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Evolution - Birth by =jocarra:iconjocarra:

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©2008-2009 =jocarra
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Jayli
Evolution - Birth

Series image 1 of 4 (although 6 were intended), done for my drawing class in which we were asked to draw a series that introduced myself and/or described a transformative process. Naturally, I picked Jayli.

I wanted it to use a single figure, alone, to portray as much as I could both about myself and Jayli. This particular image serves as the beginning of our story, representing a kind of child-like shyness/fear and unwillingness to face the world.

As a sidenote, my biggest critique was that "it's too perfect, so I can't see your artistic intent and it doesn't interest me. You should have made her ugly."

~4 hours. Graphite and kneadable eraser.

Jayli © Jen Philpot (The Tripartitus)

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~Etch-A-Sketch72 Jan 25, 2008, 11:46:37 PM
everything is amazing. I love the whole lonely feel the white space provides. :)
Its perfect... but why make her ugly for art's purpose? ugh.

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Robert Pattinson is now my hero.
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=jocarra Jan 26, 2008, 12:09:38 AM
Heh, thank you very much, I really do appreciate it :thanks:

Haha, yeah, that's what I thought :P They ask me to do art that represents me in some way, and I choose to draw my character, and then they tell me I shouldn't have drawn my character that way :P It'd be like asking a woman to paint a self portrait, and then saying, "You should have painted yourself as a man. It would have been more interesting." :roll:

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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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=jocarra Jan 26, 2008, 12:09:43 AM
Thank you :)

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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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~Etch-A-Sketch72 Jan 26, 2008, 12:24:24 AM
ughh I dont like when people do that T___T I'm only in middle school and I already really hate it when teachers tell you what to do in art, yet tell you to be creative =^= kinda hypocritical, isn't it??

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Robert Pattinson is now my hero.
[link]
[link]
(Thanks to ~LamourVengeance for the links~)
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=jocarra Jan 26, 2008, 12:31:19 AM
It totally is!

"Draw what you like!... Oh, but don't draw that. Or that. Or that. In fact, only draw what I tell you to."

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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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~Etch-A-Sketch72 Jan 26, 2008, 12:35:33 AM
yeah. They say ALL the time "You need to be creative with your art! Think of imaginative things! Let your mind wander!" but then they say "Okay, due a week from now, you need to draw a picture off-" *looks around for idea* "-a turtle!"
Thats not a very open assignment... and thats what most of art class is like >>

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Robert Pattinson is now my hero.
[link]
[link]
(Thanks to ~LamourVengeance for the links~)
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=jocarra Jan 26, 2008, 12:40:42 AM
Ouch, that is pretty constrained. My assignments are a lot better than that, in that they're a lot more open to interpretation, which is nice. Still constrained to other people's mindsets, though :P

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~Jen Philpot
De lvce obscvritateqve et omnibvs qvae vltra latent...
Potestisne videre?
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~FlareAndIcicle Jan 26, 2008, 2:31:49 AM
Ugh, I can't see how someone can feel any drawing 'too perfect', I really can't!

But anyway, I really do love this image :heart:

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~nutamu Jan 26, 2008, 2:53:23 AM
Just remeber they're teachers...there's an old saying "Those that can't do, teach." although I always found the saying a little offensive and for the most part untrue...there are exceptions. :)

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"It's not enough that you have to imprision me and steal my pop tarts, you must also make me your mule?"
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