Wow. This is so beautiful! I love the expression on th girl's face. It's so soft and wistful...Awesome drawing.

TOTALLY AMAZING!!!! WOWEEE!
Now that that's out of my system I will say: that is awesome!

totaly forgot to fav this 1.
But i love it...need to fav it

Thanks Splee... You're a nice one!  8)

I think this really sums up an attitude familiar with all of us when we were still young. I love it. *faves* Oh, and you're also going on my fave artists... ^_^

Well, thank you very much!  It's a pleasure to have you in my gallery... I will visit yours soon!  8D

Wow, this picture is soooo good! It's amazing! Reminds me of my inner child, hehe!

Thank you very much!  Nice of you to visit my gallery!  8)

Wow!!this is amazing.the shadeing and texture is awesome.faves

Hey thanks!  It's one of my favourites in my gallery...  Maybe one of these days I will try a similar one in colour...

ill be looking forward to seeing it

This gorgeous.I love how her eys look and everything just blends well.*faves*^_^

Glad you like it so much!  Thank you!

DANG! THAT IS KICKING! IT"S TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!

Ur realism style rocks!

I can't do realism to save my life!

Thank you.  I'm sure if you practised you could get up to realism...

This is so Good!

Thank you very much!  I like your work too...

Woah! The person looks real! Go fantasy creatures!

Hi there!  Thanks so much for the compliment -- nice to have you visit my gallery... 

Okies! ^.^

Amazing! I'm like.. totally speechless!!!
The detail on this one is superb, and the child's face looks so beautiful and fragile.. What else can I say?! *FAVS*

Thank you very much for your kind comments and for your visit to my gallery!  I will be visiting yours often and also I hope to see you in the Forums! *waves*

OMG, u rock at drawing realistic like people, i tried it once... hence why i dont do it...

im also sensing a little computer manipulation in the background... the effect is neat-o

You have done well, young grasshopper...  Yes, I had some nasty bent sections and some scratches because of how old this thing is, so I messed with it a little

Very nice. The shading on the hair is amazing, looks like it took forever! I like what you said about children sometimes needing their imagination to distract themselves from the dark. Keep up the good work!

I can't remember how long it took me, because I think I enjoyed drawing it so much. I used to draw and draw for hours nonstop since I was a child... I've just recently taken it up again more seriously....  I've never completely stopped, just never put aside time specifically until lately, to draw...

That is an amazing piece of art. It's almost a poem too, hte way she looks a little deppressed but her fantasies (almost like she is dreaming?) are what keeps her going. HOW DO YOU DRAW REALISTIC HAIR!?

Oh!  I found another great tutorial on hair... Check it out: http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/farp/theart/maeryhair/maeryhair.htmlhttp://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/art/a/u/aumala/musti.jpg.html

Thank you very much: actually I got the girl's face from a magazine ad for The Children's Wish Foundation. Realistic hair? Well, it is a bit painstaking sometimes, especially with lighter coloured hair, but there are blocks/areas of light and chunks of really dark. Just around the outside edge of the areas of really dark areas there are fine light lines where some of the hair is still being hit by a light source. At the same time, in areas of really light sections, there are some hairs that are not being hit as directly by the same light source. Here are a few links that may be helpful: http://homepages.tesco.net/p.wilkinson/DrawingHair.htm
http://www.liquidwerx.com/hair_tut.htm http://www.dueysdrawings.com/hair_drawing_tutorial.html http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/tutorials/modeling/hair/ http://drawsketch.about.com/library/weekly/aa032303a.htm

A wondrous rendition, displaying a fine technique and penciled detail work! I've been gone for a while, but this piece of artwork makes coming back a pleasure... This is going on my favorite list!

*blushes*  Thank you very much!  I also welcome crtiique on my pictures as long as it details what I can do to make the picture better.  For example, I had a little trouble with CITRUS, and I had a lot of help from several people (you'll see who in the description of that picture).  I don't think I could completely rescue it, but it wasn't bad.  Thanks for visiting my gallery, and I will see you in the Forums!  *waves*  Welcome back!

Omg! Gorgeous!! I absolutly love it! ^_^

Thanks much!  That's why I couldn't get rid of it: it's been locked up in my art case for years...  I figured this is a great place to blow off the dust and give it something to do, the poor thing.

Wow... this brings Spiderwick Chronicles in my mind :) very pretty and skillfully done.

Thank you and nice of you to visit me in my gallery!  I will visit yours again soon and see you later in the Forums!  8)

I love it! FIVE STARS!!! FAVES!

LOL! Ooooh!  Are they gold stars??   Thank you very much!  Please come and visit again soon: my final CITRUS drawing should be up in about 1-2 weeks... I will come and visit your gallery soon again too! See ya in the Forums!

the idea is great and the way it was workt out(lighteffects and black and white)..i realy like this one.

Good ol' Spleetog!  Thanks very much... Actually this is much smaller than the original (original was about 3 & 1/2 feet by 2ish) and was in storage for such a long time; I actually did some creative editing on the computer and cut off the edges more because of the wear and tear and bend marks...  It's seen better days and has faded a bit, but thank you very much for your comment!  8)

This is soooooo beautifull !!!
it's a shame nobody commented yet !!
it's sooooo cooooool !!!!

Well, thank you very much -- it's only been in here for about a week I think...  I will have a look at your gallery too!