A Pencil Portrait of Benedict Cumberbatch

in WORLD OF XPILAR3 years ago

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Few weeks back, I made this portrait out of admiration. Benedict Cumberbatch is one of those actors with a sculpture like medieval face, there is drama on every bit of his body, especially his eyes.


I spotted his name for the first time while seeing again The Hobbits sequels as Smaug the Destroyer....one of the last great Dragons of the middle earth.
I initially never suspected he was the voice behind the character.


In my opinion, no one could have played the role of Smaug better. It's really a marvel how I never spotted the voice, I in my defence blame it on the constant hissing and swoosh feather noises....lol.


While making the sketch, I used my 10B Bianyo for the entire piece. I had intended creating a graded contrast but wasn't able to entirely do so so I made do with what I had. I hope you love it....



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It's really nice of you to drop by friends, thanks for the visit.

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 3 years ago 

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 3 years ago 

Awesome drawing, I like the shadows and mid-tones you achieved.
I agree with you that Benedict's face is very special. I love the role of Sherlock he has played.

Thanks 🙏