!!!!!!!! This is soooooooooooooooo goood! I envy you. Sweet.

Oh my, what a great compliment from such a tremendous talent! I admire your work also, Deadly. Thank you for the welcome.
And thank you also Friend.

Simply amazing. Did I read in a thread somewhere that you use a mouse?.......do you still? Wonderful work.

such a pleasure to view. I'm thankful as well.

Joe, I dont know that I ever said I use a mouse, but I do use both a mouse and a tablet equally.
This painting was mostly drawn with a mouse...

This is spectacular.

yes yes yes all of the above...great draw :)

That so rox my sox. Excellent profile portrait, great actor. I love it, it's painterly yet realistic, good example of representaional realism.

A favorite actor. This is just so damned good. What else can you say.I stand in awe

omg....im speechless that is soo amazing wow it looks sooo real!

Amazing...simply gorgeous! I really hope they put this in the showcase

oh my goodness.
this is.. perfection.
there are no words to descibe the beauty of this. there really isn't.

beautiful job on the skin tone
i feel i can learn a lot by studying this

this is exceptional. it captures the essence of John so well! pensive yet brilliant! incredible draw!

Awesome! I vote for showcase too. I love the painterly aspect - it makes it more interesting than the original photo.

Much thanks to everyone. I cant take complete credit, its amazing what we can do with a great reference.

ok..you go ahead and take 99.999% Artiste....I can look at references and for 'some' reason, I can't get my tablet or mouse to respond as you have~!! not...yet, anyway..I'm gonna keep tryin! Hey this pic is absolutely so wonderful it should be showcased IN the showcase!

i would agree on showcase, but practically everything you do deserves showcase. its definitely a great photo, but i could tell it was all you in this pic. i do love actor and artiste

completely agree with frootcake. I can't believe nothing of yours so far has been showcased! Or has something that I missed? Well, anyways, this is tons better then most of the stuff the moderators pick for the showcase
side note: I still have flashbacks from his movie being john malkovich...that movie seriously disturbed me

woo hoo! Thank you, thank you!!

oh yay! it was showcased! Congrats! :) Your life is complete haha

Wow, extremely well done! It truly deserves the showcase :D

I have been back 3 times to look at this and it will not be the last either. The tones in the face, all the different colors you brought in, the likeness, how it reads as loose, even tho it is a tight draw, it is very alive and completely a joy to look at. You captured his expression perfectly. Thank you so much for commenting on my draw, I am unworthy!! :)

That's just plain awesome. Awesome I say.

two thumbs up say ebert and roper,but i say its just plain fricken awesome!

Wonderfully composed. There are beautiful tones of green and yellow that really bring the skin to a realistic appearance. Masterfully done. =)

Thats simply Amazing and impressive you have great skills.

This is spectacular.
I do hope one day to be able to accomplish something as great as this.

Another standing O for a brilliant actor and an exemplary artiste!!

Fantastic and looks very real.

wow, this is outstanding.

I loved him in Mary Rielly...

I adore this actor and this artist for drawing him SO WELL!

I can just feel the paint in this;so sensual,but confident; in control,caught the person,exactly.Tsk.You ARE in the California portrait artist society?the one in northern California?Who do professional portraits?You should be.

THIS IS TOO COOL! YOU REALLY HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAILS! AWESOME WORK!

really cool

pure genius...artiste!

The skin tones are just beautiful, wow!! This is an amazing drawing.

One of the sexiest men alive.

love love love John M., this drawing is perfection.

Hummmm!
Nice middle man!

still amazing