We're Only Weeds

[Maloof?]

Maybe we can be flowers.

[IMG]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/133/3/4/We__re_Weeds_by_MalooF.jpg[/IMG]Charcoal and pen on A1 paper.

Photo references used from Google and Wikipedia.

This was a project for my tonal drawing class. The drawing resulted in me staying up until 3-4 for a couple of nights running, but it was well worth it.
The paper is a little crinkled and this is a photograph, so shadows and such are apparent. I'll scan it all soon and reupload it.

Constructive criticism very welcome.

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Detail 1

[IMG]http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/133/5/2/We__re_Weeds___detail_1_by_MalooF.jpg[/IMG]

Detail 2

[IMG]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/133/c/6/We__re_Weeds___detail_2_by_MalooF.jpg[/IMG]

[skam]

Great stuff!

reminds me of Karl Blossfeldt's work:
[IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/309659/blossfeldt_3_small.jpg[/IMG]

In my opinion the background of the fourth weed (as seen in detail 2) is too dark compared to the others.

[lolita la vida]

The first three are quite bland but I like the contrast in fourth one, good job :)

[Maloof?]

Thanks for the comments guys!

I agree with both of you; although I wanted it to work as one piece, I realise that the drawings only really work well if you view them as individual works.

[k00lwhip]

ooo. pretty. palette

[Ted Gills]

Those are beautiful.

[Scyze]

Very nice use of charcoal and ink, very subtle. By the way, are you mixing the two? I find that I get extremely interesting results when I layer charcoal and then use ink wash straight over it. You get some really thick, deep blacks and the ink spreads like mad. 'Course, though, you're going for a more precise style, but if you ever get bored.. :v:

[Maloof?]

Haha. I used ink pens and charcoal; I don't have any 'loose' ink at the moment to try washing with, but I'd love to try. =]

[icypenguin]

Nice. I like the 2nd one.

[Maloof?]

[QUOTE=icypenguin;21936811]Nice. I like the 2nd one.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, that was my lecturer's favorite too.

[Spagett!]

i like these a lot!
:D

[Maloof?]

Thanks!

Some dirty, dirty self-advertising here, but tell your friends! I need all the criticism I can get at the moment.