Here we go again...

[whiteling]

The February issue of the German magazine View had Mr. Depp on the cover.
I couldn't help it... I had to draw him (again)!

Comments

[mechtild]

Heavens, but you're good, Whiteling. And you're right about the paper, it really *does* create an almost palpable softness to the texture of the drawing, and thus to the feel of the picture. And Johnny looks fluffy, too. I've never seen him with that hair, with the long curtains of bangs wisping up.

You said it was coloured pencil. It doesn't look coloured in the image. But I've noticed that when I scan a picture it never looks like the original. (Which is why one must see art in person!) Or do you mean it's a coloured pencil--the sort of pencil--but a black or grey one?

[whiteling]

Thank you very much, Mechtild! :-)
I like his hair this way; by now he wears it differently again. The View reference photo I used for this sketch is from the London Sweeney Todd premiere, January 2008.

In fact the drawing is displayed too greyish. The coloured pencil I used is sepia-coloured, and the original has a warm, dark brownish tinge, which makes it look even more soft. It's irritating, but I, too, didn't find out a proper way to get the colours right when scanned. Oh well.

[mechtild]

In fact the drawing is displayed too greyish. The coloured pencil I used is sepia-coloured, and the original has a warm, dark brownish tinge, which makes it look even more soft. It's irritating, but I, too, didn't find out a proper way to get the colours right when scanned.

What I have been forced to do, scanning things, is to try and get a match by photoshopping the scan after it's been made. It's a crude procedure, but I hold the original next to the monitor and do my best to make the scan match. It still never comes out looking the same as the original, but I do get some improvement that way.

[julchen11]

Wow! Weißt du eigentlich wie gut du bist? Nö, du bist nicht gut - du bist BRILLIANT! Wow... man kann glatt in diesen Augen versinken, nicht wahr? Danke, meine Süße!
*1000 knuddelz und bussis*

[whiteling]

Ach, Du Liebe! Ganz herzlichen Dank für Deinen brillianten Kommentar, Du Schnuckel. :-)
Der gute Johnny sieht da so fluffig aus, ein bisschen wie ein Küken, gell?

*2000 knuddelz und bussis* :-D

[julchen11]

Fluffig war genau das Wort, das ich gesucht habe :-))

[saturnine3]

W O W !!

once again! .. i am impressed!!XD
you really are gifted!!.. i wish i am good with portrait. ..

:-(

[whiteling]

Thank you very much for your kind words! :-)

And believe me, it took me years and years of practising to finally get the hang of portrait drawing! You can do it, too, I'm sure. :-)