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June 19, 2007
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This is a scratchboard illustration of Jazz musician Carl Kress.

Something totally new and different for me. This assignment was the first of the reductive technique assignments I had to do for class. In reductive work, things are removed, rather than added like in pencil and ink drawings. So with that, I had to work negatively, removing everything from the scratchboard that was white in the reference photo. Aside from working negatively, I had to scratch out parts with a knife tool--something totally different from the usual pencil drawings.

Surprisingly, the teacher said all students had the best results when working in this medium. I will definitely work more in this medium in the future.

Done with 112 point scratch knife on black scratchboard.

Reference image can be found here.

Original photograph © William P. Gottlieb and The Library of Congress
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~theyellowfury Dec 30, 2009
Pretty amazing. Critique? I can't see a damn thing wrong with it
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~DRa90NBoi Dec 30, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks, I'm glad you like it!
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!RxQueen3 Nov 1, 2009
this is wonderful!
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~Obscuri Oct 24, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
dA needs more scratchboard! This is absolutely gorgeous. :)

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~DRa90NBoi Oct 24, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Indeed. I have some scratchboard left over from this project that I should use to make more pieces--however, they are well over a year old from when I got them, so they'll probably be a pain to scratch into, heheh.

Thanks for the comment!
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~Ukki-chan Mar 15, 2009
Omg, I just love the shadings, good work <3

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Mood: Love ~kt4d Aug 21, 2008  Professional General Artist
Absolutely beautifully handled. Scratch boards can be a real pain, and this has turned out wonderfully! Not to mention, fantastic subject!
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~DRa90NBoi Aug 22, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
Yea, I can see that scratch boards have that potential. Thank you for your comment! Hopefully I'll return to using this medium sometime.
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~kt4d Aug 24, 2008  Professional General Artist
You're welcome. I hope you do, you handle them wonderfully.
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Oooh the strings would of been hard to do...

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