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Published: 2005-12-21 20:49:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 1460; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 31
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Description My first real attempt at portraiture. This is also my first submission to deviantART. This portrait of Boris Karloff was done with 2b and 4b graphite pencils on general purpose drawing paper. The greeen tint was added as with Adobe Photoshop.
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Comments: 26

Jellybean-Bby [2008-09-12 01:07:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's great. Looks like a photo! 8D

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jargonjones In reply to Jellybean-Bby [2009-03-06 21:51:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. My apologies for taking so long to say so.

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Hex36 [2007-10-18 21:26:02 +0000 UTC]

amazing work

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jargonjones In reply to Hex36 [2008-04-16 15:45:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the compliment and I'm sorry it took me soooo long to say so!

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Hex36 In reply to jargonjones [2008-04-16 16:35:50 +0000 UTC]

Not a problem

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High-Joelage [2007-05-16 17:33:21 +0000 UTC]

Groundbreaking work! I have the a print of the photo of this on my bedroom wall framed next to Lugosi in dracula gear

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Arum1966 [2007-05-03 18:36:06 +0000 UTC]

Great job capturing the look, feel, and mood of the Boris Karloff Frankenstein.

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jargonjones In reply to Arum1966 [2007-05-03 20:39:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I appreciate the fav and the comments!

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Arum1966 In reply to jargonjones [2007-05-04 04:21:53 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure.

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BeardoMcWeirdo [2007-03-29 20:14:13 +0000 UTC]

Another sick deviation of yours.. You really should dabble more into this style. You do very well with it..

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jargonjones In reply to BeardoMcWeirdo [2007-03-30 13:30:46 +0000 UTC]

I'm working on pencils for another piece right now, but I might decide to put it down for a while and try my hand at another portrait. You've certainly given me the encouragement to do so. Thanks!

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BeardoMcWeirdo In reply to jargonjones [2007-03-30 17:06:43 +0000 UTC]

Not a problem.. I'd really love to see more..

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jargonjones In reply to BeardoMcWeirdo [2007-03-30 18:08:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you will.

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Mr-Mordacious [2007-03-16 22:35:12 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic. Vintage horror is the best, and Karloff kicked ass across the boards. Great likeness- Glad I discovered your work here, it has been inspiring! Keep it up!!!

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jargonjones In reply to Mr-Mordacious [2007-03-17 20:21:20 +0000 UTC]

It's extremely flattering of you to say I'm inspiring. Usually I'm just perspiring, so this is a really nice change!

I love Karloff too. I think he was one of the greatest actors that ever lived. From what I understand he was truly a gentlemen as well. I definitely plan on doing more Karloff portaits in the future.

Thanks!

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Mr-Mordacious In reply to jargonjones [2007-03-19 17:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Inspiring...Perspiring, what's the difference, right? Seriously tho, I find that if I take the time to check out other people's artwork every day that it fires me up to draw more myself.

Yeah, Karloff was too cool- I am hoping to do a few more paintings of him myself, would love to take a shot at doing one of him as the Mummy, the textures and details would provide a challenge for sure!!

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jargonjones In reply to Mr-Mordacious [2007-03-19 20:27:11 +0000 UTC]

I love the fact it took 9 hours for him to get into that full body mummy makeup and then was only on film, and only from the waist up for about 30 seconds. That man gave his all for his craft.

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ricsbrush [2006-11-30 05:00:52 +0000 UTC]

thats great one of my most fav monsters very well done

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jargonjones In reply to ricsbrush [2006-12-07 19:33:56 +0000 UTC]

Sorry for the delayed reply, but thank you very much!

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Baphomet66 [2006-11-12 01:56:31 +0000 UTC]

grand work! is it from "Bride Of Frankenstein" or the original?

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jargonjones In reply to Baphomet66 [2006-11-13 17:08:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It is from Bride specifically. If you look at the makeup designs from Frankenstein and then Bride of Frankenstein, you'll notice a couple of things. One, effects of being burned at the end of the first movie are apparent - lots of the monster's hair is burned off, and there is some subtle scarring and blistering on his face (not so obvious in my drawing). Two, he has two visible clamps holding down the top of his head. In Frankenstein, he only had one clamp.

Much obliged for the fav!

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Itchyscratchy [2006-11-10 09:08:23 +0000 UTC]

Great coloring on this one.

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jargonjones In reply to Itchyscratchy [2006-11-10 21:37:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I think a little of the tint to a grayscale piece gives it a lot of life.

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CapnDeek373 [2006-01-13 18:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Nice job!
The green tint is so apropos!

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jargonjones In reply to CapnDeek373 [2006-01-15 23:56:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I had considered posting the original, un-greened version but decided I wanted to show the green instead. Much obliged for the fav too!

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gwarmor13 [2005-12-21 22:34:51 +0000 UTC]

Exellent work! Boris Karloff as Frankenstien's monster was probably one of the greatest creature ever on a movie screen. It's one of my favorite make-ups of all time. You capture his character perfectly in the facial expression. Great portriat and welcome to DA

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