On July 1st I started this one of Ben Linus to add another character to the lot of LOST drawings. Well… I hit the background and shirt and found it very tedious and laborious, so I kept starting (and finishing) new drawings while taking breaks from this one. By the […]
Author: John DiBiase
Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy in “Anchorman” Freehand Graphite Drawing
I hate drawing backgrounds. However, I realize drawing backgrounds is a good practice and usually makes drawings look more complete. I’ve been drawing a portrait since July 1st that I keep putting aside because really all that’s left is a striped shirt and a leafy background. Yeah, this isn’t that […]
Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler in “Ghostbusters II” Freehand Graphite Drawing
I love drawing stuff related to my favorite film, Ghostbusters, so when it came time to find a photo to use as a source for Egon, the best I could find was a still from Ghostbusters 2 in the courtroom. But I love the shot and I love the expression […]
Jim Carrey as Lloyd Christmas in “Dumb and Dumber” Freehand Graphite Drawing
A classic film that I’ve known needed treatment for a while is Dumb and Dumber. However, given the age of the movie, it’s tough to find stills from the movie to draw from. Still, when I found the source photo that I would use for the above drawing, I thought […]
Martin Freeman as John Watson in BBC’s Sherlock Freehand Graphite Drawing
Somehow I missed posting this one, but I did really enjoy working on Sherlock’s Watson. I love Martin Freeman as an actor and I originally hadn’t planned on drawing him as Watson, but after watching the show–and then drawing Benedict — I felt I needed to add Watson. For this […]
Rachel Weisz Freehand Graphite Pencil Portrait Drawing
In late June, 2013, I decided to follow Superman with a portrait of Rachel Weisz, an actress I’ve enjoyed the work of since I first saw her in Chain Reaction and then The Mummy. For this one, I really tried to push detail again and use various grades of pencils. […]
Henry Cavill as Superman in Man of Steel Freehand Colored Pencil/Graphite Drawing
Here’s the final scan of the aforementioned Superman portrait. After seeing the film “Man of Steel” at midnight on 6/14/13, I started work on this drawing later that morning. I finished it three days later (but “four” sessions: 6/14, 15, 16, 17) in the AM… I used mostly Prismacolor Premiere […]
Process of a Portrait: Superman (Henry Cavill) [Colored Pencil and Graphite]
Some people like to see drawings in progress and I have gotten in the habit of taking progress shots with my phone while working on it. It’s good to get another perspective on it, actually, to compare the drawing to the original source photo, and to also see how it […]
Leonard Nimoy as Spock in Star Trek Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
With all the hype surrounding the release of Star Trek Into Darkness, and with the recent completion of my drawing of “Shatner” Kirk, I decided it was a good time to add Spock to the mix. For this one, like the Kirk drawing, I did all of his skin in […]
Sean Connery as James Bond Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
After finishing the Indiana Jones drawing, I decided to return to drawing something from scratch and worked on this image of Sean Connery as James Bond. I’d wanted to draw him, but didn’t want to draw one of the most commonly seen iconic images; there were enough drawings of those. […]