Pinstriped by John Houle

John Houle
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Added 08 Nov 2004
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A scratchboard piece of a zebra's eye ... God it takes forever to do .... Basically Stippling and small scratches to get the effect.

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sheila stanley-powell 29 Jun 2007

forever is an understatement some times. this is beautiful. you'd honestly think a zebra would be a simple thing to do in scratchboard but those stripes just keep spinning ot of control. your detail work is great. i've got a few photos that i'm hashing through to do a close up and this one is definitely inspiring me to get back to the ol' drawing(oops, scratching) board. what brand of board do you use?

John Enright 24 Oct 2005

already commented on this one. This is a winner.

Christina Toews 22 Mar 2005

John, I'm impressed. I love scratchboard... and I know much time and effort it takes. This is an amazing piece. Mind boggling. Thanks for including the zoomed in view. AMAZINGLY well done! Keep it up! :)

David Loke 21 Mar 2005

WHOA MAMA!!!! STUNNING!!! I thought this was a photo at first glance! How long did you spend on this magnificent one?

Dan Gagen 15 Mar 2005

wow, your work is superb! really admire the style and technique

ALAN WATERS 11 Nov 2004

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Karen Mansey 08 Nov 2004

This is most excellent, and yes scratchboard does take a bit of time, but it is so worth it when you create an image like this.I would give you a 10++++++++++++ if I could.