FanArt: Lieutenant Gillette

[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! Here is Lieutenant Gillette in a pleasant mood. Thank you so much to dauntless_2005 for the screencaps and other photos.



Copyright 2006. All rights reserved.
8 1/2 x 11 inches, mechanical graphite pencil on printer paper.

Comments

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Oh, nicely done!!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

How do you get here so fast?! Thank you so much. Courtesy of Academic Committee meeting today. As usual, I was the only one having any fun!

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Wow, he looks great as an icon, too. I love the way his wig looks. Actually he's quite neatly put together, sartorially speaking. And I like that you've put a happy expression on him. (Maybe he finally succeeded in getting a little revenge on Jack! :D )

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm getting quite the collection of character portrait icons now. (And thanks to you, I have space for them!) Cotton and Parrot are next and then I want to do some more Anamaria. I do think that this must be Gillette in the next movie. He'll have Port Royal to himself with no Jack and no Elizabeth.

[sinningia.livejournal.com]

This is gorgeous! Gillette looks even a little roguish. ;-)

~sinningia~

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you like him. Yes, he does look like he might be up to some mischief, doesn't he?

[pippins-nose.livejournal.com]

That's a great picture! I'm especially impressed with the hat. Those hats are always so hard to get three demensional, especially when you fill them in all black like you did. Gillette annoys the HECK out of me with his little eyebrow waving, but you've made him look nice ;)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so happy that the hat turned out, since the screencap I was using for the uniform reference did not show the top half of his hat. I had to use a whole plethora of other hat pictures, none of which was at the right angle. Since the angle of those brims puts them so much in shade, there is seldom any detail for shading, so they do become very black. The trick is in the shape of that gold brim :D Dear Gillette did have his moments in PotC, but he does have a charming smile when he's not locking people up.

[felaine.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, clever drawing; thanks so much.
Felaine

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Isn't he a happy sight? I did enjoy drawing this, and I'm delighted that the keeper of Andrew's journals likes it!
Honorat

[galadhir.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's lovely! Yes, you've definitely caught some of his look of wicked humour, but without the malice this time. I love the way he's all lopsided (as I know from icon-making he almost always is) - and I love all that shiny braid. It is just gorgeous and sends me away with a smile, I must put it in memories to revisit when I need cheering up. Thank you!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm delighted that Gillette's greatest fan is pleased with my attempt to render his portrait here. I used several pictures to make this one. For one thing, the PotC ones are so rarely easy to see the detail in. Often it's dark or low light or shadowed and his features are so subtle that it's hard to draw him. So I had some other pictures of Damian that helped with more detail. Every face is actually lopsided :) although he has such very different eyes and that quirky smile. But if you took a picture of the most even and symmetrical-seeming face, cut it in half and used a mirror to make the face again with two left sides or two right sides, it would be nearly unrecognizable. Weird. And yes, there is shiny braid to feed your addiction :D I'm honoured that you liked this enough to "memory" it. I had fun drawing it. My mother, who doesn't know anything about PotC, having only seen it on DVD once, said she thought he had a very pleasant face. And she's right. This is just such a fun, cheerful smile.

[galadhir.livejournal.com]

*g* I'm not sure if I'm his greatest fan - that honour might go to dauntless_2005. She was the one who persuaded me that he was handsome by providing lots of pictures of Damian without the wig. Previously I was all 'well, Gillette's such a great character, but James is the looker of the pair.' The wig and cravat combination is deadly on him - not to mention that in the film we never see him in a situation when he's relaxed and at ease - but I think your mum's right. Without them he has a very pleasant face - not in the same league as Jack and Will, of course, but then who is? :)

I'm glad you had fun drawing him - I think that comes through. At least, it's delightful how relaxed and happy he looks. Clearly caught in a mermaid-free moment :)

[crossroadsangel.livejournal.com]

Wow! You really captured Gillette in your drawing. That's fabulous. Great job!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm delighted you think so. Thanks so much for commenting.

[aallokko.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is amazing! I love his smile

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yes, this is one of Damian's very charming smiles.

[doolabug.livejournal.com]

Absolutely gorgeous! What wondrous talent you have. *is jealous*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*blush* Thank you so much.

[shrieking-ell.livejournal.com]

WOW! Beautiful!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

Oh my gosh ... this is not the Gillette we see in the movie, this is the guy who writes in that journal felanie lets us read! The sense of humor outshines the snarkiness here and the result is wonderful.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Well, it was the Gillette felaine saw! :D He does look like he's well aware of irony and is very happy to be without pirates or governor's daughters on the horizon. :D Thanks so much for commenting.

[(Anonymous)]

Fantastic work!

krys

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for commenting on this. I'm glad you liked him.

[order_of_chaos]

This is gorgeous! Even his eyes are smiling.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed the good lieutenant having a happy day. Thank you.

[dragonladyk.livejournal.com]

And I do bow in humble awe to your mad drawing skills. I would swear this was computer done if I didn't know it wasn't. Beautiful -- excellent proportion and your shading is perfect.

DragonLady

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I do strive to be the human photocopier--although this was the combination of several photo references and I had to figure out the top of the hat on my own. The advantages of real media art--I can be as creative as I need to be. I'm glad you like the proportions and shading. Those are things I've been working on mastering.

[hms-dauntless.livejournal.com]

Absolutely, impressively gorgeous ! This is one of the most beautiful rendition of Lt Gillette I've ever seen. You did a fantastic job with his facial expression. That cheerful, witty smile and those beatiful eyes sparkling of life are actually there to be seen throughout the whole POTC1, but people generally overlook them and take notice only of the fact that he is - in a manner of speaking - on the "wrong side" of the film heroes. Thank you for having done him justice. :)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you caught this, because it is thanks to you that I had the pictures to work from to make this portrait. The lighting for many of Gillette's scenes in PotC was overcast or in the dark, so his features were very indistinct. The other pictures of Damian were so helpful. He is definitely a witty character in the movie; he seems to have so much fun seeing other people make fools of themselves. Unfortunately he is always lacking a critical piece of information that proves him wrong about just what kind of foolishness they're up to. A bit impulsive is how I read him. I love all the characters in this movie and I've had fun writing Gillette in my movie novelization. He's just doing his job--a good man, as Sparrow would say--and very loyal. Though I'm sure Andrew would rather perish than have Sparrow think that of him. :D I'm so glad you felt this portrait does him justice. Thank you.

So cute!

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

Oh he is adorable!!! Fabulous job m'dear.

Re: So cute!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much my dear. He is a darling when he's happy.

[aft-and-daft.livejournal.com]

*croons*

*loves*

Beautifully done!!! Thank you so much for sharing!! :D

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for taking time out of your busy life to drop by my little corner of cyber-space. I'm so glad you like Gillette here. And you're welcome, of course.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Oh, he looks gorgeous! His eyes really twinkle!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. He does look like he's having a good day.

[alienstars2004.livejournal.com]

Awww... that's cute. The smile, I think, is what does it for me. Nicely done, as always.

Rebecca
Ahoy!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Poor Gillette did not have much to smile about in the movie, so I felt he deserved some happier times in this drawing. I'm glad you enjoyed this. Thank you for the comment.

[alienstars2004.livejournal.com]

Aww! I love his smile! Pity we really didn't get to see that in the movie... Oh, well. Wonderful art, as always!

Rebecca
Ahoy!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I am strolling through my journal archives making sure I respond to everyone who was kind enough to comment. I know in the last couple of years, my life has been so crazy that I’ve missed a lot. My apologies.

I'm so glad you enjoyed the smile. Art is how we improve the universe--even the PotC one :D Thank you for commnting.