Lisa's Tarantula Artwork Thread

after being inspired by chris golan's photo thread on the british tarantula society website, I have finally picked up my pencils after 2 years of not having the time! or the patience!

So as on there i have decided to do the thread on here too.

here's a taste of whats to come, 6 hours worth over last 3 nights. should hopefully be finished middle of next week.

WOW!!!

that's crazy. You've been holding out on us. tisk tisk.

god, lisa that is amazing! why the hell did you put the pencils down in the first place?

doing my bit to add to the uk population.

Im not 100% happy with the carapace but it will come on better the more i do.

Wow, that's really impressive! So is it a B. boehmei or A. bicoloratum? :p

Awesomeness!!

although it needs a little touching up tomorrow when i have proper light...
Started working on it at about 8pm and sorta... kinda... got into it and before i realised it was 2am!

Brachypelma Boehemi (well spotted canth!)

wow looks great , what media did you use?

pencils! Namely berol karisma colour.

I have to import them from the USA coz they dont make them in the UK anymore. But even importing them they're still cheaper than they were over here!

i just got these pencils , not graphite but colored pencils that are woodless they work great too and if you hate sharpening all the time...hahaha

naah these ones are wooden. they're like cross between a graphite and a crayon. you can get the sharp detail of graphite but the blending ability of crayon.

And once you leave it overnight you get a slight waxy residue on the drawing, which if you are drawing anything furry (or with hairs!) it really makes every pencil stroke stand out and is quite a good effect.

They're the only ones on the market that have that effect. all other pencils i have used are too hard and have no real soft blending ability

wow thats cool have you used prismacolor pencils they to have a waxy texture great for blending in even complimentary colors!!

(just put a better photo of the picture up^^^^

No i haven't tried the prismcolour... will have to have a look into them,

Love the finished picture.

Lori has a couple of those guys. They're cute.

that's awsome lisa! can you draw me one?

i could but they're not cheap!
for plain tarantula / scorpion on its own of a rough size of 12" x 10" (size of the picture i have posted) I charge £25 + P&P.

If you want a background to it your looking £50+, +P&P

But if you are interested by all means pm me

will there be anymore Tarantula artwork?

yeah im just saving up for a printer. I find it a lot easier to draw from prints than from the screen. I have been emailed loads of pictures of H. Lividum.. the next one im going to do.

But staring at the monitor and then at my drawing hurts my eyes after a while.

dont worry once we get printer they should come thick and fast

awesome.

You make some awesome drawings with our pencils, Lisa! Fantastic work