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                      <p><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#0000FF"><i><font color="#904C10" size="2">Painting 
                        on Polygons:</font><font color="#904C10" size="4"><br>
                        Art Supplies</font></i></font></b><br>
                      <div align="right"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-1">By 

                        Rick &quot;<a href="mailto:flat@iserv.net">Flatness</a>&quot; 
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                    <h5 align="right"><b><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#00025E">Vol. 
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                      December 16, 1999&nbsp; </font></b></h5>
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             <p align="right"><loonystart></p>
              <p align="left"> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">That 
                about does it for the paper. Since I mentioned the paper, I should 
                probably go on to mention something about pencils too. I prefer 
                the Staedtler mars lumograph drawing pencils. They come in all 
                different types of graphite -- everything from 4H to 6B. In case 
                you aren&#146;t familiar with those terms, they are basically 
                a coding method to tell how a pencil will make its mark. 4H is 
                very hard graphite, hence, a lighter line is drawn. 6B is very 
                a very soft graphite, hence, a very dark line is drawn. I generally 
                stick to the middle values (2B or 3B) since those are the easiest 
                to work with and still leave a pretty dark line.</font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This week&#146;s 
                critique is on the work by Petar Ivancek (<a href="mailto:derpunkt@yahoo.com">derpunkt@yahoo.com</a>). 
                Take a look at one of his images:</font></p>
              <p align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http:/home/loonygames/loony.timedoctor.org/content/cgi/image.pl?image=/content/2.6/pop/images/petar.jpg&amp;w=400&amp;h=462&amp;back=/content/2.6/pop/index2.php&amp;name=Painting%20on%20Polygons"><img src="images/petar_sml.jpg" width="148" height="171" border="1" alt="click to enlarge!"></a><br>
                (<a href="http:/home/loonygames/loony.timedoctor.org/content/cgi/image.pl?image=/content/2.6/pop/images/petar.jpg&amp;w=400&amp;h=462&amp;back=/content/2.6/pop/index2.php&amp;name=Painting%20on%20Polygons" target="_self">Click 
                to enlarge</a>)</font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">He displays 
                great use of light and dark, which is always a plus in my book. 
                Notice the left side of the helmet (the horn-like part). It is 
                very intricately created with a nice highlight on the inside which 
                adds a tremendous amount of realism. The can be seen consistently 
                throughout other areas of the drawing. Very well done. </font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I also 
                really like how the entire image seems to dissolve out of the 
                darkness although slightly sharper shadows with less fall-off 
                (on the face, mostly) might make the drawing look a bit more realistic, 
                however the drawing isn&#146;t really lacking in that department. 
                </font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The face 
                looks to be very well proportioned, and I particularly like how 
                the lips were drawn. There&#146;s a lot of substance in the lips 
                if you look closely. When I say substance, I&#146;m talking about 
                all the colors and light and dark parts inside the lips. They 
                aren&#146;t just slabs of red sitting on the face; they look very 
                realistic. All in all this is a fantastic image which gives a 
                lot of professional artists a run for their money.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Petar 
                has put together a nicely done tutorial on how he created the 
                above image. You can view it at: </font></p>
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              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.gameart.com/spotlight/">http://www.gameart.com/spotlight/</a></font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">I recommend 
                taking a look at it if you get the chance, but you had better 
                be quick since it won&#146;t be there for very long.</font></p>
              <p align="left"></p>
              <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">As for 
                Painting on Polygons, that&#146;s it for this week. Keep sending 
                in those questions, comments, or graphics for critique to <a href="mailto:flat@iserv.net">flat@iserv.net</a>. 
                See you in a couple!</font></p>
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              <p align="right"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i><font size="2">- 
                Rick &quot;Flatness&quot; Grossenbacher works on Gameboy Color 
                games for Vicarious Visions. </font></i></font></p>
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<p><i><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Credits: Illustration 
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