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Nine to One by *hank1:iconhank1:

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Pencil
9 x 12"
1989

This is actually drawn from a cat figurine--except I did invent the cat's eyes--in the figurine the eyes are just as soft and bland and plain (no iris, highlights etc.) as the rest of the figurine.

The importance of it to me was more the study of the human skull. I don't know feline anatomy, but I repeat that the artist must study human anatomy in order to know the underlying structure of his subject.

Here's a link to a close-up of the skull:

[link]

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~kmj523 Feb 16, 2007, 10:59:53 AM
datz amazing GREAT JOB

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K Jacobs
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Mood: Wow! =osyris Feb 16, 2007, 3:57:21 PM
Awesome title. :D

The figurine was an Egyptian feel it its design. The skull just looks creepy real. :)

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"You were a believer, yes. But you skipped the not-being-a-jerk-about-it part."
-Bizarro by Dan Piraro

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
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*hank1 Feb 16, 2007, 4:16:53 PM
Yes, but the skull beneath say Lillian Gish is just her skull. But over that skull is, to me, the most beautiful creature who ever lived.

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"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci

Originals: "Prices" [link]
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=osyris Feb 16, 2007, 4:39:21 PM
I see. :)

--
"You were a believer, yes. But you skipped the not-being-a-jerk-about-it part."
-Bizarro by Dan Piraro

“I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
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~TinorialPeredhil Feb 16, 2007, 6:17:32 PM
I love the message behind this. Nine lives to one... strangely ironic and poetic. Very good! :thumbsup:
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*macscotchale Feb 17, 2007, 9:54:35 AM
fantastic work - i spent more than a few minutes now just starting at the values on the teeth

and i must reiterate - you have captured something linguistically with your title here that blends perfectly with the image - there's a haunting triumph in the cat which is really given life by the title (for me anyway)
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*hank1 Feb 17, 2007, 12:16:20 PM
Thank you.

I think you meant to say you're "staring" at the values on the teeth?

I'm thinking of showing an enlarged view of that skull. I'm quite proud of it and you'll see more in the details of that part of the drawing.

--
"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci

Originals: "Prices" [link]
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*hank1 Feb 17, 2007, 12:25:37 PM
Thank you very much.

Glad my title is appropriate and that you caught the meaning of it.

--
"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci

Originals: "Prices" [link]
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*hank1 Feb 17, 2007, 2:02:56 PM
Here's a link to a close-up of my skull.

[link]

--
"The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of." -- da Vinci

Originals: "Prices" [link]
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