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ornotna

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29. Wonderful work, amazing talent

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Mon Jul 30, 2018, 02:52 PM

Jul 2018

They're all very good. Although the left hand on the guy with the top hat is freaking me out.

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This artist does impressive color ballpoint pen drawings: [View all] tblue37 Jul 2018 OP

Wow, the creativity and talent posted here is awesome. Fla Dem Jul 2018 #1

Unbelievable!! secondwind Jul 2018 #2

Look at the cheap dimestore pen he is using for his colors: tblue37 Jul 2018 #3

I noticed that, too. kag Jul 2018 #9

Its not the tool itself, its the hand and eye, and familiarity with the tool. marble falls Jul 2018 #28

Exactly! BigmanPigman Aug 2018 #36

And they say there's no eye in 'team'. marble falls Aug 2018 #37

He has the eye and the touch. LiberalFighter Jul 2018 #4

Absolutely incredible talent. paleotn Jul 2018 #5

So much talent in this world. Ferrets are Cool Jul 2018 #6

Amazing! PatrickforO Jul 2018 #7

I'm very impressed. Hope this guy is making a fortune, if not he should be. blueinredohio Jul 2018 #8

The video on his site says he is establishing an art scholarship. In the video, he tblue37 Jul 2018 #18

Hopefully if he does want to do better this exposure will help him. blueinredohio Jul 2018 #22

Great eye for color and characterization Bayard Jul 2018 #10

Exactly. I do not understand how the color blending worked Duppers Jul 2018 #12

Very fine, detailed crosshatching--e.g. red & green to create illusion of brown. tblue37 Jul 2018 #25

I was confused about how he got yellow, but then realized he probably tblue37 Jul 2018 #19

Also, if you enlarge his browns, like the wood in the horse stall, you'll realize he tblue37 Jul 2018 #20

Absolutely stunning and gorgeous firstwife Jul 2018 #11

gadzooks! i didn't know my favorite pen could do that certainot Jul 2018 #13

That horse stall... I'd swear that color and style looks like something defacto7 Jul 2018 #14

That one and the portrait of the young woman are my favorites. nt tblue37 Jul 2018 #15

Wow! And this amazing cat! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2018 #16

Incredible talent lillypaddle Jul 2018 #17

I want to find a new superlative to describe my respect for this talent. TNNurse Jul 2018 #21

Wish I had never seen this - feel so inadequate packman Jul 2018 #23

Photorealistic pencil artists (another skill that astonished me) can spend tblue37 Jul 2018 #24

Wonderful work. I hope he has tested the pens for colorfastness! It's helpful that Doitnow Jul 2018 #26

His work is clearly ephemeral unless treated. Nitram Jul 2018 #35

Really most look like photos rather than drawings. magicarpet Jul 2018 #27

Wonderful work, amazing talent ornotna Jul 2018 #29

Left hand has a glove on! blaze Jul 2018 #31

Yes, I agree ornotna Jul 2018 #34

Amazing. I have a sketchbook and I don't have single sketch that sniffs that talent. JDC Jul 2018 #30

A talanted artist, is an artist, and is an artist...and this person is a great artist..nt Stuart G Jul 2018 #32

i did one ballpoint artpiece. replicated an old black + white photo. turned out good pansypoo53219 Jul 2018 #33

Impressive, indeed! ailsagirl Aug 2018 #38