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Yoni Danziger

Hi all! My name is Yoni Danziger a.k.a. Goni, I'm 29 years old from Israel.

I've known EW since 2002 and opened my profile in 2006.

I grew up in England in a small place not too far from London and when i was 3 years old my mother lost me in the woods near our home. When she found me (30 min' later) i told her that I was hunting Goblins... at least that's what she told me when i got older.

Fantasy is my one true love!!!

I've been an artist since i was 19 years old and a graphic-web designer since i was 23. In my art i use mostly my manual technique which i refer to as 'Scratch', sometimes i use PS and from time to time i mix the two together.

Now, since a few of my fellow artists in EW have asked me to, here is my scratching technique description:

Materials: Paper, 180gr', size A4

two types of ink: 'Ecoline' (has more water in it) & 'Pelikan' (has less water in it)

1 fountain pen and many kinds of different tips (depends on your needs)

12 kinds of carving tools (all of them are used for soft wood & linoleum)

step one: I draw a picture. My style is to draw it with lines, lots & lots of lines (yep... there's a strong possibility that i'm insane :D)

step two: Color the picture with the 'Ecoline' ink

step three: Color the picture again with the 'Pelikan' ink

step four: Scratching / Carving the paper

From time to time I use PS in order to fix some mistakes or to place some light into the picture. I do that beacuse my scratching technique has a few limits. The first limitation is the color. After the scratching / carving takes place, all the colors become very bright so i have to change (while coloring) the entire scale of colors. For example, normally you use pink, yellow or brown for skin color. In my technique the pink should become dark-red, the yellow should become sepia and the brown should be mixed with black. The other limitation is even more severe. Once you scratched / carved the paper, there is no turning back! you can't use the ink anymore beacuse the colors have already changed their tone and became brighter, so pay attention during the coloring process!

With the Scratching technique it takes me between 3 days to 2 weeks to finish a painting. It depends mostly on how many details are there and how small they are.

As for my PS paintings...well, there is nothing special about them except maybe the fact that I use the mouse, beacuse for some weird reason I can't seem to handle a digital pen.

In order to know more about me & my art, you are more then welcome to visit my site here

You can see more of my Scratching technique in this link

I also advice to check out two of my best frainds profiles: Nadav Hauptman & Adiel Ben Ari

ENJOY!!!

Guestbook for Goni

Date Name Comment   20 Nov 2009 Mark Boston Loading... Hi Yoni. HOw’re you? JUst seen you ’That’s the Spirit’ picture - fabulous! Reflects the beauty of Christmas to me. Good work Yoni Danziger replies: "Hey Mark! I’m great and you? Thanks a lot for that... Will you join the competition as well?" 21 Nov 2009 Heather xxSweet Mamma Jammaxx Chenery Loading... Cheers. Yoni Danziger replies: "" 21 Nov 2009 MaXine piX Kenseley Loading... as requested LL is back Come on over and give her a kiss xXx Yoni Danziger replies: "Yey!! Thank you thank you " 21 Nov 2009 Heather xxSweet Mamma Jammaxx Chenery Loading... Heya, thanx for reading them, wot d’u think of my ’This is how you would’ve died....’ piece? Yoni Danziger replies: "I haven’t read it yet... next time " 21 Nov 2009 John Mad And Dark Prince Mironenko Loading... (Reason you say...)well i kinda tired of gothic and oblivion(i am always negative at first but i trust you so lets buy the Dragon age i sure it will be good as you say and time to play something new) Yoni Danziger replies: "That’s great man Let me know what you think of it after you’ll play for a while" 22 Nov 2009 Mark Boston Loading... Dunno. Perhaps. When is the deadline? Yoni Danziger replies: "31 December 2009 " 22 Nov 2009 Mark Boston Loading... Oh, fair bit of time then. I might enter... 22 Nov 2009 Heather xxSweet Mamma Jammaxx Chenery Loading... Kool, no problem lol 22 Nov 2009 John Mad And Dark Prince Mironenko Loading... (I played Dragon age and...)Indeed it was Gamato(a word in Greece means something Wonderful!) i started it with a warrior human (too bad you can choose barbarian class is my favorite!) the armor and weapons are so cool And the action move of the character are pretty good two handed weopons are my style 23 Nov 2009 Alanna Nöelle Stokes Loading... that is good!!! Page: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 ...

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