Traditional Drawing: For this contest you won't need any brushes, paint, markers or crayons, because you're going to make your entire entry with a ballpoint pen only! Ok, you áre allowed to make a pencil sketch, but the final result obviously has to show a ballpoint drawing.
You're not limited by any subject, the sky is the limit. Curious what other people can make with a ballpoint? Check this site. Good luck!
REMEMBER these contests require that you post at least 2 intermediate steps of your drawing in a step by step guide, so we can see the progress of your work.
Reference photos are allowed (no copyrighted images), but links should be mentioned in your SBS. Include links for all images.
thanks.....Yes...I went out and found these great color ballpoint pens made by Foray called "on point"...it is great they have more than blue and black these days!!!!!
author, scan sections of this image at super high res, (to show the pen strokes etc...) and place them in an SBS, this will show the paper indentions and display your work better (well done, but you don't want this to be pulled for a stupid tech reason) PROTECT YOUR SELF.. use condoms.. LOL.. (sorry couldn't resist LOL)
author says:
Thanks you for the advice! i'll do it right now!!!
i tried scanning this one in, but...for some reason the scan image looks horrific. so, please excuse my crooked photography, but it looks more like what it does irl.
drawn with a fine line bic ball point pen with gel ink on a piece of velum. (5 years and 3130 days ago)
You probably had trouble with the scan because you used vellum which is translucent. Sometimes putting white paper pressed up against the back of the vellum can help but the scanner may still pick up the tonality of the vellum.
The photo isn't too bad and I do like what you've created. Very much like a Tim Burton character. GL
When you have photos like this, that are not straight , load it in photoshop , choose crop, and there's a small case you can check called Perspective. It allows you to make your crop follow the perspective, and when you're finished and press Enter, it will make it straight.
author says:
Thank you everyone for your compliments and support.
Grey...dear...as helpful as that is, I'm sure I knew that. However, I was at work when I took the raw image off my camera, and no access to photoshop. So, this was the best I could get. I planned on uploading a scan, but I couldn't capture a scan like I said.
good work!
most excellent! Good luck to you
Thankyou
Very nice! I like the colors you picked. Reminds me of some artworks from the 50's.
very beautiful! it's a hard job, i know that!!! good luck!
simply awesome.......
Thankyou guys!
wow! just ballpoint pens? amazing! GL!
thanks.....Yes...I went out and found these great color ballpoint pens made by Foray called "on point"...it is great they have more than blue and black these days!!!!!
Wow! Very nice.
Good luck
MOST AWESOME!!!!!! I love the detail
WOW,WOW,WOW...this is really really great piece of work...well done author and best of luck
This is what we called a work of a genius! Very nicely done. Good luck author!
Thankyou guys
Nice Penmanship, lol very well done indeed.
wow i knew i gave this the highest vote for reason lol..i love your work, seriously you are so freaking gifted~!
wow, very nice drawing and coloring
Beautiful work.....Best of Luck Author.
Congrats stunning work with pens
Congrats on 1st place
Congrats
Howdie stranger!
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