Category: Celebrities

Chris Hemsworth (691Z) celebrity model pen & ink portrait drawing by artist Stephen Condren as seen on Quora.com.

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Chris Hemsworth (691Z)

Celebrity

Chris Hemsworth is a famous movie star and celebrity known by many people all over the world. He also has a very famous brother, Liam Hemsworth, who I have done a drawing of as well. The claim to fame for Chris Hemsworth is his strapping good looks. He is very handsome and has a very sexy body that looks great on the beach or anywhere that he goes.

Portraits & Drawings

Rendering

This drawing is a pen & ink rendering of Chris Hemsworth. The drawing is a study of contour lines because it is focused on the perimeter of the image and not the detailing of the interior. When I start the drawing I do a light pencil sketch with a 6B lead. This is a soft lead that nicely shows the lines that I make on the paper. It is very important not to press too hard on the pencil because it will make the lines too dark and then they will compete with the pen & ink that follows.

The lighting on the photo that I used to make this drawing was from the front, so there are no deep shadows on the left or right side. I had to be careful not to make this look like a flat drawing, because this happens when the lighting offers no character to the image. There are a few hatched lines in the drawing on the right side to pic up some of the shadow that was available. The neck tie was of course done with hatched lines, but that has to do with texture and not shading.

Leonard DiCaprio (690Z) celebrity model pen & ink portrait drawing by artist Stephen Condren as seen on Quora.com.

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Leonard DiCaprio (690Z)

In this drawing of Leonardo DiCaprio I have made my focus on the contour lines because they bring out the full image. When you add more lines to a drawing you make the work a more complex thing. However, if you can express the sense of the image with just a few lines, then you have become the master. When you put a lot of lines on the paper you loose the sense of continuity of the subject, and you busy it all up.

When you are using shade and shadows you need to use hatched lines when working with pen & ink because you cannot draw a range with a pen line. The image of an ink line is very high contrast, and very unforgiving. The moment that you put that ink on the paper you have to be careful. One drop of ink in the eye or other crucial spot can ruin the drawing.

This pen & ink drawing is done on Strathmore paper because it is able to take lighting from scans. In other words, when I finish a drawing, I make a PDF scan of it and the put it on my website. If the paper is not of the highest quality the drawing or image will be too light after you post it too your website. The drawing looks light at the edges rather than sharp like they should. I did not know this until I figured it out by myself. When I had just tested out a new kind of paper I noticed the image was not good. I looked at the paper and it seemed fine. But the paper has too many chemicals in it which make the light of the scan flaw up and cause brightness distortion on the image.

Jake Gyllenhaal (689Z) celebrity model pen & ink portrait drawing by artist Stephen Condren as seen on Quora.com.

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Jake Gyllenhaal (689Z)

Jake Gyllenhaal is an outstanding celebrity actor and a great human being. Unlike so many celebrities Jake is a man of the people because he has his feet firmly planted on the ground.

This drawing of Jake is a pen & ink drawing on Strathmore paper. The lines that are used for the drawing are contour lines, because they outline his face and body. I did not make use of hatched lines because the darken the image. I wanted this to be a light and fresh rendering.

His hair line is the only thing that is a bit funny to me because it reminds me of Wolfman. In fact Jack has the same hair line as Eddie Munster from the famous TV series “The Munsters”. Putting all jest aside, Jade is a very handsome man and he looks great for his age. He works out and takes care of his appearance.

Above all things Jake Gyllenhaal is a wonderful and down to earth human being, and what more can anyone ask for?