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Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-11-01 02:06:18
October 12 2013 14:43 GMT
#1
This drawing took a fair bit longer than my average videos, i really want to get the mood and candle lighting done decently, spent a lot of time going over it layer by layer, playing around with the tones. At some point I had to spray the portrait with fixative so I can put more layers of color on top. I hope you guys enjoy this video, and please share with friends if you enjoy it.

on a unrelated note the recently theater released film documentary about the-catcher-in-the-rye writer "Salinger" features a whole bunch of my drawings / artworks they commissioned for the film, really cool.

vid's back up, yah.






****
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
October 12 2013 15:28 GMT
#2
Wasn't Salinger a bit of a freak?

as usual your art is scary good
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Tictock
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States6052 Posts
October 12 2013 15:32 GMT
#3
Amazing, I've seen a few of your other works and they are all super impressive. It's not just that we get to see the beautiful end result but watching the process is magical. Thank you for sharing!
I can take that responsibility.
DusTerr
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
2520 Posts
October 12 2013 15:44 GMT
#4
I was just going to click start video and post some generic praise... but I couldn't stop watching you draw this one. Always amazing to watch!!
ZeroCartin
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Costa Rica2390 Posts
October 12 2013 16:24 GMT
#5
You are such a fkn boss
"My sister is on vacation in Costa Rica right now. I hope she stays a while because she's a miserable cunt." -pubbanana
Ender985
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Spain910 Posts
October 12 2013 16:34 GMT
#6
Insta 5-star like always. I have to wonder if you at some point just quickly swap your painting with a real photo.. Your treatment of light is amazing.
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Firebolt145
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lalalaland34492 Posts
October 12 2013 16:37 GMT
#7
Beautiful.
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Batcha
Profile Joined November 2010
Bosnia-Herzegovina72 Posts
October 12 2013 16:39 GMT
#8
That moment when you witness someone so good at a craft you don't even get mindblown but simply start smiling...
Hope I don't lazy out on the Salinger film though!
HolydaKing
Profile Joined February 2010
21254 Posts
October 12 2013 16:49 GMT
#9
Yeah, 5 stars easily. Well done, like always a great picture.
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
October 12 2013 17:15 GMT
#10
woah, i dunno how you always make it so photorealistic
KillerSOS
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States4207 Posts
October 12 2013 17:17 GMT
#11
I'll never understand how you do this...
Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
October 12 2013 17:28 GMT
#12
On October 13 2013 02:15 Chairman Ray wrote:
woah, i dunno how you always make it so photorealistic


well I make sure tone accuracy is decent, which is why it often looks realistic. but detail wise besides the face it really is quiet rough, I feel there is no point in making everything too smooth and detailed as long as the mood is conveyed
Guilty
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada812 Posts
October 12 2013 17:42 GMT
#13
Phenomenal as usual
I liked the play of the candle on the girl. So good
"How hard could it be?" -J. Clarkson
Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
October 12 2013 18:21 GMT
#14
unbelievably good. and that candle girl is unearthly beautiful.
"What am I supposed to do against this?" - "Lose!" :-]
docvoc
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United States5491 Posts
October 12 2013 20:46 GMT
#15
Fantastic as always glider. Also, the roughness makes it more real. If it were perfectly "perfect" it wouldn't look like a real human.
User was warned for too many mimes.
snively
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
United States1159 Posts
October 12 2013 21:42 GMT
#16
i love ALL of your work, but i think this one is my favorite
My religion is Starcraft
HornyHerring
Profile Joined March 2011
Papua New Guinea1059 Posts
October 12 2013 21:45 GMT
#17
Calling your own painting gorgeous? Humble much?
oh, hai
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-12 22:30:49
October 12 2013 22:28 GMT
#18
It's beautiful, but calling your own drawing "gorgeous" in the video title is a bit unbecoming. Let us be the judges of that.

Edit: Haha I must be quite weird since that's really the first thing that jumped to my face, but so few people mention it. Still a very nice painting
Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-12 23:46:41
October 12 2013 22:42 GMT
#19
On October 13 2013 06:45 HornyHerring wrote:
Calling your own painting gorgeous? Humble much?


On October 13 2013 07:28 ZenithM wrote:
It's beautiful, but calling your own drawing "gorgeous" in the video title is a bit unbecoming. Let us be the judges of that.

Edit: Haha I must be quite weird since that's really the first thing that jumped to my face, but so few people mention it. Still a very nice painting


it has nothing to do with my own judgement of my work. The title is simply youtube marketing 101, videos with positive adjectives in general gets more views. Same-thing with videos with bright, high contrast thumbnails. It's just part of the strategy in the partner playbook, an actual playbook they sent me. When I won the partner contest some youtube marketing specialist looked over my channel and recommended this and other practices. It's mostly to attract new viewers, that's all, since the title and thumb is the only thing the average person go by when decide whether or not to click on a video.

I personally always find way too many thing in my drawing/videos that I don't like, like why didn't I do this part better, or not rushing that part, and it's always afterwards when its too late to change anything, especially with videos, where the best you can do is change the final result.
Liquid`Nazgul
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
22427 Posts
October 12 2013 22:57 GMT
#20
cute for a noob
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Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
October 12 2013 23:18 GMT
#21
On October 13 2013 07:57 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
cute for a noob


my cloaked banshee, your mineral line, that is all.
KadaverBB
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany25657 Posts
October 13 2013 00:39 GMT
#22
not bad for 2:31 of effort!

Excellent as always.
AdministratorLaws change depending on who's making them, but justice is justice
CatNzHat
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States1599 Posts
October 13 2013 04:10 GMT
#23
On October 13 2013 02:15 Chairman Ray wrote:
woah, i dunno how you always make it so photorealistic

very simple answer: photo reference....
Suichoy
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Canada397 Posts
October 13 2013 05:04 GMT
#24
On October 13 2013 06:45 HornyHerring wrote:
Calling your own painting gorgeous? Humble much?

What? He called the moment gorgeous, not his painting.
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-13 10:09:14
October 13 2013 10:08 GMT
#25
On October 13 2013 14:04 Suichoy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2013 06:45 HornyHerring wrote:
Calling your own painting gorgeous? Humble much?

What? He called the moment gorgeous, not his painting.

He changed the title of the video. He explained that he didn't want to brag about his painting, just market it better on youtube as advised to him by the partners program guys (previous page).
It's a much better title imo, Glider :D
NarutO
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
Germany18839 Posts
October 13 2013 10:22 GMT
#26
Really amazing. Glad to see such talent here
CommentatorPolt | MMA | Jjakji | BoxeR | NaDa | MVP | MKP ... truly inspiring.
ketomai
Profile Joined June 2007
United States2789 Posts
October 13 2013 11:19 GMT
#27
Some friends of mine showed me one of your videos the other day. I was proud to say I knew about you before you were big like a hipster(because you posted on TL)! If part of your mission was to convey the mood, it was really well done in this one.
Proseat
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Germany5113 Posts
October 13 2013 13:00 GMT
#28
Breathtaking as usual. Looks georgeous indeed.

5/5
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tili
Profile Joined July 2012
United States1332 Posts
October 13 2013 16:15 GMT
#29
I've never been looking forward to a link this much
Topin
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Peru10081 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-13 21:18:35
October 13 2013 21:16 GMT
#30
On October 13 2013 08:18 Glider wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2013 07:57 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
cute for a noob


my cloaked banshee, your mineral line, that is all.

10/5 amazing art + sc analogy

p.s. no video? T_T
i would define my style between a mix of ByuN, Maru and MKP
Glider
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1353 Posts
October 13 2013 22:28 GMT
#31
On October 14 2013 01:15 tili wrote:
I've never been looking forward to a link this much


On October 14 2013 06:16 Topin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2013 08:18 Glider wrote:
On October 13 2013 07:57 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
cute for a noob


my cloaked banshee, your mineral line, that is all.

10/5 amazing art + sc analogy

p.s. no video? T_T


It is back!

ye, youtube has this built in tool to make certain changes like brightness/contrast/stability etc..apparently you can only do it while views are less than 10,000, then it locks the video. So I was playing around with it, testing out different settings when the video so happen to cross 10,000 views, left it at an overly bright setting that I can't revert back lol. oh well, it's back.

Mithhaike
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Singapore2759 Posts
October 14 2013 00:45 GMT
#32
Awesome. Those eyes always amaze me, how the hell do you make them so realistic
Mew Mew Pew Pew
Titusmaster6
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5937 Posts
October 14 2013 07:00 GMT
#33
My favorite one so far. Thanks
Shorts down shorts up, BOOM, just like that.
SixStrings
Profile Blog Joined August 2013
Germany2046 Posts
October 14 2013 09:36 GMT
#34
5/5 before even watching the video.

Afterwards, I wish I could give more.
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5029 Posts
October 14 2013 10:09 GMT
#35
Amazing! ^^
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
c0ldfusion
Profile Joined October 2010
United States8293 Posts
October 14 2013 15:37 GMT
#36
On October 13 2013 19:08 ZenithM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2013 14:04 Suichoy wrote:
On October 13 2013 06:45 HornyHerring wrote:
Calling your own painting gorgeous? Humble much?

What? He called the moment gorgeous, not his painting.

He changed the title of the video. He explained that he didn't want to brag about his painting, just market it better on youtube as advised to him by the partners program guys (previous page).
It's a much better title imo, Glider :D


hmmm youtube marketing....
Incognoto
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
France10239 Posts
October 14 2013 20:25 GMT
#37
How long does it take to draw a picture such as this one? I imagine quite a few hours spread over several days but I'm not sure of the exact numbers.
maru lover forever
FFW_Rude
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France10201 Posts
October 15 2013 13:14 GMT
#38
Your art is always amazing.

I need to subscribe to your channel.
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Darkren
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada1841 Posts
October 16 2013 20:06 GMT
#39
You should draw yourself so we can all see how it ends up
"Yeah, I send (hopefully) helpful PM's quite frequently. You don't have to warn/ban everything" - KadaverBB
Ahzz
Profile Joined May 2007
Finland780 Posts
October 16 2013 20:10 GMT
#40
honestly pretty amazing, very impressive. I always appreciate detail in art, and this one does not lack it. (or if it does, it's very skillfully hidden)
marconi
Profile Joined March 2010
Croatia220 Posts
October 16 2013 22:27 GMT
#41
dude, you rock.

Btw, who's the girl?
Reasonable
Profile Joined September 2010
Ukraine1432 Posts
October 17 2013 08:05 GMT
#42
That's impressive. It makes me humble about my talents (nose wiggling lol).
NeuroticPsychosis
Profile Blog Joined September 2013
United States322 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-10-18 04:23:16
October 18 2013 04:20 GMT
#43
Your drawings look more real than real life. That's true talent
In an assortment of brush strokes you have captured the sweet seductiveness of her face, the suggestive smirk, and the gentle femininity of her demeanor
intricate, elaborate, articulate, crystallize, conceptualize, synthesize
LRM)TechnicS
Profile Joined May 2008
Bulgaria1565 Posts
October 19 2013 11:04 GMT
#44
hot skills - _ - inspirational work!


On October 13 2013 08:18 Glider wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 13 2013 07:57 Liquid`Nazgul wrote:
cute for a noob


my cloaked banshee, your mineral line, that is all.



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