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ngdawg · 12-14-2005, 09:02 PM

This year, I'm making most of my gifts. Took me a couple of weeks to draw this bike, and I've amazed myself at the finished work! Hope the recipient is equally amazed!

The wheel fitting into the fold of the flag was just pure dumb luck

cyrnel · 12-14-2005, 09:14 PM

Very, very cool.

Freehand? I would donate a limb to the needy for your talent.

ngdawg · 12-14-2005, 09:20 PM

Illustrator, actually...I think totally freehand, I would have had to start it in 2003

But, lest anyone think Illustrator and the ilk are that easy, doing something like this or the portrait of Tecoyah previously takes several hours. When trying to cover every detail, I work section by section. Seeing this one finished just amazed me and I'm the one who did it!! That and it's all drawn with a mouse-I'm a lefty when I draw freehand or paint-controlling a mouse with my right when drawing isn't easy, I had to do over a lot.

Martian · 12-14-2005, 09:51 PM

Beautiful picture of a beautiful bike. Done by a beautiful woman. Good things really do come in threes.

Mantus · 12-14-2005, 09:51 PM

Oh my lord! You are amazing ngdawg.

amonkie · 12-15-2005, 01:33 AM

Absolutely gorgeous... as I told ya

you gonna throw up the pic you used for comparison?

ngdawg · 12-15-2005, 05:09 AM

This is the original:

kramus · 12-27-2005, 04:27 PM

An elegant and expressive demonstration of talent and craftsmanship. Salute

Slippery Slope · 12-27-2005, 04:49 PM

Oh my word! I'd be amazed too if I did that.

Fly · 12-27-2005, 08:15 PM

ng...........that's sweet....

glad you keep playin'............totally dig your work......'specially the photography stuff you do.......anyways.......

if i sent you a couple pics via PM........would you at least check 'em out?

two of my bro-inlaws have hawgs eh........

lemme know.

i know with your talent,you could spice 'em up a bit.

Meditrina · 12-27-2005, 08:21 PM

wow. great work ng.

ann · 12-27-2005, 08:55 PM

i would love to recieve this as a gift, i like to recieve things that have been made especially for me :-) i also make things for a few selected friends who appriciate them

ngdawg · 12-27-2005, 09:58 PM

I ended up having to draw the flag because when I printed, it pixellated. I also did some fine detailing, filling in spaces, etc.
The final piece, which measured 8.5x12, printed out way beyond my expectations. Here's a smaller version of the final gift(which he loved):

cellophanedeity · 12-28-2005, 06:24 AM

This looks great NG!

I can't believe how quickly you've taken to Illustrator. I know for certain how much work must have gone into this, and it's been worth the efforts. This is spectacular!

12-14-2005, 09:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Harley Davidson This year, I'm making most of my gifts. Took me a couple of weeks to draw this bike, and I've amazed myself at the finished work! Hope the recipient is equally amazed! The wheel fitting into the fold of the flag was just pure dumb luck __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em. Last edited by ngdawg; 12-15-2005 at 11:36 AM..

12-14-2005, 09:14 PM	#2 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Very, very cool. Freehand? I would donate a limb to the needy for your talent. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

12-14-2005, 09:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	Illustrator, actually...I think totally freehand, I would have had to start it in 2003 But, lest anyone think Illustrator and the ilk are that easy, doing something like this or the portrait of Tecoyah previously takes several hours. When trying to cover every detail, I work section by section. Seeing this one finished just amazed me and I'm the one who did it!! That and it's all drawn with a mouse-I'm a lefty when I draw freehand or paint-controlling a mouse with my right when drawing isn't easy, I had to do over a lot. __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

12-14-2005, 09:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Martian Young Crumudgeon Location: Canada	Beautiful picture of a beautiful bike. Done by a beautiful woman. Good things really do come in threes. __________________ I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said - Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame Last edited by Martian; 12-14-2005 at 09:53 PM..

12-15-2005, 01:33 AM	#6 (permalink)
amonkie Drifting Administrator Location: Windy City	Absolutely gorgeous... as I told ya you gonna throw up the pic you used for comparison? __________________ Calling from deep in the heart, from where the eyes can't see and the ears can't hear, from where the mountain trails end and only love can go... ~~~ Three Rivers Hare Krishna

12-14-2005, 09:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mantus lascivious	Oh my lord! You are amazing ngdawg.

12-15-2005, 05:09 AM	#7 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	This is the original: __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

12-27-2005, 04:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
kramus loving the curves Location: my Lady's manor	An elegant and expressive demonstration of talent and craftsmanship. Salute __________________ And now to disengage the clutch of the forebrain ... I'm going with this - if you like artwork visit http://markfineart.ca

12-27-2005, 04:49 PM	#9 (permalink)
Slippery Slope Crazy	Oh my word! I'd be amazed too if I did that.

12-27-2005, 08:15 PM	#10 (permalink)
Fly see the links to my music? Location: Beautiful British Columbia	ng...........that's sweet.... glad you keep playin'............totally dig your work......'specially the photography stuff you do.......anyways....... if i sent you a couple pics via PM........would you at least check 'em out? two of my bro-inlaws have hawgs eh........ lemme know. i know with your talent,you could spice 'em up a bit. __________________ BASTARD SterlingStudios

12-27-2005, 08:21 PM	#11 (permalink)
Meditrina Junkie Location: LI,NY	wow. great work ng. __________________ "Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles." ~Alex Karras

12-27-2005, 08:55 PM	#12 (permalink)
ann Upright	i would love to recieve this as a gift, i like to recieve things that have been made especially for me :-) i also make things for a few selected friends who appriciate them

12-27-2005, 09:58 PM	#13 (permalink)
ngdawg peekaboo Location: on the back, bitch	I ended up having to draw the flag because when I printed, it pixellated. I also did some fine detailing, filling in spaces, etc. The final piece, which measured 8.5x12, printed out way beyond my expectations. Here's a smaller version of the final gift(which he loved): __________________ Don't blame me. I didn't vote for either of'em.

12-28-2005, 06:24 AM	#14 (permalink)
cellophanedeity Heliotrope Location: A warm room	This looks great NG! I can't believe how quickly you've taken to Illustrator. I know for certain how much work must have gone into this, and it's been worth the efforts. This is spectacular!