SPOILER!!: Thanks for stopping by! <3
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sweetpinkpixie 
MJ. MJ.
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hooooooOOOOOoooOOOOOOw
Honestly, just so much practice and learning technique and skills. But I’m pleased that you think it’s done well
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ArianaBlack um hi.
hands. facial hair. arms. lips. i--
the amount of detail that has gone into this. Like the folds of the hands and the forehead creases and the details in his EARS and and and. I'm so blown away and impressed and stunned.
this just put a really big smile on my face. there's just something so satisfying about seeing the beautiful result of someone's hard work. I hope it brought / brings you as much (AND MORE) joy as it is bringing me. ugh. wow. it's like the amount of detail we can see from a picture of this portrait, I can only begin to imagine how much more beautiful it is in person (WHICH IS SAYING SOMETHING BECAUSE ALREADY IT IS JUST ugh wow). thank you for sharing your work ;___;
Thank you so much. And lol, ears are probably my favorite feature to draw - something about the change in value with the curves and ridges idk. I was pretty pleased with how the hands turned out especially. I do think it looks a little better in person than in the photo, but in all honesty, I was just glad to have it finished lol. It took me many an hour to complete.
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Tegz The details are so lovely, and you've captured his eyes so well MJ. Love the growth patterns and details of the hair <3
Thanks so much. His hair was pretty fun to draw.
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Bazinga That is amazing MJ.
Thank you, I’m glad you think so!
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Kimothy N’aww thank you! I’m just sorry they are few and far between.
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Cassirin Yay, another MJ piece is posted! I'm seriously in awe of your work, friend. You are so talented.
You are far too kind. Thanks so much
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BanaBatGirl THIS!!!!!!!!!!
I also want to say that I am ALWAYS impressed by the way artists (like you) can capture light?!? It's always the one thing I look for in animated movies. Like. It's amazing. He looks like he has highlighter or a glow or something on his cheekbones.
But also, man, the arms. And the vest. THEY'RE SO GOOD. Again, how is this colored pencils?!?!? Gosh, SO GOOD.
That kind of value contrast is one of my favorite things about realistic artwork, so thank you for noticing that! It’s something I try to stress to students as well. I really…. did not like the way his vest turned out, but I’m glad it looks okay that other people like it. I did really like the way his arms turned out though lol. I love my colored pencils, and thank you!
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Suziella Holy crap, MJ. Just holy crap. So good!
Aw, thanks so much, Suzy!
After taking a little break from my colored pencils, it was really nice to pick them up again. I did a couple colored pencil projects with my advanced students this past month, and one of them was a realistic drawing using only three colors. I did this along with them and, instead of choosing to draw one of my kids or cats as they are the subject of much of my art lol, I chose the face claim of one of my characters.
This is my character Hero, a former Hufflepuff who just graduated this past term. I did use a reference photo of his face claim, Jacob Morton, and I cropped it for some visual interest. Only three colors in Prismacolor - Spanish Orange, Aquamarine, and Violet Blue - plus white for lightening and blending, and a colorless blender. I feel like the colors I chose gives it a sort of Pop Art feel and I can see my character Xanthe drawing something like this, so maybe she would have IC before leaving school… It was kind of a fun project and interesting (challenging!!!) to try to get realism with unnatural colors.