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When people ask me to draw someone...
People on here, Facebook, etc often ask me to draw a certain celebrity for them, because they really like that person. If it’s someone I have been planning and wanting to draw, but have yet to draw, I will consider it BUT ONLY IF I can find an great reference photo of that person. If I don’t like the celebrity, there is no way I’m drawing them, and it is usually for their core beliefs, although I have made exceptions in the past. If I’ve never heard of the person or do NOT feel “inspired” to draw them, I also cannot bring myself to draw them either, as I will not enjoy it, or do my best work.
Here are the reasons why...I invest between 7 and 10 hours of my life into each drawing, and it’s always my “free time”. First of all, I have NEVER run out of inspiring people I want to draw myself. In fact, at any given time, I have several dozen photos saved of the people I want to draw next. Why would I want to draw someone I don’t know, when I always have so many photos that I’m dying to draw? I don’t think folks realize that an artist needs to be inspired by their subject to do their best work, but also in order to enjoy the process. I can tell you that the act of merely drawing is not enjoyable for me. In order to get pleasure from drawing, it MUST be a fantastic reference photo FIRST, and secondly, I have to at least admire the subject. When I have BOTH a great reference photo AND an inspiring subject, I can do my best work, and it is pure bliss for me. If I have neither, it’s a painful JOB, and the whole time I’m drawing, I am wishing I could be drawing someone I really do want to draw. I’ve experienced this only a few times with commission work. In fact, now when I do commission work, I MUST find a way to be inspired, or it will be a dreadful process, even if the photo meets my requirements. See my Commission Guideline for what I mean regarding reference photos tinyurl.com/HireRick
By the time I get finished with a drawing, no matter if it’s my favorite actor, I am tired of drawing that particular drawing. You can only imagine if I was forced to draw someone I could care less about, how laborious it would be?
So, I made this document to share with people who constantly ask me to draw a certain person. Hopefully this explains it so that they understand, and don’t have hurt feelings?
~ Your Pencil Buddy ~
Rick
www.DrPencil.com
People on here, Facebook, etc often ask me to draw a certain celebrity for them, because they really like that person. If it’s someone I have been planning and wanting to draw, but have yet to draw, I will consider it BUT ONLY IF I can find an great reference photo of that person. If I don’t like the celebrity, there is no way I’m drawing them, and it is usually for their core beliefs, although I have made exceptions in the past. If I’ve never heard of the person or do NOT feel “inspired” to draw them, I also cannot bring myself to draw them either, as I will not enjoy it, or do my best work.
Here are the reasons why...I invest between 7 and 10 hours of my life into each drawing, and it’s always my “free time”. First of all, I have NEVER run out of inspiring people I want to draw myself. In fact, at any given time, I have several dozen photos saved of the people I want to draw next. Why would I want to draw someone I don’t know, when I always have so many photos that I’m dying to draw? I don’t think folks realize that an artist needs to be inspired by their subject to do their best work, but also in order to enjoy the process. I can tell you that the act of merely drawing is not enjoyable for me. In order to get pleasure from drawing, it MUST be a fantastic reference photo FIRST, and secondly, I have to at least admire the subject. When I have BOTH a great reference photo AND an inspiring subject, I can do my best work, and it is pure bliss for me. If I have neither, it’s a painful JOB, and the whole time I’m drawing, I am wishing I could be drawing someone I really do want to draw. I’ve experienced this only a few times with commission work. In fact, now when I do commission work, I MUST find a way to be inspired, or it will be a dreadful process, even if the photo meets my requirements. See my Commission Guideline for what I mean regarding reference photos tinyurl.com/HireRick
By the time I get finished with a drawing, no matter if it’s my favorite actor, I am tired of drawing that particular drawing. You can only imagine if I was forced to draw someone I could care less about, how laborious it would be?
So, I made this document to share with people who constantly ask me to draw a certain person. Hopefully this explains it so that they understand, and don’t have hurt feelings?
~ Your Pencil Buddy ~
Rick
www.DrPencil.com
Breaking Bad Christmas
No...I'm not a poet, but I do like to "wordsmith" for fun once in a while.
I just wrote this about my fav TV Drama Series "BREAKING BAD"
Breaking Bad Christmas – by Rick Fortson (DrPencil.com)
Twas the night before Christmas, and meth heads were sad,
Supplies had run low, it was time to Break Bad.
The meth Lab was waiting, and stocked with great care,
In hopes that Saint Heisenberg soon would be there.
The batch they would cook while evading the feds,
While visions of Blue Sky danced round in their heads.
Skinny Pete had his gas mask, and Mike had his own,
Pinkman knew the procedure, for he had been shown.
When outside the cook te
Drawing Requests
People on DA, Facebook, etc ask me to draw them all the time. My rate is $300 to $500 for an 8 x 10 depending on details. Please see www.tinyurl.com/HireRick Otherwise, I am no longer drawing for commissions. I appreciate that you like my work, and that you want me to draw you, but it goes way deeper than that. Not only do I have to spend 10 HOURS staring at the photo, I have so LITTLE time these days, that I might be lucky if I get time to draw 1 or 2 drawings a month. So when I get to draw, you can bet that it's ONLY going to be someone I feel INSPIRED to draw, based on the person, and-or the photo. Especially after having drawn over 200 po
Reference Photo TIP GUIDE
I created a Reference Photo TIP GUIDE you might like and want to share with your commission clients. It basically tells them how to choose a good photo for you to draw.
Go here to see this GOOGLE DOC
http://tinyurl.com/RefPhotoGuide
PS - If you are like me, you are not even getting this journal entry. I'm too busy to see and comment on drawings from the 100's of artists I watch, much less read journals, but if you DO get this, check it out. I guarantee you will like it!! :D:D
Rick
Pencil Killer
Andrew Belle on Vampire Diaries Thurs 11/4
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Our son had a song (The Ladder) on Vampire Diaries on 9/14/10 and now his song "IN MY VEINS" (appropriate title) will be on this weeks epi 11/4/10
Here is a FAN made video of scenes from the show, set to this song: http://ht.ly/31WBk
As most of you may or may not know, my amazingly talented singer/songwriter son, Andrew Belle (stage name) was named the MTV VMA Breakout Artist for Chicago 2009, along with many other accolades, and although he has a Promo company, manager, etc, I can't help but be a proud dad and send out a message on all the social networks when he has a song on a TV show, or a major Movie ("Something Borro
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Well i am hoping this is not to much, its for a video games new fan made animaton series coming out
here is the stuff i spent like a while making
So My name is BlissFulDOOM, my friends might have sent this to you as well, BUT i am sending to you because i was hoping you can make a cover
because Never Quit Productions are making a UnderTale/Steven Universe Game
But its not going to be based on that, instead Never quit productions will be making a new SFM series based on the popular Video game, OVERWATCH
the name of the series will be called OVERWATCH Legacy
In overwatch Legacy i can give you the AU info found here
In this Au Soldier 76 A.K.A Jack Morrison went Rogue/Crazy because he started to believe the very group he made- OVERWATCH was a global weapon
so he killed many of the original heroes from OVERWATCH
so he killed, Zara, Zenyatta, Ana, Pharah, Lucio, hanzo, bastion, Mei, Trobjon, Reinhart, and Symmetra where all murdered by Soldier 76
as well as one very important OC known as Blink A.K.A Samantha Ross
( Blink is the original Tracer in this AU )
so while the last remaining survivors
Winston, Reaper, Mercy, Genji, Road-Hog, Junk-Rat, , Mcree, Sombra, and widow maker
The other two heroes known as Tracer
( real name is Lena )
and Hana Song ( D. Va ) where born just before the fall of Overwatch
So with all of these events happening Soldier 76 lost something close to his heart in the process
his own daughter who was named Lena
( who is Tracer )
Lena was raised by Winston as a last request by Blink who was Lena's mother
Winston did as he was told and he taken Lena away from the murder named Soldier 76
so Winston raised Lena as his own daughter for 15 1/2 years
telling her lies on her own mother and father for years until one day her world is flipped upside down because Soldier 76 had found his daughter Lena Morrison who is known as
Lena Winston
so the story is....well you know, Daughter vs Father
Overwatch Vs Talon but in a differnt view
i was wandering if you can make a cover for that for my friends AU
Here is some more Info your going to need for this project so i can have this cover made
bloody-uragiri.deviantart.com/…
Papyrus in that picture should be replaced by Soldier 76 who is found here
wiki.teamliquid.net/commons/im…
with the skin that i think would be good for the AU
and Chara in that picture should be replaced by Lena ( Tracer )
Lena in this overwatch AU wears this hoodie
www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing…
with these pants
www.omiru.com/wp-content/uploa…
her shoes are just black sneakers
Lena her self ( Tracer ) looks like this
www.google.com/search?q=tracer…
I hope this helped what the two main charters looked like
and in the background these charters should be here
Genji, Mercy, WINSTON, mcree, Road-Hog, Junk-Rat, Reaper, sombra, Widowmaker, all in the background
Winston should be in his armor but it should look a little worn out
Genji is a cyborg but he should look a bit worn out, as well
Mcree is a cowboy......he looks the same as he did in overwatch
Mercy, just put her in some doctors clothes because shes a doctor....so no reason why to make her, the hero clothes she wears now
Widowmaker should be there, the only differnt she should have......is up to you
Junk-Rat and Road-Hog, they dont need anything changed
Reaper, should look like his self as he does in overwatch
and Sombra, i would say give her a cyan blue color to her instead of purple
This was a big note i know, and a lot of links
But i hope this all sounded okay to you
If this can be done, that would be very great, and thanks plus have a good day
here is the stuff i spent like a while making
So My name is BlissFulDOOM, my friends might have sent this to you as well, BUT i am sending to you because i was hoping you can make a cover
because Never Quit Productions are making a UnderTale/Steven Universe Game
But its not going to be based on that, instead Never quit productions will be making a new SFM series based on the popular Video game, OVERWATCH
the name of the series will be called OVERWATCH Legacy
In overwatch Legacy i can give you the AU info found here
In this Au Soldier 76 A.K.A Jack Morrison went Rogue/Crazy because he started to believe the very group he made- OVERWATCH was a global weapon
so he killed many of the original heroes from OVERWATCH
so he killed, Zara, Zenyatta, Ana, Pharah, Lucio, hanzo, bastion, Mei, Trobjon, Reinhart, and Symmetra where all murdered by Soldier 76
as well as one very important OC known as Blink A.K.A Samantha Ross
( Blink is the original Tracer in this AU )
so while the last remaining survivors
Winston, Reaper, Mercy, Genji, Road-Hog, Junk-Rat, , Mcree, Sombra, and widow maker
The other two heroes known as Tracer
( real name is Lena )
and Hana Song ( D. Va ) where born just before the fall of Overwatch
So with all of these events happening Soldier 76 lost something close to his heart in the process
his own daughter who was named Lena
( who is Tracer )
Lena was raised by Winston as a last request by Blink who was Lena's mother
Winston did as he was told and he taken Lena away from the murder named Soldier 76
so Winston raised Lena as his own daughter for 15 1/2 years
telling her lies on her own mother and father for years until one day her world is flipped upside down because Soldier 76 had found his daughter Lena Morrison who is known as
Lena Winston
so the story is....well you know, Daughter vs Father
Overwatch Vs Talon but in a differnt view
i was wandering if you can make a cover for that for my friends AU
Here is some more Info your going to need for this project so i can have this cover made
bloody-uragiri.deviantart.com/…
Papyrus in that picture should be replaced by Soldier 76 who is found here
wiki.teamliquid.net/commons/im…
with the skin that i think would be good for the AU
and Chara in that picture should be replaced by Lena ( Tracer )
Lena in this overwatch AU wears this hoodie
www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing…
with these pants
www.omiru.com/wp-content/uploa…
her shoes are just black sneakers
Lena her self ( Tracer ) looks like this
www.google.com/search?q=tracer…
I hope this helped what the two main charters looked like
and in the background these charters should be here
Genji, Mercy, WINSTON, mcree, Road-Hog, Junk-Rat, Reaper, sombra, Widowmaker, all in the background
Winston should be in his armor but it should look a little worn out
Genji is a cyborg but he should look a bit worn out, as well
Mcree is a cowboy......he looks the same as he did in overwatch
Mercy, just put her in some doctors clothes because shes a doctor....so no reason why to make her, the hero clothes she wears now
Widowmaker should be there, the only differnt she should have......is up to you
Junk-Rat and Road-Hog, they dont need anything changed
Reaper, should look like his self as he does in overwatch
and Sombra, i would say give her a cyan blue color to her instead of purple
This was a big note i know, and a lot of links
But i hope this all sounded okay to you
If this can be done, that would be very great, and thanks plus have a good day