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I started work on this portrait 2/16/10, the reference photo was taken by a friend Kathy when she saw Mr. Cook in concert. Once I saw the photo I knew I had to draw it. I love that dramatic lighting that forms his face, it's been a lot of fun seeing this one slowly come to life.I started out using my 3b mechanical pencil, a small blending stump, kneaded eraser and a little B pencil.
for the BG I put down some powdered graphite and blended. To get the highlights in his hair I left the white of the paper untouched and drew/colored in around the areas. I put down another layer of the powdered graphite on the BG and then darkened the shadowed areas with a 3b mechanical pencil.
Finished portrait 2/23/10:
12 x 17 Graphite on Illustration Board
Edit 3/4/10: I took a new photo of the drawing, it looks a little better then the scan.
Thank you everyone for all the wonderful comments, I have read each and everyone of them!
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Comments: 347
I cannot stand myself from keep sighing looking at this drawing....
So....
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WHOA. Freaking Amazing. Wow. Just, wow.
I saw this on the front page, which is odd, because I always look for David Cook deviations first thing when I come on this site.
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Holy shit. I don't like Dane Cook, but this is almost perfectly photorealistic. Good work.
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This. is AMAZING. <3 I worried that people had forgotten about him, but I'm glad people remember him enough that they recognize a portrait of him xD;
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Awesome work! You captured his expression so well! And the lightning is stunning.
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It's times like these when I wonder just how people do this.
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Wow, this is so awesome! You're so great at drawing!!!
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You seriously had to draw this, well done.
And um I'm envious I couln't draw it
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Some of the best lighting work I've ever seen and you did a great job of depicting his face and always semi-quarky exspression.
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Loved his expression and reallly loved that lighting.
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That is amazing! I can't believe you did all that by hand on paper!
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Even up close, it looks so realistic. That's when I know that a pencil drawing is amazing.
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Thank you Tim 
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Wow that is just absolutely amazing. It looks like a photograph. Your talent just amazes me and I always look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
I think you could draw with crayon and have it look this good.
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Well to me it is a lot like coloring, I've said this for many years
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Whatever it is... its absolutely awesome and I just love your work
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honest to god thought this was a photograph, had to check the media type just to be sure. stunning, simply stunning.
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Okay, you drew this!? I thought it was the real thing! Amazing!
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Woah, I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee David Cook and this is absolutely the most amazing portrait I have ever seen of him. Absolutely amazing!! I cannot stop talking about it.
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Wow, once again you did a lovely job. You must be very proud of your work! And, I just love how you said, "you really enjoyed watching this come to life"...that is a great description of what happens over the progress of a drawing...watching it go from a loose almost unrecognizable sketch to "coming to life"...that moment is the greatest feeling!
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That NEVER gets old, to see the drawing start to emerge from a blank white paper.
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Hmm you're one of my biggest inspirations... Maybe its b/c of school, I never finish what I start. How do you keep so paitent?
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lol you are just amazing. he was my favorite season of american idol.
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Mine too, from the first time I heard him sing he was my favorite
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Wow. This is really good. The lighting makes me jealous.
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Oh my goodness, this is absolutely beautiful. One of the best portraits of Dave that I've ever seen.
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very realistic. it shows all the effort youve put into it. i especially like the white highlights, how did you create those?
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All I had to do is draw a light outline and then color in around them, it took a little while but wasn't to hard to do.
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thats the best way to make white highlights 
i respect you for your patience. im sure this piece took a while to make
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