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Hold Yourself Together by ~genni:icongenni:


©2004-2008 ~genni
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Submitted: November 11, 2004
Image Size: 110 KB
Resolution: 830×1091
Comments: 2,519
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I finally finished it this morning :D After a few weeks of working on it I'm finally done, minus the signature (I have to figure out a good place to put it) If you saw the 2 WIP scraps of this piece you already know a bit about it, but for the rest of you, this piece was done as a project for my art class, and a few pieces from the class get chosen to be displayed in a college art exhibit here in BC to represent our highschool.

I wanted to do a different style of self portraiture and make it original and meaningful as well as encorporate my love of photography and drawing. The use of my hands holding the picture together is supposed to symbolize how many people like to keep everything in their lives together by themselves(including myself), and the sullen look on my face represents how trying to 'hold yourself together' can be emotionally straining. It's impossible to be perfect or to keep everything together on your own. That's sort of the general idea behind the portrait.

Medium: graphite
Size: 14"X 20"
Tools: Staedtler Mars Lumograph graphite pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B<--I used an entire 8B doing the background :phew:), kneaded eraser, masking tape, tissue, blending stump
Photo references: original photo - [link]
idea reference from original photo- [link]
Time: I didn't really count, but I'd estimate...about 15-20 hours, the longest I've ever taken on a drawing

*full-view recommended* when I get my scanner I'll get a sharper image of it on here...

side-note: I'm making limited prints of this offline, but I will be selling some of them on ebay. This will be done after I've graduated so keep an eye out if you're interested, I'll be posting the link to the ebay account on here. Thanks!
Daily Deviation, 2004-12-03

Daily DeviationHold Yourself Together by ~genni yes folks, it's a drawing. /me picks up jaw from ground. (Suggested by `jnc and Featured by `alphaosiris)

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~Uchanati:iconUchanati: Nov 11, 2004, 2:03:23 PM
What an amazing job that is just freaking unbelievable. I love it. The hands were the perfect touch it really brings the piece to life!

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~Deafy:iconDeafy: Nov 11, 2004, 2:04:47 PM
OMG ! .. THis is GREAT !!! ... I can`t believe it`s a drawing !! ..
I have somehting like this in my gallery .. but it`s a photomanipulation ..
Anyway .. I love the way the hands come out of the pitures !
I still can`t believe that`s a drawing ! .. Great job ! .. I really love it ! .. I wish I could draw like that .. it looks so real !
It`s great !

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~Dellieke:iconDellieke: Nov 11, 2004, 2:23:45 PM
genni! it turned out awsome! You have so much talent!

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*kaledrub:iconkaledrub: Nov 11, 2004, 2:27:53 PM
Simply amazing piece. Another instant :+fav:

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Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?
~im-jess:iconim-jess: Nov 11, 2004, 5:30:22 PM
That is sooo awesome :clap: i wish i could favourite it twice :aww:
It's great that its different from just the standard portrait, awhh i love it :boogie:
`greenie:icongreenie: Nov 11, 2004, 5:36:11 PM
such a great idea :wow:


I would fav this just for the concept alone.....but then with quality of the drawing also...:faint:

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~The-Last-Superpower:iconThe-Last-Superpower: Nov 11, 2004, 5:41:12 PM
Amazing! Very interesting concept, drawn perfectly!
~napster4every1:iconnapster4every1: Nov 11, 2004, 6:04:38 PM
This is one of the best drawings I have seen in quite a long time. I greatly admire you for taking a lengthy amount of time to complete this piece. Not only is the drawings technically amazing, the concept is wonderfully executed. Beautiful art, definitely worth a fav.
~mistress-melania:iconmistress-melania: Nov 11, 2004, 8:45:24 PM
Omg, thats amazing! I'd be crazy not to :+fave: it, it really is gorgeous, and probably the best piece youve submitted so far ;) Ha...I thought it was like charcoal and stuff, I dunno how you got the black parts so dark...but anyways awesome work :D