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February 22, 2011
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Brilliant Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan from the TV show Dexter

„...but with Lumen...I'm someone different. In her eyes...I'm not a monster at all.“ (S05E10 - In the Beginning)

Quick drawing animation walkthrough: [link]

I slightly got tired of seeing works using same 3-4 different refs of Dexter over and over again, no matter how fantastic the works were, so I decided to go for a ref I haven's seen drawn/painted already, although on a site as big as this one there can be x works referenced from the photo I drew that I don't know of :D

After I scanned this drawing and saw it in a smaller size than in reality, I couldn't believe that was my drawing. I guess because of all this reflections in the blood, blurry parts vs. detailed ones (which I had the intention to draw even more detailed, but didn't -> laziness) etc. made it look quite realistic, despite all the parts I'm not satisfied with and all the areas I did a very sloppy job on. (and there are plenty of them!)

I was scanning some WIPs of this drawing for my YouTube WIP animations, so I was able to measure approx. time needed for this drawing. It took 30-35h to complete. That is waaaaaay over my number of hours I can work on a single piece without getting too impatient and sloppy.

Maybe you didn't know, but I'm a big Dexter fan! The show is simply brilliant! It's very different than any other show I've ever watched. People usually don't love serial killers, but we looove this one for sure! :D I like the way the show is made, with Dexter's little inner monologues and everything. Gotta love that black, morbid humor! Hehe :lol:

Tools used:
:liquisoft: A4 Canson fine grain paper ( 160g/m2)
:liquisoft: kneaded, stick and pencil eraser
:liquisoft: H, 2B, 3B, 4B, 5B regular pencils
:liquisoft: 2B, HB mechanical pencils
:liquisoft: white gel pen
:liquisoft: 2H tick pencil
:liquisoft: ref picture
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Dexter © Showtime
Artwork© I.P. =Diamond4girl
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The suggester says: "It's truly realistic pic. No, you are wrong, it's just more than that: it's gorgeous, stunning..!"
The artist was also suggested by *MaidenElf. ( Suggested by ~AliGFX and Featured by ^KasumiCR )
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Mood: Joy ~SebbyFan May 3, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
Wow!
Awesome! Dexter is alive!

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~NealMcDannel Apr 29, 2012  New member Professional Traditional Artist
Nice work
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~NealMcDannel Apr 29, 2012  New member Professional Traditional Artist
Very nice.
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Mood: Love ~Toolittle2late Apr 16, 2012
Amazing work!:clap: You've made one Dexter fan really happy :)

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*prettyflour Feb 27, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
This has been featured in mu journal!

[link]

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=Diamond4girl Feb 27, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you very much! :hug:

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Mood: Joy *Alexgarvin Jan 24, 2012  Student Digital Artist
excellent work, mate.

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=Diamond4girl Jan 25, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thank you very much!

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~memphizz Jan 24, 2012
no words...no
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~Mariochaz Jan 24, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
kewl!

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