New artwork

[billyskank]

If you're interested.



Give me a little while and I'll make a slideshow (or at least a sequence of pictures) showing how I did it. This is because BarnakedLady and primate1 were interested, if either of them are still around.

[redqueen]

1. You just get better and better.

Very nice.

[billyskank]

4. Thanks.

[merh]

2. what if the rest of us are interested?

are you not well - if that is the case you better get well, please.

the work is lovely - do tell how it was created.

[billyskank]

3. Then you are welcome to see as well.

[Forkboy]

5. Absolutely outstanding.

Seriously... :wow:

[billyskank]

9. Thank you.

[BarenakedLady]

6. Wonderful!

Of course we are interested!

Good to see you btw.

:hug:

[billyskank]

10. Thanks.

Slideshow is up (see below). Good to see you too. :hug:

[bluesbassman]

7. Excellent work.

Topnotch!:applause:

[billyskank]

11. Ta very much.

[billyskank]

8. Here is the slideshow showing how I built the picture up.

It's a 3Mb file, so give it a few seconds.

[VenusRising]

12. That's really cool!

Thanks for posting that. It's interesting to see the steps you took to complete the drawing.

You're awesome! :)

[billyskank]

13. Glad you like it.

I'm not awesome, but thanks. I'm just some guy.

[redqueen]

16. Cooooool.

Thanks!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. i love this slideshow. awesome.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. My dear billy!

That is just breathtaking...

And your slide show just blows me away...

I'm thinking you could really break into the artistic market with your ability...

Thank you so much for posting this wonderful drawing, sweetie!

:hug:

[billyskank]

17. Thanks, Peggy

I'm glad you like it. I know nothing of the art scene, I wouldn't have a clue how to begin.

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. That is awesome Billyskank

you are really talented

[billyskank]

18. Thanks.

[I Have A Dream]

19. Lucky you to have such amazing left-brain and right-brain abilities.

:thumbsup:

Thank you for sharing it with us, billy.

[billyskank]

23. Thank you.

It just means I can push a pencil around and make nice marks with it, that's all. What really matters is how you make people feel.

[I Have A Dream]

34. When I push the pencil around and make marks, they're...

very different from your marks. :eyes:   :)

Please realize, billy, that your artwork makes people feel really good; it's awe-inspiring, at least for me. It truly is a gift that can add to people's lives in ways known and unknown even if they don't know the subject.

Believing in reincarnation the way that I do, I hope that I can at some point come back with more right brain ability and have even a quarter of the talent that you do.

Do you draw things other than people? Do you have other artistic abilities? (Do you paint, work with clay, etc.?)

I've decided to try my hand at the creative process and focus on the process itself rather than the outcome; to not judge myself or the end product but rather to take joy in the journey rather than the destination.

Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your gift with us. :hug:

[yvr girl]

20. That's so good

The hand is just amazing.

[billyskank]

24. Thanks.

Funny, the hand was the bit of the picture I was long dissatisfied with. Hands and feet are always difficult. I guess it turned out okay.

[Dr. Strange]

21. Wow.

That's really nice.

[billyskank]

25. Thanks, Doctor.

[ThomCat]

22. Wow. This image really shows off your chops.

That had to be a very, very time consuming, meticulous image to create. :loveya:

You continue to improve very visibly and substantially year by year. Wow!

:hug:

[billyskank]

26. *touches face*

Does it? ;) Thanks, Thom. :hug:

[ghostsofgiants]

27. I am still around. (But no longer go by the primate1 moniker, to Midlo's dismay.)

[billyskank]

28. Ha!

Fuck the poor. That's what it was always about really.

[ghostsofgiants]

29. Word.

:thumbsup:

[Steerpike]

30. Nice Job!

You are a classic Billy!

[jeff30997]

31. Absolutely stunning !

More please.:bounce:

[Jamastiene]

32. Wow! Nice work!

:applause:

[Callalily]

33. Billy, this pic is just

fabulous. And the folds in her clothes! I'll never understand how you do that.

And thanks for posting the slide show. The evolution of your picture is extremely interesting.

:hug:


p.s. Nice to see you here again.

[Blue_Tires]

35. well done

now erase the toga :evilgrin:

[Call Me Wesley]

36. Very nice!

:thumbsup: Great shading, you improved a lot! Love the hair here. :hi:

[LaurenG]

38. Wow - this is awesome, the model sure looks familiar!

:loveya:

[In_The_Wind]

39. It really is beautiful!

Was your subject a DUer?

[billyskank]

40. Thanks!

Not a DUer, but a relative of a DUer and a Facebook acquaintance of mine. :hi:

[In_The_Wind]

41. Very cool!

:loveya:

[cwydro]

42. Very, very nice.

[intheflow]

43. Wow!!

This makes me wish Lounge posts could get on the Greatest Page, b/c I'd pm everyone to rec this. Beautiful work, billy!