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Mr. X



Today I went for speed, it took me about 2 or 3 minutes to finish up this guy I made up. I remember seeing recently someone somewhere with a concave nose-to-chin shape like that, so that's where I started. I'm sure I can beat that time.

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Kevin



Kevin 'we have to buy this and that' Coffey

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Julian Barratt



Julian Barratt Pettifer is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. Best known for playing Howard Moon in the cult comedy series The Mighty Boosh.

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Noel Fielding



Noel Fielding is an English comedian and actor, best known for his role as Vince Noir in The Mighty Boosh

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Stoicism



There was a handful of loud screechy teenagers on the train, they had surrounded this man but he managed to keep his stoic expression, he didn't blink or wince or felt intimidated. He carried on reading his newspaper as if he was sitting in a quiet library. I still wonder sometimes if he was real at all.

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Timetables



On my ;last journey home I saw this man staring at the train timetables full of hopelessness. I know the feeling only too well. *sighs

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Day dreaming



Almost any face I pick up to draw on the train ends up looking like someone who is on a trance. Perhaps is due to the fact I pick people who are not moving much or perhaps they really are in a trance.

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Miles away



Sometimes people get so much into their thought on the train that they look as if they were on a trance. You have to wonder if they are solving the problems of the world in their heads or trying to remember if they watered the plants as his wife asked them earlier. I bet this happens to me a lot. Although I'm pretty sure I watered them.

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People on the tube



As of today my normal commuting route has changed and it's a bit weird, so while I get used to it I will be leftlingifying random people I see on the train. Meet Mr. Curls, he's got a suitcase and is sweating like a hound... pretty much like me. He looks pleased, it must have been a good day. Lucky him!

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Roger Moore



A-ha! you thought I had forgotten. Well no! I was pretty dazed last week with the office move, but now I'm back on my feet. As promised I give you Sir Roger George Moore, well known for his suave and witty demeanour. Best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar and James Bond.

For the previous James Bond I sketched with pencil before inking and I kept feeling the results were not the same as with usual leftling portraits, this time I went straight for the ink and I have to say I am really pleased. I hope you like him too.

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Guy Pearce

Guy Pearce

Based on a still from his coming film "First Snow"

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Paul Giamatti



As an attempt to raise the ante I have started illustrating portraits of known faces. If you ton'd know who Mr. Giamatti is think "Sideways", "Lady in the Water", "American Splendour"... got him?

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what's this all about?

    Years ago I realized that if tried to draw with my left hand wonderful things happened. Since then I've explored the technique in both personal and commercial projects. The drawings have made it to a number of printed and online publications. I've finally yielded to the blog fever and decided to give them a home here.

    In other words: I am right handed. I draw like this with my left hand.

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the technique

    My technique changes from time to time, depends on circumstances, the mood and what I'm after but here's a rough step through to give you an idea:

    I've found the best results happen when I jump straight to ink. With a thin pen I draw the basic structure of the composition. With a sharp pencil I add some more texture to give it some depth. Sometimes I cheat by keeping my left hand still in midair and moving the sketchbook instead. Since the core of the drawing has been done I pass around the outline with a thick pen quickly with my right hand. Finally I scan the drawingand when I think it needs it I add some textures in Photoshop.

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    Lord Vladder

    The Fact Lady




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