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Old 08-29-2012, 12:41 AM   #1
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August 29, 2012 - Penmanship



Yep you guessed it. This a pen drawing NOT a photograph.

Mr. Silva, 29, does these pictures using only ball point pens. He creates intermediate colors by hatching the colors available.

Check out his other nice works at:
http://vianaarts.deviantart.com/
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Old 08-29-2012, 12:56 AM   #2
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Nice kitty! < backs slowly away trying to look as big as possible >
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Old 08-29-2012, 06:02 AM   #3
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Mind boggling. Preparing tiger is always difficult what with the heavy lifting and the vengeful mate stalking your dinner guests.
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Old 08-29-2012, 06:39 AM   #4
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Where do folks get all this talent? Some of us have none!

Beautiful!
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Old 08-29-2012, 09:58 AM   #5
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I bet Mr Silva isn't as funny as you.
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Old 08-29-2012, 10:30 AM   #6
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check out the Wyeth family sometime.

NC Wyeth
Andrew Wyeth
Jamie Wyeth
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Old 08-29-2012, 03:54 PM   #7
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Very cool pic.

Iz walpapurr.

Know why tigers are cooler than lions?

Tigers purr.
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Old 08-29-2012, 04:43 PM   #8
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Unbelievable. Gorgeous.

Seriously, tigers purr? When, as they're ripping the meat from your bones?
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Old 08-30-2012, 09:11 AM   #9
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I don't see what is so great about this. Just about anybody could draw it..............if they were an incredibilely gifted artist! Wonderfuful work!
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Old 08-30-2012, 09:29 AM   #10
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Source photo.
Name:  1024x768_Indian_Tiger.jpg
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Dude's extremely talented. But I don't know if "artist" is the correct word to use. He's just copying a photograph. It requires a tremendous amount of skill and patience, but I don't think it requires much of any artistic vision. He's a highly skilled craftsman, imho. (Unless he took the source photograph, because that requires vision.)

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Old 08-31-2012, 06:03 AM   #11
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Leave it to glatt to sniff out the original...

I bet you taxed your mom hiding Christmas presents.

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Old 08-31-2012, 07:15 AM   #12
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I'd like to see him in action. Does he project the image onto a canvas and just hold ink samples next to the image to get the color right, and then trace that color? I bet it's something like that.
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Old 09-01-2012, 05:57 AM   #13
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We need someone to overlay the original with the pen. That would prove that.
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Old 09-01-2012, 07:14 AM   #14
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What are you all raving about? It's just a paper tiger.
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Old 09-01-2012, 03:25 PM   #15
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What are you all raving about? It's just a paper tiger.
How do you access the cellar? Your computer display must be a *lot* older than mine...I have video output but back in the day, we had a punchcards. They were paper.
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