Pencil Portrait Hand-Drawn Artwork A study in expression, detail, shading, and the little imperfe...

Pencil Portrait Hand-Drawn Artwork A study in expression, detail, shading, and the little imperfe...Pencil Portrait Hand-Drawn Artwork A study in expression, detail, shading, and the little imperfe...

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• 14h

Pencil Portrait Hand-Drawn Artwork A study in expression, detail, shading, and the little imperfections that make a portrait feel human. This one was drawn entirely by hand, focusing on facial proportions, hair texture, light and shadow. AND YES! this style can be recreated from your favourite photograph as a personalised pencil portrait. ✨ PS: I have not used any digital tool to make this this is purely hand made piece adding insta as tool as its mandatory field and i have posted this there thank you.

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Filip Panov

max

• Aug 13

Is sketching part of your creative workflow or we've forgotten what it feels to be human?

Depending on the projec's scope, I normally like to explore my ideas on paper before I come up with the best solution. And no, they're not perfect. They are rough and messy, my goal is so visualize my thought, not to perfect the design on paper.

Once I believe I've come up with the right one, I then move forward with the digitalizing phase and vectorise and refine it in Illustrator until I've achieved the perfect result. Finally and totaly optional, I evolve the the mark from 2D to 3D and animate it, in order to bring it to life.

This is a design process inspired from the Lascaux Cave paintings, featuring two abstract horned animals with their communicative / storytelling intention. The freeform shape resembles the original paleolithic paintings and their use of charcoal and different materials to draw them. The organic geometric shapes blended within are something to add as unique touch for better differentiation.

Do you think the hand-made design is more appreciated nowadays?

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Abdullah Eroğlu

pro

• Aug 13

Thats a goated workflow and opinion for me. I do the same when creating something from scracth on Rive too. Great point!

Ryan Moore

pro

• Aug 13

Paris, bottled.

A sun-soaked social campaign for Juliette, a French peach liqueur, built around the effortless romance and everyday electricity of Paris. Rather than treating the city as a backdrop, I wanted it to feel like a character—warm, flirtatious, slightly chaotic, and alive.

The piece moves through streets, cafés, stolen glances, passing faces, architecture, and small moments of Parisian life, using a loose, observational shooting style and rhythmic editing to create something that feels less like a traditional liquor ad and more like a memory from a particularly good afternoon.

I directed, shot, and edited the campaign with an emphasis on texture, movement, color, and atmosphere, translating Juliette's distinctly French identity into a piece of lifestyle storytelling designed to make the audience want the feeling surrounding the product as much as the product itself.