Some drawings just take time to finish. This is one of those drawings that I started at one point, set aside, and worked on other things. I’d occasionally pick it up again, but it remained unfinished for a long time. […]
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One show I absolutely loved while growing up was the comedy, Perfect Strangers. Recently I revisited the entire series, binge-watching it from start to finish, and it inspired me to attempt a portrait of the two cousins. I used a […]
Another selling point for our trek to Boston was to meet actress Evangeline Lilly — who is most famous for her role as Wasp in Ant-Man and the Wasp and as Kate Austen in the show LOST. Evangeline has also […]
Confession time… I actually like The Lost World: Jurassic Park. No, I know it’s not as good as the original. And I know it’s not a great movie, but I do really enjoy it. And it came out while I […]
As a response to the warm reception some Office fans gave me regarding my Office themed drawings, I decided to do a “quicker” colored pencil drawing of Jenna Fischer (who played Pam on The Office) and share it with them. […]
Typically, if I’m in a time crunch one night and don’t have a lot of drawing time – or I’m feeling completely unsure of what to draw (and just want to try to capture the beauty of a pretty face), […]
To finish – at least for now – my young & old series for Star Wars characters, I set out to draw Obi-Wan Kenobi. The interesting part about this one, was that it was the only character who was played […]
In an effort to do more sketches more often of various people, a subject like the beautiful Zoe Saldana is an easy one to gravitate toward. This drawing was done freehand (like the others) with graphite pencils. Link for prints: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Freehand graphite drawing of Gal Gadot — I actually started this one in December 2017 as a quick sketch and then spent some time working on it off and on until finishing it in July 2018. The denim jacket was […]
Joining Leia and Luke in my young-and-old series is this Han Solo freehand drawing I did. I drew Han young from A New Hope in colored pencil and him older in graphite from the Force Awakens. Link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of-harrison-ford-as-han-solo-in-star-wars-85-x-11
Here is a batch of Big Bang Theory themed character sketch cards I did for a customer upon request. Doing small portraits is way out of my comfort zone, but upon starting to do more sketch cards, I’ve found it […]
Earlier this year, husband/wife duo Vocal Few approached me about doing an original drawing for a tour poster they wanted to make. I mocked it up with pencil and worked closely with them on the color scheme, tone, etc and […]
I’d never been to a comic-con or similar con before. But when Richard Dreyfuss, who stars in my wife’s favorite movie of all time, JAWS, came to our area, I knew we had to go. And when she couldn’t decide […]
One of the many sketched I did was this freehand colored pencil drawing of the lovely Stana Katic on toned tan paper. It was definitely a shorter-timed, rougher sketch, but I put extra time in on it to finish it […]
As and Office and Parks & Rec fan, it’s easy to love Rashida Jones. Late last year (2017), I tried doing almost nightly sketches — shorter, timed portraits. It was a stretch for me, especially in trying to draw faster, […]
Every once in a while I get the itch to update/fix/edit a drawing I previously finished. I was never happy with my original Jim from The Office drawing, so I was pretty open to the idea to update/fix it. I […]
This is a freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi and Empire Strikes Back to go along with the recent Leia piece. And, upon its completion, I decided it was time […]
This is a freehand Colored Pencil and Graphite Drawing of Carrie Fisher as Leia in The Last Jedi and Empire Strikes Back that I did to honor our fallen princess. I wanted to merge her last appearance in Star Wars […]
In preparation for seeing Star Wars: The Last Jedi, I decided to do a freehand colored pencil portrait of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker. I love these movies; I grew up on the original trilogy, so Luke has always been […]
Here’s another commission project I did around the holidays – a freehand graphite drawing of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine from “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” This was an enjoyable commission too. 🙂 Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/drawing-print-of-hugh-jackman-as-logan-the-wolverine-in-x-men-origins-wolverine
The second batch of sketch cards I did for Topps was their “Star Wars: The Last Jedi – Series 1” Trading Card set, which released December 15, 2017. These are just a few of the 35 or so I did […]
I love the Marvel movies, and with “Thor Ragnarok”‘s release, I felt inspired to do an all-new colored pencil work based around the film. This one was pretty fun — I wanted to try to do something a little unique […]
My favorite kind of commission pieces to do are ones where I actually like the subject matter. A wonderful new client requested an original drawing of Superman for herself in full color. This was a fun piece to do because […]
Gotta love Blake Lively! I loved her in Age of Adaline and have been a fan since. I thought this photo of her was lovely and I tried my best to do it justice in colored pencil form. I drew […]
Between commissions and doing some Topps sketch cards (more on that later), this drawing took some time to finish up. This is a freehand colored pencil portrait of actress Keira Knightley. Purchase link for prints: https://johndibiaseart.com/print-of-colored-pencil-drawing-of-keira-knightley-85-x-11
I just adore these two! I owe my love of old, classic movies to my grandfather and my mom. The Thin Man movies, as well as any of the other 6 or so movies Myrna Loy and William Powell did […]
As a commissioned piece, I did this marker and colored pencil drawing that shows Darth Vader/Anakin battling his Jedi self, with the Emperor pulling the strings in the background. It was challenging, but also kind of fun. 🙂 Purchase link […]
I’ve only done it a few times, but sometimes it feels good to revisit an older drawing and put some time into reworking it with fresh eyes and a different perspective. I’d drawn this some time ago (maybe 10 years […]