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love it!

cute robot!

awwwww, so cute!

Sweet.

Great Portrait!

Excellent lil illo! :)

thank you verymuch. :)

eric

That is pretty sweet. Who doesn't love a cute robot riding a tricycle. I for one can't resist.

its soooooo cute.

i want it on my wall

^^

you can print it and hang it on the wall. :)

i'm making a T-shirt out of it.

Awesome! Definitely challenge-worthy.

These are great. Very nice adaptation on the "Grand" style. Used expertly and tastefully.

Hi!
I'm Brazillian, from Brazil!
Beautiful blog ..
It's a interesting picture!
If you want visit my blog. I'm going to feel very happy!

KISSES!

An A3 scanner is not always the answer - my scanne does such tragic things to my guache paintings that I find they come out with better colours if I just photograph them. If you want to show us detail - take macro shots - then we can even see the line of your textures ...

Loving yor work as always ...

love it! enjoyed staring at each of these, i like the way you make little notes, less rubbish, fatter, rounder... keep on impressing us!

Scanned or photographed - utterly stunning! I love the shading, so impressive...

That's it, you are the master of the trompe l'œil. The red pen is disturbingly real, no matter the angle.

I just love your art, I do have a question. How do you keep the ink from smearing???

I should buy an A3 scanner !
Lovely drawings, remind me of my old bike, when I was 7yo ...

I'm crazy about "tools of the trade" info...so thanks for posting that. I agree that scanners aren't a perfect solution. Online things just look different than in person, but it's still a good thing to share what you're doing. I'm liking the bike pieces very much and am happy to look at them.

Wonderful! Thanks for showing all the various views. I could look at these all day and still be amazed.

WOW. Your work just keeps getting more amazing. I can only imagine how this drawing must look in person, as the photos already make it look mighty fantastic!

You're amazing as usual, Andrea!

Love you bike drawings--all of them! :)

Looks amazing to me!! :D

You know, Andrea, your note today is funny because your blog, above all others, is the one where I squint and squint and press my head up against the screen and try really really hard to see all that great detail. Some day I hope to see one in person. Anyway, great job!

my experience with scanners
(those that cost hundreds, not thousands)
is that they don't do a good job capturing subtlety.
The more i look around at artist's blogging, photos actually do a better job than scanners do.

sorry...i meant to add:
love it that i have stumbled across your blog...
lovely, wonderful work!

This is a great drawing - I can see what you did, no problem!

I'm crazy about "tools of the trade" info...so thanks for posting that. I agree that scanners aren't a perfect solution.

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The trompe l'oeil works well, even with photos! The pens seem completely tridimensional. It's an amazing drawing!

Andrea, do you want to know how well your trompe l'oeil came across? I've been looking at the picture for days now, without reading the comments.

I've been trying to figure out what the trompe l'oeil was. (was it the red part of the pic? the red "line" down the middle? I can be a bit naive, But I really wasn't seeing it!) It was only after reading the comments that I saw it was the pens. They look THAT real. So honestly, I think you did an awesome job.

I absolutely love your compositions!

u'r ballpoints are unique.
ballpointed ballpoints are..

Love how the ribbons move in the air to signify dynamic in the sketch. And I love the way hatching is done here like any other of your beautiful work ^^

Wonderful drawings, enjoying following this theme!Unbelievable detail.

Becka

Wow. Thanks, folks.

France, that's the bit I really wanted to show - the pens. I just don't think you see them at quite the right angle.

Kathy Jones, just don't use the ones that are prone to smearing. I think that's the only answer.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, guys. You make my day.

Your drawings are sooooo cool!

Andrea, I already perceive your work as totally AMAZING, despite your lack of A3 scanner. If you were to achieve the type of scan quality you are after, I think my brain will explode from the extra ogling!

In the 70's you did have to have a chopper and my sister got one but I very girlie-like and wanted a Raleigh with a basket so she was cool and I was once again, the geek.

I am most drawn to the 3rd one down..it's the most eyecatching to me. I love the angle and the wonderful drawing ! winna

These are terrific! Yep, those choppers were the must-have bike in the midwest US too. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!

very cool, all are done so well. i'm drawing one for my discarded/abandoned/trash etc series. thanks for all the nice comments!

I think you're being a tad hard on yourself ... I like them all! I like the creative approach you've taken to the task. Well done! nancy

Amazing! I've always liked how you stress so much on the outlines, and then adding depth into the subject by hatching... it's just so pretty!

Loving these - each one in its own way.

I like the bike!

I like how you chose a section of the bike - very creative composition, and well drawn.

at last! you should be ashamed for this neglect- and for the woefully lack of bike knowledge yet.
how long do i expect for a gun draw?
at least a katty..
hung on a 81's motobecane MX 25 of course.
G.
raleigh super burner may suit.

c,mon....be truthful ~
you really can't ride a bike?

You have never owned a bike?! Shocking! Ahh the summer of '76. That was the heatwave, right? It was also the year Mr Pippa was born!

I really like these drawings. I'm glad you shared all of them. I always like the drawings you do with writing around them, but I also love the clean look of the final one.

Nice job, Andrea. You always knock the socks off all your drawings. And these three are no exception.

Love them all.

I love the angle of the bike. Love the second one, it's magic. So AJ.

Hello People, I was on a holiday for a month just passing by read this interesting post its great to see that every thing here is getting more lively...thanks a lot for these keep them coming....

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Knowing your love of fine detail in biro Andrea, have you seen these?
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Cheers, guys.

Haven't been online since posting this, so am most pleased to read all these lovely comments.

Pippa, yes, it was the heatwave and also the year of the ladybird invasion. Ladybirds everywhere.

Rob, it really is true. Honestly. I can't swim either.

Loulou, it's so much cooler to be a geek.

Rhomany, yes, they are totally brilliant, aren't they? Way way too good for my liking!

Cheers, my dears. You make my day.

Oh, wonderful. Love all three versions, with a slight preference for the first one. When I look at your drawings, I feel exactly like when I was a child looking at Walt Disney's drawings - it seems to me your drawings make things neater, more approachable and more lovable.