gridlock  12/08/02 @214

All I get is an AngelFire Banner!

Walterz  12/08/02 @234

wow! thats insane!

Bernard  12/08/02 @327

The letters are pretty good

serg  12/08/02 @450

Very good work!

mg78  12/08/02 @492

impressive :-O

Martin  12/08/02 @593

Amazing, the eyes and forehead turned out really well. There's something with his mouth that bugs me though. Maybe the shade that looks more like dirt.

Nykolai  12/08/02 @652

This is excellent! -- What else can I say?!

Jynko  12/08/02 @906

+5

stoderifik  12/08/02 @984

Wow man! the hair is like... AMAZING... +5 Cool!

Eilidh  12/09/02 @004

Brilliant. Very, very realistic; almost like a photograph.

TJVerhagen  12/09/02 @006

Incredible! Truly an amazing pencil rendering! Good job!

Fitz  12/09/02 @051

WOW!! its brilliant! could easily be mistaken for a black and white photo! well done!!

Agios  12/09/02 @511

BRAAVO!!!!!

relique  12/09/02 @585

Wonderful work... This is the kind of art that defines itself clearly as art.

liquidwerx  12/09/02 @592

Nicely done. The hair is fantastic.

jimiyo  12/09/02 @817

awesome!....!!!

HungerArtist  12/09/02 @881

cameras can only capture so much. The level of detail and expressional accuracy shows that you've sent this image through a very fine filter and extracted the personality.

SilverStylus  12/10/02 @726

As hunger artist said, your portraiture is way better than any camera +5

jounis  12/10/02 @923

Wow... the detail is superb, allround. The hair looks SO good. And the subject, the first man on the Everest, equally nice . Great skill! By the way, how big is the original; A4, A3, ??

Anghiari  12/11/02 @011

Thanks for your comments guys, you are very kind the original is on A4

Inspiron  12/11/02 @024

You are truly amazing, you're only 18 and you have such great skills. The hair is breath taking. Do you mind telling us what brand of Graphite pencil you used?

ey51  12/11/02 @031

this is too awesome! the detail is insane and i like it. one thing though.. his right eye is off like a cameleon. overall its a killer portrait.

Darkmaster  12/11/02 @067

Amazing!! It's a photo B & W? ahahahhah awesome!!!!!!!

interface  12/11/02 @072

wow! this is a lesson of technical skills!! WE DEMAND A HI-RES SCAN!!

freakdesign  12/11/02 @625

I can only assume for the most part the image has been traced -- as overlaying yours with this: http://www.anu.edu.au/pad/community/literary/pastlitevents/images/Hillary.GIF produces a near perfect match. If I am wrong in this assumption then extra credit to you : nevertheless it is a great piece.

Frade  12/11/02 @760

Superb hair and eyes. realy awesome

ChthonicDivinty  12/11/02 @897

traced or not, he would still have to shade and add texture.. both of which are top notch

Anghiari  12/12/02 @295

that is the exact book cover I drew it from - i didn't trace it, i put a clear plastic 1" grid over the book cover, then drew a light pencil grid on the paper to get proportions correct, which took about 3 hours. Inspiron i use ordinary staedtler 2B graphite in a drafting/clutch pencil. Thanks for your comments guys, John.

Bernard  12/15/02 @655

Really good drawing !

sephiroth  12/15/02 @731

Great!! Very realisitC!!

Campanilla  12/15/02 @852

much better than a photo!

Danilo  12/16/02 @027

can you explain to us your tech? Is it B or HB ...? How you get that softness? Is that something of water colour? It looks me like magic. Thanks.

shambler  12/16/02 @151

Only the chosen can reveal the chosen, we are one in glory

Leflor  12/16/02 @757

i feel ashamed to be in art that portrait is so good

Snakeman  12/18/02 @356

i liked it much better before i found out it was drawn from something...but still very good....it was too good to be true...but you did do a good job of shading....however its a LOT!! easier to make the shadows and shades from something visual...lot harder from the brain...can i re-vote?

Mesobe  12/19/02 @933

wow. It almost looks like it could have been a desaturated colour photograph. very nice indeed.

ZeAliOuS  12/22/02 @936

omg!

Jono  01/27/03 @024

dead link...

FaustoM  01/28/03 @939

The drawing is great, the accuracy of the physical structure is really good, but the tonal values are not. There are several hot spots in the face, just below the right eye, the right ear, right corner of the mouth. You've done a terrific job of capturing the look of the person, but the solidity, mass, volume of the face breaks up because the values aren't correct. Just squint down and you'll see what I mean there are many hotspots poking out.

Ilania  03/04/03 @564

hope to see more of this quality drawing on this site

RCU2  09/24/03 @407

Another great artwork & without the aid of a PC, well done +10

Lompoc42  10/03/03 @772

You sure as dickens can draw

DEVARSHY  10/06/03 @677

YOU ROCK! YOU MUST LOVE PEOPLE LIKE SORAYAMA.

Shinja  10/10/03 @127

Much Talent, True Art.

Kaj87  10/21/03 @687

and still not elite! it's a shame! it's wonderfull, I can't see any error in this one! are you sure it isn't the reference you posted?

DANKA  10/29/03 @536

Fantastic! I like all your works! You remember me the style of a grate italian artist, Giuseppe Borrello! Wow!

Bass  11/08/03 @284

Best pencil drawing I've seen in my entire life. How in the hell you made that hair ?? Amazing

Wolf-Prints  11/20/03 @540

I have got to say, you ROCK! You have great command of the pencile! How long you have been at it? Well, Great job! Amazing textures!

zoDee  11/21/03 @498

this is absurd. it's imposible to do it this well. but hey you did it.

pangu  07/20/04 @761

wow!! very cool