My 2nd portrait of Gerard Butler is done!

This is a free commission for:
Linda, organizer of CUT! Film Festival.
_{They support children's charities! Check out the link if you want to know more about it or if you wish to help them in some way.}



Title refers to the Phantom of the Opera, which became one of my favourite movies ever, thanks to Kanisa (*akaLilith).
Everytime I see the Phantom (Gerry) crying and singing out loud passionate lyrics, I feel so sad for him. Christine's so beautiful too. Aww...


This became one of my favourite drawings so far. With a lot of fun and care (while listening to Metallica, yeah!) I put down as much detail and personality as I could.
However, if Gerard ever wants to have the original drawing, then well... He knows where to find me! (over here!!! lol)


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.: About the drawing :.

<sub>Phew what to say! Never did I ever pay SO much attention to drawing the smallest details, especially the beard. Every strand of hair was made with care.

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The shading was really hard to do as well. Since the original image is a photo taken at a festival, the lighting came from different angles. If you don't portray it carefully, it may look really strange. So I decided to change the lighting a little until I was happy with the result!!!

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As for the leather Jacket... it was complicated to draw a very dark area and still add that structure which makes leather look like leather. For the strap on the shoulder I used a dirty tortillion, so no pencillines, which is the reason why it still shows the reflection of light so well. I think it's my favourite part of the drawing.</sub>


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.: Stuff I used :.

2H, H, HB, B, 2B & 3B 0.5mm mechanical pencils

3B & 6B regular pencils for the jacket

tortillion for coloring & blending

tissue for blending

kneaded eraser for highlights & shading

Hahnemühle Nostalgie A4 size sketchbook paper

Time spent: approx 30 hours

For work in progress you can check this link:
click here...!!!



And if you ever dare to use this drawing without permission, I'm gonna kick your ass