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 […]
Category: Artwork
Jim Carrey holding a rose Freehand Graphite Pencil and Colored Pencil Drawing
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 knew it’d make a fun portrait. I finally found it online and […]
Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) and Spider-Man with Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing
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 […]
Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter in Captain America Freehand Graphite Pencil and Prismacolor Hybrid Drawing
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 […]
Steve Carell as Brick Tamland in “Anchorman” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Singer/Producer/Director Steve Taylor Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
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 thought it was […]
Sebastian Stan as The Winter Soldier Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Portrait
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 […]
Liv Tyler Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Audrey Hepburn “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 🙂 Purchase link for […]
Jaci Velasquez Updated Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Chris Evans in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey in “The Hobbit” Lord of the Rings Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel in “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” Freehand Graphite Drawing
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 […]
Harold Ramis as Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil and Prismacolor Drawing
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 […]
Eva Green and Daniel Craig in “Casino Royale” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Gabrielle Anwar as Fiona Glenanne in Burn Notice Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Pencil Drawing
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. […]
Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly with Crispin Glover as George McFly Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown in “Back To The Future” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in Star Wars Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Tom Cruise as Jack Harper in “Oblivion” Freehand Graphite and Colored Pencil Drawing
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 […]
Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute in “The Office” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
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… Purchase link for prints: […]
Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes in TV’s “Elementary” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Between Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch, everyone wondered if the world really needed ANOTHER Sherlock Holmes. Once the modern update, “Elementary” hit TV, I decided it wasn’t worth subscribing to and didn’t watch it. I heard through the grape vine that it was pretty good, so I decided to […]
Dan Aykroyd as Ray Stantz in Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
As you’ve noticed by now, I’m a huge fan of Ghostbusters. Always have been. I did a drawing of Ray Stantz right out of college and I’m not a huge fan of it, but it sells a lot in my online store (surprisingly to me). So I decided to work […]
Drawing of Justin Cox from Fireflight
Here’s another drawing I did, entirely in pencil, of a concert photo I took of guitarist Justin Cox from the rock band Fireflight. This photo was from, I think, Uprise Festival 2012 and the drawing was made in December 2013.
Bill Murray as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I finally bit the bullet and attempted this screenshot from the beginning of the film. I’ve been wanting to draw it for years actually. I worked on this from November 26 thru December 3, 2013. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/peter-venkman-ghostbusters-bill-murray-drawing-print-b
Chris Hemsworth as Thor in “Thor: The Dark World” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
I recently did a new drawing of Loki and thought it only fair to do a new one of Thor (with more detail than the first drawing). See, when drawing freehand — for me, at least — I have some problems with laying out exactly how the proportions will go […]
Tom Hiddleston as Loki in “Thor: The Dark World” Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
For the Avengers release last year, I did a series of pencil drawings where I mixed colored pencil and graphite together. I liked the end result, but the truth is that my heart lies with all-pencil drawings. I’m still trying to improve my pencil skills, so I’m continuing to work […]