OK – crazy story time. My in-laws take my son out to dinner almost once a week, and three years ago they were in a local diner and my son was telling his grandparents his desire to go into acting. […]
Colored Pencil
My FAVORITE kind of commissions are when they align with my interests. Ha. This was an original freehand colored pencil drawing that a client commissioned me to do for them. And while it was a challenge, it was still a […]
When I knew I could meet Mary Lynn Rajskub at the same convention, I decided to bring along a print of my Jack and Chloe drawing for her to sign. I had sold the original drawing some time ago, so […]
Knowing I’d get to meet Alex Winter at an upcoming con, I decided to do a colored pencil drawing of Bill and Ted – I didn’t have a ton of time, though, so I had to pick something a […]
With the release of the latest live action Transformers movie in the summer of 2023, I decided to take a stab at a new freehand colored pencil drawing of Optimus Prime – especially since he has more of the classic look […]
I was a late bloomer to the show “24,” getting into it after it had finished its run, but right before the additional season, “Live Another Day.” I drew this in order for Kiefer to sign for me, but then […]
I’m a wuss when it comes to watching violent shows and movies. I love the editing service VidAngel because it allows me to still experience these kinds of stories – just a little less brutal. So I ended up watching Vikings through […]
I had the ever-so-brief pleasure of meeting Michael J. Fox in 2018 at Boston Fan Expo, but it was for a photo op, not an autograph session. At a Philly con, I decided to get him to sign my drawing… […]
Knowing I’d be able to meet Tom Wilson at a comic-con in Philly, I did a relatively quick colored pencil and marker drawing (on toned tan paper) of Tom as Biff in Back to the Future. 🙂 He was a […]
With the release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, I thought I might do a Shuri-Black Panther drawing with a tribute to Chadwick Boseman baked in. I did this one freehand with mostly colored pencil, and some colored pencil for her fallen […]
I chose to draw Picard last in my young/old STTNG series because I had drawn Picard once before on his own – and wanted to draw some new characters for a change. Hope you guys enjoyed this series! It was […]
Getting down to the final characters I needed to complete my young/old series, we have Gates McFadden’s Dr. Crusher. Now, just like with LeVar, I had the chance to also meet her at the same con, but she also left […]
What ST TNG fan doesn’t love Geordi! He was next on my list for the young/old series. Sadly, I brought this to a convention in Rhode Island in 2023 to get signed by him, but I got stuck in lines for […]
Continuing right along with the Next Generation young/old project, we have Deanna Troi in Picard and the original show. 🙂 Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/deanna-troi-from-picard-and-star-trek-tng-marina-sirtis-colored-pencil-drawing-p
Data has to be my favorite character in Star Trek. Maybe it’s his loyalty, his desire to be more human, his innocence, his tenacity, his unintentional humor… his cat, Spot — or all the above. But Brent Spiner’s Data is […]
My buddy Adam and I went to an event to meet a couple of the Back to the Future actors so I drew this freehand colored pencil and marker drawing of Harry Waters Jr. as Marvin Berry (on toned gray […]
Knowing ahead of time I was going to be at a convention where Richard Young – who’d played “Fedora” in one of my all-time favorite movies, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, I whipped up this freehand colored pencil drawing on […]
The next in my young/old Star Trek TNG series is Worf. I was really happy with how this one turned out, too! Picard Worf is done in graphite, with younger Worf in colored pencil. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/worf-from-picard-and-star-trek-tng-michael-dorn-colored-pencil-drawing-print-85
After the young/old series I did with Star Wars, I decided that – while rewatching Star Trek: The Next Generation – it might be fun to draw the cast young from the show and older in the final season of Picard, […]
Truth be told, any drawing with more than one person to capture a likeness for is daunting to me… but 1984 Ghostbusters is still my favorite movie and I love drawing stuff for it. So for this one, I am the client. […]
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is still one of my favorite movies, and I knew I wanted to do a proper colored pencil drawing of the pair (after having done a rougher portrait some years ago). I do like how this one […]
Knives Out put Ana de Armas on my radar and I’ve been a fan since. I loved her short scene in No Time to Die and knew I needed to try to capture her elegance in a drawing from that movie. I […]
It’s no secret I’ve done A LOT of drawings based on the US version of The Office. One, because it’s my favorite TV show, but two because of the several conventions dedicated to The Office fandom where I attended as a vendor. […]
Here’s another batch of sketches I did around 2017 – 2020, featuring actresses Christina Hendricks, Maggie Lawson, Kate Beckinsale, Audrey Esparza, Olga Kurylenko, and South African model Simone De Kock The original drawings for all of these are probably still […]
Here’s a freehand colored pencil and marker drawing I did of Salma Hayek in 2019 on toned gray paper. I actually like how this one turned out, too. Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/salma-hayek-original-pencil-drawing-b Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/salma-hayek-toned-tan-drawing-print-85-x-11
Here’s another batch of sketches I did around 2018 or so: Heather Graham, Jennifer Garner, Kari Jobe, Linda Cardellini, Kathatrine McPhee, and Jaimie Alexander (in Blindspot). I thought these were just okay… and figured I’d lump them together instead of listing […]
Here’s another freehand colored pencil on toned tan paper sketch from May 2018 – this time of actress Amy Acker (loved her in Person of Interest!) Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/original-sketch-of-amy-acker-not-a-print Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/amy-acker-toned-tan-drawing-print-85-x-11
Continuing on with sketches, I did this quicker freehand colored pencil and marker sketch on toned tan paper of Abigail Spencer in May 2018 (among other sketches I’d done in this style at the time) Purchase link for the original […]
I had started this freehand colored pencil drawing of Abigail Spencer in the fall of 2018 and didn’t complete it until Feb 2019. This one was wildly frustrating to work on because I had used both Prismacolor and Faber Castell […]
Olivia Munn is probably another actress who warrants a more detailed portrait, but I drew this freehand colored pencil sketch of her in 2018 as part of a series of sketches I was doing on toned tan paper. Purchase link […]