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If you like my drawings or use my stock photos and you want to give me a little donation it would be gratefully received.

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~Raqonteur
Paul
Artist | Hobbyist | Traditional Art
United Kingdom
Who am I?
Well if you're really interested you can read this [link] my introductory journal entry.
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Original or Fan Character Uncoloured Full Body Sketch With Background
Your Original Character or Fan Character redrawn in my style. Check here [link] if you want to see what my style looks like
30
limit: unlimited / sold: 1
Full or 3/4 Body Anime or Disney Character Fully Shaded Pencil Sketch
A fully shaded drawing of an Anime Character or a Disney Character.  May be Full body, 3/4 body or waist up.  Will include an appropriate background.
30
limit: unlimited / sold: 0
Fan Art Character Fully Shaded Sketch; Full or 3/4 Body with Simple Background
A fully shaded sketch of your favourite character, either full body, 3/4 body or waist up.  Includes a simple, appropriate background.
It can be anyone from Film, Television, Comics, Games.  Whatever.

Please provide at least one reference link as i may have no idea who the character is :P
30
limit: unlimited / sold: 1
Fully Shaded Pencil Sketch of Your OC and...
Have you ever wanted to see your OC meet one of your favourite characters from film, television or even a game?  Now's you chance.

This will be a full body, 3/4 body or waist up fully shaded drawing with your OC and upto three other characters, be they other OC's or established characters.

The points cost is higher because it includes several characters and might well involve research time if I'm not familar with the characters.
100
limit: unlimited / sold: 0
Character Head & Shoulders Portrait Pencil Sketch
A head and shoulders portrait/study of your Character, in pencil, partially shaded. Examples can be seen here [link]
50
limit: unlimited / sold: 0
Original or Fan Character Coloured Full Body Sketch With Simple Background
A sketch of your Original Character or Fan Character in my style and pencil coloured. Examples can be found here [link]
50
limit: unlimited / sold: 1
Full Colour Disney or Anime Character
A full colour drawing of your choice of Anime or Disney Character.  The picture can be full body, 3/4 body or waist up.  It will be full colour with shading and a simple background.
50
limit: unlimited / sold: 0
Fully Coloured Fan Art Character Full or 3/4 Body drawing
A full body, 3/4 body or waist up, full coloured drawing of your favourite character from film, television, comics or games.

Please provide at least one reference link as I may not be familiar with the character.
50
limit: unlimited / sold: 0
Original Character or Fan Character Story - Literature Commission
This is a story featuring either your original charcter or a brand new character.  The more details you provide of what you want, the closer it will be to your vision.  You can provide me with a complete plot or just a title or theme, or anything inbetween.
This type of work involves a lot of feedback and communication (questions :P) to keep the details right (I can't just guess the name of your first love for example :P)
300
limit: unlimited / sold: 0
Whilst I truly enjoy the sketching I have been doing, and i feel I have vastly improved (especially with all the recent commissions).  I believe it's time to move on a bit.  I have noticed that in general it's the colour pieces here on deviantart that get the attention, and as another deviant put it, when we dream up a concept, we see it in colour.  Not in black and white.

So with that in mind, for colouring practice I'm going to start going back through my old sketchbooks (and there are quite a few LOL) and colouring some of the older sketches i find there.  I've done some pieces in colour before but with the (hopefully) greater understanding of light and shadow that all this sketching has brought, I can produce coloured pieces that I can be as proud of as i am my recent sketches.

I'll post the new pieces here, with a link to the original sketch.  Feel free to let me know if you think I've improved against earlier attempts or against the original sketch.  Or where you think I'm going wrong (or right :P).


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Thank´s! This happened near ... I believe that she will join the force in season 6! kkkk... MTFBWY!
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*jayji062 Jan 21, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Most folks (me included) don't have the guts to do a realistic self-portrait(true) lol.
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~Raqonteur Jan 21, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Well I thought if i did a photo I'd scare everyone :P

Seriously though this was a quick sketch and about the only time I've drawn from real life (I'm slow :P).

I did try to do a more realistic one but it got skewed somewhat. You can still see it on here though it's too bad to be my ID :P
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*jayji062 Jan 23, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I'm glad your wife got used to your excitement of finished artwork lol. Wanna surprise yourself even more? 1.always draw with reference photo 2. when you draw difficult things (like portrait or figure), don't name them(such as: now i'm drawing arms); just draw what you see and see it as mere shapes. Give it a try ;)
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~Raqonteur Jan 24, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I tend to do a lot of fan art and some portraits for which i always use reference pictures.

Most of the (female:P) human figure comes pretty naturally now but I suck at hands and feet for which I always use a reference and break down into basic shapes. But thanks for the suggestion I'll try not thinking about/naming them and see if it helps.
Either that or i'll make myself sit and do noting but hands and feet for an hour or two (and then go and have a stiff drink probably :P)
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Mood: Joy *jayji062 Jan 21, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I like your ID drawing; very cool!
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~Raqonteur Jan 21, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you:)
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*jayji062 Jan 23, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
welcome.
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=EigthDegreeBites Dec 15, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Features here [link] and here [link]

:D
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~Raqonteur Dec 17, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Cooooool :P
Thank you very much.

I'm amazed I won any of the catagories considering the wealth of talent in the contest :)
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