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February 23, 2010
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Mar 3, 2010, 1:53:33 PM
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I started work on this portrait 2/16/10, the reference photo was taken by a friend Kathy when she saw Mr. Cook in concert. Once I saw the photo I knew I had to draw it. I love that dramatic lighting that forms his face, it's been a lot of fun seeing this one slowly come to life.

I started out using my 3b mechanical pencil, a small blending stump, kneaded eraser and a little B pencil.
for the BG I put down some powdered graphite and blended. To get the highlights in his hair I left the white of the paper untouched and drew/colored in around the areas. I put down another layer of the powdered graphite on the BG and then darkened the shadowed areas with a 3b mechanical pencil.

Finished portrait 2/23/10:
12 x 17 Graphite on Illustration Board

Edit 3/4/10: I took a new photo of the drawing, it looks a little better then the scan.

Thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments, I have read each and everyone of them! :heart:
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~Dragonchild1 4 days ago
This is amazing absolutely beautiful
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Mood: dA Love ~benneido Feb 28, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
where is the DD for this ???????????? This work deserve DD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mood: Stunned ~benneido Feb 28, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
so real, madness !!!!! hair work and beard !!!
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Mood: Wow! ~mansourkfm Nov 26, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
omg it's amazing wow.
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Mood: Love *blanket86 Oct 29, 2012  Professional Traditional Artist
This is so amazing! Very realistic work! :-)
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Mood: Optimism ~KrisTi-Ziborova Oct 23, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Очень здОрово!
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*Cranberry413 Sep 23, 2012
:wow: I can't believe this is a drawing! Wow, you are so talented... Wow. I can't even begin to imagine being able to draw this well. You should be freaking famous.
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*curly0193 Aug 2, 2012
wow stunning i love it
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:iconerinm31:
Mood: Wow! *ErinM31 Jul 23, 2012
This is absolutely stunningly amazing! :wow: You have many wonderful works in your gallery but this one is by far my favorite. I am trying to find what makes it so awesome... the contrast? That is part of it. Beautiful work that I shall enjoy studying in the hopes of bringing just a bit of that awesomeness to my own. :worship:
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Mood: Wow! ~OsamaAlatroush Jul 2, 2012  Hobbyist Interface Designer
Really WOW ....amazing ;)... i didn't believe this pic is drawing by hand ^_^
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