Hey friends, This one’s a bit scary to write—but also a bit exciting. After years of pouring hours (and blood, sweat, and tears) into each of my pencil portrait originals, I’ve made the decision to raise my prices on all original detailed portrait drawings. This isn’t about being fancy or […]
Category: Musings
I’ll Be at Dunder Con at the Meadowlands in NJ, August 6 – 7, 2022!
I will be vending my second event ever this August 6-7 at Dunder Con at the Meadowlands Expo Center in NJ! I will have a table there selling prints of my drawings themed for The Office, and will have some original drawings (the actual pencil drawings) on hand to purchase […]
Vending My First Festival: Office Super Fan Festival in Scranton, PA
This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending the first “Office Super Fan Festival” in Scranton, PA where I had my first-ever table as a vendor for my artwork. In the past, I’ve had tables at music festivals representing my website, JFH, or I’ve helped out record labels even […]
10 Years
Today, February 14 (Yes, Valentine’s Day), marks 10 years since I wandered into an art store for the first time in years and rekindled my love for drawing. 10 years! See, in high school I fell in love with drawing portraits, and began developing my abilities through continuous projects. Most […]
Autographed Dan Aykroyd “Ray Stantz” Freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Pencil Drawing
At the end of 2019, I ventured alone to the Lancaster, PA area to wait outside in the frigid cold of November (the 15th, to be exact) in hopes of meeting Dan Aykroyd. With Ghostbusters still being my favorite movie of all-time, I didn’t want to miss out on the […]
Jim Carrey “Truman Show” Freehand Graphite Drawing
When I was a teenager, I did a sketch of Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank in “The Truman Show.” Truth be told, it wasn’t a BAD drawing, but I felt the need, more recently, to try to re-draw it from scratch. The end result is what you see above. I […]
Ernie Hudson as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing (Autographed!)
The main selling point of going to Chiller on my birthday was to meet an original Ghostbuster himself, Ernie Hudson. The original movie is my favorite film of all-time and has been a favorite since I was quite young. To meet Ernie was a real treat! To make the day […]
Steven Weber and Tim Daly from TV’s “Wings” Freehand Colored Pencil Drawing – Autographed!
Meeting Richard Dreyfuss was a unique experience for me — meeting a celebrity and getting his signature on an original piece of artwork I’d done. I’ve had drawings signed before, but usually they were as prints. I wasn’t ever sure I’d want one of my original drawings inked up. Last […]
The T-Rex and Entry Gates of “Jurassic Park” Freehand Graphite (and Colored Pencil) Drawing
I first started getting more serious about drawing around 1993 or 94 — sometime after “Jurassic Park” came out. I loved the film and collected all of the trading cards and even had the “official movie magazine” about the film. In both the cards set and the magazine, the concept […]
Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Before I started drawing almost daily again, I worked on a Jack Sparrow portrait using the image on a birthday party plate as reference (tis true!). Since then, I’ve pushed myself with detail and taking my time with drawings and such. I decided it was high time to try my […]
JohnDiBiaseArt.com is Live!
It actually dawned on me YESTERDAY that my Etsy shop’s URL is long and cumbersome. I’ve settled on www.JohnDiBiaseArt.com to direct people to my Etsy shop. So now you can get to it easily… just follow www.JohnDiBiaseArt.com anytime. Thanks! 
Original Artwork for Sale
If you ever see a print of something on Etsy that you’d be interested paying top dollar for, feel free to private message me on Etsy with your best offer. I’ll let you know if I’m interested or not. For the most part, the originals aren’t on sale because I […]
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 / […]
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot Freehand Graphite Pencil Drawing
Truth be told, my first pencil portraits were of CCM artists back in the mid 90s. Artists like DC Talk and PFR were frequent subjects as I tried to figure out my way around drawing faces (they’re quite embarrassing to look at today). Back around 2000 I did a drawing […]
I’m Now on Facebook!
Last week I decided to bite the bullet and launch my own Facebook Page dedicated to my art pursuits. I’ve posted most of my drawings on there (even some not on here) and will be posting progress-report cell phone captures of drawings in progress too. Check it out at http://www.facebook.com/JohnDiBiaseArt […]
New Etsy Shop!
After the gentle suggestion of some family and friends, I’ve decided to open an Etsy shop for those interested in purchasing prints of some of my art. For now only some of the drawings are available (six, at the time of this post), but I hope to add more. If […]
Whoa Doc! That’s Heavy!
I was paging through a comic book recently and saw this really excellent drawing of a person that bordered on portrait quality while still being comic book art. In the drawing there was great detail where a lot of the features were defined with lines — like where little shadows […]
There should be a “Captain” in there somewhere…
Sorry for the inactivity on here. I’ve been busy with a ninth-month-old crawler, a sick guinea pig, a stolen Honda, and work. But in the midst of it all, I’m still trying to find regular time to work on drawings. I recently completed my first attempt at a portrait done […]
Continuing to Exercise
Since the aforementioned Nashville trip, I’ve considered revisiting Blick to obtain some of the art markers I saw the random artist using that day in Starbucks. I’d used some in college many years ago but they were mostly for sketches, not full on projects. I’m still drawing regularly, mostly cartoons […]
Drawing Fever — Ray Stantz Real Ghostbusters Freehand Marker Drawing
Since launching my “drawing-a-day” campaign, I’ve just been focusing on having fun stretching myself and making sure it all stays fun. As mentioned earlier, I did unearth my old comic book collection and have been using that as inspiration for different styles of drawing. Before leaving for work in Nashville […]
A Drawing A Day
Since my Blick Art store experience this past Monday, I’ve been feeling inclined to DO something about the lack of drawing in my current lifestyle. I’ve decided that the best way to not only try to get back into it but to get some good, hearty practice at it again […]
Tales from a Blick Store
I thought I was too busy for art stuff before – thanks to work, but with a baby in the mix? Forget about it… I reconnected with an old high school buddy on Monday and grabbed lunch at a hibachi place that served as a midway point between our locales. […]
New Year, New Site
Last year, almost a year ago actually, I redid “JohnDiBiase.com” as a blog to hopefully make it more interactive. Unfortunately, the blog setup I chose didn’t work quite right so here I am again re-submitting my catalog of works into a new site altogether… on WordPress. Life has been crazy […]
An Art Blog!
Hey all – John here. I decided this morning it would be kinda fun to turn these drawing pages into sort of a more interactive format. I feel like my own personal site is a bit lifeless, but perhaps this could liven it up just a bit where you all […]