i spent 3 years on this ink drawing and would just appreciate some comments... good or bad.
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3 years? nonstop? what size is this piece?
well... how does the story end? late 2009 i was browsing the internet and stumbled upon an exhibition being put on by a highly recognized arts center in my home town. the exhibition was called "eight counties". it invited all artists from all areas of media in the surroundig eight counties of my home town. as i read on i found out that the entry deadline was only a couple of days away and the only picture i felt was worthy of entering wasn't even done yet! at this point i had never entered my art into a contest/exhibition and felt a little out of my league. but still i owed it to myself to try. i entered. about a month later, i got a letter from the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, WI. i couldn't believe my eyes! i was accepted. 520 artists entered this exhibition, each providing 3 works of art. of the 1,550 works of art submitted, just over 100 made the final cut. i was (am) proud to be one of them! on opening day of the exhibition an awards ceremony took place and 20 people recieved awards. on january 24th 2010, i recieved an Honorable Mention award for this piece. it remained on display at the arts center for 3 months and on march 22nd 2010 i brought my baby home. since then i was offered a job as a tattoo artist. i accepted. i'm now a factory worker during the week, a tattoo artist on the weekends, and a lonely artist always, but hey, if i wasn't sad, lonely, and depressed... what would i have to draw about?
actual image size: 20" x 26" (unframed) 100% freehand with black ballpoint pen
i have quick zoom feature enabled on my portfolio for this image if you'd like a closer look. thanks everyone!
keep creating!
Great image and great skill and interesting about what you said about the whole process.
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