My portraits

[FuzzMonkey]

I love to do pencil portraits. I have been doing them for about ten years now, and I have made a good bit of cash from them. I especially enjoy drawing children, but I like to do celebrities as well. I thought I would share some with you guys. I just have this one for now.

I did this Orlando Bloom portrait for someone who decided they didn't want it. So I stil have it. It's 8x10 pencil on Bristol board.

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s56/Pittguy_76/dca9b0a1.jpg

 

[D'Snowth]

DANG! That is GOOD! No... GREAT! That is AWESOME! Reminds me of the portrait I did of Kathy a while back.

 

[Vic Romano]

Great work! Do you use any other mediums?

 

[FuzzMonkey]

Thanks. I have tried pastels and colored pencils, but with not much success. Pencil seems to be my medium. Color is a lot harder to do lol.

 

[D'Snowth]

Pencil seems to be my medium. Color is a lot harder to do lol.

I have to agree... that is until I learned how I could drawn something by hand and then color them digitally.

 

[FuzzMonkey]

Yeah, I would like to invest in some quality art software. I just have a hard time making that transition. I would like to see your stuff too. Feel free to post in this thread.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Say! That is really good, Fuzz!

 

[Vic Romano]

Oh I hate coloring. I completely color in Photoshop now. Draw the art in traditional medium, then scan it in the computer. I only enjoy coloring with colored pencil because of the control of shading. But it's so grainy and lacks the smoothness of ink.

 

[FuzzMonkey]

Do you use photoshop? Or are there some other programs you might recommend?

 

[Vic Romano]

Well, I went to school for both illustration and graphic design, but I've only ever used Photoshop. A lot of people sing praises about Microsoft Paintshop Pro, but that's almost as expensive as Photoshop.