I love the effect in this. The fingerprint like swirls are great and the negative background works too. Very striking.

..hmm i sure stink a scratchboards, compared to this wicked work anyway.

Top points of course.

Welcome to gfx... wow , amazing work!!

Hey Pierre. I remember this from Epi. I always liked this one. Just awesome work. The details of Vlad and the lights in the background just make this sucker pop. You planning on doing some more scratchboard in the future? Anyways, great work and welcome to Gfx.

look into romanian history and you'll see that vlad tepes has nothing to do with dracula...god, if i had a penny for all the missunderstandings on this subject i would be living in a big fat castle
anyway, the drawing is cooool, amazing techinque and patience im sure

Dear all, many thanks for the encouragement and positive feedback. It was nice of yours to spend some time leaving these comments (and voting too).

Graysun, I am working on a new scratchboard piece this very moment. It will be a female companion to my Vlad, he was starting to feel a bit lonely.

Cigaro, I know what you mean. But the truth is, Bram Stoker DID use Vlad Tepes as a model. A highly fantasized model for sure, but a model nonetheless.
Cunosc Romania foarte bine, si istoria lui Vlad la fel. Nu inteleg care e problema.

yes i have read bram stoker's novel as well...really nice one
problema e ca doar daca stoker zice ca e asa nu inseamna asta...stiu ca pt romania sinonimia dintre vlad si dracula e benefica turismului, dar parerea mea e ca ar trebui sa se axeze pe altceva
oricum, te rog sa nu crezi ca am scris comentariul ca un semn negativ, mai mult a fost in gluma
spor in continuare cu desenele

You posted one of your best ones, I remember it well from Epilogue. Jason Baca - yep, I remember his strange emails too Great work Pierre, keep it up +9/10

Scratchboard rocks

Genius!!

Wow, thienbao ! This is more than I deserve for sure, and I really mean it. I loved your "Balance" piece so much (among others) that it really means something to me that you should like my vampire here. The same is true for Baron, but he knows it already (I already told him in Epilogue how I admired his work).

Sorry for the people whose work I do not know yet: I have been here for a few days only, and I am trying to catch up.

Best,

Pierre

Cool, nice style.

Nice work!

Welcome to gfx....
Hmm...the style to remind the wood cut....This is wood cut?
Nice job......Like it...

supidou

Thanks to all for the feedback (and the votes!).

piciART, it is scratchboard, not woodcut, but your question makes sense. Scrathboard is basically a white cardboard coated with a black coating. The way you use it is by scratching it with a sharp cutter, to make the white layer appear below the black coating. So basically, the technique is the same as engraving: you create shapes, lights and shadows only by carving lines in the thick medium. And the closer of thicker the lines, the lighter the tone (or rather, the visual impression of the tone, since it is really only black and white, no grey). So working with woodcut would not be much different, technically speaking.

metapuppet ... what does "supidou" mean ? Sorry for the stupid question, but I never read anything like that before !

Best,
Pierre

first of all welcome
and as for seconds: wow strong piece for sure
very nice technique

great job
+9

I adore skratchboard technique, and this one is so well done, technically, and also as final impact of the image. And lovely style of the so known characther.
Beautiful, my maximum +9/9

woow i like this artwork, i like the prespective, and Technic. awesome +10/10

Wow Daequitas, mindofka and JESR, many thanks for your votes and comments.

And mindofka, I loved your Gallileo (and other pieces in your gallery too). I hope you get to make it to Elite soon.

whoa, look at you, Pierre! Doin good here!

The drawing is absolutely stunning, but such dark lines accross the body are a bit distracting. Its not very easy on the eyes.

Still, very impressive and awesome composition. good job

WOW. #1! *cheers* thanks for the comment on my new artwork. It's so exciting to see how well this is doing, I can't wait to see your new work!

Odin, thank you for your comment on the lines. Well, I guess it goes with the medium: the technique is similar to engraving, and this is how you build the impression of different tones. The trouble is that once digitalized, some degree of aliasing takes place, which indeed makes the piece a bit aggressive for the eyes. It is much more "convicing" (so to speak) in real life.

Sam, many thanks to you. It did not stay #1 for long (the end of the week was the end of it), but still it was nice and encouraging. And I really owe it to the many people who kindly voted for the piece. Many thanks to all, again.

i agree with cigaro on the dracula - vlad confusion thing - still, good u took that approach anywhoo ... maybe long hair would do better keep up the good work!

Ah, DreamShadow ... the moment you made the remark about Vlad, I just KNEW you were Romanian ! He's definitely a touchy subject there.

Anyway, many thanks for the nice comment.

he has ears like an elf
hehehehe
i love Vamps and this one is quite scary lol..
anywayz..........
Enjoy
Well done
7+ ...VenoM
byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Excellent mood!.....top marks!
Carlos

Aye, the linework and details are mesmerising! I love this pic, the time it must have taken to draw it!

Awesome work, full marks from me . . . .