Thomas William Hiddleston [portrait]

“I am an optimist... I choose to be. There is a lot of darkness in our world, there is a lot of pain and you can choose to see that or you can choose to see the joy.” – Tom Hiddleston

The final project of an illustration class, using charcoal, which I've never really used in depth before this class. The whole thing was a learning experience and I had so much drawing practice, and learning the principles of light and shading, realism, and composition. I'm particularly proud that this came out so well. Hiddleston is such a mature, humble man. It was great to celebrate him in portrait.

charcoal, ~40+ hrs

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+ and on Feb 11, I finally got to share this on my twitter and new Instagram! I'm so slow with posting stuff I did.