After finishing Drax, and after having re-watched the film with some friends who hadn’t seen it yet, there was a shot of Pratt as Star-Lord in the final scene that just screamed to be drawn. So I loaded it up […]
Artwork
With Guardians of the Galaxy being quite the cinematic phenomenon, people are really wanting “Guardians” themed drawings lately. So, to round out my collection of “Guardians,” I approached this drawing of Drax, played by WWE wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista, using graphite pencil […]
After completing solo Eva, I proceeded to attempt to finish the latest Bond/Vesper portrait. Like the solo Eva drawing, this is done with all graphite pencils. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-eva-green-and-daniel-craig-as-vepser-and-james-bond-in-casino-royale
Sometimes after drawing dudes one after another, a guy’s just gotta spend some time looking at a pretty face. 🙂 I’ve drawn Eva Green before — technically twice already (one solo, one with Bond), but I’ve never really been super […]
To round out the series, last but certainly not least, is Winston. Not only is Winston Zeddemore an underrated Ghostbuster (who has a much more fleshed-out character in the animated series), but Ernie Hudson’s just an all-around cool guy. (He […]
Like Egon before him, this one proved to be a huge struggle for me. First of all, I wanted a different-than-usual pose of Bill as Peter, and I wanted animated Peter to match the character well. I was drawn to […]
The second in the series and first to get finished (and maybe my favorite of the 4) is Ray and Ray. I took a screenshot from Ghostbusters to get this portrait of Dan and used it as a source for […]
I don’t feel like I’m very creative. I’ll just say it. I enjoy taking photos and making drawings out of them, but if you ask me to draw something from memory or paint some kind of unique imagery, I’ll struggle […]
Sometimes it can be pretty hard to decide on an image of a person or character to draw. It’s one thing to see an image and think “I want to try drawing that!” and another to know who or what […]
After seeing “Edge of Tomorrow,” I was inspired to draw Miss Emily Blunt. I actually attempted reproducing an image from a movie poster she’s on for the movie but I couldn’t quite get her profile just right. So, a few […]
After getting addicted to the TV show “Chuck” this year and binge-watching all 5 seasons on NetFlix, I knew I wanted to draw Chuck, and not just Chuck, but Chuck with Sarah. It’s always a challenge to freehand draw two […]
Following Star-Lord and Rocket & Groot, I got a few requests for Gamora and decided to oblige. This is about half and half graphite and colored pencil. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-zoe-saldana-as-gamora-in-guardians-of-the-galaxy
My dad’s a huge Godzilla fan. I decided to do this piece in secret for his birthday this year and found the scales to be especially challenging. I then decided to dare to change it a bit by adding in […]
Inspired no doubt by finishing Scrat, I decided to take a still photo from The LEGO Movie and draw Emmet in the comfort of his own home… Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/full-color-drawing-print-of-emmet-brickowski-from-the-lego-movie Purchase link for the original drawing: https://johndibiaseart.com/emmet-brickowski-from-the-lego-movie-original-colored-pencil-drawing-not-a-print
When going through some old papers, I found an unfinished drawing of Scrat from the first Ice Age film (so you know it’s OLD!). I decided, while on this colored pencil kick, to finish it. Above is the finished, below […]
Continuing to practice more with colored pencil, I decided to work on Yoda from my second favorite film of all time, The Empire Strikes Back. This one was certainly a challenge, but a rewarding experience regardless. I used all Prismacolor […]
It’s time for me to part with some more of my original works. I store them in my portfolios and I realize they’re just being “wasted” hidden in between pages of other hidden works — when people can be enjoying […]
Truth be told, colored pencil is outside my comfort zone. However, I see other artists do INCREDIBLE things with it all the time, and it makes me want to push myself to get better at it. I decided I want […]
Since 1997, I’ve been an avid listener and fan of Plumb and her music (in other words, since “Plumb” was a band, not just Tiffany’s performing alias). As a follow-up to Yvonne as a proverbial artistic reset button, I decided […]
Doing just straight-up pencil drawings is kind of a palette cleanser for me. So after (or sometimes during) working on something that detail and/or color intensive, I’ll just start a drawing like this one for fun and further practice. After […]
After drawing Chris Pratt as Star Lord –and heeding requests from some folks– I decided to attack a Rocket and Groot drawing. I approached it with mostly graphite pencil and then added in colored pencil for some of Rocket’s fur, […]
I wasn’t sure what to make of Guardians of the Galaxy upon seeing the first trailers, but I knew I should give it a shot. Before seeing the movie, I caught up on seasons 2 thru 6 of Parks and […]
After having binge-watched 8 seasons of 24 to catch up to the new season and watch half of it as it aired, I was bit pretty hard by the “24” bug. A friend suggested I draw the promo art for […]
Deciding to go for another Ghostbusters piece, I realized I’ve never drawn Louis! And I thought this portrait summed him up pretty nicely. The colander was pretty challenging with all the detail and various colors, but I was mostly happy […]
Exhibit A. (See previous post about Audrey Hepburn) This was a challenge for sure. I really enjoy doing Ghostbusters themed pieces and I was surprised, while looking for inspiring images online, to have never seen the source photo for this […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]