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.

[corrielle.livejournal.com]

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

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.

[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.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

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

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

*thuds*

Absolutely beautiful.

[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)!

[kenazfiction.livejournal.com]

Oh my. Oh my, my, my.

*swoons*

[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.)

[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]

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

[honorat.livejournal.com]

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

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.

[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.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

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

[honorat.livejournal.com]

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

[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.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

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

[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]

*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*

[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....