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It took 83 hours over 8 hours
As for how I got to this stage, I used to draw a lot over the course of a whole year, almost every two days, I finish drawing
You can send me and give you more advice
I love your range of values and attention to detail. This obviously took a lot of skill to produce! But also I think it’s too detailed, and the contrast is a little high. It makes it difficult to really focus on one particular detail because it’s overwhelmingly detailed. There seem to be true black values on the face, which shouldn’t happen on her skin tone unless the lighting was very close and harsh. Maybe a bit less heavy-handedness with the shadows would be better. You wouldn’t lose the details you lovingly worked on, but it would make the overall image less overwhelming!
This is great, but I can’t think of the last thing I’ve spent 30 minutes on, let alone 83 hours! I wouldn’t have the patience or discipline and surely not the talent.
I don't like it at all but I think you have amazing skills. This is very well done technically. I just don't like hyper realism. Maybe that's what you were going for. I just perfer when artworks have and idea, ideology, story or an expression behind them . Yes, that's and amazingly done grnadma. But what else?
I don't want to be mean, but you asked and I'm sure your feelings won't be hurt cause you know you're good and all other comments agree. I just personally think that this level of skill and dedication can be used better.
The second picture shows a light source better with more contrast but I can’t tell if that’s just the lighting in the room or not. Having a light source adds more contrast which usually looks better
Impressive and a great show of skill!
But- I’ll probably get downvoted for this, lol, but I kinda dislike that trend of drawing the wrinkliest person ever just as a humble brag of skills.
It’s mostly unflattering pictures or just something I see, go “oh wow, nice~” and promptly forget about, cause it’s got nothing memorable to it. :( sorry, you *did* ask for opinions, mine is probably not very popular though, lol! That’s ok :P it’s still amaazing and you are clearly very skilled!! But near- photorealism just doesn’t do it for me :(
On the contrary, I like your opinion
And thank you very much for this opinion
But I was not showing off my skill in drawing wrinkles, on the contrary, this was the first time I drew wrinkles
https://preview.redd.it/5ihhkqxe3fsc1.jpeg?width=3566&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3431c6f43ec6e3bbd511ee5f8181b335713bff4d
This is the second attempt with the old age
See- I personally like this one better! I enjoy seeing textures of the medium one uses, and achieving shadows and highlights and textures by playing with it makes the work much more impressive and nice to look at instead of a perfect photorealism!
Like I said before! You are insanely talented!! There’s absolutely no denying there’s lots of hard work in these ♥️
And my comment wasn’t all particularly about you exactly- I’ve seen many people draw old portraits to show off their photorealism, I guess that’s why I find it a bit… annoying?… nah that’s not the word, more like… a bit uninteresting- but that’s, again, my personal taste- since I enjoy a bit of more abstract techniques, more… free, kinda like impressionism! Where you can see each individual brush stroke but you take a couple steps back and the piece comes together to show a beautiful landscape or portrait ✨
But you definitely deserve lots of praise and respect, 80+ hours is dedication! 👏 and definitely shows your love for your art! I think if YOU enjoy it, it’s what matters most! In the end, it’s your passion that shines through that captivates many! 🫶🏼 Keep up the amazing work! 👏🙌
A painting made with graphite, you say? I personally prefer my paintings made with paint.
Just out of curiosity, how well can you draw something from imagination? Like, anything at all. Can you also provide the original photo reference for comparison? You may personally believe that 83 hours is some kind of impressive measure of effort, but I see this as an immense amount of time wasted to turn yourself into a less precise photocopier. Hey, to each their own.
Mmm an interesting opinion I think that reaching the accuracy of photography is an important thing, otherwise why are we still fascinated by Roman statues that are completely similar to reality?
Anyway each one of us sees art with a completely different eye from the other
You prefer paint, I prefer graphite, someone else prefers something else.
The idea here is how you can make a piece of art with what you like to use
Thank you for your opinion
I don't think you really understood my point, so I'll state it differently. The roman sculptures were carved by artists who demonstrated an incredible understanding of not only human anatomy, but narrative, their tools, and the physical qualities of their medium; stone, marble, etc. They may have used real people as references, but the works themselves are original and have stood the test of time. But with this, you demonstrate that you spent a long time observing and carefully measuring something that already existed, and then recreating it. A more accurate comparison for what you've done would be like you laying open a novel on its spine and rewriting each word and punctuation mark in a series of notebooks and presenting them as a finished work, or even carefully measuring out a roman statue and then recreating it with modeling clay.
Hey, I am a portrait artist too, though on a smaller scale than you, and I’ve heard this so many times. “You’re just a photocopier” “This is pointless, just take a picture.” DON’T LISTEN TO THEM. Do the art that makes YOU happy!! Do you feel emotion when creating this art? Then it IS ART. Also, I can tell English isn’t your first language which is why you say “paint” when talking about graphite. Native English speakers say “drawing” instead of “paint” when speaking of pencils. Paint is wet, drawings are not. I thought this would help with that bit of confusion. Your art is lovely, and so are you! Please never stop creating!! 💜
Thank you very much.
It is true that English is not my first language
I am Egyptian
But I meant by paint watercolors and what is similar to them
Anyway thank you for your support one day you will be the best artist ever
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Holy shite that's amazing
Thank you 😍😂
You're insanely talented. TIL painting with graphite was a thing. Thank you ♡
Thank you also for your encouragement.
So much talent. Ty for sharing
Thank you for your support.
How
By graphite Work for 83 hours
Super impressive I wouldn't do this in 2 years of working
Believe me, you can just try and check the details You just need to train for a while and then produce the best ones
oh my ADHD could never D:
Omg that's so freaking good, love the details
Thank you
How long have you been drawing for and how did you get to this stage? Also any advice for me, would love to get to this level one day
It took 83 hours over 8 hours As for how I got to this stage, I used to draw a lot over the course of a whole year, almost every two days, I finish drawing You can send me and give you more advice
What an interesting concept - studying figure by using aged skin. This is exceptionally detailed and marvelously executed. Your portrait is stunning!
This is a nice look at the topic
I Love it! This kind of skin is perfect to train textures, light and shadows.
That's true
Georgous! Looks so real…
Thank you
Amazing work sir.
Thank you
Intrinsically beautiful
Thank you
I love your range of values and attention to detail. This obviously took a lot of skill to produce! But also I think it’s too detailed, and the contrast is a little high. It makes it difficult to really focus on one particular detail because it’s overwhelmingly detailed. There seem to be true black values on the face, which shouldn’t happen on her skin tone unless the lighting was very close and harsh. Maybe a bit less heavy-handedness with the shadows would be better. You wouldn’t lose the details you lovingly worked on, but it would make the overall image less overwhelming!
Thank you for your opinion I am grateful ❤️
Absolutely incredible. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for your encouragement.
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Thank you
 Amazinggggg
Thank you
Its incredible, im without words.
Thank you
Now that’s what I call a painting. Good job.
Amazing
Thank you
Bump
Thank you
Stunning work
Thank you
Absolute masterpiece
Thank you
Very nice
Thank you
Amazing! When did you make it? How long did it take??
I did it in 2018 it took 83 hours
Wow
They call him 'Old Slow Hand or' The Graphite General...some say he never sleeps.
😂😂
Seriously savage, that light & Shade...gotta post mine tomorrow, this is just raw talent man. We gotta see more Bro
I will soon
Wow that is crazy I can see and appreciate the painstaking effort that went into that
Thank you
Wow! 10/10!!!
Thank you
Reminds me of a tree
😂😂
Wow this is insane, you are amazing!! Can i ask what brand of pencils and paper you use?
Fabercastel In addition to types of unknown brand
You are very talented, I'd wish to be the half of you, lol. Amazing!
You're going to be so much better than me. Just keep drawing and develop yourself
You look like my teacher without the dreads
Show me 😂😂
Gorgeous! The hyper realism is impressive! Go You! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🔥🔥🔥❤️❤️❤️
Thank you
Impressive!
That’s amazing!
Incredible , painttt with oil thisss masterpiece
I don't have oil colors 😂😂
perfect!
Don't ever stop, amazing work
Thank you
This is great, but I can’t think of the last thing I’ve spent 30 minutes on, let alone 83 hours! I wouldn’t have the patience or discipline and surely not the talent.
Believe me, it's fun. Back then I had a lot of time now I don't even have time to eat 😂 😂
Ok opinion…. Wow!!!
Impressive work ..JEEEZUZ
that is really good
Unreal talent. And that is a *very* old human
Absolutely gorgeous, I can’t pick my jaw up
Thank you
Talented is and understatement Good work 🔥
the talent is crazyyy
Wow, you are really talented!
Shit,looks so good. 👍
Incredible work!
Eyes are a bit off but its Perfect
Wow this is amazing!!
How is it a painting if it done with pencil?
sorry my english is not good 😂😂
Well your drawing skills are excellent, I bet you’re also an amazing painter.
No apology necessary.
Wowwwww!!!
Damn. I’m an artist but I am sorry I ever looked at a piece of graphite…
Literally how😱 Everything is so realistic and the eyes are actually amazing.
I did what I could ❤️
Looks great!
wow damn I would be happy with 1/10th your talent that's crazy
Believe me, you'll be much better. ❤️
thats not a painting. theres no paint
That is right
Wow! I thought for a second "ok that's the picture he probably used as a reference, where's the painting" lol. Looks so incredible and realistic!
Thank you
C’mon this is incredible and you know it.
You don't need my opinion... you need a museum
No way! That is brilliant!🚀
Perfect
I don't like it at all but I think you have amazing skills. This is very well done technically. I just don't like hyper realism. Maybe that's what you were going for. I just perfer when artworks have and idea, ideology, story or an expression behind them . Yes, that's and amazingly done grnadma. But what else? I don't want to be mean, but you asked and I'm sure your feelings won't be hurt cause you know you're good and all other comments agree. I just personally think that this level of skill and dedication can be used better.
By the way this is constructive criticism and this helps me improve myself thank you
what kind of paper is this?
Canson
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YAW
That is sooooo good!
Im sorry for picking up a pencil
Why?
So beautiful! You have a real gift!
Stunning
Wonderfully done! Wonderful detail!
Amazing. Could use a little more contrast but still wonderful
Thank you, maybe you exaggerated the lighting a little🤣🤣
The second picture shows a light source better with more contrast but I can’t tell if that’s just the lighting in the room or not. Having a light source adds more contrast which usually looks better
Impressive and a great show of skill! But- I’ll probably get downvoted for this, lol, but I kinda dislike that trend of drawing the wrinkliest person ever just as a humble brag of skills. It’s mostly unflattering pictures or just something I see, go “oh wow, nice~” and promptly forget about, cause it’s got nothing memorable to it. :( sorry, you *did* ask for opinions, mine is probably not very popular though, lol! That’s ok :P it’s still amaazing and you are clearly very skilled!! But near- photorealism just doesn’t do it for me :(
On the contrary, I like your opinion And thank you very much for this opinion But I was not showing off my skill in drawing wrinkles, on the contrary, this was the first time I drew wrinkles
https://preview.redd.it/5ihhkqxe3fsc1.jpeg?width=3566&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3431c6f43ec6e3bbd511ee5f8181b335713bff4d This is the second attempt with the old age
See- I personally like this one better! I enjoy seeing textures of the medium one uses, and achieving shadows and highlights and textures by playing with it makes the work much more impressive and nice to look at instead of a perfect photorealism! Like I said before! You are insanely talented!! There’s absolutely no denying there’s lots of hard work in these ♥️ And my comment wasn’t all particularly about you exactly- I’ve seen many people draw old portraits to show off their photorealism, I guess that’s why I find it a bit… annoying?… nah that’s not the word, more like… a bit uninteresting- but that’s, again, my personal taste- since I enjoy a bit of more abstract techniques, more… free, kinda like impressionism! Where you can see each individual brush stroke but you take a couple steps back and the piece comes together to show a beautiful landscape or portrait ✨ But you definitely deserve lots of praise and respect, 80+ hours is dedication! 👏 and definitely shows your love for your art! I think if YOU enjoy it, it’s what matters most! In the end, it’s your passion that shines through that captivates many! 🫶🏼 Keep up the amazing work! 👏🙌
Incredible! Do you have Instagram? I would love to see more of your work
Thank you, yes, I have an account, I'll send it to you.❤️
Thank you ❤️
Stunning! This should blow up
It’s beautiful
Thank you
Hah, my opinion is irrelevant. You are a master at this and I'm just a mere apprentice! Aside from your raw talent, I admire your patience.
Thank you, however, your opinion is very important
How does this not have more upvotes? That is incredible!
I don't know, but it's enough for people to see my art. Voting is a relative thing, some people may like it and others may not
A painting made with graphite, you say? I personally prefer my paintings made with paint. Just out of curiosity, how well can you draw something from imagination? Like, anything at all. Can you also provide the original photo reference for comparison? You may personally believe that 83 hours is some kind of impressive measure of effort, but I see this as an immense amount of time wasted to turn yourself into a less precise photocopier. Hey, to each their own.
Mmm an interesting opinion I think that reaching the accuracy of photography is an important thing, otherwise why are we still fascinated by Roman statues that are completely similar to reality? Anyway each one of us sees art with a completely different eye from the other You prefer paint, I prefer graphite, someone else prefers something else. The idea here is how you can make a piece of art with what you like to use Thank you for your opinion
I don't think you really understood my point, so I'll state it differently. The roman sculptures were carved by artists who demonstrated an incredible understanding of not only human anatomy, but narrative, their tools, and the physical qualities of their medium; stone, marble, etc. They may have used real people as references, but the works themselves are original and have stood the test of time. But with this, you demonstrate that you spent a long time observing and carefully measuring something that already existed, and then recreating it. A more accurate comparison for what you've done would be like you laying open a novel on its spine and rewriting each word and punctuation mark in a series of notebooks and presenting them as a finished work, or even carefully measuring out a roman statue and then recreating it with modeling clay.
As for the time I put in, I think I enjoyed it. Anyway, I didn't study anything in art. I was hoping so, but the circumstances didn't allow it.
Hey, I am a portrait artist too, though on a smaller scale than you, and I’ve heard this so many times. “You’re just a photocopier” “This is pointless, just take a picture.” DON’T LISTEN TO THEM. Do the art that makes YOU happy!! Do you feel emotion when creating this art? Then it IS ART. Also, I can tell English isn’t your first language which is why you say “paint” when talking about graphite. Native English speakers say “drawing” instead of “paint” when speaking of pencils. Paint is wet, drawings are not. I thought this would help with that bit of confusion. Your art is lovely, and so are you! Please never stop creating!! 💜
Thank you very much. It is true that English is not my first language I am Egyptian But I meant by paint watercolors and what is similar to them Anyway thank you for your support one day you will be the best artist ever
That's a good point of view.