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Well, first of all, I got to say I haven't layed a pixel in quite a while. Reason is, I have been quite busy with college stuff.

We generally use the computer in all of our graphic design classes, except on one subject, on where everything is done with traditional mediums (mostly pencils) and one of the assignations the teacher gave us was to do a portrait of a Latin American writer. In my case, I chose one of my favourite writers, Ernesto Sábato, an Argentine novelist and one of the most respected people in my country.

I know I kind of flunked in certain areas, but bear in mind that I *really* don't know how to draw (if I weren't using a reference, I'd have probably done much worse) and this was the first drawing I ever did with such proportions. It's all finished and I'm not going to modify it (and anyway, I can't, as I must present it as it is again to my teacher at the end of the first period, in early July).

It was drawn on an A3 Conqueror paper using some old, cheap color pencils I found sitting in my room. This one took approximately around 20 man hours to complete.

Note: I have reduced the image size a bit. It can still be appreciated at its best on full view. If people start asking for the original scan (which is not much bigger than this one) then I'll upload it somewhere and put a link here.
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~Manu-Fred Apr 30, 2011
Hoy es un día triste, para el hombre y las palabras...., en paz descanse el gran Ernesto Sábato.
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~elti Dec 4, 2007
one of my favorites writers too, i dont like the colors looks like a photo, im sure you use one 4 this but i dont like, makes nosense :P

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~enanoaugusto Oct 5, 2007
Jajaja, que ignorante que soy. Apenas lo vi en la vista miniatura pensé que era Stan Lee xD
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~Mi10 Sep 30, 2004
You really know how to move those pencils.. You must have a lot of patience to draw such detail.
You can really see the eyes behind the glasses
I'm studying graphical design too.. I'm first year. What school are u attending?
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!undead85 Sep 30, 2004
Ha, es demasiado bueno. (No se me ocurre ningún comentario constructivo :()
Y es aún mejor porque acabo de leer "El Túnel",,, ¿A poco no es de los mejores libros que existen?

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~Foozyschtuff Sep 29, 2004
Goodness, you must get like a million comments a day! Anyhows...

I like this drawing a lot! Where do you study?

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~kouotsu Sep 27, 2004  Professional Digital Artist
Although it's obvious at full view, I totally thought this was a picture at first.

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~blacklight-angel Sep 26, 2004
This is really good work!.. You should consider submitting more traditional drawings to your gallery.. I really like this piece.. nice job on the detail too.
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~wazawaii Sep 24, 2004
Good Christ, that's impressive. Was it based on a photograph? I think I'd very much like to see the full versoin.
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~ProjectZeppher Sep 23, 2004
the nose and top of his forehead look kind of funny- but otherwise i like this very much
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