TFP street artist
 

HEY!

It's always more fun to draw real people rather then celebrities form magazines.

The idea: Post links or PM me pictures of yourselves. Give me a little while and I will draw you! Some will be protraits others may capture everything, some may even be stylized. Try to give me difficult pics with defined shadows, intresting possess, expressions and/or character.

PS. I am rather capricious so I never finish any of my pictures. If your wan't your pic touched up or if you wan't a beter quality scan - PM me.

Cheers.

Tecoyah
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img048.jpg

Sweetpea
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img037.jpg

Gilda
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img032.jpg

Grace
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img031.jpg

Pandafaye (in 30 min)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img021.jpg

Onodrim (anime)
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img019.jpg

Lusciousmunkee
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img016.jpg

Warf Rat
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img014.jpg

Johnny Pyro
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img012.jpg

cellophanedeity
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img011.jpg

amonkie
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img010.jpg

Flyman
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...iex/img003.jpg

Thank's to Ooh Shesus for agreeing to be the first!
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...x/DSC00802.jpg

Wow Mantus! that's awesome. Looks just like her! I want to be done too...

What, I ask you...what could possibly be added to that? ;)

What an opportunity! You are so talented... Would you do one of me?

this sounds like a potentially awesome thread! can you post the original picture as well as your drawing next to each other please?

Mantus, how could I not let you post that wonderful artwork? I always say it's a shame to keep talent hidden. Again, I'm flattered and it is awesome. ;)
I can't wait to see more of your drawings of TFPers!

Hey guys!

Wow, the responce has been great, thank you for all your support. :icare: This was a really good idea as it keeps me drawing, something I haven't done for a very long time. I am trying for one pic every three days. :D

Here is an update with flyman and amonkie. I did no justice to amonkie's gorgeous smile but I had to try, perhaps another time :thumbsup:

Cheers

right on man........that's a hoot........i love it.

and i really like how you stuck me in the middle of those two beauties too........


great style you have man.........

Aww ... thanks mantus :icare:


Seriously awesome stuff .. mind if I use as an avatar?

I am blown away by the Talent this man has.....seriously, rarely have I seen skill like this....amazing.


Thank you....for giving this to our community....this thread is now a sticky.

right on tec :thumbsup:


hellofa good call..........the man is amazing.

Excellent work Mantus - I envy your casual and yet so effective hand in the pencil work

... and I love the idea of the fly sandwich too :thumbsup:

This is brilliant. Fly looks just like Fly, amonkie just like amonkie, and of course, shesus just as shesus!

Wonderful! *anticipates self*

Mantus, your work is truly wonderful! I feel like I should be paying you for this, but here's one of me if you have the time to do another. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...70/IMG0018.jpg

Mantus........dude...........do the TFP women bro.


this is a great freakin' thread man.........been here along time,and i gotta say........so far,this one is too cool.

keep the beauty comin' baby............nicely done.

looking good, you goign to stick with pencil or do other mediums as well? im curious what else you can do!

Mantus, that's a brilliant idea.

Good to see you're making others happy with your talents too, you're like an artistic superhero! :)

Amazing job with Shesus' eye, Mantus! *gets goosey all over*

Thank you tecoyah! This will certainly encourage me to keep my commitment to you guys. :thumbsup:

I am glad you people are enjoying this.

I think a certain someone is trying to end up solo among all the lovely ladies in here - can we blame him? I think not!

Probably not. My oils are packed away somewhere and I havent touched pastels in more then a decade. Pencil is quick, which serves my purpose of working on my technique and keeping my output up.



And now for an update with cellophanedeity! I haven't finished it, but it's all I'll be able to do till the weekend.

Cheers!

Nice pencil work! :thumbsup:

Whoa. The one of cellophanedeity is amazing! Not that the other ones aren't...

Her made her look like her.. and she's beautiful...

You do wonderful work Mantus... absolutely fantastic..

More amazing work Mantus. Photographic realism with an artistic touch that gives it more life than a photo could. :)

Wow!!

Thank you Mantus! You made it look just like me, except more flattering!

Thank you! :icare:

Wow those are excellent man. Just really well done. I can't wait to see who you draw next. Take care man.

Asta!!

Wow, fantastic stuff. I'm envious of your talent. You do seriously good work.

Mantus,

Thank you for sharing your increadable talent.

If you get bored with beautiful poeple, I'll be happy to send you pic of me. Otherwise I will keep checking in, to see your updates.

Finally an update!

I've been working my ass off and got sick...so my muse has been beaten down by fatigue, medicine or both. Yet here is the newest addition to our colection: Johnny Pyro. This was a great study for me, he's got allot of personality and facial hair - which I have very little experience with. Hope I did him some justice.

I am sorry that I leve these sketches unfinished. I am rather capricious. :|
As always thanks for the kind words.

Cheers!

Ahhhhh....thats fucking awesome. You rule!! Nice work on everybody! :thumbsup: :D :thumbsup:

yup.........the guy is good isn't he.


keep it up bro........only about 50,000 more TFPers to go.


:D

Update time at last. I give you Warf Rat...bah! I messed up on his eyes...ah well. I've been so busy, so pardon my lack of progress. I'll try to catch up tonight and hopefully I can finish up onodrim or pandafaye as well.

Cheers!


Heh, WHAT have I got myself into?! :lol:

Mantus, I am so happy to see the growth that this thread took. You are truly amazing. It's nice how you can capture the person from a photograph. I lost this thread for awhile so thank to Tec for making it a sticky.

I look forward to seeing your other works when you get them finished.

Thanks, Truely
 

Mantus, you did a terrific job. I want to Thank you for taking the time to include me in your work.

[QUOTE]Update time at last. I give you Warf Rat...bah! I messed up on his eyes...ah well. I've been so busy, so pardon my lack of progress.[QUOTE]

To see Bah! after my name, seems quite natural.

I love the job you did.

Please keep up the hard work, I will keep checking in to see the rest of the gang.

:thumbsup:

It is times like these that I have a renewed sense of humanity.

Absolutely incredible. How many ways can I say it, other than that? Cello's Avatar got me to this thread, and I still have a lump in my throat from seeing your work. Good lump, like when you see the person you love from a long distance, and you want to tell them how beautiful they are, but they aren't close enough to hear anyway, and it doesn't matter because there aren't any words to describe it.

I am tempted to find a photo that you could draw. I always wanted a B&W pencil sketch of my buddies and I. I have seen work done like that, and it is my favorite medium for portraits.

I have an impossible self-critical image. My uniform is wrinkled in some photos, my beret is kind of goofy in another. My face looks like I weigh a thousand pounds at that angle, that photo I look like a sun-fucked onion.

What does it say about me when almost half of the photos taken I am shit-faced drunk?

Here's one with short hair, and one with long. If you at some point get some time, pick whichever you like better for the drawing.

Gilda

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59...ingGlasses.jpghttp://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59...tainwallet.jpg

Mantus, your work is incredible. I am especially amazed at the eyes of your subjects and how you captured them perfectly. Keep up the good work.

Hey good people!

I am being bad. I haven't touch my sketchbook in a week. So I got to work today and got some results...I hope.

Smooth's beautiful girl, lusciousmunkee.

It was a fun project, though very hard. The smaller the face, the harder it is to capture a persons look because you have fewer lines to work with.

Once again, thank you so much for all your support, it keeps me drawing.

Hopefully, I'll be back to post more tomorrow. :eek:

Cheers.


[update]

Heh, insomnia can be a good thing. Wanted to do something fun. If Onodrim was a cartoon :D

Wowie. Those are impressive.

Um... Do you think you could maybe do one of me? Maybe possibly?
But it's going to be awhile until I get you the pic.

As promised, an update today. Though I cheated by doing an experiment. Drew Pandafaye in 30 min! Not bad I think. :)

Cheers

I absolutely love it!

Wow. You really captured me so well. Thank you so much, Mantus! =D

Thanks faye!

BigBen Thank you so much for you kind words. You can send me photos whith comments on what needs to be omitted :thumbsup:


Now, I finished a picture of Gilda's Girl, Grace.
I kept messing up with the shading and the picture got darker an darker :lol: I think I managed to pull it together at the end still capturing but a franction of Grace's beauty - Gilda is a lucky woman.

Until next time,

Cheers!

Holy Hell these are AMAZING!!!!!

Do me!

You're too modest. If anything, that is an improvement of the photo I sent you, and you've just given me one kickass Christmas present.

And you're right, I am a very lucky woman.

Gilda

wow!! amazing!! :D You did a great job on Grace!!

Sweetpea

you are so incredibly talented... I'm most impressed...

Pinkie, Gilda, Sweetpea, Mal - thank you ladies I really appreciate that.

Took a day off. Got allot done, including another sketch!

I give you Gilda. This was a really fun sketch because of the angle of the face and the pose. Amazingly I got the basic lines (almost) right on the first try. One of these days I'll have the patience to draw hair and clothing.

PS. Yes, Grace's picture did get darker, I touched it up a bit. :thumbsup:

Cheers!

Thank you. That's Grace's favorite picture of me, but once again, your interpretation is an improvement on the original.

I just realized I've visited this thread numerous times without having left a reply.

Mantus, you really do have an amazing talent. Do you make a living off of it?

Your sketches are simply amazing. Not to be too presumptuous - is that the right word I'm looking for? - but I'm reminded of the sketches of Claude Monet when I see these.

again........great freakin' work buddy.

how the hell did you guys get your av's to look so good........every time i try...it comes out shitty?

anybody able to help me out with this resizing stuff?

try this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...yellen/fly.jpg

I have to second JJ's sentiment... I've visited and not made any comment... Mantus, your work is awesome and I love what your bringing to the TFP!

Just saw the new ones. Again they're really incredible man. Great work keep em comin. Take care

Asta!!

I can't believe I just found this thread, I'm gonna have to take a pic of myself soon, just cause this is so friggin awesome.

Do kisses help Mantus work?? :icare: kisses are like fuel for the artist's hands? :icare: :icare: hehe

:)

Sweetpea

I really need to comment here....and relay what I think is the sentiment of this community. You have given us all something wonderful Mantus, without a doubt. I for one very much appreciate the effort and skill you are placing into these works, as I am sure is obvious from many others. I just wanted to Say.......


Thank You Very Much

Hurah!

Been a while. I have plenty of good excuses that I am too lazy to come up with. Now I got allot of catching up to do, which is good cuz I am itchin' for some sketchin'

Sweetpea is so sweet, how could I resist. The kisses helped :cool:

Guys, you guys are so kind, thank you. :)

I'll be back tomorrow.

[update]

And we are back on the 'morrow with a picture of tecoyah!

I am truly honored....and extremely impressed. Fantastic work, and for some reason actually captured my personality.....black as it is.....heh

Hey, caught your eyes spot on tec ;)

Mantus, I think you do an incredible job at capturing everybody's personality... you are truely blessed with your talent! :thumbsup:

Wow, that drawing of Tec is very...meaningful? Intense? Deep? Yes.

And of course Sweetpea is just as cute as a button!

I love seeing your works, Mantus. Thank you so much for your generosity with your talent!

can I just have a teeny tiny bit of your talent? I could really use it and I dont think youll miss it... :)

The last two are just beautiful

Thank you so much!! it's so neat!! :D :D

your work is amazing... although Gilda's is my favorite for obvious reasons...

:)

Sweetpea

Those are just two more in a long line of beautiful work.

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Gilda

Mantus. I love seeing your work grow and grow.

Tec and sweetpea are super. As always you do a good job at capturing a person with pencil on paper. Keep it up! :D

Love seeing the ladies. Of course. But also, the fellows are done so fine I can't help but really like it all. Great stuff Mantus :thumbsup:

WOW.

From my time spent on the board, I have been seeing all these av's people have that looked to have been done in pencil, then while browsing around I have come upon this thread. You do amazing work, keep it up.

^^ What he said. I don't come into artwork often because I don't contribute, but I'm glad I did. Now I know where everyone's avatars are coming from! If you aren't overloaded by requests, I'd love you to do one of me!

I just wanted to say

Three cheers for Mantus for being so great! :)

(do artists have groupies? if so... can i be one of yours?)

:)

sweetpea

Wow, these are awesome. I wish I had such talent. In the off chance you could be bothered drawing me, I've PM'd you a photo, Mantus. :D

That's just wild. Well done, outstanding, all that. If you feel like drawing me, and I'd love it if you would, here's a pic:

those are awesome man... you have some really great talent!

i put a few pictures in a directory... you can check em out and pick one to draw... I like em all too much to decide, so you pick one, whichever you think will look the best/be the most interesting for you to draw

http://www.jschrodt.net/etc/draw/

Heh same thing. I was wondering who was drawing that influx of avatars awhile back. If you ever get past this backlog, let me know, you have some talent there and I'd like you to draw me.

Wow Mantus these are so good! I sent you a picture in and would love it if you got around to it sometime. Keep up the good work.

where the hell are ya' Mantus?

Wow mantus hasnt posted in like 3 months. I hope everything is okay and he is just on a long ass holiday or something.

Wow, this work is amazing! I hope mantus returns with some more.

Such great work! I wonder if Mantus will bless us with some more anytime.

Hey Mr. Mantus, can I get a portrait too? You do mine and I'll do yours, deal? Send me a pic!

YOU ARE AMAZING
IF YOU COULD DO ONE OF ME I WOULD BE FOREVER GRATEFULL!
<a href="http://photobucket.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b78/morganlavery/A64C39_131F3E73EE_2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting"></a>
OR THIS ONE...(IM IN THE MIDDLE)
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Hi all, Im new here so I guess this is my introduction. I am artist in Czech Republic, and I make paintings from the internet, videogames, and television. Enjoy:)

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...ork800x600.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...opy672x515.jpg

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...lda922x684.jpg
<li><a href="http://www.jeremiahpalecek.blogspot.com">Nerd Art</a></li>
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...tal650x750.jpg

dude...........in the future,you should make your own thread........



welcome and nice work

Mantus, i'm not sure if you are still doing portraits, if so, here's another one for you to consider...