Ignore the header. There was poetry originally, but after the change I couldn't alter the heading, thus can't get rid of the 'poetry' part XD

Anyways, to give a bit of background info on me, I have been drawing all my life, but only drawing *regularly* for almost 2 years now. I have never had a drawing class, although I did learn about 5 years ago how to use pastels, charcoal, and watercolors (but that's it; all pencilling I have done is self-taught trial and error).

I have been doing photography as a hobby, nothing more, for the last few months. I really have no idea what I am doing ;)

I love critique. Critique + me = OTP. I embrace it. I'm now at the point of time that my mom cannot critique me very well, so I'm always looking for it. Of course, pure compliments are great too xD But anyways, I will not be offended at all by any critique... flames of course are not accepted, but honest critique is great. How am I supposed to improve if I don't get some? :)

You can find all my art/photography at http://ainulaire.deviantart.com, if you're so inclined. I'll post new things here and there as well.

New Pastel: Amy Lee (http://www.evboard.com/showpost.php?p=866657&postcount=5)

Anyways, here we go:

Art (fan art included). Click thumbnail for larger picture.

http://xs68.xs.to/pics/06075/LifeInDeadPlaces.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs68&d=06075&f=LifeInDeadPlaces.jpg) http://xs64.xs.to/pics/06035/waterfall.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs64&d=06035&f=waterfall.jpg) http://xs51.xs.to/pics/05422/Gimli.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs51&d=05422&f=Gimli.jpg)http://xs28.xs.to/pics/05196/Gollum.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs28&d=05196&f=Gollum.jpg)

http://xs47.xs.to/pics/05386/LightOfMordor.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs47&d=05386&f=LightOfMordor.jpg) http://xs47.xs.to/pics/05386/BlackRider.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs47&d=05386&f=BlackRider.jpg) http://xs74.xs.to/pics/06130/Fellowship.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs74&d=06130&f=Fellowship.jpg)

And some photography/digital manips of photos:

http://xs74.xs.to/pics/06130/road.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs74&d=06130&f=road.jpg)http://xs74.xs.to/pics/06130/windowworld.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs74&d=06130&f=windowworld.jpg)http://xs74.xs.to/pics/06130/flower6.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs74&d=06130&f=flower6.jpg)

Your poetry,artwork and photography are all great.I love the shaksperian feel to that poem and im absolutely jealous of your artistice ability.Iv'e been drawing seince I was little too so why arn't I that good?I don't know how you do it but in both your art and photography evrything seems so perfect.Whenever I draw I mess somthing up and whenever I take a picture somthing gets in the way.Your great at what you do so keep it up!

Wow, you havew tons of stuff right now. And let me say the poetry was great, and your fan art is amazing. It rocks. I really love all of it. Also the photography is amazing as well. I really like them all. I love the black and white one tho. Black and white are my favorite pictures. Anyways- I hope to see more of your stuff really soon!

hey there's some really rad stuff there :) .

keep up the rad work :D


Deano

Thank you very much for the comments ^^

I just finished my first human pastel portrait- and I happened to do Amy Lee.

You are all large Amy Lee fans, obviously; how did I do for my first drawing of Amy Lee, and my first pastel portrait?

http://xs300.xs.to/xs300/06196/AmyLee.jpg.xs.jpg (http://xs.to/xs.php?h=xs300&d=06196&f=AmyLee.jpg)

(Click for larger image)

I really like your paintings/drawings, not to mention your photos! The drawing of the one ring is very, very good.

Where are all the comments? This thread deserves some attention.

You have awesome skills!! your drawings are breath-taking!!

<333

claudine

Your drawings are simply amazing. I especially love the one with the silhouettes of the group of people and a horse. The feeling in it is very eteric and magical.

And as for critique, I noticed in the Gollum drawing there seems to be old some drawing lines that have been erased. Maybe you shouldn't press the pencil so hard when you sketch the picture?

When I looked at your work, all I could think was wow !
Your photographs are amazing..
And the drawings, incredible.
Very well done !!
x

Dropper: Thank you! :) Well, I am not on here as often as I should be, so the lack of comments is probably my own negligence to this website. Bad me ^^; Oh, and my mum is from Helsinki ^^

Claudine: Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

Shyde: Thank you. As for that Gollum picture, that was made... a little over a year ago, before I got proper art pencils and was still drawing with a no.2. I have learned to use proper pencils, and definitely not to press as hard ^^ Thank you again!

Hopesxdreams: Thank you! I need to take more photographs; have been neglecting that lately. ^^;

Edit: Oh, yay, my posts don't have to wait to be put up anymore XD