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Gerard Way IIII

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“don’t turn the corner too sharp cause i don't want to have to cheat the death charts..." -- mozart season "cellar doors, donnie"

he's doneeeeee! finally!!! i've been working on this drawing for a whole week but sooo worth it because i am very pleased with the outcome.

where to even start? i used a new technique this time around. i washed my first layer of colored pencils with odorless mineral spirits to give it that smooth, paint-like texture on his skin. colored pencils are very, very difficult to render the smooth look but can be done carefully. it's also very, very difficult to make drawings look smooth without them looking too smooth and flawless where they just look 2 dimensional. you want your drawings to look 3 dimensional to satisfy realism.

i also went ahead and documented all the colors i used because i get asked all the time. i hope you guys like it!

-- meks

duration:
23 hours

media:

--overall--
reference picture (cover of AP magazine jan 2010 issue)
arches bright white paper 9” x 12”
prismacolor colored pencils
prismacolor art sticks
mechanical pencil 2H
odorless mineral spirits
colorless blender
kneaded eraser
click eraser
frisket film
tissue paper
q-tips

prismacolor colored pencil details:

--skin tone--
black, sienna brown, dark brown, peach, light peach, yellow ochre, indigo blue

--eyes--
lemon yellow, yellow ochre, sienna brown, dark brown, black, french grey 70%, pink

--lips--
pink, crimson lake, scarlet lake, black grape, dark brown, sienna brown

--hair--
black, black grape, mediterranean blue

--shirt and jacket--
yellow ochre, black, black grape, scarlet lake, crimson lake, sienna brown, dark brown, mineral orange, black art stick
Image size
800x1101px 169.6 KB
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kaykaylan's avatar
i would say awesome stuff about your artwork but after what !pantherace said all i can say is diddo you did a great job and i wish i could be this good