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DryJack
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[2009-04-28 14:53:17 +0000 UTC]
"paul harper"
(United Kingdom)
# Statistics
Favourites: 501; Deviations: 187; Watchers: 665
Watching: 168; Pageviews: 54831; Comments Made: 7007; Friends: 168
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: HR GigerFavorite movies: Lord of the Rings, Day of the Dead (Original),Starship Troopers,Dune
Favorite TV shows: South Park, Walking dead, Match of the day
Favorite bands / musical artists: Blyth Power, Misfits, Rudimentary Peni, Vandals, NOFX, Astronauts
Favorite books: Lord of the rings, Books of blood
Favorite writers: Tolkien, James Herbert, Clive Barker, Shaun Hutson
Tools of the Trade: Acrylic paint, Pencil
Other Interests: Horror,Sci Fi,Music,Football(Soccer)
# About me
Hi everyone. I started uploading my pictures recently and the response has been really good, so I thought I shouldprobably tell you something about myself. I am a self employed artist living in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on the
Eastern coast of England. I sell my paintings in a local art shop (The Painters Palette), and also take commissions
from here. I work mostly in acrylics but also do pencil drawings. (I have tried my hand at oils with varying success.)
I aim for a photo-realistic style which I guess you either love or hate. The pictures I've posted here are all scans
of work that I've done over the last 5 or 6 years. With the economic recession, work has been sparse of late so I am
the typical "starving artist", but I love doing what I do and it's better than getting a real job,lol.
In my spare time I create digital art using Daz Studio and Poser, (I've posted a bunch of these in my gallery as well.)
I'm totally overwhelmed by the comments I've
recieved and am grateful to everyone who has looked at my pictures. Thanks a lot.
Anyway, thanks for visiting (and for bothering to read this!) I'll post more stuff whenever I can.
Current Residence: England
Favourite genre of music: Punk Rock
Favourite style of art: Fantasy
Operating System: Windows
MP3 player of choice: Sony NWZ-X-1050
Favourite cartoon character: Peter from family guy
# Comments
Comments: 372
hello charlie, its andy in Cyprus, hope youre well mate. My mrs is writing a book and is interested in using your skills for the illustration. Give me a shout mate, cheers
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Hi DryJack
I have downloaded so many of your freebies and they all work great with Daz4.9.
I will thank you a lot for all that great stuff and especially that you offer it for free.
Maybe you will recognice some of your works in the pics of my gallery.
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Since you've been absent for over a year, I guess you won't see this but happy birthday anyway.
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hello my friend i will change my current deviant by this other: [link]
Thanks for following me this whole time!!can do if they want to follow me on my new deviant 
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
enjoy this day!!! and be happy!
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Thank you for your free Medieval Hand Cart. I used it in my Pirate Peril image located at: [link] .
JC
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I love your artwork.. And no problem. c:
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It mortifies me to have to say this publicly Jack, but you really rock.
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The public deserve to know! Lol, cheers mate.
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Hi
I just wanted to drop you a quick message to say thank you for joining
.. really look forward to see your work ..
If you need help at any time, please contact me by replying to this message. Similarly, if you ever have any questions then please do not hesitate to note us ..
Read the Rules and enjoy submitting ..
Thanks again for joining!
Regards
suman..
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Congratulations! Your work has been featured here [link]
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Thank you so much (sorry for the late reply)
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Congratulations! Your work has been featured here [link]
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Hi my name is Fiona and i'm a student at Glasgow School of Art. I'm struggling for subject matter in my work as I like to paint photo-realistically too but it takes me too long to paint that way. Therefore my uni work is in a different style to the way in which I would prefer to paint. I was wondering how you start off your paintings? Do you grid them from photos or just draw them freehand onto a canvas?
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Hi. I usually print out a reference photo and lay this beside the canvas (I work on a flat desk as opposed to an easel). I use a pencil to draw (freehand) the minimum amount of detail I can, just to get an idea of where everything goes. I try to avoid too many pencil lines as I prefer to "draw" with a really watered down colour (usually black or dark brown) and use a very small brush to start painting in details. With a portrait this would be the outlines of the eyes, eyeballs, nostrils, centre line of the mouth, hairline etc. When I'm happy I use a less watered down paint to darken these areas and start adding colour to paint shadows etc. I always start with the darkest areas and work to light. I build the paint up gradually, sometimes painting the same area several times. The beauty of acrylics is that it's easy cover up mistakes or paint over bits you don't like. I'm terrible with watercolour.
I have used the grid method on larger paintings and I find it works really well.
Hope this helps (I'm not great at explaining things, lol). If you need any more help or advice don't be afraid to ask. Good luck with the course, Paul.
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