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Nautilus pompilius (with small sketch of an American lobster)
Natural History Museum, London.

Pencils, graphite sticks and ink on Ingres paper,
2001.

Some straightforward observational drawing from several years ago.

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:iconcomacold:
I absolutely adore your handwriting :giggle:

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well THESE things I love.
Nautillus is one of the most adorable creatures for me, don't know why;)
:iconcacodaemonia:
I love the different colored reflections on the nautilus shell. :)

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Paper Nautilus
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:iconyonaka-yamako:
Nice tonal qualities in the nautilus. Looks like you had fun in a wunderzimmer. ^_^

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:iconfollowlelapinblanc:
I like your animal studies; I don't think they're quite as perfect as your people...yet (and this is just friendly critique, no insults intended) but i think with more time they will become quite good. The reason I say this is for most artists, who are used to seeing people and their own reflections animals are generally harder because of the fact that we don't see them as often. I have always been fascinated by marine biology, and nautiluses are one of my top favorite animals--I think you did it good justice in this drawing; maybe the shell could have been smoother around the edges, though. =)
I absolutely love your work!!!

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:iconalarie-tano:
I especially like the blue reflection on the left! Great!
:iconhimmapaan:
These were relatively quickly drawn on location rather than intensely finished - and from almost eight years ago. ^^

The curious thing is they used to tell me my animals were sometimes stronger... ^^ They were the first things I drew since I ever began picking up a pencil, and I probably drew them more than anything else throughout my early years. I didn't really like people and drew them sporadically. It wasn't until I realised I didn't have to draw the people of the real world or of the present day that I approached them more. :giggle:

I don't have enough examples of the kind of complete, finished, realistic (in the natural history sense) animals to show, so I suppose the point remains moot as far as it can be concretely seen. The few I do have in my gallery here are more flavoured by my own style, as they were not really intended to be supreme specimen-type work. These days I don't really have the time nor inclination for that kind of treatment either, unfortunately. There are many people already doing that and mine won't be much different because of the dictates of that kind of realism.

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:iconazrael1984:
Your Nautilus shell looks lovely. :)

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Beautiful drawing Niroot. Lovely soft colouring on the main image. Very delicately done.

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