HOME | DD
Cataclysm-X β Jensen Ackles - Dream Brother
by-nc-nd
Published: 2008-12-15 16:02:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 230895; Favourites: 9439; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description
...EDIT...This drawing got signed on March 29th, 2009!!! Hope to get a good scan of it soon.
...So after the drawing of Jared Padalecki was done, and many people were looking forward to a portrait of Jensen Ackles as well, I decided to take a 3-day break from studies and start a new drawing.
I said to myself: 'I want to make the best thing I've ever made.'
And honestly... I have never been so proud of a drawing before as this one. In 3 days, more than 12 hours a day, I worked on this drawing until I got headaches.
As finishing touch I added my signature and proudly looked at my drawing.I challenged myself by using coloured pencils too.
I was scared at first, but it's good to push my boundries this way. So what I did was using 7 different colours for drawing the eyes.Jensen Ackles reminds me of Jeff Buckley who happens to be my favourite musician
hence the title 'Dream Brother' which also connects to his role in Supernatural where he appears as Dean Winchester, the brother of Sam Winchester played by Jared Padalecki.Stuff I used
Time spent: approx 35 to 40 hours
Very special thanks to =DavidDeb and *EatToast for encouraging me to use coloured pencils.
Related content
Comments: 2005
First of all, I am stunned by the texture of the skin in this picture. The neck and the top bit of the chest particularly are extremely well done. The way you've detailed it would have taken a lot of skill. The hair and the lips looks so soft as well, so touchable!
The background I think is very complimentary to the portrait, and was a really smart thing to do. The shadow behind the figure brings a very satisfying depth to the picture as a whole.
There's just one thing I can't agree on in this portrait, and that's the left eye (our left). Compared to the right one, it seems to be looking in a different direction? I skimmed the comments to see if anyone had said this but I couldn't find anything about it. I questioned myself for a minute but to me it looks like he's cross-eyed because of it. Covering the left side of the portrait, the figure is looking straight at you, but covering the right side, he's looking to our right (his left). If the left iris was drawn as the right one is, to me, it would centre his stare.
Other than that, the picture is definitely something to be proud of e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
P.s. I'm no expert, I try my best at portraits like this and I'm trying my best at critiques too! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
π: 0 β©: 0
The technical aspect of this piece is very near flawless. This probably is one of your best renderings to date. Though it is not without imperfections. Certain areas where the image goes into shadow seem to get a little too rough. For instance, the darkest parts of the neck appear as if they were rushed a little bit and they don't have that same flowing quality that we see in the rest of neck and face. Also, his shirt doesn't look as if it was given the same care and precision as his facial features. The values were rendered well, but the details seem rather sloppy compared to the rest of the image and from what we've seen from you in the past. But overall, the skin is textured beautifully, and the layers of hair read very well, making this one of the high points of your technical skill.
Now, the composition of the piece more than makes up for the couple little flaws in technique. Because the face is center-aligned, the focal point of the image immediately becomes the eyes, and your venture into colored pencils was actually the brilliance stroke of the drawing. With the rest of the image rendered in grayscale, adding color to the center of the drawing enhances that focal point and draws the viewer into Jensen's eyes. It reinforces the notion of the title of Dream Brother with the viewer being pulled into his eyes as sort of a way of venturing into his soul and getting lost in a trance-like state. But they are subtly rendered, which allows the viewer to drift away from the dream in order to observe the rest of the piece. They are drawn with just enough brightness and color to draw one in, but not too much to distract from the rest of the image. One never would have guessed this was one of your first serious attempts at colored pencils. The luminous colors of yellow, green, and blue are such smoothly executed to create a wonderful contrast with the rough, rugged quality of his skin and facial hair. It provides great balance to the piece.
The lighting is rendered well and it aides in the same theme mentioned before. The single hard light coming from his right creates an added affect of him sort of emerging from the darkness of a void and into the vastness of an infinite light; both extremes symbolizing the limitlessness of space and dreams. It also mirrors the idea of contrast between the eyes and skin, establishing a subtle metaphor between dream and reality.
I too was reminded of Jeff Buckley when seeing this image. So that plus the reasons both you and I have said, "Dream Brother" really is a perfect title for such an image. Well done, and definitely one of your best works.
π: 0 β©: 1
oh wow thank you so much for taking the time to write such a beautiful and honest critique
π: 0 β©: 1
At first I thought it is a photoΒ And I don't have the words to describeΒ Β Your work is so precise andΒ breathtakingΒ , it just looks like aliveΒ Β Β You have a real talentΒ I love itΒ Β
π: 0 β©: 0
It's fantastic. You certainly should be proud. Well done.
π: 0 β©: 0
honestly ....Β the HIGHEST of respect for this piece of godness!!!!!
i bow a hundred thousand times!
π: 0 β©: 0
Wait, is this a photo or a drawing? I honestly can't tell. But... I just want to take a fangirl moment and say that I squealed and did that little flip-out, face-slapping, feet-kicking thing that fangirls do when I saw this.
π: 0 β©: 1
Love him. One of the best drawings ever of him. Love the color in his eyes.
π: 0 β©: 0
This is just absolutely stunning. I looked at this first simply because i love jensen ackles and supernatural and hes just an amazing actor. But then taking in your drawing....i am stunned. i wish i could draw as well as you. This is absolutely wonderful.
π: 0 β©: 0
Holy Jesus. Combining Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester with one of my favorite songs..How more awesome can you get? Really? I love you.
π: 0 β©: 0
The eyes are piercing into my soul. Absolutely fantastic!
π: 0 β©: 0
I thought this was a real picture of him, because I like looking at him... Don't judge me lol he's a beautiful man. Anyway, when I read that you DREW this... my jaw dropped, and I had to take several minutes looking at it! Holy freaking crap, that is AHHHHH-MAZING! O.O
π: 0 β©: 0
Them 3 days were so worth it for this drawing to become what it has become. Its absolutely brilliant!
π: 0 β©: 0
I don't even........o___o this looks like a photograph, it's so spot-on. maybe even better than a photo 
*stares again*
...yeah, it's better than a photo X3
π: 0 β©: 0
My Dearest God! This is outstanding =O! I just can't stop saying : "wow!"
π: 0 β©: 1
Absolutely beautiful! I love that it contains just a hint of color. It really draws attention to Jensen's eyes, which are beautifully colored, by the way!
π: 0 β©: 0
| Next =>