It's time and once again every post is a gift. I'm Zoë van Dijk and I'm an illustrator that does a lot of conceptual narrative, likenesses and pop culture fantasy with a focus on shadow/light play. https://t.co/pTo5qpJAhj

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quick painting study, trying to practice getting the likeness of the reference down

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I drew ! Did I do okay? Eh, it’s okay. I have trouble with his likeness every time. https://t.co/3SN43D9zSr

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Playing with traditional media for today's freehanding in watercolor is a fun challenge that definitely does not result in an accurate likeness, at least for me

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Also here's a birthday I did for my mom's friend using the likenesses of their cats. Cats and cakes!

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Lucian Freud (British, 1922–2011) Title: Woman in profile , 1980–1981 Medium:
Oil on Canvas. It is never about just capturing a likeness. Perhaps it's more about capturing something visceral, something elemental about our being.

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Hm....I find myself liking how this looked while painting the sketch. Personally not feeling how the final product looks, but meh, I tried lol. This is Nene from the Warrior series, with her likeness from Samurai Warriors 2.

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late night practice. I often don't capture likeness in my sketching. it's why I don't usually tag the reference person, I wouldn't want to inadvertently insult anyone.

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How many times it just doesn’t go smoothly, more often than you think. I struggled with the likeness so much on this one I ended up losing all the color variations but just kept plugging away making adjustments. In the end I still like it for a sketch. .… https://t.co/biJNcoHlHY

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attempting to do a study of some of 's work. Likeness is not my strong suit

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Watercolor portrait of Vraska I made for . This was painted in his wife's likeness 😀

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"Pale Crest 10x7 in. watercolor on paper. Model • I don't think I quite captured her likeness on this one either, but I just loved playing with the edges in this one to to create an extra softness to it. Now available … https://t.co/uIjn1VYaI9

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"Pale Crest 10x7 in. watercolor on paper. Model • I don't think I quite captured her likeness on this one either, but I just loved playing with the edges in this one to to create an extra softness to it. Now available on my web store. → …

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"Pale Crest 10x7 in. watercolor on paper. Model • I don't think I quite captured her likeness on this one, but I think I did well with the rendering. Now available on my web store. ---
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"Pale Crest 10x7 in. watercolor on paper. Model • I don't think I quite captured her likeness on this one, but I think I did well with the rendering. Now available on my web store. ---
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Mera fan art work in progress. Still lots to fix on the likeness! Pose is based on the Hermes and the Infant Dionysus statue.

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I wasn't super happy with the likeness on yesterday's drawing, so I did another.

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G is for Gingerbread! QEI introduced Gingerbread men to Britain. She gave her visiting diplomats a likeness in Gingerbread as a gift 😍

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More Stranger heads sketches~ it’s fun stylizing them a bit, but it’s a challenge to draw their likeness 😬

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