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Escher meets Mona by ~FinalFantasyEva:iconFinalFantasyEva:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Portraits & Figures

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©2005-2009 ~FinalFantasyEva
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Artist's Comments

Just an Artist Revisited project that was done in my junior year in art class.
I was going to draw myself in there, but my teacher said everyone does that. Try something different. What better than the Mona Lisa.

Used No.2 Pencil and Ebony Pencil.

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~x-static1988 Jul 28, 2005, 1:58:38 PM
Great drawing.
I find myself turning green. Damn I wish I could draw like that.

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Life is to short for French movies.
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~NYDevon Jul 28, 2005, 2:12:29 PM
Great concept! Very nice shading on the hand. The distortion on the glode makes it look very real. The only thing that looks a bit odd are the fingers in the back (too thin, maybe?). It could just be me though. Great job!
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~Sherrielb86 Jul 28, 2005, 3:05:34 PM
that's really cool. great perspective and excellent shading. did you have a reference?
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~FinalFantasyEva Jul 28, 2005, 3:34:12 PM
2 Refrences.
For the Hand and Globe - I used Eschers Original Picture.
And for Mona Lisa - I used....well A Picture of Mona Lisa.
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~skyd Jul 28, 2005, 3:34:36 PM
Very nice performance. Nice tones and sense of depth.

Two things I just can't ignore: The hand is holding the ball in an upright position, yet in the reflection, mona is stretching her hand forward. What's more bothering is that a left hand is holding the ball, yet in the reflection - it's mona's RIGHT hand that is holding it...

Still, I'm not expected to draw like that in the near future :)

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold.
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~the-enlightened-one Jul 28, 2005, 3:35:45 PM
Well Done!

It does look incredibly 'Escher' like :D. The hand is especially good because hands can be incredibly difficult to do and you have achieved the wrinkles and dents beautifully. Love Eschers work and a great twist to one of his most famous drawings.
Brilliant!

-Bambi-
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~FinalFantasyEva Jul 28, 2005, 3:37:07 PM
Art Does not have to make scence. Thats why its art.
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~the-enlightened-one Jul 28, 2005, 3:42:23 PM
I have to comment on your criticisms :P. Sorry :). Firstly if you look at the original by Escher you wil see that the hand is exactly like that - going upwards....soits not really the artists fault :). And secondly the image thats on the glass ball will be the opposte to her hand because its a mirrored ball, so the hands will be opposites...

Lol. Sorry had to explain that...

-Bambi-
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~skyd Jul 28, 2005, 3:42:51 PM
No argue there..

LOL - I'm still stretching my hand forward, trying to understand how it should appear in real life...
Think I'll have to solve this issue with a mirror.. ha ha ha.. :)

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold.
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~skyd Jul 28, 2005, 4:02:31 PM
Whoops... my bad... it really got me confused.
I also found the original one by Escher and now I'm even more impressed with the performance! :worship:
(Just so you'll know, I fav-ed it before reading this reply :))

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold.
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