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Cheese it, boys! The jig is up! Advanced criticism and professional advice are strongly encouraged.
This piece is a mixed media rendering of actor Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker from the 1983 Bob Clark film A Christmas Story. The illustration was rendered on a 12 inch by 9 inch sheet of vellum Bristol, utilizing both graphic pencils (mainly a B pencil) and charcoal.
A Christmas Story is a comedy film that follows Ralphie Parker's efforts of pressuring his parents into getting him a BB gun for Christmas. The scene being referenced for this piece is from one of Ralphie's fantasies from early in the movie. In the fantasy, Ralphie is a rhinestone cowboy who is defending the Parker house from Black Bart and his gang of wily bandits.
This piece is a followup to my piece from last year, Peter Billingsley in Graphites. My feeling on this are mixed and I wonder if I would have done a better rendering if I had better source material or used more pencils other than a B. My reasoning for phasing pencils out of my tool set is because graphite reflects light.
Thank you for visiting, but if you come back, you'll be pushing up daisies.
PROJECT #376
Comments are welcome, but please mind your language.
This piece is a mixed media rendering of actor Peter Billingsley as Ralphie Parker from the 1983 Bob Clark film A Christmas Story. The illustration was rendered on a 12 inch by 9 inch sheet of vellum Bristol, utilizing both graphic pencils (mainly a B pencil) and charcoal.
A Christmas Story is a comedy film that follows Ralphie Parker's efforts of pressuring his parents into getting him a BB gun for Christmas. The scene being referenced for this piece is from one of Ralphie's fantasies from early in the movie. In the fantasy, Ralphie is a rhinestone cowboy who is defending the Parker house from Black Bart and his gang of wily bandits.
This piece is a followup to my piece from last year, Peter Billingsley in Graphites. My feeling on this are mixed and I wonder if I would have done a better rendering if I had better source material or used more pencils other than a B. My reasoning for phasing pencils out of my tool set is because graphite reflects light.
Thank you for visiting, but if you come back, you'll be pushing up daisies.
PROJECT #376
Comments are welcome, but please mind your language.
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Category Artwork (Traditional) / Human
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Size 800 x 580px
File Size 156.7 kB
I'm going to apologize ahead of time, I can't offer "advanced" critique because I don't think my knowledge is firm enough. I will do my best - I do think this is not one of your better pieces. I feel as if the black of his gloves melds too much with the black of the bb gun. What stood out upon first seeing the image is the face. His eyes appear to be uneven - his left eye in particular seems to be on a slightly different plane, and shaped "a little funny". I am somewhat familiar with the scene, though admittedly not intimately, but his cheeks seem puffed out in an unnatural way with the expression he has. I want to say his ear may also be somewhat "off" - I'm not sure if it is the placement, or that it looks much less detailed/shaded than the rest of his skin.
Again I apologize if this isn't very helpful, I know I am lacking on proper terminology and good specifics. :)
Again I apologize if this isn't very helpful, I know I am lacking on proper terminology and good specifics. :)
Thank you very much for your candor.
I find myself agreeing with you: this is not one of my better pieces. I wanted this to be good, but it turned out to be something that really wasn't going to turn out well. I didn't have good source material going in, and even if I did, the size of the paper and the media did not permit for a detailed drawing.
In any case, I appreciate your insights and I thank you for taking the time to write up concise thoughts. Thanks for visiting!
I find myself agreeing with you: this is not one of my better pieces. I wanted this to be good, but it turned out to be something that really wasn't going to turn out well. I didn't have good source material going in, and even if I did, the size of the paper and the media did not permit for a detailed drawing.
In any case, I appreciate your insights and I thank you for taking the time to write up concise thoughts. Thanks for visiting!
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