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Black elf by ~Keaze:iconKeaze:

Categories Digital Art > Drawings > Fantasy

©2009 ~Keaze
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Me: *drawing an elf*
Sister: Oooh, I like him! But...
Me: What?
Sis: I want him to have black hair.
Me: Elves don't have black hair.
Sis: Then he'll have that mutation thing that makes it black.
Me: You mean melanism. Humans can't have that. And even if he did, his skin would also be...hmm, I think I have an idea here!
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Sheesh, I don't remember black people being so hard to draw! Nevertheless, I like challenging concepts (especially ones that make you sketch for hours) and this guy turned out fine after I colored him. The best part for me was probably the coloring and I actually didn't have to use any references for it. Black skin is more fun to color since it's less dependent on surrounding colors (unlike white). I wanted him to be more black though but I guess this is good too since you can see details better.

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Ja: *crtam vilenjaka*
Sestra: Uuu, sviđa mi se! Samo...
Ja: Šta?
Seka: Želim da ima crnu kosu.
Ja: Ali vilenjaci imaju bijelu kosu.
Seka: Onda će imati onu mutaciju zbog koje će biti crna.
Ja: Misliš na melanizam. Ljudi to ne mogu imati. A taman kad bi ju ovaj imao to bi značilo da bi mu i koža bila...hmm, nešto mi je palo na pamet :plotting:
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Ne sjećam se da su crnci bili tako teški za crtati! Ipak, volim zahtjevne ideje od kojih se može skicirati satima i ovaj je vilenjak ispao dobro nakon što je dobio malo boje.
Bojanje mi je bilo najdraži dio. Za razliku od bijele, crna koža manje ovisi o okolnim bojama. Doduše, htjela sam da bude potpuno crni crnac ali na kraju je ipak ispao svijetliji. To je valjda dobro, jer se sada bolje vide potankosti.

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=Avalik May 9, 2009, 2:45:56 AM
Haha you know, the simplest concepts like this I've never seen and... it's so simple, you think someone else would have thought of it, eh? It makes it so unique. Instead of trying to draw a crazy mutant elf to make it "new" you just take something people overlook.

Never seen it before, and yet so obvious. Good job. ;)

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~Keaze May 28, 2009, 2:13:34 PM
Thank you very much for that comment, sorry for not replying sooner.
Yeah, it's such a simple idea, I was sure it has been done many times already but apparently not. And you're right, many artists look for originality by making things more and more ridiculous. The real world is crazy enough as it is and one just has to go out of their comfort zone to find something new.

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Eye no mai eengleash iz prfect, butt in caiss ay meyk a misteak ignour it.
Luck hates me. Probably because I don't believe in it.
I'm so boring people think my comments are spam.
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~weirdmindofesh Jul 14, 2009, 1:54:26 AM
why can't elves have black hair? It seems logical that that could have black hair (or skin for that matter.)

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~Moontool Aug 25, 2009, 5:06:27 PM
Beautiful!

But yes, elves CAN have black hair, and even black skin if they come from that part of the world.

No offense, but you seem kinda nazi... (j/k, dont kill me)

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."
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~Keaze Aug 29, 2009, 7:03:04 AM
Nazi? Why would you think that? *cough*heilhitler*cough*
Seriously though, I'm Slavic and according to Nacism my people should be exterminated. Do not want!

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Eye no mai eengleash iz prfect, butt in caiss ay meyk a misteak ignour it.
Luck hates me. Probably because I don't believe in it.
I'm so boring people think my comments are spam.
:iconmoontool:
~Moontool Oct 14, 2009, 9:09:41 PM
Well, where did you get the idea that elves can't have dark skin or black hair? You must know about all the different elven types... drow, high elves, wood elves, sea elves...

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."
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~Keaze Oct 15, 2009, 10:12:11 AM
Black elves are an unusual concept because of the fact that elves come from European mythology and we don't have many black people here. It doesn't have anything to do with racism, it just doesn't occur to anyone that there might be elves in Africa too, which I guess makes sense since there really aren't any in their myths. Although, there's no reason I can think of why elves, if they really existed, wouldn't spread or come from Africa too :hmm:.

As for black hair, I used to draw them like that until my sis told me elves have white hair. I guess it makes them more magical :XD:

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Eye no mai eengleash iz prfect, butt in caiss ay meyk a misteak ignour it.
Luck hates me. Probably because I don't believe in it.
I'm so boring people think my comments are spam.
:iconmoontool:
~Moontool Nov 2, 2009, 9:44:37 AM
Good points!

Remember the original look for Link from The Legend of Zelda? He had brown hair. I think elves were commonly portrayed with dark hair until recently, with games like World Of Warcraft and lots of anime portraying them with mostly white and blonde hair. But asians have always sort of obsessed over lighter hair colours, since they are so rare to find in the orient.

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"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return."
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~Lycanthropic-Manx Nov 4, 2009, 8:07:17 AM
He looks brilliant! Such a simple idea, I'm surprised I haven't seen it used before! :+favlove:

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