FanArt: Young Jack Sparrow

[honorat]

by Honorat
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own POTC. Didn't take the photograph (from Don Juan de Marco) used for reference. Not making any money.

Summary: More Art! This is a practice portrait illustration for virgo_79's wonderful story of the younger Jack Sparrow and his meeting with Bootstrap Bill.
Catch of the Day, Salvage 1, Salvage 2, Salvage 3, Salvage 4, Salvage 5, Salvage 6. This is a magnificent story and well worth reading.



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

Comments

[metalkatt.livejournal.com]

*blink* Damn. Just... ... ... Damn. You kick ass.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Well, he certainly does! *grin* Thank you so much.

[corrielle.livejournal.com]

Oh WOW... This is lovely. The eyes, the hair, the HANDS... so very nice.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmn. It's hard to go wrong with those eyes, hair, and hands as a model. Thank you.

GUH.

[erinya.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous.

I have that picture on my wall, and it's quite wonderful to see how you've made his face more youthful and somehow very Jack here, not de Marco at all.

Re: GUH.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*bounce* I'm glad the differences are obvious. Usually I'm trying to make the picture the same, but this time I wanted to peel about four years off him. Thank you for your comments.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

I can completely see virgo_79's Jack in this illustration. I wonder if you could do Bootstrap Bill, working from a pic of Orlando?

The hands! And the hair! But above all the expression. Just perfect.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I'd never thought of trying Bootstrap. And of course, over the next two movies, we'll be getting a picture of Bootstrap that is different, but I suppose it would be possible. I'll have to think about it.

I'm so glad you liked this. I hope this added a little cheer to your week along with puppy!Jack.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Guh. *licks his fingers, then his chest, up to his face*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

He is quite lickable, isn't he? As virgo_79 says, quite felonious. :D Thanks.

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

*thuds*

Absolutely beautiful.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I do love it when my drawings make people faint! :D Thank you so much.

[hendercats.livejournal.com]

....
*forcibly closes gaping mouth*
Fabulous rendition of virgo_79's young!Jack. There's something in the expression of his eyes that shows a bit of the ordeal he went through, something that's not in DJDM's look. And his hands - think I could just gaze at them all day. You amaze me (again)!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*bounce* Hope you didn't catch any flies! I used a screencap from 21 Jump Street for inspiration for a far younger and more traumatized expression. As for Johnny's hands, they do have to be one of the seven natural wonders of the world. I love drawing them. Thank you so much.

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Oh my, my, my.

*swoons*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*waves burnt feathers* Don't forget to breathe! Thanks!

[virgo-79.livejournal.com]

Oh my *God*, honorat. I know I've said it before, but it bears repeating: you are The Stuff.

This is just beautiful! Wonderful, wonderful job taking something from DJDM and breathing just a completely different essence into it.

Okay, three of my favorite details, right off the bat: those little frown lines; you've got so much intensity in someone so youthful with that expression.
Second (this is going to sound strange) there's something the shirt that makes him look...smaller. In a sweet way. Like you've taken it beyond billowy to oversized. It looks like he hasn't grown into his clothes yet, and it just captures him so perfectly.
Third -- and you have to know what I'm gonna say here -- the hands. Oh my goodness, honorat, those hands. You do something with hands in your pictures, girl, that just *boggles* me. And in this one...I love the inclusion of the ring. That's classic. I just adore the way he's holding them here. Even in a still portrait, you've got him talking with his hands! **claps** I love it! There's so much vulnerability in that little fidgety gesture.

Wow. Fabulous. The mood you convey is perfect. And I have to tell you as well, dear, between the mouth and the collarbone and the stomach...felony, felony...and felony. (Maybe I was wrong when I said he was seventeen. Maybe he was eighteen. I think he had a birthday while he was in hiding. I'm almost sure of it.);)

(BTW, I know I have catching up to do on reviewing, for you as well as others, and I'm really not ignoring you guys, but I've been on a tear with the next bit of TWoW, and I'm hitting it hard because it's almost ready for posting. I've got that final-paragraphs-frenzy thing going on, and my muse's shoeprint in my rear end.)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*bounce, bounce* You like it! I've always loved that publicity still of Don Juan de Marco, but for this one I also used some 21 Jumpstreet pictures for a younger face and that concerned expression. This is the base picture for what I'm trying to do for the mermaid one. I want to switch the lighting to dark, so I did the sketch, scanned it, and printed off a dozen copies to practice on. This one was the original lighting. I'm now working on darker ones. Eventually this will be the foreground with the creepy mermaid coming up in the background.

As for his clothes, there's not a lot of detail in the photo ref, but I couldn't resist the cufflink--I just put a wee bird on it.

And Johnny's hands are too sinfully delicious--so expressive. I love drawing them. This picture just fit your story so well that I couldn't resist. And I just changed Don Juan's ring for Jack Sparrow's. Couldn't resist that either.

I told you this one would be hot! I'm sure it counts that the model for the drawing was over eighteen! LOL! If not, enjoy your felony. I'm sure some crimes are worth it.

More TWoW! SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! All long silences are forgiven if they bring us more TWoW! I myself am unconscionably behind in reviewing. *bounces around impatient for more Bill and Jack and Will!* And may I say that Bootstrap's role in PotC2 is looking fabulous. I cannot wait! *Encourages muse's foot with promises of chocolate*

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

Oh, I can only ditto, ditto, ditto what's been said above. All praise the art-goddess Honorat! Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah. I'm stealing this picture so I can gaze on it fondly on my desktop (and I agree with virgo_79 that the pic is just absolutely felonious. Yum!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Wheeee! I'm so glad you like this. Enjoy staring, but aren't you afraid you'll never get anything done? I know I had that problem when I left it up. Right hypnotic--that man's eyes! Yay for felonies! Thank you.

[shrieking-ell.livejournal.com]

This is really gorgeous!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. He is a bit gorgeous, in't he? :D

[salmon-pink.livejournal.com]

Mmm, absolutely gorgeous, I love the shading, especially over his neck, the way the light ripples on his chest, the curliness of his hair. Makes me want to scurry off and rewatch Don Juan.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Don Juan was some serious eye candy! :D I'm so glad you liked this younger version of him. Thank you for commenting.

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

*flails* oh I love this! I haven't seen Don Juan in ages and now really want to. Something about a man with flowing hair and shirts....

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*waves* Hi fellow artist. Isn't he a little piece of ultimate hotness? That movie is soooo fun to watch. There is something about that look. Thanks for dropping by.

[triskellion.livejournal.com]

Pardon me while I deal with the puddle of drool on the table ...

There, now that I've calmed down, what a wonderful sight to find first thing in the morning. The expression is not quite Jack, not yet as we know him, but the hands make the picture. The hands are vintige Jack and hint at what he will grow up to be. Stunning.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

He does inspire excess salivating!

Enjoy your morning. Yes, this is Jack before he is a pirate, and while he's very close to a traumatic experience. This picture always struck me as what young Jack would have looked like--and those elegant, expressive, always moving hands are definitely worthy of Captain Sparrow. I'm so glad you liked this. Thank you.

[bryley-james.livejournal.com]

Yay I love it !
A young Jack *Sigh* just beautiful.
Simply wonderful art thank you for sharing.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Yes, young Jack is a bit of a love. I appreciate your comment.

[jackfan2.livejournal.com]

OH! MY! GAWD!!! :o
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It's absolutely, drop dead, sit up and drool, turn to mush, curls your toes, fan-self, cold shower needed, lovely. The eyes, the hands, the.... *pants*... chest mmmm... mmmuscles... *groans. The hair blowing and curling into his face. The intinsity of his gaze and somehting more... a kind of uncertainty and haunted look. It all culminates into the best picture I've ever seen of Johnny in character. It's definitly a combination of DJDM and his Jumpstreet years, with an added tormented look.

*shakes head* I don't know how you do it, mate, but this is amazing. Time and again, you never cease to amaze. BRAVO!

And, by the by, this is absolutely ICON worthy; must make Icon, only I'm not verse in such things. Maybe someone out there can, with artists permission, and I bet it's the most sought after Icon on LJ once you do...

PS: Will get a review up for the latest update of CtB. RL is being a bit of a butt at present.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear RL is such a pain. I hope this little slice of Jackish hotness at least provided a bit of painkiller. I've always wanted to use that DJDM picture for a base for a Jack portrait so virgo_79's story gave me the perfect excuse.

I'm delighted that this fits your idea of the character. I can make pictures the right size for icons, but I don't know how to put text on them or borders or anything. Perhaps geek_mama_2 might do one for you. I have used up my free icon space, alas, and am unwilling to annoy people with advertising on my journal.

I'm afraid CtB is not being very happy at the moment. The muse is a tyrant.

Thanks for such an enthusiastic comment. You made my day.

[galadhir.livejournal.com]

I only just saw this through fandom_despatches. I'm so glad I did! How beautiful he is! And how very young. Gorgeous!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

One of the world's most beautiful men. He does seem too good to be true. I couldn't resist this one. Thank you so much for commenting.

[stungunbilly.livejournal.com]

That is gorgeous.
Wow.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much.

[(Anonymous)]

Amazing picture! You've captured young Jack perfectly: wind in the hair, his defiant look, so you can almost hear: "I'am no fuckin' puppy!", and his hands, gorgeous as always and already with the ring. There's going to be some background soon, right? Looking forward to it and to more young Jack pics!

P.S. One little question: wouldn't you like to draw the Pearl in all her glory one day? I've searched the whole bloody Internet and all I found is few little pics of poor quality and she doesn't even have her sails on them! Maybe you'd think about it, wouldn't you?:)

Bogumil

[honorat.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you made it here from ff.net and that you like this picture. I am working on another one as part of an illustration to another of virgo_79's new story "Beneath", which will be set in the hold of a ship.

I would love to draw the Black Pearl, but I too have discovered that it is hard to find good, clear pictures of her. A fully rigged ship is not one of those things I can draw without a reference, so perhaps there will be some better pictures in the new movie that I can use.

Thanks for commenting.

[snap-its-snape.livejournal.com]

Bloody hell. That's amazing. I can't believe it.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I had a rather amazing model. BTW that icon is hilarious (I'm a teacher):D

[aoi-shu.livejournal.com]

it's darn gorgous, I know the ref too, but the shirt is a tad too modern^^;
But hell, you're so good with pencils!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Johnny is pretty gorgeous in anything. The clothing wasn't a major consideration. It's just a loose shirt, and they did have cuff buttons made of things like diamonds as early as the 1680s. Mostly this was supposed to be a combination of the Don Juan picture with the Tom Hanson age. Thank you so much for commenting.

[distelhad.livejournal.com]

ARG!! You're killing me! And alongside such a pic a story of young Jack .. I've been looking for ages!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

He's a wee bit of a love, isn't he? And virgo_79's writing is unsurpassable. She's begun a sequel to "Salvage" called "Beneath" which is also excellent. Enjoy! And thanks for the comments.

[piratemistress.livejournal.com]

I know you made this drawing of young Jack more than a year ago, but I just stumbled across it this morning, and it's lovely! You're a wonderfully talented artist!

[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.

Thank you so much for commenting. I'm glad you enjoyed this.

[ikeepfishinmytv.livejournal.com]

*Gapes like a goldfish*....hnnnnnnn......

[honorat.livejournal.com]

The young Johnny (I mean Jack) tends to have that effect on people. Thank you for commenting.