I’ll let you in on a little secret: I’m seldom happy with the end results of my drawings. We’ve come to hang a few of my works around the house to decorate the walls a bit, and our living room has been classic film actors for several years now. Older […]
Author: John DiBiase
A Handful of Original Drawings Now On Sale
I find it difficult to part with many of my original drawings, but I realize I can’t keep them all… So I’m cleaning shop a bit. These are original, 9×12 drawings — not prints/copies — so they’re one-of-a-kind, and once they’re gone, they’re gone! What is available: 1. Thor / […]
Pencil Drawing of Evangeline Lilly
Close to finishing Optimus, I wanted to start a new drawing just for pure kicks. I tend to troll the web for inspiring photos to attempt to draw and I had this one on my iPad for months (probably when I was looking for a photo of Evangeline for the […]
Colored Pencil, Graphite Pencil Drawing of Optimus Prime from “Transformers: Age of Extinction”
After Roger & Eddie, I decided to attempt something I felt very uncomfortable with. I grew up with Transformers and I love Optimus Prime, but the detail in Michael Bay’s take on Transformers is just… overwhelming! So I decided to step out of my comfort zone and attempt an Optimus […]
Colored Pencil, Graphite mash-up of Roger Rabbit and Eddie Valiant from “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”
I hit an inspiration wall after finishing Slimer. But while looking for new subject matter, I stumbled upon a wonderful photo of Roger standing on a car next to Bob Hoskins as Eddie in a promo photo for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, a classic 80s film. I thought it would […]
Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing of Slimer in “Ghostbusters”
Keeping with the fact that Ghostbusters is my favorite film, and wanting to work with colored pencils some more, I decided to take a stab at Slimer in Ghostbusters. I found it a bit more challenging than I expected. For one, I had trouble not making it look too cartoony… […]
Pencil Drawing of Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer in “24”
After watching the entire series “LOST” for the first time back in 2012, I immediately tried entering into the world of another series I had missed when it aired, “24.” But sadly, the pilot was everything I didn’t want in a show (including 2 teenage girls accompanying 2 teenage boys […]
Pencil and Colored Pencil Drawing of Jim Carrey holding a rose
Almost ever since I walked by a magazine rack in 2000 displaying an Entertainment Weekly cover photo of Jim Carrey holding a rose with a lovey dovey look on his face and blood dripping down his fingers, I think I knew it’d make a fun portrait. I finally found it […]
Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing of Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Spider-Man with Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy
After having previously done a drawing of Bruce Banner / Hulk and Bruce Wayne / Batman, I decided to do a Peter Parker / The Amazing Spider-Man mash-up. Since I draw freehand, I just try to guess where on the page to start and build out from there (which is […]
Pencil Drawing of Eddie Cantor
When I was pretty young, my grandfather introduced some great classic movies and actors to me. My parents did as well, but I have vivid memories of my grandfather frequently quoting and talking about Eddie Cantor. Eddie was huge in the 30s for his films AND musical career, being one […]
Pencil and Prismacolor Hybrid Drawing of Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter in Captain America
Welp, I thought Captain America needs his Peggy, so I decided to do a graphite pencil of Hayley Atwell as Peggy from the first Cap movie and decided to color her eyes and lips, however, with Prismacolor pencils. I also tried to push my detailing a bit, spending more time […]
Pencil Drawing of Steve Carell as Brick Tamland in “Anchorman”
Typically, when I work on a drawing, I do one at a time, but after starting a couple commissions at once, I also wanted to do a side project or two just for fun so that I wasn’t spending all day in an office and then working again in my […]
Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing of Singer/Producer/Director Steve Taylor
Move to Trash After finally seeing Steve Taylor in concert, fulfilling a longtime dream, I impulsively decided to draw one of the photos I took at a May 4th, 2014 concert in Manheim, PA. For the concert’s encore, Steve came out wearing his flashy jacket from the 80s and I […]
Graphite and Colored Pencil Portrait of Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier
After the recent Captian America drawing, I received a couple requests for The Winter Soldier. And after seeing and liking the film myself, I loved the idea of attempting it. This one was certainly a challenge, but I loved adding the red star in colored pencil in addition to the […]
Pencil Drawing of Liv Tyler
After drawing Gandalf from Lord of the Rings, I wanted to do a pencil drawing of Liv Tyler as the elf Arwen — but I couldn’t find a picture I liked enough to work on. So, while looking for Arwen photos, I came across just a regular glam shot of […]
Pencil Drawing of Audrey Hepburn
Usually I just draw something for fun or to fulfill a request, but I decided to work on another Audrey Hepburn drawing with the intent of hanging it in our living room. I do like the final result better than the previous Audrey drawing I did, so it currently hangs […]
Pencil Drawing of Jaci Velasquez (Updated)
I hate that when I find an older drawing that could use some touching up, I tend to be reminded of how George Lucas has never been satisfied with his Star Wars work and continues to edit them time and time again. While no work of mine can be compared […]
Pencil Drawing of Chris Evans as Captain America in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”
With the release of a new Captain America movie, I felt inspired to do a new Captain America drawing. I like the other two I did, but I liked that this poster art (the source photo I used to draw this) had Chris’s face in full. And, again, I used […]
Pencil Drawing of Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey in “The Hobbit”
After drawing Tauriel, I decided it’d be cool to do a Gandalf drawing. However, I didn’t quite realize the horror of trying to draw his dang beard until I tried to. Needless to say, I ended up having to take several breaks while working on it, and only work on […]
Drawing of Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”
Ever since “discovering” and becoming a hopeless LOST fan in 2012, I’ve enjoyed Evangeline Lilly’s work. I was pretty stoked to learn she was joining the world of The Hobbit and, recently after revisiting The Lord of the Rings film, I just felt inspired to draw Tauriel from the second […]
Pencil and Prismacolor Drawing of Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
It’s no secret I’m a big Ghostbusters fan. The movie came out when I was very little and I actually remember going to see it in the theaters a couple of times. With the news last month that Harold Ramis, who played Egon Spengler, had passed away, I was pretty […]
Pencil Drawing of Eva Green and Daniel Craig in “Casino Royale”
I decided to then return to screen shots and chose this favorite from Casino Royale. While it’s not exactly the happiest scene, I loved the emotion in it and the fact that the hard-hearted, coldblooded killing British spy lets down his guard for a woman he’s literally falling in love […]
Pencil Drawing of Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne in Burn Notice
After having drawn both Sam Axe and Michael Westen, at the suggestion of a friend of mine, I decided to draw Mike’s Fiona Glenanne. It was a little weird going back to promo photos after having done two screen shots in a row, but it felt good to have a […]
Pencil Drawing of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars
After working on the screenshot from Back To The Future and enjoying it so much, I decided to try my hand at another favorite movie scene. This time I took a screenshot from The Empire Strikes Back, the fifth (or second, depending how you look at it) Star Wars film. […]
Pencil Drawing of Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly with Crispin Glover as George McFly
While looking for a good photo of Christopher Lloyd online to draw, I ended up taking a screenshot of one of my favorite scenes in Back To The Future to consider drawing later on. I decided to make it my next project and also decided to return to the graphite […]
Pencil Drawing of Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown in “Back To The Future”
As an avid Back to the Future fan, I’m surprised I haven’t thought of drawing Doc sooner. And good pics of him are hard to find online. However, I thought this one was out of the ordinary and captured the character well enough to attempt. I’m pretty happy with the […]
Pencil Drawing of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in Star Wars
I’ve been on a Star Wars kick lately and I realized, while I’ve drawn Luke and Han a couple times, I’ve never drawn Leia. So this was an attempt to draw Leia but not using one of the typical iconic pictures of her. Empire Strikes Back is still my favorite […]
Pencil Drawing of Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock
After watching Sherlock series 3 and just feeling discontented with my previous Sherlock/Benedict Cumberbatch drawing, I decided to take a stab at a new one. Hopefully this one is better. I worked on it in January 2014 and it’s full graphite pencil. I also brought back the DESIGN Ebony Jet […]
Pencil Drawing of Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in “Oblivion”
After watching it for the first time on Blu-Ray after having seen it while it was in theaters, I decided to work on a pencil drawing of Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in the movie “Oblivion.” I love good sci-fi and action and this movie just had a little of […]
Pencil Drawing of Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute in “The Office”
Speaking of TV shows… I love America’s take on The Office! And I miss it terribly since it went off the air. I decided Dwight Schrute needed to join my drawings of Pam and Jim, and this ended up being a pretty fun one to do… Etsy link for prints: […]