DSG 330: Misc: Portrait of a famous celebrity/idol(from photo or not)

[dsg bot]

Today's topic is: Misc: Portrait of a famous celebrity/idol(from photo or not)

[JackalAnubis]

Here's one I did from ref of the sopranos guy (james gandofini or something?). spent about 45 minutes on it then I had to give it up cause it wasn't going anywhere. I need to practise more portraits.

http://img12.photobucket.com/albums/v31/JackalAnubis/sopranos.jpg

[legacy]

about 65-70 min.

well...its "supposed" to be jessica alba.

keyword in that sentence being "supposed".

http://www.untoldlegacy.com/art/alba_pencil.jpg
http://www.untoldlegacy.com/art/alba_color.jpg

[wayfarer]

yours perhaps doesn´t fit the person, but mine doesn´t even fit any human :p

no, I´m just kidding. Yud did really great jobs, you two. Mine is supposed to be "mother Theresa"

ref:http://www.srichinmoy.org/media/graphics/pics_shadow/friends_pics/mother_theresa.jpg
http://www.8ung.at/wayfarer/GFX/theresa.jpg

[wassermelone]

Jeroentje: That isn't what the DSG is about. Its about drawing the topic when the topic is given... not find old pictures that apply to the topic.

-toasty =)

[jeroentje]

Woops. Sorry, you're right.

[MisterE]

Paused the dvd to do this one, looks a bit isometric I think but...

Brad Dourif as Grima Wormtoung (famous celebrity? shure why not.)

http://www.waltzpowell.com/conceptart/WormtoungColor.jpg

[nBT]

http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg330elvis.jpg
http://www.mattijsart.com/dsg/dsg330ref.jpg
its da king!
i keep seeing errors, the base sketch was off to begin with. i keep having the sargent tutorial in my mind. ah well, better luck next time. took me 1 hr 45 mns. any crits would be real welcome. i challange you.

[legacy]

nice job MisterE and wayfarer.

hehe so far none of us have been able to make a realistic depiction of the celebs we are doing...

cept for maybe wayfarer, but thats only cuase of the colors :)

still though - wo0t for DSG!

[tayete]

This one intended to be Mr. Crowe at Gladiator...pity me!

He looks like a hamster :rolleyes:



http://www.tayete.com/misc/040122 gladiator.jpg

[Chaser226]

My Queen... Ms Aniston.

http://timtconcepts.com/dsg/anistonportrait.jpg

-30 minutes-

[CKWorth]

Who else but Trent Reznor. Referenced a screen grab from "The Perfect Drug". Every shot in that video is amazing.

http://www.spherenoire.com/forumart/dsgcelebidol.jpg

New one added, couldn't stop with that one.
http://www.spherenoire.com/forumart/dsgcelebidol2.jpg

[Chaser226]

Very nice Turo! I love the mood!

[legacy]

wow awesome job Chaser226 and Turokess.

Chaser226: you did an awesome job on jennifer. the just wish the hair was more fleshed out :P

[charge]

http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~cuch/post/celeb.JPG:firedevil

[Chaser226]

hm...who is that laying on the floor?

LEGACY: Yea, I love gestures so I draw really fast most of the time.

[BartMax]

Hi! It's my first time posting a concept drawing on the web. I don't draw very often and that's why it took me 5 hours to draw this picture of top model Ali Landry :P

http://www.ericponton.com/max/AliLandry_ref.jpg

http://www.ericponton.com/max/AliLandry_final2.jpg

[plaf]

kate beckinsale.

http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/gfx/24bit/kate.jpg

ref:
http://www.skjoldbroder.dk/fisse/katesovs.jpg

.. this portrait stuff is hard. fun, though =)

[Signature]

Supposed to look like Nicolas Brandon as Xander on Buffy.

Less than 30 minutes. Photo used of course.
http://www.andyart.de/images/oldandbad/dsg/xanderharris.jpg

[shadoman]

For many a years, this face was the face of fear on the Silver Screen. Dracula...

About 45 minutes with a 4B Graphit Pencil.

http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/dsg330.jpg


Bela Lugosi
http://www.shawnadomanis.com/dsg/lugosi.jpg

JackalAnubis - Nice sketch
Plaf - Very nice shadows
Turokess - AWESOME! I love that video too... and what a brilliant man to capture as well.

Til tomorrow.

[Beatnik]

One of my favorite movies of all time.


http://www.zmans.com/misc/dsg_330.jpg

photo reference used

http://www.usedbooks-freeshipping.com/images/742.jpg

Bartmax it came out great... you must have had fun drawing her umm.. hair.

Jackal nice likeness

Nbt nice detail.. great color

Tayete you got his eyes. Not sure about the mouth but nice overall... you captured his expression.

Chaser thats her! mmmm jennifer...

Turo man that is so him.. not only him but a great environment as well


they all look great. Keep it up everyone!

[Wundergeek]

Been way too long since I've had time to do one of these. ^_^ Anyway, this was a big challenge for me, since it's a lot harder to draw from a 2 inch x 3 inch photo than from a model. But I had such a good idea when I saw the topic this morning that I had to make time.

http://www.pbtteam.com/dump/gatesofninesm.jpg

http://www.microsoft.com/billgates/images/bill-home.jpg

It's Gates of Nine. :D

tayete, chaser, mistere: *great* likenesses.

It's so cool seeing who everyone else thought of as 'famous' or 'celebrity'.

[barcode]

Great topic!
Tried to draw the German actress Franka Potente from this photo:

http://www.rpi.edu/~steadi/dsg/franka-photo.jpg

I decided to try drawing the first portrait upside down because I've heard that it helps one to draw what you see instead of what you think a face should look like. In the process I ended up mirroring the image by mistake (so the original is reversed) and I didn't realize it until I had finished the first one.

http://www.rpi.edu/~steadi/dsg/franka01.jpg

This one seemed pretty deformed, so I gave it another go which I think came out better.

http://www.rpi.edu/~steadi/dsg/franka02.jpg

[Donnerwetter]

Teh Lunis
http://members.cox.net/141n/painting/linus.jpg
http://www.computec.ch/dokumente/unix/operating_system/torvalds.jpg

[legacy]

haha - didnt know there was alot of geeks here like myself...

PS *linus rules*

[2kre8]

Here is quicky, the likeness kinda got away from me, but I guess you can guess who it is.

http://take2.250free.com/frank.jpg

[William b. Hand]

I'm not done, obviously, but here's my 1.5 hours worth :D :

http://homepage.mac.com/dsgfiles/.Pictures/Christina%20Ricci.jpg
From photo HERE (http://www.celebguru.com/image-ChristinaRicci-3-christina32.jpg.htm)

nBT - Awesome! The lip colour bugs me, though, and you lost the peculiar curve of his nose along the bottom, there by the nostrils... but I only mention that stuff because you asked.
Chaser226 - It'd be nice to see that a little more fleshed out. Or even a LOT more fleshed out.
Turokess - I'm likin' that first one a lot. Nice absynthe stuff, face, and reflections.
BartMax - Proportions are a bit off, but otherwise you've got a real bold and involving graphic there. Nice job.
plaf - Good contrast. You could work on that a little more, though... Really bring out the crazy detail in her hair, fix the ear, and show that tiger print?
2kre8 - Yay! Franki's monster! Nice pic.

[BartMax]

Beatnik: Thanks hehe I planty had some fun doing the boobs shadows :P

William B. Hand: Thanks for your comments. It's once I took a step behind that I saw some mistakes I've done. But maybe I made these proportions mistakes because I painted it by observing the reference picture in another opened file in Photoshop. I didn't draw guidelines from the reference picture before painting it. Besides that, I wanted to know fo how long have you been drawing and painting in Photoshop? :P Cya! :D

[macaco]

Hey, I've been watching these for a while, decided to finally jump in (been doing a lot of art for school that I'm not too enthusiastic about, been getting wiped out)... anyway, this got my creative juices flowing again. :D

http://www.ec-art.org/img/einsteindsg.jpg

from photo: here (http://www.ec-art.org/img/einst_10.jpg)

[DavidCousens]

Not that you haven't heard this before or anything, but great job William. The likeness is unmistakable, even WITHOUT hair, which I think says a lot. :cool:

Good work to everyone else too! :)

[lance]

not my best
really not good at portraits of anykind
i tried though





http://images2.deviantart.com/i/2004/04/6/7/candy_.jpg



edit : ih yeah john candy in SPACEBALLS

[dns2k]

the man... Cary Grant

-dns

20 min

http://www.geocities.com/dns2k2/cary-dsg.txt

[William b. Hand]

Still not finished...

http://homepage.mac.com/dsgfiles/.Pictures/Christina%20Ricci%202.jpg
(Approx. 2 more hrs. into this one, bringing the total so far to 3.5)
From photo HERE (http://www.celebguru.com/image-ChristinaRicci-3-christina32.jpg.htm)

macaco - Welcome! Einstein fans are good people.
lance - You may not be happy with it, but I think you perfectly captured Mr.Candy's essence. :D
BartMax - I've been doing art all my life (I'm in my thirties), and I've been working in PS for about 4 years now, I think.

[tgrim]

http://www.trevorgrimshaw.com/uploads/udo.jpg

im not happy with this. oh well.

it's supposed to be udo kier. my favorite.

[plaf]

nice work all, i enjoyed this one! :)

WBHand: yup, i prolly should give it some more work later on. i think i will, actually, but for now work is so time-consuming i couldn't spare more than 40 mins or so.


all the best.

[-The Swift-]

Ok people, here's mine. it's supposed to be Keanu Reeves.

http://img14.photobucket.com/albums/v43/theswift/Keanu_2-1.gif

great work everyone else though!

[BartMax]

Hey William b. Hand :P

I just made a few corrections into my drawing. I think the head looks better now. Tell me what you think!

http://members.fortunecity.com/bartmax/AliLandry_final.jpg
Here is my reference picture again I observed on the side in Photoshop:
http://members.fortunecity.com/bartmax/AliLandry_ref_small.jpg

Great job all :clapping1 Don't let go the pencil!

BartMax :alien5:

[lance]

that means a lot coming from you mr hand thanks

[Aven]

Sorry this took so long. I had to wait for the ink to dry before I could scan it.

I chose Japanese AV Idol Bunko Kanazawa

http://home.netspeed.com.au/mlanham/dsg/dsg_330_Source.jpg
http://home.netspeed.com.au/mlanham/dsg/dsg_330.jpg

Unfortunately I drew the profile line of her head at not an acute enough angle, so most of her facial features are a little off. Her lips are probably the worst effected.

[fresh27]

i havent posted in the longest time, maybe ill get back into it soon, but heres one i did about a month ago.

unfortunately, my HD burnt up, so i lost all the higher res source files, but heres a jpeg

http://home.comcast.net/~fresh27/bush1.jpg

[Kirt]

I've had a crappy couple of days, so this is really late. Probably going to be my last DSG for a couple of weeks too because I need to get my Thunderdome entry completed.

http://www.worldxx1.com/images/w21JGarofalo008.jpg

http://www.kirtstanke.com/images/dsg330.jpg
Janeane Garofalo

[DV8]

guess who- I hate this dude... :)

http://www.mikephillips.ca/dsg/dsg_330_famous_idol copy.jpg