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This is the electric violin I designed half a year ago for my next graphic novel, Fisheye Placebo. You can see this original design here and Frey playing it here

This particular drawing used a 3D model that I built in Sketchup (the other two were hand drawn) which I then added a few filters and painted over to take away the stiff 3D look. All this is for testing out the techniques I mentioned in this 3D background tutorial

I noticed in some of the tutorial comments that not everyone understood why I choose to use 3D models, and asked if that's "cheating". I want to emphasize that the sole purpose of using 3D is for the sake of speed. Since Fisheye Placebo will be a fully colored panel by panel comic, it would save a lot of time to not have to draw the same background over and over again. The goal is to tell a story in a time efficient manner, not to see who can draw the best background without reference. So unless I'm lying about not using 3D when I actually am, it's not cheating, it's just a faster workflow. Nevertheless, it's still important to learn how to draw without 3D aid. I only started using the techniques mentioned in my tutorial about 1.5 months ago. Everything else before that was hand drawn. If you do not learn the old school way of drawing, you would not have the skill set you need to paint over the 3D models to make them look less stiff. 3D is not an easy way out of learning how to draw, it just speeds up the process for those who work in the comic industry. I hope that clarifies any confusion!

For other artwork I that I have yet to post on dA, check out my facebook or tumblr
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~mystifytheworld 3 days ago
i'm a violist but that still looks incredibly badass...
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~musicminion7813 May 13, 2013
Oh how I wish to play that beauty (>._.)>
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~Nekgesild May 6, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
AWESOME!!!!!!
A PERFECT VIOLIN!!!!!!!!!!
violins are fun to play
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~kissmeoppa Mar 26, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
it's been bugging me for awhile but your chin rest is on the wrong side... it should be on the right side since frey is right-handed, yeah? :x
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~MarvellousMischief Apr 8, 2013  New member
What are you talking about? Look at yuumei's drawing 'Solo for the Self'. He's right handed, but everything works fine with the chin rest on the left side. I don't play the violin, but I think she did everything right. No need to be so mad! :frustrated:
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~kissmeoppa Apr 8, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
oh no, i'm not mad, haha. sorry if i came off that way! in fact i realized that the violin was perfectly fine, not sure i was thinking.. but a /tiny/ pet peeve is the way she drew his bow hand with a straight pinky! that's some bad bow posture, yo~ but it's also a common mistake made by actual people starting out with violin, so it's perfectly fine.. i'm really just picking nits.
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~QueenOnewMilady Apr 14, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
that bugged me too :0
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~MarvellousMischief Apr 9, 2013  New member
Oh, I've thought you were mad because of the angry smiley! Haha, my fault! :D
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Mood: Love ~lookboard Feb 1, 2013
Nice design! So how is the sound?
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Mood: Love !Rakial Dec 21, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
thats all violins need to be!
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