*Joane's art* NEW p.101 witch comic p.100 winter art

[coralay]

hi joane, i have to say, this batch is looking really great! the rabbit might be hard but it's really looking icredibly good, very soft and furry...when you're dne with this drawing you're goin to be really proud! and for the corset girl, i love her!! ;) it's a very beautiful romantic pose, and the hair is looking amazing!

[anne-1982]

good to see you back..some nice new drawings you have her..keep it up :)

[Maiii]

I love the bunnies, the third and the forth drawing! Fur is a nightmare :D

[Joane]

thanky everyone :D
i might get my hands on some drawings today...
but there's heaps of spanish to learn for my exam toorrow...

[Amyshambles]

Wow!! I love all of them!! My mouth opened as soon as i clicked on the bunny, the fur is beautifully done and everything's really well drawn:D

Love the mena suvari things too, I have a love for drawing her as you may have gathered and the fairy mena is superb.

[Man]

Very nice variety of new drawings! I agree with everyone about the bunny drawing, the fur looks so realistic!

[artsaves1228]

I always look forward to seeing your new art :D I love the fairy one of Mena Suvari, the eyes are so innocent looking. Love your stuff

[Irene]

Oooooh I love the bunny and the fairy the best. I actually like the fact she's a bit cross-eyed, it somehow adds charm to her look. And I'm very curious how the drawing of a smoking girl gonna turn out, there's something special about it. ;)

[sarahvontrieck]

Awwwwww... Les lapins sont tellement mignons!:):):) Les effets de fourrure sont très réussis!
J'espère que tout va bien pour toi.;) à la prochaine

[Joane]

oh wow :D I haven't been on for so so long and I'm so ahppy about everyone's coments!
I'll hopefully finish a few drawings today so I can post new work tonight...
love you all lots, you are the best and always encourage me to draw!

[kleinstenelli]

ooo, i like all of your new works! very neat!

[LisaFeehily]

i like your style!! the corsage girl-drawing looks awesome!

[Joane]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9334/kissme4yt.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kissme4yt.jpg)
'kiss me'
this is a WIP of the cuuuuuuuuute and very beautiful FLICK :D
I've drawn her before and I really sucked^^ sorry again :roll:
and as you guys know, I always rush my drawings- I just can't be patient-
so this is a quick one agian, I just liked her cute look so much that i had to draw it although i actually don't have any time for drawing right now;)



http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5803/flickthoughtful0vb.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flickthoughtful0vb.jpg)
'deep in thoughts'

this is a second one of FLICK and i kind of have the feeling that the eyes are too big, but i put it over my screen and it fits perfectly so that can't be the mistake.. still it doesn't look all right.... hum... some advice?!




http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/2636/hurt2tf.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hurt2tf.jpg)
'everything that hurts'

finally i fnished this very personal drawing... rushed it cuz i hate drawing cloths and i just felt like i needed to finish some of the endless unfinished drawings i have on my desk^^





http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/5828/myrna6bc.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myrna6bc.jpg)
'querida'

this is the best person ever :D my best friend Myrna =)
after i spend nearly every day of the 2 weeks when my parenst were gone with her I jsut felt like i had to draw her, though she says i made her prettier and her nsoe is too big^^ probably it is jsut my personal impresion of her cuz to me she's is damn beuatiful and anyways the best friend i could wish for
* tequierotonta :p *




http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/6660/stayaway8ei.th.jpg (http://img158.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stayaway8ei.jpg)

'stay away'

this is inspired by jessica alba in fantastic 4 - just liked the pose so much and the message it sends

[Maiii]

I love "Deep in thoughts", it's very beautiful :) I don't think the eyes look too big, they look great!

[DKBonnes]

I agree with Mai on the eyes they look stunning, The two drawings of Flick are turing out really great in my oppinion, I really like the "Deep in thoughts" one it's alreaddy really beuatiful imo. The ''querida'' drawing looks great also really neat.

[artsaves1228]

deep in thoughts is awesome :D

[Flick]

I really love both of them :D
'Deep in thoughts' is just really amazing ! The eyes are not too big at all ! They are stunning, like Maiii and DKBonnes says !
I'm looking soo much forward to seeing them finished ! (I really should do one of you as well ;) )

[coralay]

the ones of flick are gorgeous, especially the second one, which looks a lot like her. the eyes are very big, but it looks great like that!

[Joane]

wow :D never expected so much postivie answers :D
thanks so much, I'll try and finish some drawings tonight maybe...

... and coralay - the corsage girl is not forgotten ;)

[Joane]

I NEED ADVICE:

i just noticed that the folding on the t-shirt in 'everything that hurts' look really massive- like they are very outstanding... but actually they are supposed to be shallower...
can i create that effect by simply darkening all the white parts???

[Julieta]

and as you guys know, I always rush my drawings- I just can't be patient-
so this is a quick one agian,

that sound totally like something I would say! Seems like I had a motor on my hand usally I'm such a rusher!!
your drawings are great you've improved a lot! ;) :)

[kleinstenelli]

your new ones look really great, i think the one of flick is looking really good so far, can't wait to see it done!

[van helsing]

the drawings a amazing..especially for quick ones ;-)

[sandu]

Nice ,real Nice drawings o got there Joane,even if they arent finnished they look great !!!!;)
And about the (folding on the t-shirt in 'everything that hurts'): Yes if u shade a little bit darker ,not to much i think it should turn out nicer.I had this kind of problems too and i darkened them .
The only good tip that i could give to u is to have more patience ,ok?Im expecting nice artworks from u Joane ;):D:D:D

[Joane]

thanks everyone I'll try to be more patient =)

[Hannah86]

Wow these are great!
I love the ones of Flick, especially the second one. The proportions look really good, apart from her chin. It seems a bit too small, I could be wrong though. I love the way you did her eyes. :D

[Hadieh]

wow i love the Flick WIP and the other one!
i cant wait to see it done!
much better than my version of her of course XD
great work on the rest too!

[coralay]

... and coralay - the corsage girl is not forgotten ;)

that good, i'm really looking forward to it, it was looking very good. I think you have made an enormous stp forwad lately, I don't know what caused this, but you certainely improved very fast in your last drawings!

[Joane]

thanks coralay & hadieh:D
concerning hair and stuff i guess drawing the bunny helped a lot^^ so thanks for chosing that pic for me, maii =)

[Nexus]

Hey your Draws are really great joane! I like the idea and the Titles from your Draws a lot. You need not more patien you have to spendt a bit more time on your Draws. (dont understand that wrong)

Shirt Tip:
Maybe you smear it a bit to made it looking realer. But not to much an try to go from dark to light, so you dont must darken all the withe areas. Its only an Tip!

[Helena]

I don't understand why you hate drawing clothes. You do very well. so....

New drawing are all nice. :) I would like to see a coloured one again if I may make a wish;)

[panda_attitude]

I really like the Jessica Alba one, I think it's really good, the shading looks really smooth. :)

[une artiste]

ok, so i thought i already commented on these, but now i can't find it.:confused: well, sorry if i've already said this, but all of your new drawings look amazing!!!:D:D:D

[Joane]

thanks a lot everyone =)
I'll try to finish the corsage girl soon & i might also come up with a new colored one, too- I'll do one for my art class ;)

[Southern girl]

Oh i really like that second one you did of Flick. Those eyes just pop out :D
beautiful!

[Joane]

http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/8058/hurt26zl.th.jpg (http://img375.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hurt26zl.jpg)

.. tried somehow fix this one, didn't really work though^^




http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6618/kissme7gi.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kissme7gi.jpg)

a quick drawing of the very cute Flick- gotta say she's my favorite 'model' around here :D i just love your photos hun :D

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4370/flickthoughtful2kj.th.jpg (http://img386.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flickthoughtful2kj.jpg)

another one of her: deep in thoughts =) your eyes are just gorgeous :D



http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5664/runninaway2ya.th.jpg (http://img163.imageshack.us/my.php?image=runninaway2ya.jpg)
-what are you running away from? - ( first wanted to call it: what are you searching for )

the very very damn time consuming patient corsage girl which i proudly dedicade to Coralay :lol: ;)
I really struggled with the lips and they're still not the way they're supposed to be, but I decided to quit trying before i erase all the papaer away...

a few details on the dress and the background still missing =)

[une artiste]

the dress is beautiful! and i love the second one of Flick!

[Sena]

waw joane your drawings ar so so awsome lov`em all coraly is gonna love it when she returns from her holliday :D

[Maiii]

The second of Flick is oh so beautiful! :D She has amazing eyes and you capture them so well. And you draw clothes very well.

[Ramona]

Nice drawings.. :) I really like the first one of Flick, love the hair, and her eyes look gorgeous on the second one. :)

[Flick]

Awww, thanks Joane ^__^
Those are just gorgeous ! You reallycaptured my eyes beautifully on the sencond one :D
I'm really looking forward to seing the results !
And thank you so much again ! ^__^

[Joane]

I'm glad you like them, thanks a lot everyone :D

[Hadieh]

omg
the ones of Flick are amazing!
do u have a DA account? :D

[DKBonnes]

The 2nd one of flick is really beautifull, i also like the one with the running girl in the dress, that drawing is also really beautifull.

[Hannah86]

Wow!!
I love the dress on the last drawing, its very detailed the creases look amazing. I love the hair too, looks very natural and the flowers look so pretty.:D

The others turned out great too, especially the second drawing of Flick. The eyes look incredible:D

BTW
Still looking forward to seeing more of the bunny drawing ;)

[van helsing]

I like the one of Flick the most, the others are good too ;-)

[Nexus]

Hey Joane!

Your last one is my Fav., but your Flick one is also great done. Your Style is looking allways very nice to me. I only think that you not draw offent enough an Pic. Your to busy, Girl.;) (But its only an Jok.)

[Joane]

hey gyus :D thanks a lot for all your ncie comments =)

@ hannah: yeah... i can't really be bothered these days^^ but I'll try to finish it on my holidays ;)
@ nexus: i wis i ahd more to darw, too! but next year i'm in year 12 and my drawings will probably even become fewer, but I'll draw a lot on holidays i guess ;9

[Joane]

anyone here who read girl with a pearl earring? awesome book :D I'm drawing the cover at the moment, so more to come soon =)

[Nightlight]

Nice drawings :)
The dress is fantastic :)

[sandu]

anyone here who read girl with a pearl earring? awesome book :D I'm drawing the cover at the moment, so more to come soon =) Wasn't a movie with Scarlet Johanson about it ? I dont really know :confused:
And good luck on your drawing !!!

[Joane]

thx nightlight

and sandu: yes there's a film of it with scarlett and I'm gonna finish my drawing tomorrow =)

[glemzweb]

The dress on your "run away bride" drawing is nicely detailed. That's a hard one.

[Joane]

... I'm back with a few new drawings =)

this is a quick coal sketch i did within 15 or 20 minutes or so. it
reminds me of old days

called : just someone playing the guitar...

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/7899/guitarxe1.th.jpg (http://img358.imageshack.us/my.php?image=guitarxe1.jpg)


the corsage girl for coralay, wiht refined folds and details on the dress & a background that looks really naughty in the scan, but is quite even in real^^

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/5471/coralayrr0.th.jpg (http://img357.imageshack.us/my.php?image=coralayrr0.jpg)


my fav. drawing at the moment =) i never use to darw really smooth, so this is my first dry to create a really neat drawing^^

it is scarlett johansson as girl with a pearl earring
... you should all read this book, it stunned me =)

http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/5361/girlwithapearlearringfe1.th.jpg (http://img480.imageshack.us/my.php?image=girlwithapearlearringfe1.jpg)

[une artiste]

oh, wow!:shock:! the drawing of scarlett looks amazing so far! it's definitely smooth! and it is very recognizable, it looks just like her!!:D:D and the person playing guitar is very good too, it looks just like my boyfriend actually. weird.:? but great job with all three!!!:D:D

[Maiii]

Yeah the book is very good! Scarlett is looking very good and recognizeable :) And the corsage girl drawing turned out great, that dress is amazing.

[Joane]

thanks girls =) you are so nice :D

[Ramona]

Great job on that dress in the second drawing, it looks so pretty...
Scarlett looks very recognizable, so great job. :)

[Sena]

waw joane i love the scarlet one :shock:

[Man]

Nice work on the dress in the 2nd drawing and the Scarlett WIP is looking good so far!

[Hadieh]

the sketch looks great for only 15-20 min.!
Scarlett looks excellent so far as well! i bought that book not too long ago and i was gonna start reading it soon! now i really want to read it since you say its so good =]

[DKBonnes]

The 2nd one (corsage girl) is awesome, loads of detail and how did you create the rain like stripes in the background, the wip of Scarlett looks really great so far.

[Joane]

thanks guys :D any tips to improve??

[commercial_break]

i really love that one! just beautiful
your drawings are amazing
http://img188.imageshack.us/my.php?image=keirajpgsmall2if.jpg

[strain]

The corsage girl<3...love it...it's beautiful:)

[Sena]

what do you need any tips for??you should be giving us tips :D

[panda_attitude]

They all look brilliant, I love the one of the girl !

[jeanine]

The girl with the pearl earring is comming great! Have you seen the moive as well?

you did an amazing job on the cloth of the corsage girl!:D

[KLSADAKO]

I also like the dress in the corsage girl drawing, lol, we all do :)

[Joane]

thanks everyone :D
the dress was really hard, cuz I'm so NOT patient enough for that
but everytime i wanted to rush it
i just put my pencil aside and kept on drawing another time.
. works for me :lol:

[artsaves1228]

oh they're amazing as always! I love seeing your new work :D

[coralay]

Oh my god, a drawing for me!! :D It's amazing, I really really love it, that dress is just...wow! Thank you so much! Scarlett is gorgeous also (and I also loved the book). Do you want me to give you my adress?

[Joane]

I'm so glad you like and I'll be happy to send it to you :D

[Hannah86]

Wow, I really like the one of the girl with the pearl earring. Looks really good so far, and very recognisable. :D

[Joane]

La dignité et le respect
__________________________________________________ _________________________

« Quelque chose est dû à l'être humain du seul fait qu'il est humain »
Avec cette quotation du philosophe Paul Ricœur je veux bien commencer mon chapiteau sur les termes « dignité » et « respect ».

La dignité est une charactéristique liée a chaque homme, ce qui explique qu’elle soit la même pour tous et qu’elle n’admette pas de degrés.
À cause de cela tous les hommes méritent un respect inconditionnel- indépendant des aspects comme la nationalité, la religion, le sexe etc.

Pour expliquer et discuter le terme « respect » il faut donc d’abord examiner le terme « dignité ».

Dans le siècle des Lumières l’idée de la dignité etait, qu’elle se manifeste quand l’homme atteint à dominer ses instincts á l’aide de sa force morale.
La possibilité de faire cela possèdent tous les hommes ; d’aprés Kant l’individuu a- indépendamment de son éducation ou instruction - le savoir de distinguer entre le bien et le mal, et dans cette autonomie, dans cette liberté de decider et d’agir, se manifeste sa dignité.

Schiller avait l’idee de l’intention libre également, et il croyait que la dignité serait ce qui distingue l’être humain d’un animal.

Pour le christianisme la dignité de l’homme est la qualité que dieu a donné à l’homme parce qu’il lui a créé comme son portrait.
De celui-là resulte la position de la dignité dans les lois comme les droits de l’homme ou le « Grundgesetz » en Allemagne.

De l’idee que tous les hommes possèdent la dignité resulte aussi l’idée de l’égalité.
Ce terme a apparu pour la première fois dans la revolution francaise quand on a proclamé l’égalité, la liberté et la fraternité de l’homme comme consequence aux revolutions contre le système des classes.
Si tous les hommes possèdent de la dignité, le systéme des classes etc. n’est plus possible et justifiable, car personne n’a le droit de se mettre en haut d’une autre, et de le dominer.
Les hommes sont égaux, alors chacun mérite le même respect.
Les trois termes de l’égalitè, de la liberté et de la fraternité sont la base pour une société démocratique.
L’état doit protéger cette dignité de chacun á l’aide des lois, pour assurer que la dignité d’une personne n’est pas privé. Tandis qu’on vit la dignité fait partie á l’être humain, on la possède à partir de la naisssance- on ne peut pas le perdre.

Moi même je considère la dignité comme une qualité que Dieu nous a donné, à ses images.
Il nous a donné la mission de régner ce monde, et c’est pour ca que l’homme possède cette suprématie aux autres êtres.
Il ( l’homme) seule sait distinguer entre le bien et le mal, il peut contrôler ses instincts et il possè l’intention libre.
Dieu nous a offert ce cadeau parce qu’ il nous aime, mais en même temps il demande de nous d’apprécier ce cadeau !
L’homme, qui, avec tous ses fautes, est accepté et blessé de Dieu, doit agir de la même facon et doit traiter son prochain avec du respect.
C’est obligatoire pour nous d’aimer notre prochain et d’avoir du respect pour l’individu, car il possède la dignité qui Dieu a voulu impliquer dans ces images.

Ainsi respecter la dignité du prochain est essentiel pour une vie en paix, pour une société fonctionant.

Ce respect pour la dignité d’un être humain est une des formes de respet, dont il y en a trois.
Il y existent le respect à cause de l’authorité,
Le respect comme forme de la courtoisie,
et le respect comme tolerance pour les propiétés ou qualités et actions d’une personne, à cause de la dignité qu’elle possède.

À mon avis le respect comme forme de tolerance est la forme la plus importante, parce qu’elle est indépendante des astreints comme courtoisie ou respect comme devoir envers une authorité. Ce respect de tolerance est librement choisi et sincère.

En plus le respect est, comme déjà mentionné, la base de la démocratie et d’une société fonctionant, mais aussi de toute rélation positive entre les hommes.
Une amitié, la vie familiére ou une relation entre homme et femme, pour en donner des exemples, ne sont pas possibles sans respect pour l’autre, sans tolerance et acceptation pour ses qualités.
Vraiment aimer, cela signifie pour moi: Aimer quelqu’un comme il ou elle est- sans toujours lui critiquer. Il faut avoir du respect pour la singularité de la personne.
Comme moi même je suis individu avec des bonnes et des mauvaises qualités, ainsi et mon prochain. Nous ne sommes pas parfaits, et si je veux être traité avec du respect, je dois traiter l’autre également.

.. Quel dommage que ce n‘est pas la réalité et surtout sûrement jamais facile à faire...

[Sena]

....um...yeah yeah i agree:confused:are you feeling allright?(jk) :D what is it?

[Joane]

it's my french homework which coralie will correct, but it didn't work over pm so i posted it ;)

[Sena]

i couldn`t write more then the title hehe my french is really low!

[hez]

wow i really like your draiwngs especially the girl with the pearl earing and the lady running in the dress!

[Joane]

thanks a lot haz - i have been so busy with school that i couldn't post anything new for ages
but i just finished a huge work for my art class and a.s.a. my teacher returns it, I'll post it ;)

[coralay]

Hello Joane, i'm really sorry it seems I am too late for this, i was very busy yesterday... I did it anway, maybe it will be on time!
This is a very good text by the way, there are not many mistakes. I just corrected the real mistakes, not the sentences where there are no mistakes but it is not quite french sounding. I really hope i helped!

La dignité et le respect

__________________________________________________ _________________________

« Quelque chose est dû à l'être humain du seul fait qu'il est humain »
Avec cette quotation du philosophe Paul Ricœur je veux bien commencer mon chapiteau (not sure what you mean here. if you want to say chapter, the right word is "chapitre" if you want to say paragraph, the right word is "paragraph") sur les termes « dignité » et « respect ».

La dignité est une charactéristique liée a chaque homme, ce qui explique qu’elle soit la même pour tous et qu’elle n’admette pas de degrés.
À cause de cela tous les hommes méritent un respect inconditionnel- indépendant des aspects comme la nationalité, la religion, le sexe etc.

Pour expliquer et discuter le terme « respect » il faut donc d’abord examiner le terme « dignité ».

Dans le siècle des Lumières l’idée de la dignité etait, qu’elle se manifeste quand l’homme arrive à dominer ses instincts á l’aide de sa force morale.
Tous les hommes ont la possibilité de faire cela ; d’aprés Kant l’individu a- indépendamment de son éducation ou instruction - le savoir de distinguer entre le bien et le mal, et dans cette autonomie, dans cette liberté de decider et d’agir, se manifeste sa dignité.

Schiller avait l’idee de l’intention libre également, et il croyait que la dignité serait ce qui distingue l’être humain d’un animal.

Pour le christianisme la dignité de l’homme est la qualité que dieu a donné à l’homme parce qu’il l'a créé son portrait.
De cela resulte la position de la dignité dans les lois comme les droits de l’homme ou le « Grundgesetz » en Allemagne.

De l’idee que tous les hommes possèdent la dignité resulte aussi l’idée de l’égalité.
Ce terme est apparu pour la première fois dans la revolution francaise quand on a proclamé l’égalité, la liberté et la fraternité de l’homme comme consequence des revolutions contre le système des classes.
Si tous les hommes possèdent de la dignité, le systéme des classes etc. n’est plus possible et justifiable, car personne n’a le droit de se mettre au dessus d’une autre, et de le dominer.
Les hommes sont égaux, alors chacun mérite le même respect.
Les trois termes de l’égalitè, de la liberté et de la fraternité sont la base pour une société démocratique.
L’état doit protéger cette dignité de chacun á l’aide des lois, pour assurer que la dignité d’une personne n’est pas ignorée. Tandis qu’on vit la dignité fait partie á l’être humain, on la possède à partir de la naisssance- on ne peut pas le perdre.

Moi même je considère la dignité comme une qualité que Dieu nous a donné, à son image.
Il nous a donné la mission de régner ce monde, et c’est pour ca que l’homme possède cette suprématie aux autres êtres.
Il ( l’homme) seul sait distinguer entre le bien et le mal, il peut contrôler ses instincts et il possède l’intention libre.
Dieu nous a offert ce cadeau parce qu’ il nous aime, mais en même temps il demande de nous d’apprécier ce cadeau !
L’homme, qui, avec tous ses fautes, est accepté et béni (sadly it is not like english, "bléssé" in french means hurt) de Dieu, doit agir de la même facon et doit traiter son prochain avec du respect.
C’est obligatoire pour nous d’aimer notre prochain et d’avoir du respect pour l’individu, car il possède la dignité qui Dieu a voulu impliquer dans ces images.

Ainsi respecter la dignité du prochain est essentiel pour une vie en paix, pour une société fonctionant.

Ce respect pour la dignité d’un être humain est une des formes de respet, dont il y en a trois.
Il y existent le respect à cause de l’autorité,
Le respect comme forme de courtoisie,
et le respect comme tolerance pour les propiétés ou qualités et actions d’une personne, à cause de la dignité qu’elle possède.

À mon avis le respect comme forme de tolerance est la forme la plus importante, parce qu’elle est indépendante des astreints(i don't really know what you mean here) comme courtoisie ou respect comme devoir envers une autorité. Ce respect de tolerance est librement choisi et sincère.

En plus le respect est, comme déjà mentionné, la base de la démocratie et d’une société fonctionant, mais aussi de toute rélation positive entre les hommes.
Une amitié, la vie familiére ou une relation entre homme et femme, pour en donner des exemples, ne sont pas possibles sans respect pour l’autre, sans tolerance et acceptation de ses qualités.
Vraiment aimer, cela signifie pour moi: Aimer quelqu’un comme il ou elle est- sans toujours lui critiquer. Il faut avoir du respect pour la singularité de la personne.
Comme moi même je suis un individu avec des bonnes et des mauvaises qualités, ainsi et mon prochain. Nous ne sommes pas parfaits, et si je veux être traité avec respect, je dois traiter l’autre avec respect également.

.. Quel dommage que ce n‘est pas la réalité et surtout sûrement jamais facile à faire...

[Joane]

hey everyone! It's been a long long stressy time, but here's finally some new stuff... =)

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/6205/whereisyourheartjd3.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=whereisyourheartjd3.jpg)

it's just a quick sketch but i love it.. called: 'where is your heart'
... this is why there's a black space where the heart's supposed to be

http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5033/gutbsepw5.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gutbsepw5.jpg)

gut&böse / good&evil


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1345/uluruvy2.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=uluruvy2.jpg)[/URL]

this must be one of my fav. paintings ever
I drew Ayer's Rock/ Uluru in Australia with an imressionistic technique

[URL=http://img173.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amiesyf7.jpg]http://img173.imageshack.us/img173/6025/amiesyf7.th.jpg (http://img216.imageshack.us/my.php?image=gutbsepw5.jpg)

this is a drawing my best friend Myrna did of me, the poem is even better though =)

[Hadieh]

the first 2 are great but the painting is AMAZING!!!! i really love it! the colors, the style, everything is so perfect! i'd like to see more paintings from you!! :D

[Snowflake]

Your painting looks very special and mystical, very cool! I really like it, both the colors and the composition. I also like the first sketch and the drawing of you ;) what does the poem say? Like, if you could make a short summary of it or something :P anyway, nice new collection ;)

[Joane]

@ Hadieh: Thanks a lot dear I really appreciate ur comments =)

@Snowflake: thank you :D Here's a translation of the poem into english, but of course it does not rhyme...

such a luck to have you always by my side
you with your soul of such a beauty
time passes wih good and bad phases
although there are conflicts
we try and we fight

tears fall
we meet in the crowd
we see each other well
but don't say a word
some days later
as if of coincidence
our souls retrieve each other again
and they proove us
that we are the best friends
who can be found in life

and in the end
my life's
in your hand

[Zindy]

I like the painting you did, looks interesting.
Sweet drawing, definitely resembles you :)

[Joane]

this is another corsage gril which I did for my dear friend patricia.. hope you like it =)

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8827/patee8.th.jpg (http://img185.imageshack.us/my.php?image=patee8.jpg)

[paubey]

Hi Joane, I love your painting of the rock, so intense. I like your pic of the girl too, especially the pose and atmosphere!

[Joane]

thank you paubey, I'm glad all of you like the rock cuz this drawing is so special to me =)

[kleinstenelli]

wow your new stuff is soo intense! im in love! nice to see you back :)

[imcold]

wow.... the Ayers rock painting is wonderful!

[Nightlight]

The painting is so nice :)

[Hannah86]

I like the drawing you did for your friend. The pose is really nice, and I like how you added a rose, it seems to suit the picture really well!
Great work on the painting too. I like the combination of warm and cool colours, and the shadows on the left side of the rock. :D

[*sweet*]

I really like your last corsage girl! The proportions seems to be good and the shading as well. Nice idea ;)
I agree with you that the painting is very well done. Great colors. I always admired people who can draw with oil (it is with oil, right?), bad at it myself ^^

[Joane]

hey everyone :D thanks for all those lovely comments, I'm really glad people are still posting in my thread although i'm online so rarely!

i hope to be back with new work soon since i'm on holiday now and should find some time to do it :)

[jeanine]

I love the new corsage girl drawing! I already admired it in your sig :D , it's beautiful!

[Joane]

thanks a lot jeanine glad u like it :D

[fanatic]

So you must be a Victoria Frances fan too, she's such an inspiration to me!
The corsage girl turned out great! Keep up the good work!

[Hannelore.G.]

:shock: I defenetly like ayer's rock well done :D

[glemzweb]

The paintaings are incredible espec that "good and evil" one. It's very unique.

[Joane]

wow guys thanks a lot for your kind comments :)
@ fanatic : sure I am :)

[xNatje]

I love the coloured paintings

[van helsing]

the last drawing of the corsage girl is lovely..

[Joane]

Hello everyone :)
Maybe you remember me- I haven't posted for ages, since i was so busy with school and everything, but I finally found the time and motivation to finish and scan my few recent art pieces :)
comments and critic are for sure always welcome :)
it's good to be back :D

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1291/paperpiecewt9.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paperpiecewt9.jpg)
this is jsut a little simple something, a "paperpiece" drawn while listening to My Chemical Romance - early sunsets over monroeville, also icludes it's lyrics- wanted to s.th. a bit rougher

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6826/imageofthepastfa1.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=imageofthepastfa1.jpg)
I called this one "image of the past" since it is basicly what I've been mainly drawing the last time I posted- all these dark corsage girls, which I still really love to draw, although they do, luckily, not reflect my personal mood as a whole anymore...

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/6850/severdrawnrd7.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=severdrawnrd7.jpg)
this is a very quick one which I drew from the My Chemical Romance clip ( yeah... kinda love that band^^) for I don't love you, just drawn from a very crappy screenshot, i love the eyes though, they are so full of expression. kinda screwed up the mouth etc. though...
it's called the saddest eyes she's ever drawn

http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5995/sdifferentta9.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sdifferentta9.jpg)
another quick, rough one called "she's different". kinda expresses my aversion towards uniformity and everyone being the same, which i see a lot at my collgege where, especially girls, all try to dress and act the same etc.
therefore this is a different ballerina.

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5854/thedarkagerf1.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thedarkagerf1.jpg)
this one I drew from a picture which I found while googling "dark" and i adored it- i hope i'm not stealing anyone's copyright here.
i tried to make my very own version out of it though and did intentionally not smudge anything. as mentioned before I kinda am into the rough drawing style at present :)
i adapted the photos title: "the dark age"

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/886/tempesttossedcv5.th.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tempesttossedcv5.jpg)
i really loved this one... until I drew the mouth which I hate. I'm pretty annoyed therefore, still, it's another rough drawing experience and another piece of my dark girl collection^^ :)

[jeanine]

[/URL]
[URL="http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=sdifferentta9.jpg"]http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5995/sdifferentta9.th.jpg (http://img117.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paperpiecewt9.jpg)
another quick, rough one called "she's different". kinda expresses my aversion towards uniformity and everyone being the same, which i see a lot at my collgege where, especially girls, all try to dress and act the same etc.
therefore this is a different ballerina.

I love this one. and the thought behind it.

The other ones are great as well:)

[Chart]

You got this style... it's so different and sketchy but I really like it :)
The concept behind some drawings, for example the 'she's different' one's greatly thought-up. There's such a difference between copying a photo and actually draw for a meaning - therefore, what you do, is pure art :)

[Joane]

thank you both a lot for your comments, I'm really happy that you acknowledge my intentions behind the drawings :)

[*~debbie~*]

these are great!
they all have very great emotion, you can seed when you just get a glance at them...
very entrancing :D
good job!

[Joane]

thank you debbie =)

[sinzi]

Hi Joane...you have some nice drawings here...The concepts are really strong :)

[Hannah86]

Hi Joane, its nice to see you back here. "image of the past" is my favourite one, I really like the expression on her face, it really shows alot of emotion and the hair is beautifully drawn. :D

[Joane]

thanks love :D

[Joane]

i have a few new acrylics and decided to finally post them ;)
they are all on australia, my favorite country ( and cotinent :-D)

this one is london bridge - i already did it in 2006 but don't think i posted it yet:

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8295/londonbridgerl4.th.jpg (http://img407.imageshack.us/my.php?image=londonbridgerl4.jpg)

this is another ( a lot bigger) version of the ayer's rock

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/715/ayersrockcq1.th.jpg (http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ayersrockcq1.jpg)

and this is an interesting view on the coastline of the great ocean road with the 12 apostles out of a cave:)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/9076/12apostlesgb9.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=12apostlesgb9.jpg)

.. all of them are in impressionistic style- they do only really look good from far away when u can't see all the different spots of color

please comment and give advice :)

[Annieballie]

oh wauw !! the last one the colours are AMAZING :D
I think they all are very beautiful !!
you used the right colours and the way you put them in the painting .. very nice!
Big compliments on these drawings :)

[imaginary]

ALL MY DRAWINGS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:


http://img188.echo.cx/img188/4595/keirajpgsmall2if.th.jpg (http://img188.echo.cx/my.php?image=keirajpgsmall2if.jpg)http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/4197/leaves5wn.th.jpg (http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=leaves5wn.jpg)http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/2567/dawn3ov.th.jpg (http://img423.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dawn3ov.jpg)









THESE are my favourites! they're beautiful! Love your newest ones too, especially the one of the costline, beautiful colors... ! Nice to see that i'm not the only one who likes to paint ;)

[Joane]

thank you lots for even looking at my old work :D

[Chart]

Very impressive indeed! The coastline one has such beautiful coloring.. love it!

[Joane]

thanks =) I'm kinda happy about the colors, too. It was such a beautiful reference, too.

[john costantine]

Hey Joane :D i like ur Drawing soo Much Espicially ayer's rock ;) it's Awesom

Welldone

Basem

[~Nicole~]

How cool is this ^^
You did a really good job I like them a lot
;)

[artsaves1228]

oh my those are beautiful :shock:

[boyusflare]

neat works :D i like all of them :D they seem so vibrant, nice! :D

[Joane]

thanks a lot you two for your sweet comments :D

[DKBonnes]

I really like your latest acrylics, I especially like the one called london bridge, love the waves on that one :)

[Joane]

hey everyone :D
I'm finally back with a bit of new dark art =)

this one is called:
no more fairytales
and I'm quite happy with the result
i really rushed the shading but the eyes and the mouth were the important parts to me so i don't really care...
only the cheek and forehead are not as bright in real, looks a bit weird in this scan

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/1878/nomorefairytaleskq9.th.jpg (http://img207.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nomorefairytaleskq9.jpg)


this one is a christmas gift to my best friend Marco. I really hope he'll like it ( I'm gonna give it to him tomorrow) since it took me about 5 hours to get it that dark...
titled: the truth is dark and dirty

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3128/thetruthisdarkanddirtydh7.th.jpg (http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thetruthisdarkanddirtydh7.jpg)


this one i did within about 15 minutes or so , some time ago when i was really angry and had to egt it out somehow ^^
I took a pic from underworld.
it looks really crappy i guess, but felt good to draw in that situation.

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/6105/angryeyesnl2.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=angryeyesnl2.jpg)

[imaginary]

I really like the first one! Those eyes, beautiful ! I love to combine color with black&white :p

You left a comment in my thread but I didn't understand what you meant with 'strands', hope you could explain it to me :oops:

[Chart]

Darn... I absolutely LOVE "the truth is dark and dirty". The eyes are really beautiful!

[Annieballie]

oh wauw :D I saw your new drawing : The truth is dark and dirty in your signature and I totally loved it !!! :D it looks AMAZING .. her eyes and mouth are beautiful and I love the idea behind it !!

the other one, the first drawing "no more fairytails" looks good too :) her eyes are amazing !! I think the mouth looks a bit to 'flat' on the (viewers) right side.. but still it looks magnific :) the shading, like you already said is a bit rough .. but still the whole concept is great !! :D

really nicely done :)

[Joane]

thanks a lot everyone :D
the truth is dark and dirty is my fav. aswell =)

[DivineRAiN]

these are really good, especially the one you did for your friend.. the truth is dark and dirty.

[KLSADAKO]

I really like ur no more fairytales ^^

[Joane]

thanks ken, u were so creative not to choose the other one ;)
I'm really happy about all the positive comments :D

[Marit]

Yeey impressionism, that's something too few people choose as a style. your landscapes are wonderful with great colours, but that's what impressionism is all about, right? the Ayers rock is my favourtite, great colour-contrasts.

[boyusflare]

dark and dirty, the outline of hands and the heavily stained and shaded face makes it hugely a strong work. the shine on the eyes emphasize on the eerieness. the two other drawings are good ;).

[Joane]

thanks lots both of you :D

[J.J]

Nice drawings! I like the one where you added the blue eyes, makes the drawing more intense! :)

[Zindy]

Beautiful new work. I really think you are improving and the darkness it very powerful your new ones. I espcially like 'The truth is dark and dirty'. Keep drawing girl :)

[Joane]

thanks lots love =)

[Joane]

these are two drawings which I did in 2007 january, when i ws in australia.
sadly i didn't have a scanner therefore the photos are bad quality. jessica alba's face looks weird, the contrast in real was a lot stronger, but my camera captured the shiny texture of the pencil^^

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/6141/p1010105ol7.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010105ol7.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/421/p1010103vx6.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010103vx6.jpg)

[Cold Shiva]

The eye looks really nice. I do think the arm should be midflowed more. Keep up the good work :)

[Steffi87]

Hey Joane!
I like the jessica Alba drawing a lot.
I think you did her hair and lips very good and detailed :) looks clear and clean.

keep up!

[Joane]

thank you both :D

[DKBonnes]

I realy think you did a great job in the dark and dirty drawing, it's a very strong and good drawing, nice to look at even for longer periods :)

[Joane]

thanks a lot dave , that's very nice to hear =)

[Joane]

hey guys :)
sadly not many comments last time and already I'm back with new stuff:

it's a drawing which i did for my best friend Marco who's in a band called the Cash Kowboys ( intentionally with K here^^) .

It was such a gorgeous ref. pic and I kinda feel like having messed up since the mouth doesn't look alright and it was also my first time drawing a beard, and the eyes stood out a lot more in the ref. pic, too.

still can't get rid of the lines on the skin when drawing with charcoal neither, but I think that might be because I use such a crappy copy paper which is really rough^^ any recommendations for better paper?

anyways i hope you might like it in one way or the other^^

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9093/marcouv4.th.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marcouv4.jpg)

[Marit]

that's an impressing portrait..I know what you mean with these lines on his face. That could be becuase of the paper you use, like u said. I used Bristol smooth lately, not any more as i use a different technique now which is sketchier. As your style doesn't seem so skecthy to me, i recommend you smooth paper like Bristol's. I don't know what you mean about the eyes though, they're looking very real to me. Also the hat looks really nice.

Maybe the mouth is a bit too low? if you think of the drawing without the moustache, it looks like the upperlip should be higher.
Overall a very nice portrait ^^

[Joane]

thank you lots marit and I will see if i can get some of that paper :)

[J.J]

Great job Joane! :) I think you did the beard very well!

[sillulillu]

oh that looks good:D your friend looks hot...:Dit's so hard to belive that you drew beard first time because it looks so real:D

[Joane]

thank you both & sillulillu: he definetely does^^

[Zindy]

The eye is beautiful, well drawn :)

Aaalba.. it's a nice drawing and she is definitely recognizable. The way the light reflects on the hat looks very good and realistic.
I think her jaw might be a little too big/long for her and the left arm a little too thin. Other than that it's a very pretty drawing of the beauty.

[DivineRAiN]

you've got a cute friend.. and he wears eyeliner?.. he's cute and kewl. The drawing looks good, I think you did a great job on the hair & facial hair. His left eye looks good, the other eye doesn't really match the same quality but it isn't distracting. I don't see anything wrong with the lips, I think they're fine the way they are.

The lines... I've been having the same problem. Don't remember who, but someone from here has a video on youtube on drawing hair. That got me checking out the drawing stuff on youtube, and found plenty of videos of people using charcoals.
I think this one is helpful.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5puWPlKCAm8&feature=related
he shows how he goes about using charcoal.. and talks about it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6DrrxpeC2Q
I don't know what kind of paper EclecticAsylumArt uses.. but I don't think it's necessarily the paper. Rough paper is recommended for charcoal, and that's what the artist uses in the first video.

[Joane]

thank you so much zindy, your comments always mean a lot to me.
and @ divinerain: thanks a lot, too& that video is awesome! thank you!!!

[Marit]

No thanks..if you can't find the paper in your country: it's also available at artifolk.co.uk, but then you have to pay delivery costs..I always wait till i have more than just one thing so it's not that bad. They're very quick and reliable.

[ReDeMptION DeNIeD]

Wow, you have so many I barely new where to start looking!:D I like the ones where you've drawn and shaded mainly just the features and left a lot of the paper white for contrast. That reminds me of Japanese style art, particularly the artists for FF games with very dreamy looking characters. I have two that I like the most though. The first is "the truth is dark and dirty", really love the deep blacks in it, and her eyes look so wet!

My favourite though is one that imageshack won't actually show me when I click to get a bigger picture:(. It's in your second post at the top, a girl running on a black background in a long flowing dress. Your style seems really beautiful but tragic, and that one captures it all.

[Joane]

oh wow, thank you so much for that intense comment redemptiondenied :)

[Cold Shiva]

Looks good, but I can't open it, because I get blown away by the spams...

[Joane]

oh no -.-
can i change that somehow with the spam? thanks anyways:D

[imaginary]

maybe put it on photobucket or a similar something where you don't have spam ;)

[Joane]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9093/marcouv4.jpgmaybe it woks this way ;)

[jcherry]

Your work is unbelievable. I mean that it's good lol, not that it's unrealistic!

[Chart]

Hey, I must've missed your latest add :roll: I really like it! Nice eyes, nice props, nice shading!

[Joane]

http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6377/zindyyl0.th.jpg (http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?image=zindyyl0.jpg)

hello everyone :D
this one of Zindy I did for the Jessica Alba give away competition and then edited it with photoshop to combine with a background and a poem.

It took me quite a long time but I'm still not satisfyed at all- just couldn't get the mouth right, but after like a hundred tries I decided to leave it this way in order not to destroy the paper -.-

i wanted to do something positive, bright and hopeful, this is why it is so unlike my normal dark style.

tell me what you think :)

[imaginary]

It looks very nice :D the mouth is also good, can't see why it's not right ;) The only thing I see is that it looks like her wings are coming out of her neck instead of her back... but the wings are beautiful ;)

[sillulillu]

Well about the mouth i think you shoud've just draw it a little bit more to the left,but still I reconized Zindy right away:).And to be honest that mouth dosen't bother me at all:D.It's good drawing you should win the Jessica Alba give away competition. I've seen those other enetys too but i yours is the best:D.

[Chart]

Aaaaaargggh ImageShack ..... seriously people, stop using it! It's cheap stupid spamming stuff!
Sorry Joane, but I cannot watch your drawing in a bigger size when ImageShack's killing my computer with its spam :(

[imaginary]

Aaaaaargggh ImageShack ..... seriously people, stop using it! It's cheap stupid spamming stuff!
Sorry Joane, but I cannot watch your drawing in a bigger size when ImageShack's killing my computer with its spam :(

have the same problem here.. takes too much time before I can watch the drawing :( I've seen it, but it's not fun to wait that long with all that spam

[Joane]

thank you for all the sweet comments :D
i tried to upload with photobucket, but they don't have thumbnails!
do you know anywhere else to upload where they have tem?

anyways: here is the pic again full sized:

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii69/Joane89/zindy.jpg

[Chart]

I don't know another place but I don't think you nessesarily need a thumbnail ;) It's not an oversized pic so it's perfect like this ;)

About the drawing: ^yeej^ I really really like it ;) I really like the lightness and the eyes are looking very good, too ;) I agree with Luisina about the wings, they should be little lower ór bigger ;)

[Joane]

thanks chart :D
i was really not sure about the angle in which the wings should be, but I now I see what is wrong ...
I'm happy that you still like it :D

[Marit]

It's certainly light and that suits the drawing very well. Good luck with the contest, i think Zindy'll like it ^^

[Joane]

that's so sweet of you all, it really encourages me since I really didn't think it was any good. I hope, that Zindy will like it :)

[Joane]

Hey everyone:D

Here's my final submission to the Jessica Alba give away competition again and also the pure drawing, since I changed the contrast a bit.
always looking forward to comments and tips :D
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii69/Joane89/zindy.jpg


http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7642/zindycompsz5.jpg

[imaginary]

looks really nice all togheter :D I just can't read the poem very well, maybe instead of black you could use white, that's the only suggestion :p

[Joane]

yeah, i noticed that, too- the contrast looked a lot better when i edited it...
I'll try that ;)

[DivineRAiN]

your drawing of Zindy is beautiful.. ya did lovely job on her. White text probably would be ok, tho personally white text is hard on my eyes for some reason.

[Joane]

I'll try to post the text again, so you can read it;) thanks for your interest and comments:D

[isisasuke]

...i don't have what to say:shock::D...love it...

[Joane]

thank you very much :D

[J.J]

Sweet drawing Joane! :) The proportions looks great, I would just like to see that you add more contrast in your drawings. I realize I often say this :P but I say it because I really think it makes a difference to the better :)

[sillulillu]

Ah Joane it's beautiful:D.I hope you win it(if it's not over allready:))

[Joane]

@ J.J
i know what you mean, i advice people to do that a lot, too, but i usually do draw with lots of contrast ( e.g. my last charcoal art) and this time I intentionally wanted to do something a littel brighter with not as much contrast b/c these drawings usually turn out really dark for me^^

@sillulilu thank you very much, can't wait for Zindy to decide =)

[Chart]

Oh hey, I didn't see it finished yet :o

First of all, I really like the foreground's contrast with the background, it makes you wonder whether it's a light or dark fairy drawing :)

As for the rest, I stick to what I've said before about it, it's really beautiful :)

[Cold Shiva]

Nice drawing Joanne. I'm sure she will like it ;)

[Joane]

thanks a lot chart& shiva for your comments =)

[boyusflare]

nice piece. the background is nicely done. zindy is recognisable here also :)

[Hannah86]

Your drawing of Zindy is really pretty. I like the pose and expression very much. Nice background aswell :D

[Joane]

thank you boyusflare, i'm so glad she is recongisable ^^ :)

and thank u, too hannah- do u think u could give me an advice according to the australia painting in my signature aswell, so I can try to improve next time( since you are the master artist for paintings ;) )

[Joane]

hey everyone:)

here's my newest artwork, a drawing of my boysriend Tobi and me which I did for the themed drawing competition.

i think it doesn't really look much like us, but Tobi likes it, so I'm content^^

I think my face looks a bit too outlined and so does my mouth.
please give advices!!! :)

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8373/hatoav5.th.jpg (http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hatoav5.jpg)

[imaginary]

very nice drawing! I like the eyes and the hair :D

[sillulillu]

Ah it is really good.But maybe you could post the photo too so i could tell you if there is something wrong(i'm really bitchy when it comes to mistakes:D).

[Joane]

hey sillu ( what's ur real name by the way???)^^

here are the ref. pics. I used two different photos and put us together in one drawing.
I also changed the shadwos on my face which might be why it looks wrong^^

ref. pic for Tobi:

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9513/mentobefe4.th.jpg (http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mentobefe4.jpg)

ref pic for me:

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/3961/kunst268yg1.th.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kunst268yg1.jpg)

[Joane]

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8373/hatoav5.jpgit's huuuuuuuge I know but I hope that everyone can see it this way^^

[imaginary]

I still think it's really sweet and I noticed the cute little star earring :D

[Joane]

thanks a lot :D
I'm glad you like it

[confused°]

it's really huge but i like it a lot!:mrgreen:
it's awesome, i like everything :o :mrgreen:

[ReDeMptION DeNIeD]

I like it, your boyfriend is insta-recognizeable. All of your features are accurately placed and drawn out but because you altered the shading you're cheekbones don't look as defined as I think they are in real life. It's pretty ambitious to be trying to attempt what you have and I you're prolly going to need a good background in anatomy to come close enough.

Everything looks very good though, the eyes, esp Toby's look very round and bright, lips look soft. The skin tones are smooth, something I find tough using a high contrast style like this. Well done on getting two people in the same portrait as well, particularly from different photographs. I'd have been all over the place with misproportions and binned it after several hours most likely :mrgreen:.

[Annieballie]

wow It looks really sweet !!
It's a smart thing to put two photographs together to make a nice drawing :D
I did that once :D !

your shading in your face is a bit 'blocky' but I think that the rest is really good !!
the star-earring is indeed sweet ;) like luisina said :D hahaha
your boyfriend looks really good too !! love his facial expression!

[Joane]

thanks confused, I'm glad you like it =)

and thanks to u too, redemption denied for the intense comment. I feel flattered =)

@ annie: yeah I noticed that about the shading too, I should maybe use another ref. pic next time and not try to change shadows myself^^ that seems to be too hard for me yet^^ :D

[Annieballie]

by the way ... the iris in the eyes are AMAZING !!
both you and of your boyfriend :o !

[sillulillu]

Hei it's Kaia:)Hmm i couldn't find anything wrong on your drawing:D.It's beautiful!By the way your boyfriend looks exactly like Jared Padalecki:D.First when i watched this picture i thout that he is:D,or maybe he actually is?:DOk very confusing text:D.

[Joane]

thank you annie:D

and @ kaia: no he's not but I'm gonna tell you thought that- what a huge compliment :D

[boyusflare]

hey good drawing joane :) the eyes and lips are nicely done also :) you might wanna go a tinnie winnie darker for the shadings :) you've got good hands for drawing already, i believe if there are darker shadings, the shades will add depth and add alot to the atmosphere. keep it up :D

[Joane]

thanks a lot, I will try that :D

[buffyfan]

i love it, looks really cute. nice couple :):P

[CFWhitman]

Each portrait by itself is pretty well drawn, but it doesn't look like two people in the same picture. The lighting in the original photos is so entirely different that it would be very difficult to change it to be the same.

In the original photo of you, the lighting is very direct (harsh) from almost directly to the right, but perhaps slightly behind you (the subject). I would guess this photo was taken on a clear day early in the morning or (more likely) late in the afternoon while the sun was near the horizon. In the original photo of your boyfriend, the lighting is diffused (soft) from almost directly overhead, but slightly in front of him. I would guess this photo was taken on a cloudy (overcast) day near the middle of the day.

You managed to soften the lighting for your portrait a lot, but you didn't really change its direction, which, again, would be very difficult to do.

[Joane]

thanks for your comments and yes cfwhitman, this is exactely what my problem was and the reason why I tried to change the shadows which did not entirely work out ^^

[Julieta]

Joane I love that painting in your sig, its amazing!

[tim]

You should try to decide where the light is coming from. That should help you figure out where to place the shadows.

I'm thinking about something like light coming across from the right side (from the viewer's perspective). Therefore there would be stronger contrast on your bf's face as the light is coming at a more oblique angle, and there would be a more softer contrast on your face.

This seems to be more suitable, to emphasize his masculinity and your feminity.

[Joane]

thank you julieta

and thanks to you too, tim. I don't really dare to change it now cuz i'd probably ruin it, but next time I place two people in one portrait I will definetely do that ;)

[Joane]

hey everyone :D
thanks again for all your sweet comments to my last drawing.

here's my newest artwork which is called:
Where is my childhood?

I found this interesting picture of a little girl on the internet and got instantly captured by her look. She just looks very thoughtful and so much more mature then she'd be supposed to be and still very sweet and innocent.

About the title:
I just feel really sad when I see how children and youngsters tend to grow up more and more quickly with every year- when I was in year 5 ( about 10 years old) i played with dolls and now these girls already wear mini skirts and go partying...
Just makes me sad in a way.
And i feel kinda old cuz of my school time ending too ( ^^) and think that every child should enjoy it's freedom as long as it can.

here you go, hope you have some tips for me ;)

still couldn't do without imageshack. i'll have to work on that^^


http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3919/whereismychildhoodup2.th.jpg (http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=whereismychildhoodup2.jpg)


http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/3919/whereismychildhoodup2.jpg

[Chart]

Beautiful concept, beautiful drawing ;) She looks like an innocent child realizing she can't act innocent anymore, because it has to make place for consideration and making decisions :) Nice job ;)

[sillulillu]

Ah Joane it's really beautiful:).I think there is no need to say anything more:D.

[DivineRAiN]

your last two drawings look great. I think you did an awesome job on the facial features, shading, and combining you and your boyfriend from two different pictures. The concept of this latest drawing can get me going... I pretty much feel the same way, except I think for the most part, children today have way toooooo much freedom. Partying and wearing miniskirts at 10 years old? Oh heck naw.. my daughter is 16 yrs old and I still won't allow her to do either.

[Cathie]

Love the emotions on her face..., beautiful drawing:) I also feel that nowadays people are becoming adults too fastly... :(

[Joane]

thank you very much for your nice words and understanding everyone and divinerain i'm sure you're a great parent and that your daughter will apreciate how she was brought up by you lots.

[ReDeMptION DeNIeD]

She looks lost and her eyes are full of accusation. Really represents your message well. I also agree with what you think about today's society.

[Nexus]

Hey Joane!

I see you grown up your Artist Level alot. I like your works which you done in the last time. I was lomg time not here and are really amazed about some pics. Finally a great Job. Like to see more, soon!

greetz Nexus

[Joane]

thanks a lot you both and I'll hope to have some time to draw soon ;)

[isisasuke]

i like that eye look, and mood, hair, lips are amazing, i like that drawing^^

[buffyfan]

i love your drawing and the idea behing it

[imaginary]

it's really beautiful! I really feel pity for her hehe :p I totally agree with what you say about kids these days, and I see it happen with my little brother.. he's 14 but he's actually a kid inside but the kids at his school can drag him easily in the bad stuff they do because he's so vulnerable and he wants to be like the rest so he will be populair.. So i'm really glad you made it with that idea behind it, I really love it and it touched me :)

[Hannah86]

Lovely drawing Joane, I really like the emotion in her face :D

[Joane]

thank you very much everyone, it makes me so happy to see that my art could actually touch you.

[Naqsh.e.hayaat]

HallowJoane. You each and every pic has alot depth in it self. This is naqsh from pakistan. Dear can i use one of these images in the upcoming book of my late sister.Will u allow me for this?Waiting for your good responce?

[Joane]

thanks, I sent u a pm ;)

[Cold Shiva]

Growing old is what you get used to after several years ;). For your drawing; it looks good and certainly contains the expression it needs.You could have set the 2nd surrounding boundry set not so much which divides the portrait from the background. Make the background near the portrait in a strong gradient, but don't boundry it. It gains you more depth because of the optical deceivement. Still, a very good drawing ;)

[Joane]

thanks a lot Shiva, I thought about that, too but I always tend to rush the background etc. because I can't wait to get finished^^ I'm just so unpatient =)

[Joane]

Hey guys!

I designed 4 easter candles as easter gifts for my family and thought u might wanna see em ;)

I'm also working on 2 charcoal pieces at the moment but finish them until the weekend because I'll be on holiday in Hamburg for a week with friends celebrating my final exams ( they're over now, yay :D ).

critics and comments welcome as always ;)

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/9463/img0854tu0.th.jpg (http://img381.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0854tu0.jpg)

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/5579/img0865uy4.th.jpg (http://img394.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0865uy4.jpg)

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8563/img0867ys4.th.jpg (http://img291.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0867ys4.jpg)

[Joane]

oh, no comments then :(

[boyusflare]

nice candles! i prefer the 2nd more, the design is cool :). for the 1st candle the detailing can be more refined i think, but i've no experience in these things. still its rather good! :)

[KLSADAKO]

Nice drawing the black background really makes it stand out :)

[Joane]

thank you both :D

[Joane]

hey guys :D
I'm back with some new stuff.
I've been experimenting with charcoal lots recently and finally found the perfect technique in this one which is still a WIP but already makes me really really happy xD
please give advice if you can!!!
and do u recognise her?

http://img360.imageshack.us/img360/9089/stopandstaream3.th.jpg (http://img360.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stopandstaream3.jpg)

in this one I tried to blend only with tissues which -apparently- didn't work out as welll, but I hope it looks ok although the proportions are a bit weird I guess...
it's called "Where is my mind?" after the song by the Pixies, which I also added on the drawing and I drew it during my final exams actually thinking: where is my mind? ... ^^

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3873/whereismymindat1.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=whereismymindat1.jpg)

if there are any problems with imageshack again let me know and I'll post them again ;)

[imaginary]

The first one looks very good already :D The eyebrows and eyes are awesome! I also really like the second one (I think the hand is too big) but the idea is very cool, with the lyrics on her sweater :D

[Chart]

The first is awesome already considering the tones and realism in it :)
I also think the hand in the second's slightly too big, but I can see past it due to the lovely concept :)

[isisasuke]

last one is amazing, it looks symbolic, i love eyes...

[Joane]

thank you all so much :D

[sillulillu]

Ok wow wow wow:DLove the new stuff;) Hmm let me guess is the first one really Jessica Alba or i just see her eeverywere?:DAnyway it is really good so far( even then when it's not Alba :D) .The second picture is extremly familiar to me. Did you use someone photo from Devianart?Because i remember one Estonian girl who looks soo much like the girl on your drawing:D and she has similar photos like this.

[Joane]

hey kaia:D yeah the girl is from deviantart I think =)

and YES the first one is jessica^^ :D

[ReDeMptION DeNIeD]

The first one is very good. I dunno the name but I recognize the face (I don't keep up with Alba/Simpson and so on... lol). Kind of high contrast style, wish I could do that effectively.

I don't think you should concern yourself too much over blending. The more and more I blend drawings the more I wish I hadn't when I see how they turn out. I find that close up, the blending can look a little bit better, but from far away it doesn't look nearly as good as an unblended drawing. That might be just my preference, or maybe I don't do it right either, but I really prefer a style that shows a hint of how it was made and the odd visible pencil mark. Adds warmth to a drawing, a lot of the truly photorealistic styles, while impressive technically, leave me cold.

I think Lion on devart (and here) has a great style because it's about 85/90% polished but he retains texture and depth by not flattening the whole thing.

[sillulillu]

Oh how smart i am:D * ego exploded * :D:D

[Joane]

u r the smartest kaia ^^ ;)

and thank you lots for your sweet words redemption denied (damn it, forgot your name agian -.- stupid me) I will truly consider that and I personally also think that it's not like everything has to be photorealistic to be good ;)

[KLSADAKO]

The 2nd one looks really nice :)

[Joane]

thanks ken =)

[caleb]

I really like the second drawing.
It's unique, how lyrics are written on her sweater.

The first drawing, there's really nothing to say about it, other than keep up the amazing work. :)

[Joane]

thank you so much caleb =) as soon as I have the tiniest bit of time I'll try to finish it :D

[OZZY1]

Wow those look great, how do you do that with charcoal? Such great detail, very nice work I have not worked with charcoal for a very long time. The second one is just amazing, the writing on her shirt and how her face looks makes that piece really look like a standout piece of art....looks great!

[Joane]

thank you so much ozzy!
it took me quite a long time to figure out how to use charcoal, too.

i just discovered a new technique by only using the charcoal "powder" an "drawing" this onto the paper with a smudging pen;)

[artsaves1228]

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3873/whereismymindat1.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=whereismymindat1.jpg)

if there are any problems with imageshack again let me know and I'll post them again ;)
wow I love this one! the shading on the face is really cool, it looks like a photo in smallview :D the words written on it is a really great idea :mrgreen: