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(2012) Dark Shadows “Vampire Barnabas Collins” aka Jonathan Frid. Hand drawn Illustration No.36 - completely done in Pencil. 16 Hours to Complete. 8 ½ x 11 Strathmore Bristol Sheet Stock 100lb. Paper. Pencils used (5H, 4H, B, 3B, 4B, 5B, 6B & 8B). Dark Shadows was a Gothic Soap Opera Television series that ran from 1966 to 1971 And was remade using Johnny Depp as the Character Barnabas. This Piece is pretty dark and I had a ton of Shadows to deal with which is not My Specialty. The entire Dark area on the right side Background and Barnabas’s Cape were darken using the darkest of all drawing pencils…..a number 8B.Related content
Comments: 7
Excellent drawing- looks like him completely! You have even drew his tongue.
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You are most welcome- I love Barnabas Collins!
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This takes me back. I used to watch this on reruns with my best friends after school. You did a terrific job.
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Your traditional approach to this is refreshing, and the inclusion of your materials and methods is most interesting to read. The iconic photograph upon which this is based is well-served. The essence of the man who was Barnabas Collins is captured successfully in the expressive eyes with their crinkles and high-lighted pupils, extolling a surprising life-like quality bordering on excitable madness. The monster, he became, is well told in the irregularities of his fanged mouth. This is not a pretty-boy vampire with perfect teeth, but one who is unconventionally handsome, world-weary and wise--a man, first; vampire, second.
Your shading of his features is without fault, and he is immediately recognizable down to his cleft chin. There is enough darkness in this without it obscuring the subject; your subtle use of the varied numbers of "B" pencils is remarkable. The hair is finely textured with highlights reflecting a hidden light source. A somewhat luminous background, suggesting a fogginess, provides an eerie balance to the half-turned figure emerging from the shadows over the left shoulder. An excellent depiction of a much loved character.
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