New Cast Drawing...


Here is the newest cast drawing of a skull...

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Thomas Fluharty said…
these are cool bro love the sensitivty~T
Friday, September 28, 2007 at 5:59:00 PM PDT
gumkid said…
oh man these values are nice. hey this is shawn from the illustration academy 06. what u been up to man?
Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 2:00:00 PM PST
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