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August 29, 2011
The true violinist by *Ilojleen

Category: Traditional Art: Pencils, White-Gel Pen and Kneaded Eraser:

The suggester says, "*Ilojleen's technique is just great, and here she took artistic license to render a wonderful image with graphite pencils. I strongly suggest everyone to check her entire gallery, also her fanart works."
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The true violinist

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EDIT: PLEASE REFRAIN FROM INFORMING ME IT LOOKS LIKE KAMELOT'S GHOST OPERA CD COVER. I know it :) It's because my drawing was based on the same stock photo, and I discovered it earlier, right after I had started drawing The true violinist. I had already had this concept in my head and the fact it's Kamelot's CD cover didn't affect on my idea at all.
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A DAILY DEVIATION!!! MY FIRST ONE! Wow, I can't believe it :squee: Huge thanks and hugs go to ArielRGH for making my dream come true...I have never expected it to happen, so being awarded it made me incredibly happy! Thank you, Ariel :heart:
I'm also very grateful for accepting Ariel's suggestion and featuring my drawing, thanks a lot WDWParksGal :hug:
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Basic info

:pointr: size: A4
:pointr: pencils, H - 8B, a regular eraser and a kneaded eraser, a white gel pen
:pointr: time: I lost the track of time, but 30 hours I guess?
:pointr: reference photo: Girl with the Violin 3
:pointr: WIPs: img560.imageshack.us/img560/98…

The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
Yehudi Menuhin

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
Yehudi Menuhin

About the drawing

Once I found this photo Girl with the Violin 3 by b-e-c-k-y-stock, I knew I had to draw it. This picture speaks with emotions. It well depicts how important they are for musicians while playing the instruments. The emotions which are visible at those moments confirm their credibility. An emotionless musician just plays. The true musician creates music, lives the music. It comes straight from their heart. He or she can get lost in music.
Music can't be properly expressed on paper - words can't describe it. However, music is described by notes. Each and every note symbolizes sound. The notes you can see in the drawing aren't random. It's "Toccata & Fugue in D minor" of Johann Sebastian Bach, written especially for the violin.
The stave is drawn from my imagination. It wasn't a piece of cake to draw all these curves of lines. I had to be very focused with the notes. As the lines bended, turned, diverted, I needed to change their positions, rotations - so, some of them are reversed horizontally and vertically. Unfortunately, I made two big mistakes by accident: I drew an extra note and drew the G-clef in the wrong place. It should have been placed in the right bottom corner as it's the 1st note which starts the composition.
I dislike the background :C I'm pretty sure I will never ever draw it as neatly as I want to. It always turns out dirty.

Hope you like it! It's important to me if you do, as it's not a thing I usually draw and I put a lot of my heart and soul into it :aww: Have a wonderful evening :huggle:

Image size
4661x3330px 10.51 MB
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Superb work on the musical notes and pose