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Scorpio

Scorpio. This is the first of what I hope will be a series of Zodiac portraits. Time taken approx. 19 hours. Stats: A2 Bristol Board; 4H, 2H, H, 7B & 9B wooded pencils; HB, B, 2B &4B 0.5 Mechanical pencils; 6 different shades of Caran d'Ache Supracolor soft pencils for the red; cotton buds for blending the skin; kneadable eraser for highlights. Permission from photographer, Michael Krispin to use his photograph as a reference pic. Model: Melle Noire.

24 Comments

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Sheryl Boivin 20 Sep 2008

wow,wow, wow...

Claire Wilson 24 Apr 2008

Great Perspective - fabulous work :)

v blair 08 Sep 2007

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! This is amazing work Ruth!

Akber Moeen 31 Aug 2007

very nice idea of using Zodiacs, and i like the way you bring out leather and shinny surface, good work

iRony C 01 Feb 2007

Wow! Cool!

Rachel York 23 Jan 2007

Wow. I love thre angle. This is so cool

Steve Farr 18 Jan 2007

Very cool!!

Mi MItchell 02 Dec 2006

You have MAD SKILLS girl, keep it up. And when are we gonna see some fancy airbrushing? Huh, Huh? ;)

Alejandro Lopez 23 Nov 2006

woow you do absolutely beautiful shading, your touch and eye are excellent..im not easily impressed hehe.. I wish you would draw from nature though.. your stuff will look more alive!!

Emilio B. Campo-Diaz 23 Nov 2006

Excellent creative work, I like it.

Kathryn Arruda 23 Nov 2006

How creative, this is really a cool concept, came out great! Yes, would make a fascinating series.

Joseph O'Connor 23 Nov 2006

great concept Ruth love the blsck and white with the reds, hugs, Clarkie

dan mattoon 22 Nov 2006

bueatiful work , it is amazing

Patrick Boyle 22 Nov 2006

awesome perspective and the forshortening of her body is perfect as is the fishnets.Beautiful pencil work to say the least!!!!!!!

Stevan Lund 22 Nov 2006

EXCELLENT.

Christine brand 22 Nov 2006

VERY COOL!

Leah Jaarveth 22 Nov 2006

o wow...this is an excellent piece Ruth!!

Jerry 22 Nov 2006

Amazing details, flow, style and format! Great work of culture!

Anonymous Guest 22 Nov 2006

Absolutely Gorgeous!!!

mat lloyd 22 Nov 2006

fantastic work

bianca 22 Nov 2006

nicely created....wow..HAPPY THANKSGIVING to you and yours

Pat Abbott 22 Nov 2006

Very creative and beautiful work!

Howard C Simpson 22 Nov 2006

Excellent figurative piece!! love your portfolio of work!

Emily Reed 22 Nov 2006

WOW! AMAZING! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOURS!