Chernobyl
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I was looking around for subjects to draw and I found a picture of this 13 year old boy in an issue of National Geographic. The boy, Dima Bogdanovich, was born in the region surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant which exploded in 1986. He developed thyroid cancer, although it was unlikely because of the radiation, as the radioactivity that causes thyroid cancer decayed soon after the accident.
You can view the the process of how I painted this picture in photoshop by clicking the images below. Altogether I took about 2 whole nights painting this. I first started out with a very crude sketch of his head, then i added some shading to give myself a better idea of how the light is reflected off his face. Then slowly i fine tuned each area of the face, touching up, adding more colours and details.
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They say what you draw reflects your state of mind. Couldn't agree more.
Tablets are lots of fun.
Tablets are teh bomb. Never knew I could have so much fun with it. I can erase any mistake I make totally and I can choose any colour I want.
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I can start out with a simple sketch.
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Colour in a pair of arms.
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One leg.
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Two legs.
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Put on a pair of bottoms.
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Add a shirt and a head!
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Erase outlines, and tada!
Reference from a photo my friend Rajiv took for me. All in all I took about 4 hours to do this. Gotta work up on my speed, considering that this didn't even have a face for me to draw.
FYI, I have a 30cm by 30cm 300 dpi version of this, so it's totally printable. If for some reason you want this artwork as a poster please do let me know.
Ok its 3.30am and I have to work tomorrow.
Oh yeah I just installed a comments system on this site, so you know what to do!
I love my tablet.
A few months ago, I bought a Wacom Graphire 4 Graphics Tablet, thinking that drawing on the computer would be as easy as drawing with a pencil and paper. I gave up after a few tries and never got to post any drawings I made with the tablet.
After looking around the NTU ADM forums I got inspired to have another go at it.
The following drawings are drawn by an amateur who has no art background except in secondary school. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Relax, I don't hate Ronald Mcdonald so much that I drew his severed head. I was looking around for a face to draw and I found this ice cream container that had been lying around in my room for years (don't ask me why), which had his face on it.
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This was drawn from an old picture of me and my cousin Joel sitting on a swing. I chose not to draw him. Contrary to what some of you might think, no, thats not mud. Those are shadows.
I'll try to come up with at least one drawing a week. No promises. Hope I get better.