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I pretty much spend all of my time drawing and coloring for other people -- which is awesome, really, and nothing to complain about - but every once in a blue moon (about once a year it seems) I need to just do something for myself, in hopes that I can learn something, relax, and maybe expand my skillset a wee bit.

I was directly inspired by a couple of Jazz Artist pieces completed by Dustin Harbin fairly recently. I knew I wanted to work on Miles, as he's one of my primary artistic inspirations - I have like 25 or 30 Miles Davis albums. I'd also like to do a Coltrane and a Nina Simone at some point, but who knows if that'll be possible. It would be a cool little art book too I guess, but I'm rambling.

ANYWAY, so this is done in all cool grey Copic marker. I tried to muddy up the light a bit more than it is in the photograph I used for reference, to give it something of a small, smokey room feel. I also approached it in pretty much the exact way I do watercolor, building up layers of color from light to dark. The alcohol-based Copics don't stay wet as long as watercolor though, so I had to work in smaller areas, and blend them in together as I went along, as opposed to the wider swaths I would do with a water-based medium. Also, FWIW, I chose not to use ANY black on the piece. The closest I got was C10.

This is a cool grey Copic marker piece on 9x12 paper. It's based on the well-known photo by Jan Persson.

EDIT: SOLD
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~JuniorJac Mar 21, 2013
fantastic
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~username125 Feb 12, 2013  Student Artist
Well done!
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~RichardCox Feb 12, 2013  Professional General Artist
Thank you.
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~dana-redde Feb 3, 2013
Absolutely gorgeous!
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~Forge-Silvershield Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist Artisan Crafter
An awesome piece of art with one of the greatest talents ever!!
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~TheProphetLen Jan 29, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
amazing.
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Mood: Wow! ~LynneAnderson Jan 29, 2013
This is gorgeous, sir!
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~RichardCox Jan 30, 2013  Professional General Artist
Thanks!
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*Taliaspadre Jan 28, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
That is extremely well done. Bravo.
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Mood: Wow! *Gee355 Jan 28, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Thanks for sharing your technique. I use markers and know what you mean about working on smaller areas and I hate using black if I can avoid it. It's beautiful, it really is and I'm not used to seeing Miles looking so peaceful, he usually looks so intense ;)
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