Join for FREE | Take the Tour Lost Password?
[x]

deviantART

 

Quoth the Raven by ~Karma-Sama:iconKarma-Sama:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Animals

©2008-2010 ~Karma-Sama
:iconkarma-sama:

Artist's Comments

Because all raven pictures need an Edgar Allen Poe reference.

My final project in Nature Drawing consisted of picking an animal from the local small zoo, photographing it, and then rendering it in any traditional medium you liked. Originally I was going to do a big cat or maybe the eagle, but when I saw the raven there I fell in love with it immediately.

I am not really one for traditional medium (I prefer digital) so this project was a bit of a hassle for me. This is done in prismacolor pencil and took a very loooong time for me, but I like the end result. Intentionally did not use black just to see what other colors I could get out of him.

I don't see what people have against ravens and crows. I think they're gorgeous.

~Karma

Comments


love 0 0 joy 0 0 wow 0 0 mad 0 0 sad 0 0 fear 0 0 neutral 0 0
:iconaibouai:
~AibouAi May 11, 2008, 9:05:30 PM
O HAY, I SEE WUT U DID THER

oo That's really very interesting, that you didn't use black... although I could tell before I read the description, it's very subtle. I see purple and orange and sea green and teal and blue...

Much luff!!

--
"Objection!"
"On what grounds?"
"I wish to stab him." - Richard, LFG
:iconkarma-sama:
~Karma-Sama May 12, 2008, 8:20:53 AM
It's hard to not use black because you get really tempted to when you need dark fast. But black almost always will override anything you put it over, and the eye will immediately be drawn to it. It's overpowering. So I wanted to see what I could do without relying on black at all.

The result is very fun :D

~Karma

--
"If you ever meet the President, never give him the gift of a handgun by suddenly whipping it out from under your jacket."

"Don't let your mind wander. It's too little to be left on it's own."
:iconfreakyfan3754:
~freakyfan3754 Apr 1, 2009, 8:09:08 PM
wow, that's really good!

--
~ACTIVATING ZACK-FANGIRL MODE~ (Credit: *lilineko )

"Give me liberty or give me death!" ~ Zack Fair --er, I mean Patrick Henry.

The Cloud fangirls are coming for me with torches and pitchforks. Please help.
:iconkarma-sama:
~Karma-Sama Apr 2, 2009, 5:36:38 AM
Thank you...and thanks for the fave too :)

~Karma

--
"If you ever meet the President, never give him the gift of a handgun by suddenly whipping it out from under your jacket."

"Don't let your mind wander. It's too little to be left on it's own."
:iconfreakyfan3754:
~freakyfan3754 Apr 2, 2009, 8:03:08 AM
no prob ^_^

--
~ACTIVATING ZACK-FANGIRL MODE~ (Credit: *lilineko )

"Give me liberty or give me death!" ~ Zack Fair --er, I mean Patrick Henry.

The Cloud fangirls are coming for me with torches and pitchforks. Please help.
Previous PageNext Page

Details

May 11, 2008
1.2 MB
1.2 MB
1162×768

Statistics

5
5 [who?]
111 (0 today)
3 (0 today)

Camera Data

SONY
CYBERSHOT
1/30 second
F/2.8
6 mm
282
May 11, 2008, 5:31:21 PM

Site Map

©2010 deviantART. All rights reserved
About Us | Contact Us | Site Tour | Help & FAQ Advertise | Services Etiquette | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Copyright Policy