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Orange Turtle by ~blueRaptoR77:iconblueRaptoR77:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > Animals

©2005-2009 ~blueRaptoR77
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Artist's Comments

Just an old piece of mine, but I really like it and it still holds up as an illustrative piece on its own, even being drawn quite some time ago. I actually had a turtle to draw from that my brother caught in our backyard. No real inspiration for this, all I wanted to do was a sort of a still-life with a bit of flare, and I thought of boring fruit...and then we had this turtle...

Graphite on paper.


*EDIT* 4-22-06: Wow, a DD on this guy? I never saw it coming. But that's a ton to for featuring it. Glad you all like it!

Daily Deviation

Given 2006-04-22

A little bit whimsical and a little bit quizzical, Orange Turtle by *blueRaptoR77 stuck out when I went mulling about the galleries on an April morning. (Featured by `zeruch)

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*Cheps-Oner Jun 6, 2005, 4:44:02 PM
Thats real nice, very clean, nice work. :)

-cheps oner

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~aqueous-thing Jun 6, 2005, 4:46:49 PM
Very nice! It takes a while before you realize what's wrong..=)
I've always wondered how you artists who can draw that smoothly/detailed (like the wrinkles of the orange..) actually do it? Do I have to use a very compact pencil?

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~blueRaptoR77 Jun 6, 2005, 4:53:17 PM
Actually all I used was a 2b mechanical pencil. They can stay nice and sharp but after a while you figure out how to work out a flat area of the lead and shade in areas ever-so cleanly...but it just takes a while. I found that doing drawings like these were kind of relaxing, not having to worry about a lot of content or anything, just the detail.
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~mediocrelife Jun 6, 2005, 10:04:58 PM
so you stuffed that turtle in the orange! oh my. lol. Actually, this is a very nice drawing, the detail is really nice and both the turtle and orange look realistic (I also like how you added the shadow.) :) great work.
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~reptileshadows Jun 7, 2005, 2:17:01 AM
That's amazing! The turtle's head looks so real, and the orange is really rather strange (in an interesting way!)

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~KidKnuckles Jun 7, 2005, 4:00:39 PM
your amazing...always have been!

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~aqueous-thing Jun 9, 2005, 12:14:42 PM
Thank you for explaining. *feels inspired* :floating:

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~phoenixfirestorm Jun 9, 2005, 4:02:25 PM
very well done! I love the detail. Its rather odd but most definately interesting.

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~Cadence92 Jun 25, 2005, 6:35:04 PM
thats awesome

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~bongoshock Nov 8, 2005, 12:43:17 PM
creative and well handled! I love the idea! you got the textures really nicely too! nice finish. :D
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