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Ali's punch drawing - fail

Ali’s punch

on August 17, 2016 September 28, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

This is taken from a iconic picture with amazing perspective, depicting Ali’s punch, with all of the rest blurred at…

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Final BW portrait - deep

B/W woman portrait

on August 13, 2016 October 2, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Trying something more difficult now – first time the painting inspiration comes from a photograph and not from another artwork….

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Failed female portrait

A couple of failed portraits

on August 9, 2016 September 26, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

When proportions came up wrong and you’re too lazy or pissed to fix them. Here I took Emma Stone as…

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Male's back drawing

Back study

on August 9, 2016 September 26, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Rough study / sketch of a male back muscles. I know I need to do more anatomy drawings   I…

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Christopher Walken drawing

More cowbell!

on August 4, 2016 September 26, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Tribute to my favourite SNL skit, now difficult to find online for some reason. Here I give you my try…

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Natalie Portman drawing

Natalie again

on August 4, 2016 September 29, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Another attempt at Natalie Portman, this time using a very fine pencil – 0.5mm lead. I focused on the top…

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Failed George Clooney drawing

Long chin clooney

on August 3, 2016 September 26, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

I was quite happy at the start. The eyes and forehead shape. If you cover the part below the nose…

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Jack Nicholson drawing

Jack Jack

on August 2, 2016 September 26, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

In the pic I found online he had one of his irreverent poses, this time smoking a cigar. I will…

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Anne Hathaway pencil drawing

Anne Hathaway

on August 1, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Moving forward with celebrities and testing whether my friends can guess their names by my drawings. This was done with…

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Clint Eastwood sketch

Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?

on July 30, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

My tribute to Clint! If you can’t understand the title, google it 🙂 Given his unique facial features, this is…

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Natalie Portman sketch

First attempts at Natalie

on July 30, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

If I had to think of a great subject I’d like to draw, one of the first names would be…

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Woman's portrait - trying shading

Woman’s portrait – trying shading

on July 30, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Here I took the pic of a model and tried to do some shading, attempting 3 shades of grey (sorry…

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David Florence - sketch

The day I attempted drawing my most loved statue

on July 29, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

There is a place I always go to when I pass by Florence, to see one of the masterpieces I…

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Random statue sketch

It was supposed to be a statue..

on July 29, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

… and I thought it would’ve been nice. Sitting down in Florence with a notepad and drawing stuff. Turns out…

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Woman biting lips - drawing

Bite my lip

on July 27, 2016 March 13, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

  She was supposed to be attractive. Ended up with eyes from different people, too long of a chin and…

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Man portrait like Statham - drawing

I started from Statham..

on July 26, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

.. and ended with another guy. This time I didn’t worry much about making it look like him, just making sure…

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Hugh Laurie drawing

Hugh Laurie (without forehead)

on July 23, 2016 September 29, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Another attempt at portrait, failed. Another time on the plane. This time it was Hugh Laurie, the famous “Dr House”, a…

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Happy skull drawing

Happy skull

on July 23, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Another one on a flight. Other passengers must’ve thought I have a dark soul. Drawing a skull is supposed to…

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Samuel L Jackson drawing

Samuel L. Jackson (add imagination)

on July 21, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

One of the first attempt at drawing a human face – again on a flight. Which of course is really…

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Sad dog sketch

Just a sad dog and a cheetah

on July 18, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

It was not supposed to be sad, but something in the shape of its mouth made it so.. need to…

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Cat & book sketch

Cat peeking through – sketch

on July 17, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Nothing to look at. Just a cat peeking through a book

Death note's Ryuk drawing

Death note’s Ryuk

on July 14, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

I used to be a fan of Japanese manga, then stopped reading (life happened). One exception was Death Note –…

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Baby's face - drawing

Just a baby

on July 9, 2016 March 13, 2019 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

  Trying to add a facial expression here – still unhappy, though it was only a sketch. More to come

Geri's Game - drawing

Geri’s Game (Pixar)

on July 9, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Tribute to one of my favourite Pixar shorts, Geri’s Game.  Sadly funny, if that makes any sense   I think I…

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Self hug drawing

Self hug

on July 4, 2016 September 24, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Sketching on body shapes. This time with a softer pencil, rougher and less precise, but should give the idea

Kung Fu Panda drawing

Pandaaa!

on July 2, 2016 September 23, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Starting from cartoon characters helps, especially if they’re not humans and.. rounder The protagonist of Kung Fu panda is hilarious…

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princess mononoke drawing

Princess Mononoke

on June 27, 2016 September 23, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Taken from Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke. One of the few pics where she’s not fighting or covered with blood  

Aladdin - do you trust me?

Aladdin – do you trust me?

on June 25, 2016 September 23, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Another of my favourite animated movies. This time from when I was really young. In Italian it’s especially funny, as…

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Remy - Ratatouille

Remy – anyone can cook

on June 17, 2016 September 21, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Tribute to one of my favorite animated movies by Pixar, Ratatouille. The final scene made me cry (don’t tell anyone)….

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Palette knife portrait

Painting with a knife

on June 12, 2016 October 2, 2017 Share Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email

Was my title clickbait? Ehehe.. Not a real knife, just a palette knife, which I learned is a tool like…

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