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PumpkinJack6

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  • Jan 1
  • United States
  • Deviant for 14 years
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My Bio
I am:
- an artist
- a ukulele player
- a photographer
- a writer
- a reader
- a critic
- a birder
- a chess player
- a Scrabble player
- a ballroom dancer
- a cat owner
- a software engineer
- a husband

Favourite genre of music: Metal, Bluegrass, Rock
Favourite photographer: Me
Favourite style of art: Comic book
Operating System: Windows XP
MP3 player of choice: iPod
Wallpaper of choice: Something spooky or a vacation photo
Favourite cartoon character: Calvin
Personal Quote: The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. - Einstein

Favourite Visual Artist
Bill Watterson, Mike Mignola, Guy Davis, Rob Guillory, Gabriel Rodriguez
Favourite Movies
How to Train Your Dragon, Chronicle, ParaNorman, Castaway, Race for Your Life Charlie Brown
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
Steve Martin, Metallica, Midnight Syndicate, Justin Timberlake, ACDC, Coldplay
Favourite Books
A Song of Ice and Fire, Dresden Files, Harry Potter, Locke and Key, Walking Dead, Salem's Lot
Favourite Writers
George R.R. Martin, Stephen King, Jim Butcher, J.K. Rowling, Joe Hill, Lee Child, Larry Correia
Favourite Games
Chess, Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock
Favourite Gaming Platform
Wii
Tools of the Trade
Pencils, pens, acrylics, digital camera
Other Interests
Art, reading, movies, Halloween, birding
    This is going to sound stupid. When I was a kid I wanted to be a wizard. I wanted to connect with the universe. I wanted to have magic powers. I wanted to find a community of people like me who could understand my yearning. I didn't think real people could be wizards but I spent a lot of time reading about psychic powers and witchcraft in the hopes that there was some way they could (no, they couldn't). What I couldn't find in the real world, I imagined. I kept my nose stuck in lots of fantasy books that let me explore what it might be like. I played games like D&D to pretend I was a wizard. Of course, such dreams eventually faded wit
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Does anyone else love to go to the Macaroni Grill restaurant just because they give you crayons and a paper tablecloth to draw on? My wife always says I practically ignore her there in my zeal to get in as much drawing as possible. I'm still on my faces kick so that's pretty much what I draw all the time now when I don't have a specific subject to draw. This time, I was trying to vary it up by age, gender, pose, and switch to different color crayons for each one. The waiter was nice enough to bring a few extras once he saw my first drawing of the young girl with curly hair. He thought she looked like The Wendy's girl with her hair down but I
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In my internet searches, I stumbled upon an article about how to correctly use photo references in order to become a better artist (and less dependent upon them). The article had a lot of good points such as focusing on loose sketches and using the reference as a guide instead of a rule. I'm trying to incorporate the ideas into the reference sketching I do these days. Hopefully, it can help me balance my need to improve my own art and my appreciation of the styles of other artists. Take a look: http://chesmat77.hubpages.com/hub/Using-Reference-Photos-for-Artists-Part1-Rookie-Mistakes-and-Misconceptions Don't forget to check out the "part 2"
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Looks great! Thanks again for the sketch! :)
Thank you so very much for the :+fav: :D
Thanks so much for the watch and the faves!
No problem. I really enjoy your style. It's very instructive for me.