Pencil Drawings of Popular Celebrities
67Michael Jackson
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Drawing from a picture
It's important to remember that it's almost impossible to make your drawing look exactly like a photo. My intention is to use a photo or image as a “reference point” and then make small changes making the drawing my own. I often change the background, clothes, facial expression or whatever strikes my fancy. When I do that, it makes it my own. I try and put my emotions or moods into my art work.
Some of my best drawings are accomplished when I am listening to music. Music can inspire you, and if the celebrity you are sketching is a popular singer, such as Adam Lambert, Kelly Clarkson and Michael Jackson, who just passed away the other day, try listening to their music when you sketch them. Michael became special to me since his death. He was a truly gifted performer. My drawing of Michael Jackson was created shortly after his death.
Drawings don’t have to be of real people, it is also fun to sketch cartoons. I particularly like drawing Donald Duck, Goofy and others. Let’s not forget the scary ones. Jaws, now that is a one scary fish!
I go through phases with my art. Sometimes it is all pencil, actually most of the time it is. Every now and then I like to add some color and life to my drawings. I will work with pastels if I feel like cleaning up a mess afterwards. Pastels to me are much easier than painting with a brush. Using a pastel stick is similar to drawing with a pencil, and adding color. Either way you can create a 3-D look if you use the contrast to shadow your drawing. Use your reference photo to see where the light is. Where the light hits the object that is where it will be the lightest. Away from the light will be the dark or shadowed areas.
I hope you enjoy this blog and leave me plenty of comments below. I am looking for fans, so be sure and sign up! I will add more drawings from time to time. If you become one of my fans you will be notified every time I add some.
PS If you would like to get a personal hand drawn portrait of you or a loved ones, please visit this address www.soulreflectionsbyjeff.com
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Go get em Cammi, I want to see it when you are done
Not sure on how to sign up Jeff...Mary...
You figured it out!
Welcome
Dear Jeff,
Outstanding!!!! I love your artwork of Michael and Adam...What a awesome tribute for Michael...Keep up the great artwork!
Love and Peace,
Penny G
Thanks Penny!
I love the all your drawings but especially of Jesus! I love Jesus and you depicted His Passion Of Love for us!!!!
Thank you Mary!
But you do realise I hope, that if you use someone elses copyright photo to do your drawings from, you are infringing upon their rights unless they have given you their permission! You need to use many sources of reference, and create your own unique final image. A drawn copy of a photo is not enough. I mention this only because I would hate to see you sued.
Thanks JG
After doing some checking most people say this is ok for me to do as long as I am not selling the prints
Your renderings are great. This is the first of your hubs that I've seen, but I plan to peruse them all. Hi homeboy, I'm a Georgia girl by birth, Atl.
Wow hey!!
Thanks so much
Beautiful drawings! I love to draw pictures of celebrities as well. I also take pictures of models in magazine advertisements for hair products, makeup, etc. because they're close-up and allow for great pencil portraits
Thank you so much glassvisage!
please send more sketches of mj
Hi prashanth,
Thanks
I take requests at my website. It's www.soulreflectionsbyjeff.com
Jeff Agans
OMG your drawings are truly fantastic! i really liked MJ and the colouring of the shark from jaws. keep up the great job
Thank you so much K Kiss!
Love the King! Thank you again.
Love him too!
Thanks again
hi i am micheal jackson
Micheal
That is interesting! I'm not sure what else to say.
I couldn't agree more about the music. As much as I love to draw, it is very time consuming and tedious at times. Nothing whiles the time away more than a good soundtrack when I'm working. Very nice work!
Nostalgic, thanks for your kind words! I agree thousand percent
very nice
Cant tell u
thank you
awesome
Very impressive celebrity drawings.
Thank you avaria!
Thanks Pencildrawings
these are incredible!
i have drawn some celebrities myself i would be honored if you checked them out!
keep up the great work dude!
I will look at your work when I get a chance, thank you for the kind words!
awesome im followin
love your work'its got alot of love and inspiration in it.
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Cam Anju 2 years ago
rvsource, as always this is awesome! I love your Michael Jackson drawing, you really got some emotion in there!
When I use photos I use them as the guidelines and go from my imagination from there, I never keep the photo in front of me the whole time... I'm trying to express what I see in the photo not draw a look a like. Put in my own sense of expression. And Music, I always listen to music when I'm drawing... it really helps me focus and keep inspired, I'm on a Bon Jovi kick right now! LOL!
One again nice hub, thanks for sharing! Oh... ok, you inspired me.. going to write another hub now... thanks! ^_^