his skin.
This is simply amazing, great texture and depth of field - just like a photo. It's great to finally see some new artists around here with high quality graphite work
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Omg, that is amazing. At first I thought it was a photo, then I saw the lips were and thought twice and saw that infact it wasnt. You did a great job, the detail is amazing, and more impressive is that you burled the left side of his head, the make the eye focus on the subjects face. You have also captured a metallic texture on the rings, which at times can be differcult. Great job, and I want to see more of your work.
Daily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it.
Each day we will feature 10 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community.
Daily Literature Deviations is a group that is dedicated to bringing literature to the forefront of the deviantArt community. We attempt to accomplish this by daily featuring Literature artists from around the community that deserve the recognition, but are not getting it. Each day we will feature 10 deviations from the Literature categories in a News Article. In order to support the artists that we feature, we ask that you the news article as well as check out the individual pieces. We understand that each day you may not be able to check out each and every one of the pieces, everyone has their own things going on. We just ask that you make an attempt to help support the growing Literature community.
When it comes to community spirit, `Rushy is a shining example. From participating in devmeets, to providing positive encouragement to other artists, `Rushy can always be found demonstrating what it really takes to be a true deviant. It's without any hesitation that we are delighted to award the Deviousness Award for July 2009 to `RushyRead More
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