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MINDistortionTV lemmy.world MINDistortionTV@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Spooky charcoal drawing of a sad little ghost biding their time.
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Broadfern lemmy.world Broadfern@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-03
#2 · Quote Reply

Haunting and charming. Is that like a charcoal wash w/ tape and ink for the tallies?
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MINDistortionTV lemmy.world MINDistortionTV@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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Broadfern wrote:
Haunting and charming. Is that like a charcoal wash w/ tape and ink for the tallies?

Thank you! It's charcoal with the lighter parts erased and compressed charcoal for the tallies.
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waterbird lemmy.blahaj.zone waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-03-06
#4 · Quote Reply

This is really well done. The background is so smooth. How long did it take you to get it to be perfectly faded into itself like that?
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MINDistortionTV lemmy.world MINDistortionTV@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
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waterbird wrote:
This is really well done. The background is so smooth. How long did it take you to get it to be perfectly faded into itself like that?

Thank you! Hard to say, all in all this drawing took me maybe an hour, probably less, with the majority spent on clean up and blending.
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waterbird lemmy.blahaj.zone waterbird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Joined: 2025-03-06
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MINDistortionTV wrote:
Thank you! Hard to say, all in all this drawing took me maybe an hour, probably less, with the majority spent on clean up and blending.

oh wow. Double kudos then. I love the tear-streak lines as well.
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Zorque lemmy.world Zorque@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-13
#7 · Quote Reply

Poor napstablook...
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