Awesome animal moment
AFRICA: a dramatic baby lion rescue, played out in Kenya’s Masai Mara game reserve
~ photo by Jean-Francois Largot
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Redhead Girl | Ballpoint Pen Drawing
This is NOT a photograph but is amazing artwork! Click through to view more images…
Reference photo by Russian photographer: Кристина Тарарина
Russian Top Model’s name: Любовь Ансимова
Red hair, also called ginger hair occurs naturally on approximately 1–2% of the human population. It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations. Red hair appears in people with two copies of a recessive gene on chromosome 16 which causes a mutation in the MC1R protein.
Took aprox. 30 hours to finish. Lost about 20% quality during scanning.
FAQ: Due to hundreds of questions and my lack of time to answer them all here are the answers for the most frequently asked:
Q:How many colors do you have and what pens are these?
A: I have 8 colored Bic ballpoint pens, for this I used 6 of them plus black. They are just common everyday ballpoint pens. Buy them here: [link] you can also buy the Staedtler ball 432 or the Scent Sibles [link]
Q: Where do you get them? I have never seen them.
A: Staples, Ebay, Amazon, and pretty much any good office supply store, just because you haven’t noticed them before doesn’t mean they don’t exist!
Q: Do you use any other medium mixed with the ballpoint pens?
A: No, I just use ballpoint pens for these drawings. Everything is 100% ballpoint pen.
Q: How do you mix the colors? How do you blend them?
A: I don’t mix them nor blend them. Ballpoint pen ink dries instantly and can not be erased. I just cross hatch the different colors in layers to create the illusion of blending and the illusion of colors I don’t actually have.
Q: Are you a professional Artist?
A: No, I’m just a lawyer, art is just a hobby for me, although it takes from 5 to 50 hours to finish each drawing. I started drawing when I was 2.
Q: What colors do you have?
A: Yellow, orange, magenta, light green, light blue, blue, pink, purple. I also have a classic black and a classic blue Bic pens.
Q: Do you trace the drawing, what do you do to get the proportions?
A: No. I use a grid on the reference, I then draw another pencil grid on the paper to make the drawing the exact size I want, then draw the simple outlines in pencil as accurately as possible and then erase the pencil as I color the drawing. I look and draw, the traditional typical way.
Q: Do you use photo manipulation or digital effects?
A: No. I like to do my work traditionally, the hard way, the way I like.
Q: Some say drawing exact copies of photos is not art.
A: I don’t care what some people think, I love realism, I only draw to improve my skills, to practice, and because I love it, not to please the critics. Also, there are as many concepts of what is art as there are humans on earth, so what really matters is what art is for you, in your heart.
via Redhead Girl – Ballpoint Pen by =VianaArts on deviantART.
Kindness is a language
Kindness is a language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
~ Mark Twain
Ripple effect
You think you’re just a drop in the ocean…but look at the ripple effect one drop can make!
Understanding differences
Best friends never have the same nature, they just have the best understanding of their differences.
~ Author Unknown
Puzzle: Utility lines to 3 houses
Gas, Water, Electric to 3 Houses
A man has built three houses. Nearby there are gas water and electric plants. The man wishes to connect all three houses to each of the gas, water and electricity supplies.
Unfortunately the pipes and cables must not cross each other. How would you connect each of the 3 houses to each of the gas, water and electricity supplies?
Dogs in heaven
If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die I want to go where they go.
~ Will Rogers
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