Trent Dabbs

Trent Dabbs is a musician, song writer and the founder of the music group "10 out of Tenn". We are excited that our son "Andrew Belle" has recently joined the NEW 10 out of Tenn lineup. Andrew's myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/AndrewBelle
Check out "10 out of Tenn" http://www.10outoftenn.com
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Al Pacino

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Christian Bale

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Robert De Niro

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Jonathan Winters

Paper: Strathmore Bristol
Medium: Graphite Pencils
Completed 5/24/09

I love Jonathan Winters and used to watch him as a kid on his tv show "The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters". My favorite movie he did was "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Mad World"
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Jack Nicholson

The is YOUNG Jack Nicholson. The photo I used was one that had the out of focus back-ground. I started thinking I would try to duplicate that effect, but later decided to keep everything in focus. I also added some of my own shading that wasn't there, because the photo seemed a little "whitewashed". My favorite Jack Nicholson movie is "As Good as it Gets"
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Leslie Nielsen

I loved this guy in the "Airplane" movies and then all the "Naked Gun" movies.
I drew this in 6 hours on Strathmore Bristol board paper.

Chef Gordon Ramsey

I took 11 photos of him, in stages. Will post soon, but for now, here is the result
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Matt Damon

I started Matt Damon, and ended up drawing a gun scope, lol. I wanted to do something different from the straight on portraits I'm used to doing? Here are 4 stages I took along the way...
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John Cleese

Subject: John Cleese
Paper: Strathmore Bristol
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 5/10/09
Hours to complete: 6 or 7?

I FIRST saw John Cleese on Monty Python's Flying Circus, back in the early 1970's as a kid, and then at the movies, then Faulty Towers, but my favorite character of his was in the movie, "A Fish called Wanda"!!! Haven't seen it? Rent it! It's a Classic!!!

"and NOW for something COMPLETELY different!"
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Tom Selleck

Subject: Tom Selleck
Paper: Strathmore Bristol
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8 x 6.5
Completed: 5/9/09
Hours to complete: 7

I took a couple of photos of this while in progress...
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Ted's Twins

I just completed another job for a friend who just had twin boys! He is surprising his wife for mother's day! I thought it would be easy to draw babies with their eyes closed, no teeth, not hair, etc. It was a bigger challenge than I thought to due to all the subtleties. Here is the result (click to ENLARGE)

Hrebic Drawing

I did this for a friend. It's his wife Christina and their first child, a 4 week old boy (Charlie Jr). They tried for a long time to have a baby, but had many disappointments. I'm SO happy for them! They are such neat, giving and loving people!!!

He (Charlie Hrebic) is surprising his wife for mothers day with this 8x10 drawing of a photo they just had taken. He's going to have to matted and framed, of course. I could tell he REALLY liked it. I gave him a discount, because I owed him dinner out for working with me to buy his home. He also sent me a friend who bought 2 months later! Since I'm new to people wanting to pay me to draw, I found a whole new rewarding side, not to mention the look on his face when I gave it to him!

Chevy Chase

Subject: Chevy Chase (young)
Paper: Strathmore - Bristol Board - Premium Fine Tooth Surface
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 7.5 x 6.5
Completed: 5/3/09

I tried using Strathmore Bristol paper for this. I REALLY love how it reacts to graphite, but will take a little getting used to, as the B pencils seem lighter than normal, and you REALLY have to blend like crazy to penetrate the tooth of the paper!!!

I first saw Chevy Chase on "Saturday Night Live" and then in the movie "Caddyshack". So now it only seems right that I draw "Carl Spackler" the former Greens keeper about to become a champion - Bill Murray.

Ted Knight

Subject: Ted Knight
Paper: Canson- Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 5/1/09
Hours to complete: 7
I remember when the movie "Caddyshack" came out in 1980. Who doesn't know THAT movie? We had just gotten our 1st VCR, and the concept of watching movies over and over again, and anytime you wanted, was brand new. We must have watched that movie 50 times and it never got old. Leading comedians Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight and Chevy Chase made it a culture classic! Ted died August 26th 1986, but will always be loved and remembered!

In this drawing, Ted plays "Judge Smails" who is approaching the greens keeper about a gopher he had just seen. What made Ted so funny to me were his voice, facial expressions, laugh, and of course his lines. There are so many, but here are my favorite lines from Ted:

"Gambling is illegal at Bushwood sir, and I NEVER slice!" (slices into the woods)
"BUY BUSHWOOD!??! You'll never be a member here!"
"Now...what the devil?" (as Rodney Dangerfield jams to Journey on the course)
"Now...if I can just...sink THIS one? hehehe"
"Time for the old Billy Baroo! Billy, Billy, Billy....don't let me down Billy"

Ted Knight and Caddyshack Links:
http://www.billjerome.com/tedknight/caddy.html
http://www.geocities.com/tedknightmemorial/

Jackie Gleason

Subject: Jackie Gleason
Completed: 4/29/09
Paper: Canson- Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Pencils
Size: 8x7
Hours to complete: 7
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Paul Giamatti

Subject: Paul Giamatti
Paper: Canson- Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Pencils
Size: 7x7
Completed: 4/28/09
Hours to complete: 6
I first realized Paul's comedic acting abilities when my kids rented the movie "Big Fat Liar" in 2002. I watched it with them, and Paul's character "Marty Wolf" was laugh out LOUD funny!!! Especially when they spiked his pool with blue dye and shampoo with red dye.

View that pic here:
www.imdb.com/media/rm1570543872/tt0265298

Watch a movie trailer clip here: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi1505362201/
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Wentworth Miller's EYE

This is Wentworth Miller's eye. I was teaching my daughter how to draw in February of 2009, and I thought I should start by teaching her how to draw eyes, as they are so important! Because in my opinion, if you don't get the eyes right, the rest is downhill? I did this BEFORE I did the full drawing of Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller together. I used a nail to scratch his blonde eyelashes before I darkened around it. Total size of this is about 2x4". This is about the Actual Size?
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Jerry Stiller

Subject: Jerry Stiller
Paper: Canson- Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs
Medium: Staedtler Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 4/27/09
Hours to complete: 6

Kevin James

Subject: Kevin James
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/25/09
Hours to complete: 7
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I couldn't decide it I should shade the background, or not? So I took a photo of BEFORE and AFTER shading the background.

Dennis Miller

Dennis Miller was originally a comedian, and later did the movie "Bordello of Blood" in 1996. He is known for his quick wit, and way with words.
Example quote: "A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run"

Subject: Dennis Miller
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 4/23/09
Hours to complete: 6

Subject: Nathan Lane
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/22/09
Hours to complete: 5

Jon Voight

Subject: Jon Voight
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/21/09
Hours to complete: 7

Adam Sandler "The Longest Yard" Movie Poster, featuring Burt Reynolds, Chris Rock and others. I wanted to do something a little different. This isn't the complete poster, and I added a guard tower & wall. This is ONLY 8.5 x 10.5 so the guys in the back-ground have heads the size of a coin, and I had to use a magnifying glass!

Ashton Kutcher

Subject: Ashton Kutcher
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Fine Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/18/09
Hours to complete: 5

Rodney Dangerfield

Subject: Rodney Dangerfield (comic & actor)
Paper: Canson - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x7
Completed: 4/13/09
Hours to complete: 7+

Michael J. Fox

Paper: Strathmore - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 7x6
Completed: 4/11/09
Hours to complete: 6

Prison Break

Here is a drawing of Amaury Nolasco (left) and Wentworth Miller (right) from the TV show "Prison Break".
Paper: Canson- Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 80lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 9x7
Completed: 4/11/09
Hours to complete: 12+

Will Smith

Subject: Will Smith
Paper: Strathmore - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils
Size: 8x6
Completed: 4/8/09
Hours to complete: 6

Subject: Brad Pitt (as himself)
Paper: Strathmore - Acid Free - Premium Medium Tooth Surface - 70lbs weight
Medium: Staedtler Graphite Pencils (5B through 2H)
Size: 8 x 7
Completed: 4/7/09
Hours to complete: 7+
(I used a finishing nail duck tapped to an old pencil to get the negative effect in his hair, then filled in with 2B, B & F...then swiped it with a kneaded eraser. I read about how to do that in an EXCELLENT Book I HIGHLY recommend called "Drawing from LINE to LIFE" by Mike Sibley. www.sibleyfineart.com WORTH every penny! He's an artist from England?

Criss Angel - The Mindfreak!

Completed 4/5/09
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Jim Carrey

Of course there are a LOT of Jim Carrey characters I'd like to draw, "The Grinch", "Loyd Christmas", "Ace Ventura". I titled this one "Just Jim" (click pic to ENLARGE)

Self Portrait

I did this one for a new magazine home ad promo, offering a FREE portrait when someone buys or sells a home with us. (click to ENLARGE)

My Wife

Completed 3/22/09 (click to ENLARGE)

My Father In-Law

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A Friend of Mine - Bob Niemann

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Jeff Gordon

Drawn 3/4/09 (click to ENLARGE)

Tony Stewart

This is Tony Stewart - famous Nascar Driver. I drew this for a friend's birthday. He LOVES the guy!!!

Andrew Belle

This is our soon to be famous son Drew, aka "Andrew Belle". Check out his music at www.myspace.com/AndrewBelle (click to ENLARGE)

Bruce Willis

Drawn 2/1 - 2/4/09
Posted 2/5/09 (click to ENLARGE)

Christopher Walken

Drawn 1/31/09
Posted 2/1/09
I'm not happy with his hand, but they are that small (poor guy). Also I don't have much practice with hands, but I will learn! (click to ENLARGE)

Sir Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lector

Drawn 1/28/09
Posted 1/29/09
His eyes took me a long time, due to all the character lines! In the photo, he appeared to be looking just above the camera, and not directly at you, which is the effect I tried to reproduce. I found the pic on the web. I think it is from his Hannibal Lector character? I was torn between doing this one, and the famous shot of him with his mask. I chose this because it was more revealing. (click to ENLARGE)

Jack Black

Drawn 1/25/09
Posted 1/25/09 (click to ENLARGE)

Steve Martin

Drawn 1/24/09
Posted 1/25/09 (click to ENLARGE)