FanArt: Captain Jack Sparrow Confesses

[honorat]

by Honorat
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own POTC. Didn't take the photograph used for reference. Not making any money.

Summary: More Art! The immortal Captain Jack Sparrow is all set to raid, pillage and plunder his weasly black guts out.



Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
8 1/2 x 11 inches, mechanical graphite pencil on printer paper.

Comments

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

You have captured his expression brilliantly. My goodness, it's so perfect that I can almost hear him! It's absolutely beautiful and it makes me chuckle just remembering the scene. Now if I could just get you to do one of Jack and Will together (not necessarily slash, you know, just in the same scene!)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*bounce* What a lovely comment! I'm so glad you like him. This one's my favourite. I do love this scene in the movie. I imagine I will eventually get to doing a portrait of Jack and Will, but I think the Navy is next.

[order_of_chaos]

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaay!!! *pounces*
Oh, that is perfect!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. He is most pounceable indeed. :D

[rennie1265.livejournal.com]

What a cheeky face, all flim flam, keep talking so they don't have a clue what you're up to. Cute. The hair turned out very nicely indeed.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Jack does have the most amazing facial expressions--so expressive, and so fun to draw. Thanks for the feedback. Ooohhh! That man's hair! *groans*

[alyndra]

*stares at teh pretteh*

Love it! It just immediately calls to mind that mocking line, and the way he says it!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Pretty pirate! So glad the picture fits the line. Thank you for your comment.

[jedipirate.livejournal.com]

*squee!glomps*

Tis quite teh loverliness.

I already have a thing for hands... and this picture is not helping any. =P
*pets the little scar on his jaw and glomps his hand*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Oooh. I got glomped! He is perfectly loverly to draw. And his hands. Yep! They ought to put warnings on those. Sorry to feed your obsession *laughs maniacally*. Thank you.

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

WOAH! Most excellent!!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*bows* Thank you very much.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Oooh, and he's so prety. And I think a certain Commodore will capture him so he can't run off again. Yum.

Beautifully done.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

One can scarcely go wrong on the prettiness scale with such a subject. I'm glad you like him. Commodores are only allowed to catch him if they promise not to hang him.

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

Omg, the EYES! That's brilliant, as always.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

This was the day I'll always remember as the day I almost captured Captain Jack Sparrow's eyes. Thank you so much for commenting.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind words. I do have an unhealthy obsession with detail. practically alive Oh don't I wish!

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm. Damn, that's detailed.

*Will pets. Then he draws back a bit, frowns, and slaps Jack. Then pets again.*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for commenting.

Hey! Don't damage the pirate! *grin*

[subversivecynic.livejournal.com]

You can almost see the wheels turning 'alright, so how'm I gonna get out of this'. very cool. And again, you've got such amazing background. even indistinct, it really fills the whole space. So cool.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

That's Jack--always making a plan. I'm glad you liked this. I've been forcing myself to put backgrounds on the ever-so-much-more-fun portraits just to complete them. Making them indistinct, like the camera depth of field, lets the subject stand out. Otherwise this would be one busy picture. Thank you so much for the comments.

[franklymydear.livejournal.com]

This is lovely! I *love* the way you did his mouth and his general expression. :)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

That mouth was the reason I chose this picture to draw. I've had lots of experience drawing people looking perfectly normal. I wanted to draw someone looking perfectly demented. And Jack Sparrow has written the book on "Perfectly Demented". Thanks so much for the comment.

[silly-walk.livejournal.com]

You know what the first thing that came to mind when I saw that?
"Holy crap"
You are good. Very, very freaking good.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*bounce* Thank you for such kind words. I'm glad you liked this.

[sparky-darky.livejournal.com]

Now, that's a scene people always draw from, but no one has drawn that expression, which just makes it so fresh and wonderful!

I like how you've added so much detail, but you've not gone overboard with tonal work. There is just enough to make the picture stand out, without completely over-powering it. It makes it look very clean and sharp.

So yeah, awesome work as always! :) "I said no lies!"

[honorat.livejournal.com]

"I think he's telling the truth!"

I'm afraid I want to draw all of Jack's strangest expressions. He's so good at them.

Thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate your feedback. I try to do the foreground detail in a softer, darker lead and just give the out of focus softer tones to the background. I'm glad it's working.

[bronzelionel.livejournal.com]

Great job!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[triskellion.livejournal.com]

Oh, his expression is just stunning. The details are pefect. However, the thing that really caught my attention is the background. Somehow the trees behind him have the look of a few demented faces leering out from behind him. The hidden statement, intentional or no, is a great addition.

-Triskellion

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. It was a wonderful expression to try to reproduce. Johnny can make the most amazing expressions, speaking of demented faces. LOL. And no, I hadn't noticed the faces in the trees. Cool! I wonder if my subconscious is playing tricks on me? It's great to hear what other people notice in my work.

[virgo-79.livejournal.com]

LOL! I'm not sure what face I was expecting, but that wasn't it. Thankfully no one else in the house was up to hear me snort.

Damn, what a moment for a freeze-frame. Beautifully drawn, and I've gotta love your sense of timing on this one. :)

Jack, Jack, you sexy little wierdo, you.

And I can see the faces in the trees now. I was a little distracted at first glimpse. They look like little Brian Froud fairy faces.

I love the light in his eyes. And *man*, could you get a facet of the character that was farther away from that first drawing you did; the one with him holding up the pistol?

Wow. How long do these take you to do? (I'd get frustrated six minutes into it and bite the pencil in half or something equally psychotic, so I'm just curious.)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Jack, Jack, you sexy little wierdo, you.
ROTFLMAOL. I'm still laughing at this one. It's soooo true! And I love all his strange expressions. This is the first one I've tried to capture. Jack's got more facets than the Fateful Hope Diamond. And they're all sexy and weird. I'm sure more of them will be drawn in the future.

It's hard to say how long these pictures with backgrounds take me because I do them a few snippets at a time here and there. I'm sure it's over six hours but under twelve. Since finishing them is seldom the point--I draw to keep my mind tied down when I have to sit--I have infinite patience.

Thanks so much for the fun comments. *goes off chortling--sexy little weirdo! Ha!*

[bohemianbeauty.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh. This is my favorite of your pirate portraits, by far!

The look in his face is pure JohnnyDepp-as-JackSparrow. You have captured that look of his TO A "T". Kudos to you for that one!

Also, the rope in his hand is particularly good. Weird little thing I noticed. =) I hate drawing anything other than the character at hand so I'm always aghast at your splendid surroundings and the intricate detail you add.

Speaking of detail, his hair stands out in this one. Don't get me wrong, I love Jack's wacky hair, and it's easy enough to draw when I'm doodling but when trying to do serious art, it gets on my nerves. You make this all look so easy!

After eyeballing all your splendid art again - and how often you churn this stuff out - I have to ask a few questions, from artist to artist. How do you decide on what to draw? What do you do about references (ie do you sit in front of the computer/dvd player with an image or just use a picture of Jack and let the rest come to you)? Do you go through several pencils? [i'm old fashioned - i have a couple of handy regular old pencils that I use for different styles of shading and outlining] And how long does it generally take you to do each piece, given the detail you add? Do you do them all in one setting? You dont have to answer them all but I've been wanting to ask you for a while, because I'm so in awe of your art skills.

Fantastic art, and as I said earlier - my fave so far. Keep them coming!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you for such kind words. It means a lot when an artist such as yourself likes my work. This is my favourite CJS portrait too. If I draw him enough, I'll finally get it right.

I spent a great amount of my artistic career drawing floating heads and horses, but eventually I made myself put in backgrounds just because I liked how they looked when I was done.

Jack's hair! Oh much profanity! It is so hard to see what it's doing in pictures. That's probably several hours worth of hair drawing there.

I look at lots of pictures before I decide what to draw. Things I've been looking for are facial expressions that I've never tried before and hands (I love drawing hands). For PotC and other Johnny Depp movies I really like DeppImpact (http://www.deppimpact.com/) which has excellent pictures and screen caps. I print out on a black and white laser printer the ones I'm interested in (and I have hundreds more than I'll ever have time to draw). The pictures really need to be at least a half a page and fairly good resolution and not too dark or it's too hard to see them. Sometimes I'll look at the computer screen if colour can help me see something that is too similar in value otherwise. For non-Johnny Depp photo references, I use Google Image, which can be amusing, frustrating, or fruitful.

Once I've got the picture or pictures--sometimes I'll use several--I sketch an outline of what I want in it. I don't usually completely reproduce the photo. For instance, in this one, I drew it a lot closer up, which neccesitated changing the angle of his arm; and the screen cap did not show all his hat, so I found several others that did; I also used several other close-up photos of Jack's hair ornaments, because they were a little indistinct in the screen cap.

I draw each of these over quite some time. It would drive me insane to sit and do this for the whole day it would take. Since I have a job (and write way too much fanfic), I don't get much art time. Faculty meetings and church are my major art moments. When I was a student, I drew in class. Drawing helps me focus--I listen better when I draw. This means these all get drawn in fits and starts and small snatches of time here and there. Faces themselves don't take me long (about two hours per face--except with insane hair), but with backgrounds the time rises to 6-12 hours. These portraits usually take me three to four weeks to find that much spare time. And my original art with no photo references has to wait for the muse to speak, so they can take years to finish. I usually have about fifty different works of art going at any one time, many of which have been sitting for years.

Because of where and when I draw, my art is now uprootable and transportable. I've done watercolour and acrylic paintings, as well as larger drawings, but now I'm just hauling around computer paper. So my art is all within 8 1/2 x 11 inches. This means that to get this level of detail, I use mechanical graphite pencils. Generally, I use four: A 0.5 mm HB pencil for sketching the outlines; A 0.7 mm HB pencil for backgrounds; A 0.7 mm 2B pencil for shading foreground; and a 0.5 mm 2B for fine foreground detail such as strands of hair, eyelashes, patterns. Then I also use a fairly small tortillon (paper smudger)which helps create smoother textures and is the only way to have that soft-focus background. I usually use up one every two drawings. Finally, I love my kneaded eraser. Without it, I couldn't have created the battered texture of Jack's hat or the little highlights on folds and wrinkles.

It's nice to have someone interested. I'll have to check out your art when I get home and have access to art sites on my Internet. (It's a school and we have a draconian net nanny)

Thank you for the feedback and the questions

[thekestrel.livejournal.com]

God your Good!!! You've got him, dead in your sights, and Jack is just playing around. Trickster and Pirate don't you know. I love your stuff - keep it up!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! This is indeed day I almost caught Captain Jack Sparrow. He is a tricky one and I'm sure he'll escape soon, but today, he's mine! However, I'm happy to share.

[gypsy-nightfire.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just wow. That is truly amazing. You are amazingly good with...well, with all of it. Do you ever do color, or do you stick with black and white, because if you're as good with color, then it'd be a treat to see a color portrait. Even given the classic beauty of the black and white. Anyroad, keep up the good work, beauty is much appreciated.
~Nightfire.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*Bows* Thank you for your kind words. I have done colour works (watercolour, oils, and acrylics) in the past, but right now, I'm so busy that I can only do art while I'm sitting in meetings. So the mess of painting doesn't really fit in. Graphite is nice and transportable and I don't have to worry about it drying before I'm ready or not drying when I'm ready. Perhaps someday I'll have the time. I've never worked with computer art. The feedback is much appreciated too.

[benevolentround.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's your best one yet!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I've almost succeeded in capturing that pirate finally.

[araestel.livejournal.com]

That is absolute perfection! You captured the little bit of whimsical that makes Jack Sparrow such an enigma. He's so animated and it's hard to transfer that to a still, yet you did it. I love it!!

By chance have you drawn Will Turner?

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I've always loved Johnny's absolutely crazy expressions in this movie, so I enjoyed drawing this one. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I have drawn quite a few pictures of Will. You can find them all archived HERE (http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=honorat&keyword=My+Art&filter=all)

[aoi-shu.livejournal.com]

too good for any coherent comment, but yeah..
the expression is just too good!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I just love the expressions Johnny came up with for this character. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. He's so hilarious. Thank you for commenting.

[distelhad.livejournal.com]

*is melting and dying*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing death is a temporary affair in this universe :D I'm glad you liked daft Jack. Thank you.